Joscelyne: “Don’t be fooled by selective internet video”…with No Playtime Accrued
Strangely not promoted on The Sonic Stadium–the site in which Svend Jocselyne came to Internet prominence–is a two page Sonic 4 preview from April 30th he penned on Spong.com, the multiplatform website he’s employed with. As part of the preview, which was largely positive, Joscelyne addressed the rash of leaks that plagued the PartnerNET release of the next Sonic.
“I’ve [....] seen those dodgy-quality internet videos that leaked shortly after the game’s announcement,” Joscelyne wrote, evidently ignoring the fact that high quality, direct video feeds had been leaked weeks before the time of his article’s publication. “And I’ve got to say, that there’s no point passing judgment until you see it running first-hand.”
“See” is the operative word, because as with other previews, he did not have a chance to play the game firsthand. For that reason, some of the core mechanics like controls couldn’t be personally assessed. Instead, Joscelyne was treated to a demonstration of Splash Hill in its entirety. That alone was enough to promote excitement.
“The graphics are fantastic, the animation on Sonic is wonderful, and the gameplay mechanics are just the kind that fans have been clamouring for,” he said. “Don’t be fooled by selective internet video – this really could be the return to past glory that the faithful have been waiting for.”
Joscelyne also dismissed concerns about the execution of Sonic’s homing attack in-game. You can read the preview, in full, at the hyperlink cited above.
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That was a really great preview! ^_^
Sounds like someone is gunning for Ruby Eclipse’s job!
When it comes to Sonic games, seeing and playing are truly entirely different means. For example, Sonic 06, for many, LOOKED beautiful, and even fun ….
I’ll end there.
Nice stab at Svend there Tristan.
Sonic 06 never looked good. Ever.
yeah right go fukin play the classics again to remind yourself of how shitty sonic 4 is compared to those games
I’ve gotta ask, what’s the point of judging the gameplay mechanics if you haven’t even played the damn thing?
Still not convinced. It’s gonna take a hell of a lot more than “this looks DAMN good” to sway my opinion.
@Kits’Okami damn right mine too
the preview isn’t coming up for me…
it just says that their maintenance is working on it or something. is this happening with anyone else clicking on the link?
@saoambot
The link just keeps refreshing for me
LOL
I laughed so hard at this preview.
They’re even saying that the gameplay is good, and the game didn’t even launch.
Episode 2 may be good, but 1 failed alerady.
The site is down. :/
I think Sonic 4 will be good, but this guy? He’s just a idiot.
He ignored all the things that are important to the gameplay and the game itself, hell, he’s almost like the fanboys, he judges the game from looks.
I see the article is down for the time being. No worries. Someone at Sega Boards posted the exact article of the site in a quote box. I won’t lead you to the actual topic it comes from, but I will lead you to the actual post where it was quoted.
So here it is, for those who want to see it.
http://forums.sega.com/showpost.php?p=5815719&postcount=1
@UndeadSonic: I’ve gotta ask something. You all here talks about that it’s a big different between playing the game and just see how the game plays. And you haven’t played it either, so don’t judge it yet. Or do you have a stealed copy of the finished game?
@Osnic The game alerady failed at almost all the promises Sega made. The only thing that i did not criticize was the gameplay, because THAT is one thing that can only be rated if i play. I never said that the gameplay is bad, i said the other rest is bad. =P
@ Undead Sonic
Amen
IMO, Sonic is at his best when NOT under your tenuous “control.” I realize I’m in a minority here, but even though I’m 21, my first major experience with Sonic was watching Sonic X. In some ways, that’s still my favorite Sonic-related thing, except perhaps for the old comics where everything was silly. Oh, and some of the cut scenes from Unleashed are awesome. I even liked the gameplay on that one…up until Eggmanland (this just going through the level, not even for the hot dog guy…I’M SO not Plating this).
I guess my point is that speed plus gameplay pretty much always equals bad control and/or cheap deaths. I’m cautiously interested in Sonic 4, but spending so much time with Unleashed over the past week has made me wary of expecting a well-balanced Sonic game any time soon.
I have just Completed sonic 4 on a friends jtag xbox and i have to say its f**king fantastic and quite a challenge to finish which is good in my eyes.
The controls at first feel a little stiff but after about 5mins you get the hang of it.
(I hate all the new sonic games but this is as good as the classics)
^ wow someone who actually played the game and *gasp* liked it!! Possible sign to nay sayers who hate the game yet havent played it
Quite challenging you say? As in, you actually DIE? Please tell me you mean it like that and not “Well, its challenging to get through without losing any rings” type challenge.
^ wow someone who actually played the game and *gasp* liked it!! Possible sign to nay sayers who hate the game yet havent played it
Wow, most of the above people are HILARIOUSLY hypocritical.
“Still not convinced. It’s gonna take a hell of a lot more than “this looks DAMN good” to sway my opinion.”
Yes good. It it’ll take a hell of a lot more that “this looks DAMN shit” to sway my opinion. Works both ways.
“He ignored all the things that are important to the gameplay and the game itself, hell, he’s almost like the fanboys, he judges the game from looks.”
Congratulations. This guy has it. This point can apply in both directions. This game cannot be judged as good OR bad untill you’ve played it.
“They’re even saying that the gameplay is good, and the game didn’t even launch.
Episode 2 may be good, but 1 failed alerady.”
Wow. This is pathetic. You just said that its a shit preview considering that he hasn’t played it. Then you say the game has already failed. So….he can’t judge without playing, but you can? THINK!
“The game alerady failed at almost all the promises Sega made. The only thing that i did not criticize was the gameplay, because THAT is one thing that can only be rated if i play. I never said that the gameplay is bad, i said the other rest is bad”
OK so you justified calling S4 Ep 1 a failure. However it still not a valid argument. What promises did SEGA make. All I seem to remember is them saying “A return to classic gameplay”. You said yourself that the only thing you haven’t critiqued, is the gameplay. The only thing you CAN critique is the sound and graphics. Which are OK, but SEGA didn’t say, “We will prodice a 16-bit game which has awesome music, 16-bit graphics and classic gameplay!”. All they said was “A return to the classic gameplay”
They haven’t broken any promises yet. You have to play the game before you can judge the only thing that they promised.
To all you negative fools out here saying “you can’t call the game good without playing it”, I can tell you now, you can call the game bad untill you’ve played it.
This is why I prefer being neutral.