Sonic Unleashed, Werehog Is Born
I won’t lie to you. I’ve been wanting or rather needing a good Sonic game on the Xbox 360. I grew up with the blue-haired speedster and I’ve yet to find an updated Sonic adventure that has satisfied me. Sonic Team and SEGA look to finally deliver a Sonic that is worthy of next-generation status in Sonic Unleashed.
Powered by the all-new “Hedgehog Engine,” Sonic Unleashed merges classic Sonic gameplay with the latest in next-generation innovation. It’s filled with classic 2D/3D gameplay and incredibly fast daytime action. And when I say fast, I mean FAST. This little hedgehog should be glad that there are no speeding tickets in Sonic land. Sonic has a series of new moves that make him even faster including the Sonic Drift (to corner quickly without losing speed), Ring Energy (faster speeds brings more ring energy), QuickStep (to move side to side without losing momentum), and Sonic Boost (uses Ring Energy to give Sonic a speed boost)-each move allows Sonic to reach unparalleled high speeds.
Sonic Unleashed also introduces the Werehog, Sonic’s dark alter ego who comes out when the moon shines bright. Within the nighttime levels, players can take advantage of the Werehog’s strong and flexible arms to fight tough enemies using his powerful punch and crazy combat moves. Gamers can also use the Werehog’s stretchy abilities to climb and swing reaching all new heights in the game.
Perhaps this is the game that brings Sonic back to platformer greatness.
November 24th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Hope it is indeed the game we all Sonic fans are waiting, my friend. Since Adventures 2, nothing has been worthy to follow-up the mantle of the blue lightning.
November 24th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Poor Sonic, doesn’t look that great to me. The whole Werehog looks very gimmicky to me.
November 24th, 2008 at 8:16 am
he looks super fast. and Sonic has always had quirky characters (at least the recent adventures) i don’t mind the Werehog at all.
November 24th, 2008 at 9:01 am
here’s an 11 minute short movie from the werehog : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekaCmJP_7-Q pretty funny.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Sonic, always brings me back memories of my Sega days
November 24th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
the platforming part with sonic himself looks really nice, but the werehog fighting parts seemed tacked on
November 24th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
From what I hear the game is about 60% werehog, and the werehog parts are like playing an even worse version of Dynasty Warriors. I wanted this to be the rebirth of Sonic but there isn’t even enough original sonic gameplay (albeit with a twist) to make it a true Sonic game. Just because Sonic is in a game doesn’t mean that it hearkens back to the original Somic games.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
@intangible, dang..i hope that’s not true. well we’ll see..i’m gonna rent this puppy.
November 24th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
correction…i’ll be playing this tonight
SEGA just sent a copy my way. woot.
November 24th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
from what I heard on 1up yours today, everything intangible posted is accurate (at least from their perspectives) … I wouldnt get my hopes up on this one Sonic fans …
December 30th, 2008 at 4:25 am
i got this game i lost it i am finding it and i just got it last friday
December 30th, 2008 at 6:42 am
i am on level 7 and i lost it can u buy 1 even if u got it
December 8th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
My first video game was Sonic 1 and sonic has been one of my favorite video game/animated heroes. I missed this show for so long, I had no way of watching it since it was either Youtubes poor quality or nothing. The show holds up after all these years, and really show’s how Sonic was in the Genesis era. They don’t make show’s like this anymore. 5 stars
January 29th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I WANT A WEREHOG TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY