Sonic Shreds Through the Suburbs

Well, the title isn’t quite the tongue-twister I was hoping to make it, but I tried.

Sonic Unleashed has a new trailer up, and if there’s one thing you can say about this game even in its early stages, it’s fast.

Yeah, Sonic is kind of known for the speed thing, but…no, seriously. It’s fast.

Fast enough to watch London speed by in a blur. Fast enough to send patio furniture and shit scattering for miles. I approve of the destruction of Wal-Mart grade umbrella tables.

There’s some pretty nice scenery going on; I particularly like the bit where Sonic is grinding down a rail that’s suspended far above suburbia.

The real question is, how will it play? Will Sonic Unleashed be another Hold-Right marathon? The video promises some variety in gameplay (floating down a shaft while avoiding spiked blockades), but it might not be enough. On the other hand, it seems as if Sonic is far more dependent on simply slamming into enemies versus performing his overdone homing attack. In other words, he’s reverting to the days when he sliced through enemies with those noble azure quills of his, and no fucking around.

If Sega could lay off exploiting the Furry Brigade for this title, we might have a winner.

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