Sonic 2 HD

[Interrobang Pie]

This is a Sonic forum, did anyone forget? Have something super tasty which I came across today.



I was skeptical about this whole project when I first heard about it, but now that I see a demo of it I can say it looks absolutely delicious. Graphics are super vibrant and colourful and pretty, and the music arrangement is pretty sexy!! Overall this looks incredibly well put together and I can't wait to see more!!

Most people would say that graphics aren't everything blah blah blah but oh my god just look at them. They're so great that you could just like, lick them all up~~~

Also the bit at the end with loads of Sonics made me giggle.

One thing I hope they'll include is their own original content rather than just have it as a 100% faithful reproduction. Also they should have totally rearranged the speed-up music from Sonic Adventure or something.

[Oberstleutnant Insipid]

Dat music!

I'm downloading this right now.

[Sergeant Dull]

I might be the odd one out here but the music and graphics rub me the wrong way :/

[Eco]

Mar 29, 2012 23:52:37 GMT 10 Sergeant Dull said:

I might be the odd one out here but the music and graphics rub me the wrong way :/

This.

They should just

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scrap the whole game and create an online multiplayer race like the credits

[Neo // Racing Stripe A/V]

My only complaint is that it's a remake.

Hell, I'm surprised it's Sonic 2 and not Sonic 1 they're redoing (or does Project Needlemouse class as that? /laughtertrack)

[Oberstleutnant Insipid]

Neo, you know that this is a fangame right?

[somebody probably]

My main issue with this is it looks a lot like a really, really pretty Flash game. I'd have liked to have seen this with high resolution raster based sprites (e.g. Guilty Gear, Blaz Blue) rather than vector based ones. Other than that it's pretty impressive.

[Sergeant Dull]

Mar 30, 2012 22:41:15 GMT 10 somebody probably said:

My main issue with this is it looks a lot like a really, really pretty Flash game. I'd have liked to have seen this with high resolution raster based sprites (e.g. Guilty Gear, Blaz Blue) rather than vector based ones. Other than that it's pretty impressive.

I think that's it. I think I don't like the non raster graphics.


Also the music, I just realised, has the MOST DROOPIEST BRASS SECTION EVER. Can you hear it?

[CoolCorky]

That's pretty cool. I hope Oil Ocean looks/will look as funky as it does on the original.


Edit: Played it, looks pretty, feels like it's running through treacle, and I doubt that my PC is to blame.

[Eco]

Last month we proudly showed off a demo of what we've accomplished with S2HD.
Needless to say, more work has been done on the game; unfortunately, the odds of this work every seeing the light of day is slim to none. We gave the project's Lead Programmer, LOst, a week to provide us with a DRM free build of S2HD.
We've heard as much from him as you have, so it's safe to assume that's not going to happen. Given his complete lack of communication and cooperation, it falls upon to LOst to assume full responsibility for his actions as, up until the demo was released, the project's leadership was unaware of both the DRM and the now infamous DirectInput bug. This was the last straw for us. He had ignored direct requests for the past two years, effectively holding the project ransom by refusing additional help or review on his private engine. If he didn't think a piece of artwork matched his vision for the game, it was not included, or worse, was replaced by assets of his own creation. The same thing happened with the SMASHING multi-format sound engine our Tools Programmer Saxman created. Ultimately, LOst is no longer a part of the project.

That's the SMASHING news. The bad news for the project far outweighs it unfortunately. We cannot replace our lead programmer as LOst kept the source code for himself, making it impossible to the coded source material to be updated or used as a base for newer builds.
Additionally, two key staff members, scanline99 and Cerulean Nights (both of whom were chiefly responsible for the many animations, spritework, and overall polish seen in the demo) have resigned from the project to concentrate on independent works and careers. While we wish them the best in their endeavours, what this means to the project is that they will no longer be producing any artwork for it. Without them we are not able to guarantee the same level of quality seen in the alpha. At the moment, with ongoing careers and kids to look after, both myself and Canned Karma don't anticipate that we'll have a SMASHING deal of time to devote to S2HD either, which means we're forced to announce that

Sonic 2 HD is officially discontinued.

Certainly the DirectInput bug and the blogosphere fallout over it didn't help matters, but by the time that had taken place we had already made the decision to discontinue the project almost two months ago, well ahead of the demo's release. Internal conflicts between the project leadership and its main programmer which reached critical mass, and the only thing holding it together was the collective determination to put our frustrations aside and get a playable build into the hands of everyone who waited years for it.

Hopefully, another group in the Sonic community will pick up the torch and go forward with the vision we had over a year ago -- not just creating a Sonic 2 remake, but creating entirely original content.

Thanks to everyone who supported the project, especially to the passionate classic Sonic fanbase.
The appreciation thousands of fans expressed to S2HD as a game made "by fans for fans", represents a landmark where SEGA has to look at for a profitable use of the -highly demanded and beloved Classic franchise.

-Vincent

Team S2HD
Project Leader

Sonic 2 HD is officially discontinued.

[somebody probably]

So, am I getting the wrong end of the stick here, or is this LOst fellow the KIPPERiest KIPPER to have ever KIPPERed for not having made the game open source in the first place?

[Juddy [CyclonicCircuit]]

I don't think it would've recovered from the keylogger scare if it had continued.

It was the final nail in the coffin, really.

[Oberstleutnant Insipid]

In the meantime, we can look forward to Sonic Fan Remix.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSzaKFofk1Y&feature=player_embedded

[Eco]

That looks SMASHINGLY terrible