/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8349183

Just me and my friends here having an engaging conversation about pinball physics

>>4984631
Sonic was never about brainless speed. The marketing focused on speed but the games did not. In the games you're pinball man and you gain speed by maintaining momentum by mastering pinball physics. S3&K is not about brainless speed. It's just super fun.

>>4954861
Sonic was always more about pinball physics than brainless speed. The marketing focused on speed but the games did not. Boost and Adventure are not classic Sonic logically translated into 3D, they're gotta-go-fast simulators with a sonic skin. Instead of physics-based platforming you just spam homing attack. Instead of earning speed through maintaining momentum as you run and bounce through an obstacle course, you just push up and hit max speed in 1 second, then proceed to watch some auti-pilot bullshit until it's time to mash homing attack again.

>>4916916
It is indeed an inefficient format.

>>3715154

Sonic is the superior game, Mario is overrated as shit. There's a Mario game for every other genre of game, they are not even worthy of the Mario title.