Sonic Unleashed got a PC Recompilation

[UntoldLegend13]

The PlayStation 3 is factually more powerful than the Xbox 360, why?

Too hard to code on it because of the CELL?

Basicly every multi-plat was worse on PS3 because of CELL, even Sonic 06, and that was the year after.

 

[Ikagura]

Basically every multi-plat was worse on PS3 because of CELL, even Sonic 06, and that was the year after.

So basically the best games on the console was its exclusives?

 

[Leon]

Basicly every multi-plat was worse on PS3 because of CELL, even Sonic 06, and that was the year after.

So basically the best games on the console was its exclusives?

I'd argue enchanted arms was superior on the ps3, it's graphically slightly inferior but the extra stuff makes up for it.

 

[Yousef]

 

[Ikagura]

Is this technically possible to make the air dash having the Adventure games behaviour?

In Sonic 2006 onwards instead of doing a natural arc it became more like an horizontal line then dropping like a stone while killing any momentum.

I cannot explain it properly sorry.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Is this technically possible to make the air dash having the Adventure games behaviour?

In Sonic 2006 onwards instead of doing a natural arc it became more like an horizontal line then dropping like a stone while killing any momentum.

I cannot explain it properly sorry.

No, I get what you’re saying. I think it could be possible! It would be an edit to the character controller though, which hasn’t been tried yet I don’t think?

The air dash from Adventure was very much replaced by the Air Boost with the boost formula, but I get that it’s very different and very easy to overshoot stuff because it’s so quick.

Small fun fact that many people know, but not everyone! Air dash is actually in the Advance games, specifically Advance 2! The game never tells you (aside from probably the manual), but you can perform it by double tapping the direction you wish to dash while jumping. It’s a separate movement option from the trick system and can be useful in some boss fights to quickly regain speed after hitting the enemy.

 

[MemeAlert]

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).

You mean this Sonic PC Collection which is DRM free that was released only in Australia?

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

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You mean this Sonic PC Collection which is DRM free that was released only in Australia?

Deep lore stuff, this release. It’s cool that it exists, but it was only released in Australia, as you said, and isn’t as supported as the emulated releases that fans have worked with for years.

 

[MemeAlert]

Deep lore stuff, this release. It’s cool that it exists, but it was only released in Australia, as you said, and isn’t as supported as the emulated releases that fans have worked with for years.

Yea but you can just download it and play it on your PC.

 

[Ikagura]

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You mean this Sonic PC Collection which is DRM free that was released only in Australia?

I've learnt about this thanks to Sonic Retro (which is one of the most reliable wiki for Sonic despite some issues).

It's quite nice to see two major mainline games + a nice spinoff + a retro compilation on PC.

If we ignore 2006 and Unleashed (and SA2) we got the biggest compilation possible.

There was even this special edition with a mouse and a pad:

Come to think about it, why we never got Sonic Adventure 2 physically on PC until the Steam Release (based on the HD version on PS360) while Heroes and SADX got one (well, technically they were made around the same year and was a Gamecube port of the game instead of the original Dreamcast version).

Shadow The Hedgehog was the first mainline Sonic game to not get a PC port (which started with Sonic & Knuckles Collection in '97) and because of the poor sales of 2006 they've basically shut down any PC port up until Generations.

In the same vein we never got the DS port of Unleashed because Dimps (the team behind handheld Sonic games) was busy with the Wii and PS2 version of the game

Sonic Colours DS was also the first handheld game to be based on a home console release since Sonic 2 on the Gamegear (despite that it was based on the Master System version which isn't like the Genesis one).

 

[MemeAlert]

Now someone can mod in a drop shadow for the Werehog. TO HELL WITH THOSE TUBES IN EGGMAN LAND!!!

 

[Ikagura]

Now someone can mod in a drop shadow for the Werehog. TO HELL WITH THOSE TUBES IN EGGMAN LAND!!!

I'm surprised they never did that...

I can skip some of the level but I agree.

 

[Yousef]

I've learnt about this thanks to Sonic Retro (which is one of the most reliable wiki for Sonic despite some issues).

It's quite nice to see two major mainline games + a nice spinoff + a retro compilation on PC.

If we ignore 2006 and Unleashed (and SA2) we got the biggest compilation possible.

There was even this special edition with a mouse and a pad:
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Come to think about it, why we never got Sonic Adventure 2 physically on PC until the Steam Release (based on the HD version on PS360) while Heroes and SADX got one (well, technically they were made around the same year and was a Gamecube port of the game instead of the original Dreamcast version).

Shadow The Hedgehog was the first mainline Sonic game to not get a PC port (which started with Sonic & Knuckles Collection in '97) and because of the poor sales of 2006 they've basically shut down any PC port up until Generations.

In the same vein we never got the DS port of Unleashed because Dimps (the team behind handheld Sonic games) was busy with the Wii and PS2 version of the game
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Sonic Colours DS was also the first handheld game to be based on a home console release since Sonic 2 on the Gamegear (despite that it was based on the Master System version which isn't like the Genesis one).

I think it’s kinda amazing how unleashed is basically 4 different games (ps2, ps3, Java and DS). I kinda miss this era of gaming although admittedly it did leave me utterly confused as to why people were hyping Spider-Man Web of Shadows. Little did I know, I played the weird little side scroller while everyone else played the open world ps3 game. I kinda hated how often that happened with games I grew up with.

 

[MemeAlert]

I'm surprised they never did that...

I can skip some of the level but I agree.

Seeing that one of the glaring problems with Sonic Unleashed.

 

[Ikagura]

I think it’s kinda amazing how unleashed is basically 4 different games (ps2, ps3, Java and DS). I kinda miss this era of gaming although admittedly it did leave me utterly confused as to why people were hyping Spider-Man Web of Shadows. Little did I know, I played the weird little side scroller while everyone else played the open world ps3 game. I kinda hated how often that happened with games I grew up with.

I'm wondering if someone could actually make the Java Phone version of Unleashed for PC.

It's like the missing link between Rush Adventure and Colours DS as 2.5D Boost games would no longer exist after Generations 3DS.

The early to mid 7th gen epoch was an era with many cross-gen and handheld for the same game:

It was especially for licensed games such as The Simpsons Game having a different cover per version.

And even some third party game (like Fifa 14 on every PlayStation consoles except the first back when it got released on the PS4).

 

[TotzOnGaming]

Love this! What other Games had been Recompiled so far? Wish Lost Odyssey gets the same treatment. I really wanna play it.

 

[Daniel Delastrode]

I like the ps3 version of uleashed, but it does run like shit lol. its poorly optimized, but everyone knows that by now, but its not like a deal breaker, the game is still playable, i dont give a shit about its performance.

 

[Jediuser]

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).

I ain't buying the 360 version.

PS3 Uneashed is less than ideal, but it'll have to do.

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Love this! What other Games had been Recompiled so far? Wish Lost Odyssey gets the same treatment. I really wanna play it.

I got this when it was given away for free. It's not my favorite JRPG, but glad I finally got the chance to play it.

 

[Leon]

My biggest question is how a game that's 15+ years old look graphically better than most modern AAA games with 10x the budget?

I ain't buying the 360 version.

PS3 Uneashed is less than ideal, but it'll have to do.

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I got this when it was given away for free. It's not my favorite JRPG, but glad I finally got the chance to play it.

You don't "have" to buy the 360 version, you just have to "obtain" it.

This version seems to be the definitive version of the game, taking what's good about both versions while adding all the benefits of a pc version.

 

[Ikagura]

I ain't buying the 360 version.

As you wish, I plan on buying it on the Microsoft store solely to own it legally.

My biggest question is how a game that's 15+ years old look graphically better than most modern AAA games with 10x the budget?

Because Unleashed is way smaller than many Open World AAA so they can spend as much time and as many ressources for a better result, like fully filling a small cup compared to filling a jerrycan with the same amount.

And the art style. I still find that Mario Sunshine still looks great even for a 6th gen game thanks to that.

 

[Leon]

As you wish, I plan on buying it on the Microsoft store solely to own it legally.


Because Unleashed is way smaller than many Open World AAA so they can spend as much time and as many ressources for a better result, like fully filling a small cup compared to filling a jerrycan with the same amount.

And the art style. I still find that Mario Sunshine still looks great even for a 6th gen game thanks to that.

Sorry but that doesn't hold water for me, while yes open world= more performance needed, even skyrim with mods from say 2012 looks better than most modern day games, i've said it before and i'll say it again, gaming has become a unoptimized mess, heck look at gta5, as much as i may hate gta the game looks amazing even now with no mods, yet monster hunter wilds, a game that came out this year, looks far worse imo, while also somehow running worse than crysis did when it came out.

I swear, UE5 was a mistake, so was ray tracing.

 

[Ikagura]

Sorry but that doesn't hold water for me, while yes open world= more performance needed, even skyrim with mods from say 2012 looks better than most modern day games, i've said it before and i'll say it again, gaming has become a unoptimized mess, heck look at gta5, as much as i may hate gta the game looks amazing even now with no mods, yet monster hunter wilds, a game that came out this year, looks far worse imo, while also somehow running worse than crysis did when it came out.

I swear, UE5 was a mistake, so was ray tracing.

My issue I got with Skyrim is that the art style made the colours dimmer and grey (I know it's fitting for a north area inspired by Vikings and Scandinavia) compared to the almost fairytale-like Cyrodiil and Vvardenfell.

I do agree about how UE5 was a mistake next to RTX.

 

[Leon]

My issue I got with Skyrim is that the art style made the colours dimmer and grey (I know it's fitting for a north area inspired by Vikings and Scandinavia) compared to the almost fairytale-like Cyrodiil and Vvardenfell.

I do agree about how UE5 was a mistake next to RTX.

Oh don't get me wrong, skyrim looks like garbage without modding, but that wasn't really my point.