Now it's time, after all the lovely fun I had with the Legacy Stunticons, I have finally managed to gather the whole team for the joy that is Menasor! YEAH.
Just for the record, here is the individual dudes:
Finally, it is time to finish this awesome little team with a group shot of monsters/robots and a combined batch of
Eeeeeeeevvvviiiiiiillllllll!
Back in my list of games for 2022, I listed Sonic Frontiers as my game of the year, and I stand by that. I really did enjoy it. It was not perfect, but the gameplay was fun, the story made sense and the characters acted like you would expect them too. Plus Knuckles wasn't portrayed as a dumbarse.
However in typical SEGA fashion, it was obvious that the game was rushed and things didn't quite seem finished. Ignoring the technical issues like pop-in and the weird juxtaposition of cartoon characters and real world looking er, world, it was very bad at explaining mechanics and gameplay bits n pieces.
However after a year, we have the "Final Horizon" update for it, which really makes things fit together well.
At all.
I have 4 main complaints where I think the game manages to mess up:
Beware spoilers (for the DLC)
Released today, of all days (August 22, 2023), I managed to bag one of these bad boys and made a nice, terrible video, to join all the other terrible videos on youtube.
Please watch my terrible video.
So, the last Gaming diary post I did was actually one on Warhammer 40K; Space Marine.
I've given Sonic Unleashed a crack between now and then, but I feel that I am at the point where I am just not feeling it.
Why? Well the bad parts of the levels seem to outweigh the bad parts aaaannnnd the piss-farting around in the hub world to get to the levels is kind of annoying.
YES, it could add to the world building and make the story better.
YES, it probably makes some kind of logical sense and links the levels together.
BUT
I juts don't care enough. I took a break and can't remember what I am supposed to be doing, or where to go, and after spending probably a good 20 minutes slogging through some not too bad, but definitely should be shorter than it was Werehog level, I am feeling that I have run out of good natured Sonic love for this game.
Like seriously, I believe the last level I completed was long and had this annoying platforming section, which if you fell from equaled insta-death. The level in general was too long to get to that section, and that section was definitely too long to be enjoyable.
Like the Bay Transformers movies, sometimes people need to know that less is indeed more.
Good old Optimus Prime! What a champ, what an icon this red truck is. Here I have the Earthrise version of Optimus, which I rather put off getting for some reason. I heard that it was actually a pretty good figure with a rather nice transformation, but for whatever reason, I was never deeply compelled to hunt one down like I have with many, many other figures.
Were my initial feelings correct? Or had I made a huge mistake and the part of my life without this toy in my possession was a huge waste of never to be claimed again biological energy?
Well, whaddya know.
After posting this post, I sat down and managed to knock the game off. I did have some trouble with the final boss fight. Really there are only two boss fights in the whole game. Both times has you facing off against hordes of plebs rather than the boss.
