Statement: “We will not release anything less than what we want to”
After being hyped to high Heaven for last year’s SAGE only for the Sonic Nexus team to miss a planned demo release, the cycle comes full circle again, as another round of revisions and another round of marquee caliber hype have again yielded no public results in time for this year.
This go-around, either, the Sonic Nexus team made the clear call a week before the expo.
A statement released earlier today says that continued improvements and personal lives have interfered in an on-time release. Though gameplay video of Sonic Nexus was a key part of this year’s promotion for SAGE, it was reminded that there was no guarantee for a Nexus demo to see release:
With the show one week away and only one new zone out of the two planned for the next released completed, we are making an announcement that we will not be releasing anything playable during SAGE 2009. Brad has been saying for the past few months that the SAGE demo was no guarantee. With the bulk of the work only done during the past two months, busy personal lives throughout 2009, and SAGE starting a month earlier, Hunter, Brad and Christian will not be able to produce by next week.
Even with new content available, we will not release anything less than what we want to. We were making concessions left and right over the past two months for a possible SAGE demo, such as cutting the music options, Tails, Knuckles, and the second boss in each zone. Once we were cutting too much, Brad made the decision to pass on the show and focus on the original 3-zone demo plan with all the features. Its release date will not be established nor estimated.
However, its content shall remain what it has been for the past few months. The 2009 demo will include all three characters, three zones, six bosses, and the three soundtracks. All of the pomp of the final product, but three zones and without special stages.
We hope that you continue to check back here for updates during the show for more information about our 2009 release.
As noted above, there is now no timetable for the next release of Nexus. As this year’s SAGE requires the existence of a demo, it now appears there will be no presence of the game at all, unless an old copy is given to the masses to digest.
TSSZ News will continue to bring you developments on the progress of Sonic Nexus.
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There are THREE old demos on the site. They’ll be at the show, smart guy, just without new content.
If they have anything new to show–screens, videos–then it’s fine. SAGE is just a conveniant time. They don’t HAVE to release a demo on SAGE. I can wait.
I’d rather have a more complete feel of Nexus anyways. Best not to rush.
To “YoDog”:
“Once we were cutting too much, Brad made the decision to pass on the show”
Their words, not mine. Although, maybe they’ll release another statement to clarify.
Granted, I don’t see the point in them showing up if there’s nothing new, unless they have an ego left to still satisfy. ET:CF and other SFG devs on the basis that they have nothing new. They want to take their time, and show the newest, latest product instead of something that’s older and could look completely different.
I think that if the Nexus Team focused on the quality of their work instead of said ego, yo–er, they would be able to make their own deadlines just fine.
-T
“I think that if the Nexus Team focused on the quality of their work instead of said ego, yo–er, they would be able to make their own deadlines just fine.”
I know you and Brad aren’t exactly peas in a pod, but don’t you think it’s a little unfair to pass judgment on myself and the rest of the team that have helped out? Nexus is a side-project for me, I’ve got another 2 projects to worry about so if I run short of time, I run short of time.
Brad made the call to skip SAGE and I agree… I don’t think there’s a point to trying to rush something out if we can’t focus on quality first. Now you can complain “Why did you hype the game so much if it’s not coming out?” Well I didn’t… I don’t make any of those public announcements therefore you can’t accuse me of trying to feed said ego.
I’ve had bigger fish to fry than Nexus anyway.
Maybe they just have lives Tristan they can’t spend all their time in the Sonic Community or working on Sonic Nexus. I know that’s a bit hard for you to understand considering you troll the Sonic Community for useless news all day.
I for one and saddened by this news. I was looking forward to a Nexus demo. The engine it’s built with is brilliant. Maybe we’ll get the demo at some random time in the future. Can only hope.