Sonic Megathread

[Ikagura]

I've never been fan of the mohawk lol.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

It’s… okay.
But the character was clearly not designed around it, so it ends up making Sonic look weirdly flat.

 

[Ikagura]

Sonic Unleashed got a PC Recompilation

So basically, we finally got our (unofficial) PC port of the game.

As long as you're owning the actual game on the Xbox 360 (or bought it on the Microsoft Store).

 

[RageBurner]

Yeah. They probably chose the 360 as the target because .xex files are basically packaged .exes.

 

[CaptainToad]

I played the total conversion mod that has the running stages from Unleashed in the Sonic Generations engine, which was pretty cool. Featured a full campaign with unlockable upgrades and stuff. Never played the original Unleashed so I don't know how it compares to that or now this.

 

[Spectre97]

Hopefully that means we could see Fable 2, the og Ninja Gaiden 2 and Lost Odyssey have PC ports too. So many good games are stuck on 7th gen hardware.

 

[olli64pc]

I originally played the ps2 version growing up as a kid Then I got the xbox 360 years later I hold deep nostalgia for both of them now. and in my opinion I think they're the best sonic games Besides sonic frontiers Which is my favorite sonic game

 

[Mr. Andersom]

With the recent release of the unofficial recompilation to PC, I wonder what are your thoughts on the game?

 

[Ikagura]

Yeah. They probably chose the 360 as the target because .xex files are basically packaged .exes.

PS3 emulation isn't perfect and I think that Sega was also more comfortable with X360 hardware.

I played the total conversion mod that has the running stages from Unleashed in the Sonic Generations engine, which was pretty cool. Featured a full campaign with unlockable upgrades and stuff. Never played the original Unleashed so I don't know how it compares to that or now this.

The Unleashed Project is good but I've never managed to make it work because I couldn't properly find the mod.

I'm sad that Generations' modding scene has been less present over the years. Maybe Sonic fans preferred to make fangames in custom engines.

Hopefully that means we could see Fable 2, the og Ninja Gaiden 2 and Lost Odyssey have PC ports too. So many good games are stuck on 7th gen hardware.

Personally I'd love to see other Sonic games getting decompilations/recompilations (especially those that never saw a modern PC port like Heroes which is stuck in an older DRM locked DVD or Riders that also has a DRM).

 

[ThirteeTooBeets]

I remember looking the way the werehog controlled more than the running stages, I don't know if it had something to do with the PS3 port I played in but the blur was Not Good.
Still those combat stages weren't that hard to begin with, but I like beat em ups so it activated those neurons for me I think

 

[Tsetskhli776]

Do i need a copy of unleashed to play on PC? No other way to download it?

 

[DragonMals]

Regarding the Sonic Unleashed recompilation, it is noteworthy that a prior attempt, seemingly motivated by self-promotion, was met with skepticism. However, the recent recompilation is demonstrably impressive, not only for Sonic Unleashed but also in its potential applicability to other Xbox 360 titles aswell. If you want to know what I mean, here:

 

[Leon]

Do i need a copy of unleashed to play on PC? No other way to download it?

You can use files for it, but your not supposed to same way your supposed to legally own the roms you use for emulators.
Source i uh, "tested" it.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Just beat Sonic 3 & Knuckles as Knuckles for the first time in ten years. First time on actual Mega Drive/Genesis hardware! Sadly, I failed too many special stage attempts, so I’ll have to go back to get the remaining Super Emeralds I missed out on, but I’m still happy to say I beat it!

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[Ikagura]

Do i need a copy of unleashed to play on PC? No other way to download it?

Well, you can put your X360 owned game but you'll need something to connect to PC (hard drive transfer cable) and use a specific program to extract everything needed (like Velocity).

You can use files for it, but you're not supposed to same way you're supposed to legally own the roms you use for emulators.
Source i uh, "tested" it.

I managed with an iso though.

You need the DLC and title update as well.

Regarding the Sonic Unleashed recompilation, it is noteworthy that a prior attempt, seemingly motivated by self-promotion, was met with skepticism. However, the recent recompilation is demonstrably impressive, not only for Sonic Unleashed but also in its potential applicability to other Xbox 360 titles aswell. If you want to know what I mean, here:

Honestly it makes me sad that someone is faking it...

At least The Unleashed Project was a great alternative to play it on PC despite that it was 45% of the actual game (hubs and side missions included).

 

[DragonMals]

Honestly it makes me sad that someone is faking it...

You mean was lol, now we have a genuine attempt at it and I even gotten it on my PC and it works just fine. Not playing it yet but everyhing works at home. I hate that Mac players cannot have the fun yet though; only Windows and Linux users.

 

[Ikagura]

Just beat Sonic 3 & Knuckles as Knuckles for the first time in ten years. First time on actual Mega Drive/Genesis hardware! Sadly, I failed too many special stage attempts, so I’ll have to go back to get the remaining Super Emeralds I missed out on, but I’m still happy to say I beat it!

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Congrats!

Someday I'll do the game again (with either AIR, Complete or even trying it in Sonic Jam).

 

[Ikagura]

I hate that Mac players cannot have the fun yet though; only Windows and Linux users.

Historically Mac computers are historically not made for gaming.

Sure, it's nice to see that Apple is more open to gaming than before with Apple Arcade (although letting these games only as a service is bad for the future preservation) since they were scared of it after the failure of the Pippin.

Maybe it's because of how the OSX environment is much less open for stuff like unofficial ports that makes it less easy to put it on.

 

[DragonMals]

Historically Mac computers are historically not made for gaming.

Sure, it's nice to see that Apple is more open to gaming than before with Apple Arcade (although letting these games only as a service is bad for the future preservation) since they were scared of it after the failure of the Pippin.

Maybe it's because of how the OSX environment is much less open for stuff like unofficial ports that makes it less easy to put it on.

When you put it that way, it's a lot more understandable. Windows is primarily the gaming platform especially ever since Vista when they tried bringing Games for Windows onto the platform with it and Xbox/Xbox 360

 

[UntoldLegend13]

I put a few hours into it earlier, not noticed any issues so far, it's great.
Likely won't do a full playthrough for a while though, it's wasn't that long ago when I 100% the game on series X.

 

[Leon]

When you put it that way, it's a lot more understandable. Windows is primarily the gaming platform especially ever since Vista when they tried bringing Games for Windows onto the platform with it and Xbox/Xbox 360

It's not just that, keep in mind this is a one man job, it's likely the guy who did it simply does not have a mac, add to that the current mac uses the apple M series chips which use a ARM archetecture, it's not surprising there's no mac version, as one of the requirements for this to work as well as it did is a x86 chip as the 360 was the second console to use x86 after the original xbox.

 

[Tsetskhli776]

You can use files for it, but your not supposed to same way your supposed to legally own the roms you use for emulators.
Source i uh, "tested" it.

Nevermind, I got the game through... Another way
I hope this is a prelude for more recompiled games from Xbox, i would reeeealy like the old Forza games on PC.

 

[Ikagura]

It's not just that, keep in mind this is a one man job, it's likely the guy who did it simply does not have a mac, add to that the current mac uses the apple M series chips which use a ARM archetecture, it's not surprising there's no mac version, as one of the requirements for this to work as well as it did is a x86 chip as the 360 was the second console to use x86 after the original xbox.

I'm a noob at computers but thanks for the explanation.

Nevermind, I got the game through... Another way
I hope this is a prelude for more recompiled games from Xbox, i would reeeealy like the old Forza games on PC.

GitHub - hedge-dev/XenonRecomp: A tool for recompiling Xbox 360 games to native executables.

A tool for recompiling Xbox 360 games to native executables. - hedge-dev/XenonRecomp

github.com

 

[Insomnia_ig]

Honestly it's really well put together I'm just waiting for a retranslated mod since I usually play Sonic games in Japanese if it's my second playthrough. And ik that the dialogue that the characters say in Japanese doesn't quite match up to the English sub

 

[DjQuick2008]

Only playing this for the first time today. Its wow i love mario kart but this plays well