Sonic boom
Genre: Action / Adventure Developer: Big Red Button Entertainmen (Wii U), Sanzaru Games (3DS) Publisher: SEGA Platform: Wii U, 3DS Release date: second half of 2014
For the stationary version, Big Red Button Entertainment, founded by natives of Naughty Dog, is responsible, and the Sanzaru Games team, known for Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, is responsible for the portable version.
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A little bit of information:
[spoil] * The director of Big Red Button does not deny that his experience with Uncharted has influenced the way Sonic Boom looks and plays. (Wii U) Despite this, he does his best to keep the Sonic game as a Sonic game, and not something like Jack & Rachet with other characters.
* All games are developed with the support of the Sonic Team.
* The Wii U version will heavily use the Wii U GamePad.
* The Wii U version is based on CryEngine 3.
* The Wii U version will have a local co-op for 2 people.
* The Wii U version will run at a minimum of 30 FPS, although the developers want to do better.
* Games released in 2014.
* The plot of the games will unfold on an ancient land.
* The games are a prequel to the cartoon.
* There will be many places for exploration and hand-to-hand combat.
* Do not forget about moving at high speeds, but this will not be the main feature of the gameplay.
* In the passage of most zones, 2 characters will participate at the same time, in battles with bosses - all 4.
* In the game there will be power-ups and the design of the levels will be done in such a way as to make the most of the capabilities of the characters for exploring the terrain.
* Each of the characters will have a so-called EnerBeam - an energy whip. He will help them solve puzzles, climb into hard-to-reach places, and so on. Where the heroes got it from is not an unimportant part of the game's plot.
* The games will not have an open world, but the levels are large enough to evolve the gameplay towards exploring the terrain. There will be a lot of side content.
* Amy will play the role of an archaeologist and will know much more about the surrounding area. Anyway, Amy, just like all the other characters, decided to give a bigger role than usual.
* In addition to the previous point - the gameplay for all the characters is different, this is done in order to emphasize that all the characters are the main ones and should work in a team, and not, as is usually the case - Sonic and a bunch of assistants.
* In games we will see both new and old characters.
* The 3DS version will have a level structure similar to Sonic Adventure.
* Versions for 3DS and Wii U will vary greatly in both gameplay and storyline. Both games will have a plot based on the need to stop an ancient evil that is even more terrible than Eggman. Yes, Eggman is not the main villain of the game.
* Rumor has it that Sonic games will be released annually with alternation - one year there will be a game from the Sonic Boom universe from Sega of America, in another from the Modern Sonic universe from Sonic Team.
* More information about games will be announced at E3 2014.
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