There is little question that nearly every hardcore Sonic fan out there plans on grabbing Unleashed the day it hits shelves come November, but it’s surely not the only title that has gained the attention of the gaming community. November has always been known to be a month for popular releases (you know, sucking us dry in cash, all in the name of the ‘Holiday Season’) and we thought it would be worth checking out the Blue Blur’s competition come Q4 2008.
1. Gears of War 2
Maybe you haven’t heard of Gears of War… Maybe you have - but we’re willing to bet on the latter. Gears of War 2 is the sequel to the blockbuster which has sold nearly 5 Million copies worldwide, and which also overtook games like Halo 2 in regards to the number of players on Xbox Live.
Oh, is your memory starting to return to you? So you have heard of it? Well, based on what’s been shown from Gears of War 2 so far, chances are you’ll be hearing a lot more about EPIC’s newest title come November when it’s scheduled for release. Heck, it’s already won several awards like IGN’s Overall Best Shooting Game and Best Graphics Technology of E3 2008 and we’re still 4 months til release.
2. Rock Band 2
Rock Band 2 will probably be one of the top Rhythm/Music games of November (or the top of it’s class PERIOD), but likely only for those willing to cough up an additional $200 for the second installment of the series. We’re all for awesome social, party style games where we can pretend to be rockstars performing our favorite songs, but all the hardware is starting to take a toll on our savings… and where the heck do we store all the old equipment? Our closets, garage and trunks can only hold so much!
3. Final Fantasy XIII
It’s exclusives like Final Fantasy XIII that keep bringing more and more gamers to the PS3, and make the mouths of 360 & Wii owners alike water for… Wait - you mean to say FFXIII isn’t a Playstation exclusive?!
In case you missed it, during a strange turn of events at Microsoft’s Press Conference at E3 2008, Square Enix revealed that the newest in the Final Fantasy series would indeed be released both on the PC and Xbox 360 alongside the PS3. As if the name Final Fantasy doesn’t speak for itself already, think about what a multi-platform launch will do for the title in terms of sales.
It’s been pointed out that it’s highly unlikely FFXIII will be released Nov 2008, or 2008 at all as Gamespot reports.
4. Prince of Persia (2008)
Recent installments of the Prince of Persia have been so well crafted, that some consider them to be the best adventure games ever developed, while The Sands of Time was recepted so well that it holds one of the top ratings for any Xbox, Gamecube or PS2 release.
The new Prince of Persia is certainly taking the series in a new direction, and it’s hard to say just how well the game will do at this point. That said, it’s definitely got the attention of many PS3, 360, and PC gamers out there.
5. Tomb Raider Underworld
Tomb Raider’s been around since the mid 90’s, where it first made its crater like impact on the gaming community - influentially, and as a gaming icon. Besides being one of the most revolutionary games in terms of graphics and gameplay, it’s also one of the first franchises to feature a heroine rather than the typical male protagonist (though admittedly, the game has been critisized for a sexist portrayal of it’s main character to appeal to a young male audience).
With 12 years of success behind the series, and a huge following of core gamers, Tomb Raider Underworld will surely be a hit this November.
Did we miss anything? What other games are you looking forward to?
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¿What about MK vs DC universe and Banjoo?, thats titles are to november too. (IGN, show that.)
the best thing Sega can do to grab attention is to sstart showing commercials of Unleashed around its release. Otherwise, only the sonic fans will grab it or any consumer who happens to walk pass it at a store.
yeah, too bad all those great titles arent coming out for the wii >_>
MK vs. DC is DEFINITELY going to be a huge hit come November. I actually was unaware that had been slated for a release in November (I was under the impression it was still just a Q4 release).
As for Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, I was thiiisss close to throwing it in the list. It’s definitely a game I’ll be grabbing this year, being a fan of the series myself, but I don’t see quite the hype surrounding that title as a I for the other ones listed here. Platformers just aren’t getting the following they deserve for some reason right now.
@NastCf: Rock Band 2 and Tomb Raider Underworld are. Not to mention, Sonic Unleashed of course
Honestly, I haven’t been overly impressed with Nintendo’s Software this year. Mario Kart was great, and I love some of Wii titles so far, but I really want to see some exclusives that don’t scream Casual Gamer (*Ahem* New Zelda Please).
I hope it dosen’t take the sales of Sonic Unleashed like Sonic 06 cause it was also released in November and it only sold 20,000.
But I still prefer Sonic Unleashed more than these games.
PS. Hey admin when are you going to give the poll results for the fourm and favorite Sonic game.
Here are the links.
http://www.campsonic.com/2008/05/02/should-camp-sonic-ge-forums
http://www.campsonic.com/2008/03/26/your-favorite-sonic-game
To much salt ruins the soup! You´re right David, as a matter of fact I am SO CLOSE to get me a Wii, so I hope the Nindudes can us some REAL games in the next time! At least I hope so! :/
i own a wii but nintendo has dissapointed me many times i have been patient and i have not buyed another console but if nintendo keeps up like this im buying an xbox360!!!! :O
Lara Croft is a very good Action/Platformer/Adventure game too. Sonic Unleashed might have to worry about Lara, she might trip him up a bit.
sonic unleashed is in november
Sonic Chronicles comes out this September I believe.
Not sure about anything else…
I own a Xbox 360, and boy I can say, the Hardware is ****, it gave me the RROD 2 times! And all this shooter ****! In a crazy way, its a little to Mainstream for me, but the Racing Games, Fighter games and off course Sonic are worth a 360, but if I personally could choose a nextgen console again, I would pick a PS3, the extrem Hardware failures of the 360 are so annoing, one day you play a game and everything runs fine, on the other day, it gives you the RROD! >:( In my case it bricked on me when I bought Sega Rally, I had to wait 3 weeks till I could play it! -.-
I don´t like the PS3 Controller, but I would rather have a fully functional System than to worry everytime I turn the Console on, that it may get the RROD out of nowhere! I still like my 360, but these Hardware failures and all this worrys are just annoying!
At least the Wii is a stable system, even if its Software isn´t the burner! :/
The red ring problem has been discovered, and solved.
http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/06/11/microsoft-cost-cutting-to-blame-for-xbox-360-red-ring-of-death/
Recent consoles should not have that problem.
@Sonicman: I’ve brushed on those polls (while not giving a dedicated post to the results) from time to time. Not sure if we’ll cover those results specifically, or ask new questions to keep up with our growing audience.
these games are sure to effect Sonic Unleashed’s sales o.o hell xD even for me! Gears 2 is already on my reserved list
Hey admin and everyone what is your position on Spindash. Cause I think the last game that had Sonic doing spindash in 3d was Sonic 06 (it was in Brawl but it was 2d in a 3d background) and it wasn’t that fast.
@David Leggett:
I guess you should redo those polls cause the website is getting popular every month now.
I’m actually more excited about FFVersusXIII. I hear Its got the same battle system as Kingdom Hearts, which should be alot less BORING!
Erm, huge error there. FFXIII has been confirmed NOT to hit until 2009 at the earliest. Probably won’t even show up on PS3 until November 2009/2010. They will begin work on the 360 version AFTER that is finished aswell.
November 08 = LOL.
@enzo_gt: I went with Gamespots release date information. Guess that was a silly idea. I’ll replace it with MK vs. DC in a bit. Working on a new site feature at the moment.
Final Fantasy XIII isn’t coming in November.
They didn’t even have a DEMO at e3. There’s no way in hell that they’re gonna be able to finish in time for August. Also,
“Although information regarding the release date of FINAL FANTASY XIII has been reported by certain videogame websites, Square Enix itself has yet to make an official statement on this topic. Any reports of a confirmed release date are erroneous and should be disregarded.
Square Enix will make an official announcement in the future concerning the release date when it has been determined.”
-Square-Enix (http://www.square-enix.com/na/company/press/2008/0130/)
Never mind, enzo already said what I said. So, disregard.
@Genesis: Yup, we updated the post to reflect Enzo’s insight and Gamespots mistake (which we then perpetuated). I may replace it with MK vs. DC, which is slated for a Nov. release.
What about Guitar Hero: World Tour?, and even FIFA 09 with 250 new improvements. These games look great, i dunno why they’re not even mentioned. Specially by some die hard soccer fans (many of us also diehard sonic fans
)
I was really excited about the new Ghostbusters game, but apparently it’s now stuck in limbo and might even get cancelled. Who you’re gonna call now?
I’m really looking forward to Project Origin, and interested to see how PES2009 is going to turn out after last year’s disaster
@David Leggett: really? Yay!
This game generation as a whole has been subpar for me…The only truly ’special’ games I’ve played are Galaxy and Brawl. And to tell you the truth, nothing currently out on 360 or Ps3 excites me. I do want MK vs DC, Sonic Unleashed and Final Fantasy XIII though. I’m just not into shooters, at ALL. Unless it’s Resident Evil…but that’s different.
I really think Sonic will sell if it’s good…that’s how most established franchises go. I mean, even Tomb Raider stopped selling until Crystal Dynamics fixed the franchise.
I only care about Sonic Unleashed,I don’t even have a next gen console but I want this game to succeed.
Star wars: The force unleashed…Duh!
IDK why Guitar Hero World Tour is not here!!!!!
that game is gonna Rock it should be in the list and the Drumms man they are so beautiful is like a dream taken into reality i feel so happy
What about HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3? DUH!
HAHAHA JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!!
(VANESSA HUDGENS though, right?)
@RockerDuDe: Yeah the drums are so awesome but
Let’s be real.
No one is going to buy World Tour
Everyone who would consider getting a whole band game with drums and stuff already has Rock Band
If you want the new drums then you go ahead and spend another $200+ on the whole pack
IMO Guitar Hero plays a LOT better than Rock Band but I, like many other Rock Band owners, have no choice but to concede to Rock Band 2.
I could go as far as buying the Guitar Hero GAME by itself, but it’s bad enough I have Rock Band 1.
Although, If I had to choose between Rock Band 2 or Guitar Hero 4, I would go with Guitar Hero. I’ll prolly get that.
Just the game though.
Sonic in terms of sales has been doing extremely good recently, even since the games are horrible. The only exception is ‘06, which still made a lot of sales.
i didnt buy rock band 1 becouse i didnt like the drums and i think manny people will buy guitar hero becouse its a really cool game cool new features and has DLC for wii so many wii owners will buy it just for that plus you can share the songs that you make in the recording studio thing so it will be a hit
@WOWZ: I hate that Sonic 06′ made alot of sales only cuz it was the next Big Sonic 3D Game
if it was GOOD, it would have sold A HECK of alot more
o well.
@RockerDuDe: Like I said Guitar Hero IS BETTER than Rock Band but no ones gunna buy a whole nother band set with new drums and stuff.
i’ll prolly buy World Tour, but JUST THE GAME.
Another game I’m looking forward to apart from Sonic Unleashed (of course) would have to be Prince of Persia
I love it how most of my favorit games are coming out in November (only ‘cuz I could ask for them for my birthday XD)
@David Leggett: hey admin, you said you were working on a new site feature…mind telling what that is
I’m pretty sure people care about Metal Gear Solid 4, actually. And that’s not the only thing you’re missin’…
@Sonic&Weresonicluver01: There are actually a few. While I’m going to hold off on specifics until they’re finished, one of the features is going to promote much more of the Sonic Community outside of Camp Sonic. Also working on some minor touch-ups / styling issues, as well as some added usability features.
You’ll see soon enough
@Quartz: This posting is referring to games that complete with Sonic Unleashed in November…Metal Gear Solid 4 and Grand Theft Auto 4(record breaking sales!) have already been out awhile.
Though, I did forget MGS4 as a special game this generation. My bad.
What about Fallout 3?
It was either GT or IGN that gave several awards. I’m looking forward to it’s release, it reminds me of Bioshock. That’s a VERY good thing. Over a 100 hours of gameplay… If that really is true i’ll be stuck to my couch for a long time.
…We’re screwed. SU has NO CHANCE against Gear of War 2 and Rock Band 2.
…I’m still buying SU though… X3
LittleBigPlanet really is one of the most talked about games.
My personal favorites also include Mirrors Edge, Banjo Kazooie, Mushroom Men, Resistance 2, SOCOM Contfontation, LastRemnant, Infinite Undiscovery, Farcry 2, Wario Shake it, Prince of Persia, Tomb raider Underworld, alot I am forgetting right now.
@David Leggett: I’M WEARIN’ YUR PIN DUDE!
THX AGAIN!
@David Leggett:
Is this update really necessary? It sounds to me like CampSonic’s starved for updates now that everything’s calmed down after E3.
To tell you the truth, you’re probably better off just posting regarding Sonic & the Black Knight in the mean time, seeing as it’s receiving more attention than Unleashed right now.
What about Fable 2, Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts and Mirror’s Edge?
@Final Rush:
Or you could just wait until the next update?
I reckon gears will be sonics greatest compitition. Not that it will matter to people with brains in their heads. Even if it IS good sonic is OBVIOUSLY the right choice.
@David Leggett: Sorry dave I’ve gotta agree with Final Rush. I know you’ve said this is a purely SU dedicated site but there is plenty more to talk about when it comes to the little blue blur. Not every little thing about every little in the sonic world but it would give the site more to talk about.
Sonic got big competition but he out rules them all!
Crazed bunny alika playing sonic
I agree with tails who has subsequently (whatever that means) been turned into a hedgehog
Man, I gotta get Sonic & PRINCE OF PERSIA!
IM DOIN IT! lol
I’m not really a Gears of War or MK or DC or Tomb Raider or Final Fantasy fan.
I’ll prolly get Guitar Hero 4 also
(just the game though.)
@Chaos Blast: Yea lol
@Final Rush: I wouldn’t say that we’re starved for information (On the contrary, we’re quite full of of it).
As I’ve said before, we are a Sonic Unleashed Blog, and while we will do all that we can to remain the most dependable source out there, we will publish other tidbits as well. Will they necessarily be Sonic related? No. Will we still try to give our audience a good, insightful read that spawns conversation in our community. Of course.
@TailstheHedgehog: It’s really ok to agree with him (and I hope I don’t come off upset to either of you - I’m just clarifying a few things). I’ve stated several times that I’d like to broaden the scope of Camp Sonic to encompass more in the Sonic, SEGA, and Gaming universe. As trivial as it might seem, deciding WHAT to write about is a really tough choice, and one I’ve been contemplating for the past few months. You may notice more changes in the near future where we seem to progressively offer more and more topics of interest through our Blog.
And in regards to the Black Knight - At this point, I still have little intent to write about it.
The only games besides Sonic Unleashed that I’m looking forward to are Wario Land Shake It, and Animal Crossing City Folk.
…Maybe I need to buy a 360.
Too bad I’m broke.
@Maddok: Lawl same here. I don’t feel like wasting 300 or something dollahs for a new system for the game.
@Jerbba: What the hey? They just featured the Ghostbusters game for the Wii and DS in the latest issue of Nintendo Power, and apparently they had some people doing promotion for it during Comiccon! …well, it isn’t being cancelled, so don’t worry. They’re just delaying it until 2009 to find a new publisher because Activision doesn’t want it. >____>;;
Still, I think Sonic Unleashed will do fine, all other competition considered. Sonic has always sold decently well in America. I mean, in Japan, the series isn’t all that popular (even if they keep getting all the cool stuff!)…Sonic Rush Adventure only sold…I think 16,000 units in its first week? >___>;;
I agree with inaudible Sonic does well in america and customer interest is growing in europe (about that I just don’t know why!!??)
I really can’t stand the horrible grammar in all of these posts… not the replies, but the initial posts themselves. “What other games are you looking forward too?”. “…the Blue Blurs competition…”. I mean, seriously, how can you guys live with yourselves for putting this **** on the internet? Beyond that, I’d be willing to bet that it’s your fault SEGA now officially refers to Sonic’s werewolf form as a “werehog”. In case anybody doesn’t see the problem with that, “were-” is the prefix for human, so the proper name would be “hedgewolf”, which sounds much cooler anyway. And what’s up with the bashing of Sonic’s recent games? The two “Adventure”s were some of the best Sonic games ever… Sonic has huge potential as a fully 3-D franchise.
Well, werehog is just a pun. A play on words. You know…it’s like a werewolf. Except he’s a hedgehog. This isn’t a literature thesis or a scientific analysis of an animal’s species. This is a video game name for a non-existant creature. But technically, Sonic is antromorphic so he’s already a human-hog.
Does Gears of War even sell to the same people that buy Sonic games?
@David Leggett: Thats ok! Only mario outrunning sonic upsets Tailsthehedgehog!!! You do brilliantly with this site anyway theres always atleast one new thing each week.
Cant wait for the next few months then!
@David Leggett:
That’s perfectly fine. Sorry if I came out upset myself. It’s just that I find it odd that you’d write articles that aren’t Sonic-related, even though there are two other Sonic games in development that you haven’t really talked about at all.
After all, this is CampSonic.
@Crazee: it comes out on some of the same consoles that sonic does, well they both come out on 360 neway
@Flarf: Well, while on the subject of grammar, here’s some pointers from someone who has trouble living with their self:
- The Internet is a proper noun. Capitalize it if you’re afraid of living with yourself for posting such **** on it.
- You’d have trouble passing off a colloquial like “you guys” in a research paper.
- You contradict yourself when you call our posts ****, and then go on to say that we have influence over Sega.
- Since I’m so terrible with grammar (as you’ve pointed out) I may have missed more (or won’t spend more time analyzing your post as you undoubtedly have done to mine).
But that’s not the real reason you’re here, is it? No, you’re simply here to make a personal attack against us for… well who knows what? Perhaps attention? Maybe just because you have no regards for other real people on the internet (excuse my lowercase use of it please)? Whatever the case may be, you’ve certainly added no value to this conversation, so we’ll excuse you from discussions here for the time being.
@Crazee: Thanks for tackling that one for me. Not to mention - technically speaking, Sonic is a hedgehog that can travel faster than the speed of sound.
@TailstheHedgehog & Final Rush: Nah, it’s all good. We definitely need to broaden our horizons. It’s something that’s being worked on
the only competitions are gears of war 2 and tomb raider but! the real competition is gears of war 2 becuase u can do almost everything in war exempt use the bathroom and sonic unleashed better have some good commercials. oh! i forgot it also has to compete with star wars the force unleashed they say it might be the best game of 08 so hope that sonic comes out with a bang and puts every other game on blast
SEGA should give more info about Unleashed. Remamber the hipe Nintendo made for Brawl with it’s dayly updates to the site telling you almost everything?
@SpeedingHedgehog: Yeah but Brawl has, like, a million modes
SU is a straight 1-player adventure game.
Whuts there to say about it?
they could tell us what the other modes (if any) are.
i think that would be it.
Flarf: i’m gonna speak on David’s part Hedgewolf is a *** name (just like you) but excuse my bad grammer ***hole! sorry bout that but i hate when people badmouth one of my favorite sites
@David Leggett: I know this isn’t a grammatically correct phrase but: BURN!
Werehog does sound funny. I just call him Fluffy.
Sorry everybody but we gotta call him SOMETHING!
SEGA Titles him as “Sonic The WereHog” at E3
I call him Were-Sonic just to distinguish which Sonic form i’m talking about.
I don’t think anyone should care what we call him.
It’s just a game.
@David Leggett: You win at the Internet!
@Umiyuri: I believe I called him “Snuggles” when the first leaked pictures came out….
@KC Cross: Agreed.
Its an anthropomorphic hedgehog turning into another anthropomorphic animal…its not exactly rocket science and certainly nothing to take too seriously. XD
those game suck sonic unleashed is going to cool
Hee, hee, David Leggett just totally pwned me. But I still like the name hedgewolf. Also, “you guys” should indicate the casual nature of my comment, and I’m sorry if it was missed. I had no idea the word cr@p was censored here… The interntet was a good catch, by the way (and yes, of course I purposely didn’t capitalize it in this post). What gets to me the most is simply the incomprehensible posts made such due to their lacking grammar, but I’m also annoyed when I see that someone is taking the time to write a formal post on a website with some prestige and doesn’t bother to spellcheck. I will say that I have a bit more respect for this website now then when I wrote that memorable first post, but I still think you nostalgic Sonic fans are missing out on a lot, and will end by saying:
1) Knuckles, Tails, and E102 were all fun to play as in Adventure, and to ask SEGA not to include any playable characters other than Sonic is to discard some potential.
2) Shadow kicks butt in Adventure 2, and those who deny it are FAKERS!