#before the sequel

[blazehedgehog]

Can you elaborate on why you’re a little iffy on Sonic: BTS and ATS? Also looking forward to seeing you finish Unleashed!

I’ve never really been able to elaborate, actually. Something about those games just fails to click with me.

I’ve considered the possibilities a few times. The closest I’ve come to narrowing things down is:

I don’t think there’s a terrific consideration for Sonic as a character. BTS and ATS feel very “throw spaghetti at the wall and see if it sticks” games. LakeFepard gives Sonic some Kirby powers, things that feel like they harken to games like Klonoa, references to Stunt Race FX, etc.

It’s very creative, the art is good, the music is good, there’s a decent amount of polish, but it just doesn’t feel entirely like it gels. They’re pieces of good games, but they don’t fit together in an elegant way.

And it’s not just, like, taking things from other games that does it, either, I mean there’s original ideas in there that just don’t feel entirely sound, either.

It creates a game that always feels a little “off.”

[boringwizard]

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Haven’t done one of these in a while, so here’s the videogame music I’m into at the moment.  The soundtracks for Sonic Fan-games “Before the Sequel” and “After the Sequel” are both damn good and free for download. Give ‘em a listen.

[pseudophan]

I remember you saying you read Gone and I wondered have you read the Stravaganza trilogy? Bc it's my shit but no one knows it rip

no i haven’t 👀 perhaps i should

[jonasbox]

"Titanic Boy Act 1 - Sonic Before the Sequel X Estelle Ft. Kanye West" by MF PICKLE-O

[blazehedgehog]

Since you have a history of making Sonic fan games (As well as the infamous The Fated Hour) what are your thought on Sonic Before and After the Sequel considering that the newest one was released recently?

Allow me to direct your attention to these posts:

http://blazehedgehog.tumblr.com/post/37596354082/whats-your-opinion-on-sonic-before-the-sequel-oh-and

http://blazehedgehog.tumblr.com/post/53296777742/thoughts-on-sonic-after-the-sequel

Having played probably about an hour and a half of After the Sequel (up to the haunted house, I think, or maybe the stage after that one) my opinions in that second post still hold pretty true.

Honestly, ATS just feels kind of like a jumble of whatever. The over-arching problem is that there is absolutely zero pacing. There’s no build up to anything. The level of challenge in the first level and the level of challenge in the tenth level is almost identical. It never gets more complex. Nothing reaches a climax or a crescendo.

Here’s a video that explains pacing better.

[gamefreakdx]

Well lets see how this goes...

[blazehedgehog]

What's your opinion on Sonic Before The Sequel? OH AND FALK TOO

(If anyone is reading this and needs an example of Falk's work, here you go. Similarly, here are trailers for Before the Sequel and After the Sequel)

LakeFepard makes a lot of Sonic fangame creators look really bad with his workflow. Everybody struggles for years just to churn out demos with one or two levels and here he is popping out one entire game a year, just about.

I'm not entirely sure his games are polished, though. While I really liked what I played of both BTS and ATS, there was something about them that felt like it was missing. I've never really been able to put my finger entirely on what exactly doesn't feel right, but I think it's just that he seems to throw everything against the wall and not all of it sticks. I played through most if not all of Before the Sequel back during SAGE, and I'm struggling to remember any of the level gimmicks besides the tower ramps. That's probably why LakeFepard can get these games out so fast - rather than obsess over every little detail like the rest of us, he has confidence in his ideas, executes on them, and then moves on. I feel like that's a better long-term strategy than most of us have with regards to fan games, because Lake's only going to get better while still being just as fast as he is right now.

Falk's music is incredible. I don't entirely understand why he's apparently doing this for free when his work seems incredibly professional. A lot of his songs remind me of the sort of music you got out of Richard Jacques back during the Sonic 3D Blast era; dude needs to be getting paid. I can only dream that somebody like Falk would score a game of mine one day.

[astromaticsailor]

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