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Sonic Generations Demo
14 years ago
The demo for Sonic Generations came out today. It's just one level - Green Hill - played in the classic side scrolling mode. It looks fantastic. It controls super responsively. The music is spot on - a modest remix of Green Hill Zone's theme.
But you know what's off? The framerate. At first I thought maybe my TV had a lousy refresh rate, and I'm sure it's not fantastic, but Sonic 4 was certainly playable. Anyhow, I was moving slowly around the starting point and it seemed to me like it was running below 30fps even with nothing going on. Same was true of other parts where I'd stop to admire the view. You can imagine how this affects running.
So yeah, that's definitely something they need to hammer out. I don't care what they sacrifice to do it - they need to get this running at a consistent high framerate! :)
Speaking of Sonic, I should have something new coming soon. It's taken a little while between pics, with a number of false starts and unfinished work, but I like how this current one is turning out.
But you know what's off? The framerate. At first I thought maybe my TV had a lousy refresh rate, and I'm sure it's not fantastic, but Sonic 4 was certainly playable. Anyhow, I was moving slowly around the starting point and it seemed to me like it was running below 30fps even with nothing going on. Same was true of other parts where I'd stop to admire the view. You can imagine how this affects running.
So yeah, that's definitely something they need to hammer out. I don't care what they sacrifice to do it - they need to get this running at a consistent high framerate! :)
Speaking of Sonic, I should have something new coming soon. It's taken a little while between pics, with a number of false starts and unfinished work, but I like how this current one is turning out.
But then it is an unfinished build, probably pre-alpha at that and almost certainly older than the E3 build. So, any framerate wonkiness isn't very surprising.