We had a few people submit this yesterday (both in comments and email), but it looks like ENVY16 from SSMB was the first to get their hands on the latest issue of GamesMaster. Nothing new jumps out at us, but something worth noting is that Sonic Unleashed definitely impressed the folks at GM.
How Much?
Well, enough for them to give it a rating of 5 on the Most Wanted Scale. Their only complaints about the game was the lack of multiplayer and online leaderboards (which I have a feeling may be more of an assumption the way they stated it). At any rate, if you’d like to read their impressions catch the scans below!
@dragonite:
The Sonic X is an imitation of Sonic’s original voice. Only in very specific and certain parts is a difference noticable. But most professional reviewers are unaware of a difference, and say “its the same.”
If professional reviewer’s don’t notice any difference, then most gamers (such as your friend across the street that likes Sonic), won’t notice any difference either.
I am neutral about the voices, but if people want to start bashing, I am here for offense and defense.
hmm… the voices.
Jason has fakeness sometimes,but he is slowly improving.
ryan was good.
I am neutral.
@AquaBlade:
The legend of spyro dawn of the dragon hasn’t been released already….
i think my sister has spyro dawn of the dragon or it could be the other ones i have to go see the games my sister has got on ds lol
What? biggest rival game release ” The legend of spyro dawn of the dragon”?? I TOTALY AGREE WITH THEM!!!
@Umiyuri:
Thanks!!!
metal sonic was pretty kwl hope they do get a multiplayer caz that will ROK!!!
Hope they bring metal sonic back as a downloadable content or something.
This is really interesting. This game is really looking good.
No Multiplayer is still meh to me, though.
compare the lighting in these screenshots
http://www.campsonic.com/wp-content/gallery/sonic-unleashed-first-wii-screens/sonic-unleashed-wii-2.jpg
and
http://www.campsonic.com/wp-content/gallery/np-wii-scans/unleashed-003.jpg
Tokyo Game Show is next month, right? Maybe a playable demo will be available then.
Man, this game looks great! I love the artwork shown in the magazine of were-sonic and sonic. I hope this game doesn’t turn out to be rushed like Sonic 06′.
So far so good.
@Crazee: Yeah…that is the sort of thing you have to put into consideration.
@Umiyuri: One of the things is that they tend to dub series from Japanese that are shonen…meant for middle schoolers. A bit more violent, meaning more edits are needed and when edits are needed, fanboys go RAWR. The series Dinosaur King was intended for a younger audience than those for regular shonen series in Japan, and didn’t need as much editing…so people had said that the dub for that series is more “faithful”.
Coincidentally, Dinosaur King is an anime based on a SEGA arcade machine that dispenses collectable dinosaur cards that you can put into the machine to have 3D battles against another kid’s dinosaur cards. They also have Mushiking, which is the same thing involving varieties of beetles and a girl’s equivalent…don’t know that much about it, but it involves fashion in some fashion. I’m more interested in the dinosaurs to be honest. All the different clothing combinations for a person to put on a character on a card must have been a logistical nightmare.
Well, the voices for Sonic Adventure didn’t fit the flap at all…considering they couldn’t see the scenes when they did it. The 4kids voices fit the flap, and I actually managed to tolerate most of the voices (except for Erazor Djinn)….I hadn’t really watched Sonic X enough to know what to expect from them. I was personally concerned about whether they actually put the time and enjoyed their work. If Jason actually enjoys the series and if he actually does put the effort in as you say, then I suppose that there’s not really much that I could say in terms of not liking him. Mike Pollack does a great job as Eggman…although he has said that he hasn’t played the games or read the comics, I suppose that could change. He was the only 4kids voice actor who had an interest in reprising their role in the games until Sonic Team brought them all in. …Ugh, its so pointless sometimes, I’d rather them fix the gameplay then work their way down. >___>;;
@Kev: If they give them a demo build, then I wonder how things will turn out…maybe it’s a preview and not a review? Eh, let’s just wait and find out.
and I don’t care about IGN or Gamespot. I will watch to see what X-play rates it. They don’t seem to rate any sonic games good.
@no: Um…
Have you ever watched Chaotic?
and what do you mean PEOPLE LIKE YOU? Your saying you know exactly who I am and what I act like? You assume that just because I noticed the change in voices that I’m part of the APHVGCCV? the Association of People who Hate Video Game Characters and Cartoon Voices? I personally (like I said before) do not hate Jason’s voice for Sonic. It’s actually doing good.
Again, Chaotic. His voice is so fake it’s the only reason I sometimes watch it. It’s actually pretty funny.
@Spittingup:
IGN and GAMESPOT actually bashed the Sonic Adventure voices more than they do the Shadow the Hedgehog/Sonic 06 voices.
INFACT, since the 4kids voice change, some reviewers seem to bash less. Many other reviewers are UNAWARE there was a change in voices in the first place. IGN’s Sonic Riders confirms that by saying the voices are what you’d expect from a Sonic game.
Personally, I’m sick of the voice rants, and as I said before; some people must have serious problems with most Disney/Nick cartoons; judging by their words.
@Spittingup:
People complained about the voices since Sonic Adventure. I hope you realize that.
And about your comment on Jason sounding, “fake,” I’ll start off by stating how identical the voices sound to me, and confirm my idea that people like you must have a serious problems with most Nickelodeon and Disney cartoons.
@Crazee:
I agree with your statement so much. Until I went online, I didn’t even know the voices changed. If you notice, when Sonic says “woahhhh” it sounds exactly the same. If I didn’t read internet posts, I probably wouldn’t of ever noticed that Sonic sounded “different.”
With that being said… I think some arguments are internet exclusive. The odds of running into a friend, or someone across the street that’d actually “complain” about Sonic’s voice is rare.
And Gamespot’s… original Sonic Adventure review… “the quirky voices keep you playing for a while.” The gamecube Sonic Adventure review… “awful voices….” But I know quite a bit of people that like Sonic games, and “voices” is the last thing they’d ever complain about.
Honestly, some of you must have serious problems with Disney or Nickeledeon. But the fact that EVERY and I mean EVERY Japanese cartoon series has people online complaining about voices, I actually found those complaints a bit useless. Regardless, they could say “this guy, should do that voice…” you find complaints somewhere else complaining about that “other” voice.
I am sick of the voice rants, but I think the majority of the complaints are online. Else, there’d be an onslaught of riots against Nickeledeon & Powerpuff Girls… in which… I’d find such complaints utterly ridiculous.
@Sonication: That video is the second most sensible rant in the entire Sonic community. Thank you for linking it, and thanks to the person who made it.
Am I getting sick of voice rants? Yes.
Jason is Sonic whether you guys like him or not. I personally do like him and I’m actually alright with most 4Kids censorship - they just do it to live up to their company name, and US censors on children’s television are notoriously difficult to get past. True, some of the localising of names is a bit dumb, but I like it when they preserve at least part of the name (Gary Oak’s name from ‘Shi-geru-’).
If you haven’t noticed, the games got many reviews that put down the SA voice cast. For example, SA2 has some alright voice direction for people who weren’t allowed to see the scenes they were dubbing, but when you put it to the sequence it actually sounds terrible. Hence why I tend to play the SA series in Japanese more than I play it in English.
Ryan was a good actor, but it’s been three or four years already. If they didn’t listen early on, they’re not gonna listen now. Jason is pretty comfortable where he is right now, so I doubt he wants to move even with all the complaining and whining fans do. Jason has a lot of fun doing this job, and enjoys every project he works on.
If people argue that fan-voices are better, you have to realise that Jason is actually a big fan of the Sonic games, so technically, he -is- a fan-voice. He just got hired. Which reminds me - if the fan-voices actually end up doing the job, they’re not fan-voices anymore. So people end up disliking them.
metal sonic in heroes was an altered ryan and who care about jason now lets just listen to Junich spelling please