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[The Satellite]

 

I'm quite fine with a CD-style soundtrack but this remix is pretty solid.

[Anthus]

I can already tell this soundtrack will be an instant classic. I'm sure the game will be too.

[Koh]

One thing that gets my concern about this, for the pc port, is how well it will work upon release with most processors.  Anyone notice the growing trend of, for example, games not liking Intel processors and crashing a lot?  I'd hate to see something like this crash and burn because of technical difficulties like that.

Edited by Koh, 20 August 2016 - 07:20 AM.

[Nicholas Steel]

I haven't seen anything about Intel CPU's being a cause of an issue and that this is becoming a common scenario.

[Koh]

Now, as this is a planned multiplatform title, you'd think this would be a non-issue, and they'd have everything setup in a way that prevents this sort of thing from happening.  But there are recent examples of things where this kind of stuff happened anyway, like with Overwatch.

 

There are some minimum standards across hardware and software that are the same (for example, the order in which things happen to start and draw a program window, before the program routines start happening), but what can change across hardware and software is the implementation of everything else, which is where incompatibility can come in.  Some programs might make use of specific routines to an AMD processor, for example, and so if you're an Intel processor user, it won't know what to do and crashes.  

 

You wouldn't normally have this kind of concern with a game, but since it's been happening more often lately, it's got me concerned.

[Nicholas Steel]

None of those Overwatch issues has anything to do with Intel CPU's though. The closest problem related to Intel CPU's is a driver issue (Upgrade drivers if game isn't using the dedicated video card).

Edited by Nicholas Steel, 20 August 2016 - 11:06 AM.

[Koh]

Maybe not the hardware, but the driver is still related to that specific brand, which is my point.  Wouldn't it suck to be excited to play this, have it downloaded and such, and then you try to run it and it constantly crashes, even with up to date drivers?

[The Satellite]

This is Taxman we're talking about. The guy who made the flawless remake of Sonic CD for PC, using the engine he created. The same engine is likely being used for Mania, or at least a modified version. I have zero doubt it will run well on PC.

[Eddy]

Quite late on this, but this is looking pretty good already. Kinda excited to see how this is gonna go since I always liked the classic Sonic genesis games.

[The Satellite]

This game was just confirmed for Switch. Good news for me.

[The Satellite]

 

Got a real nice animation here... and a date: August 15th.

[Norzan]

The trailer didn't mentioned anything about exclusive pre-order bonuses. The current practices when it comes to pre-ordering has gotten so bad that i get happy when i see a pre-order with no exclusive bonuses.

[Cukeman]

Love the Sonic CD and Sonic & Knuckles references (my #1 and #2 favorite games in the series).

[Haylee]

Was gonna try and get the Switch version but then I realized this exists so I may just opt for the PC version.

[Castelia]

Seeing that new trailer has gotten me hyped for the game, especially after seeing that Stardust Speedway and Flying Battery will make a return. I'm a big fan of classic Sonic, with CD and 3&K being my favourites. I can't wait to see how they'll handle Stardust Speedway. Will the music be the Past theme? Will it be a mix of all the themes? Will the zone just stick with the Past variant of the stage, or will every act have a different time period? As you can see, I'm very hyped.