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honestIy, l thought that was a conversation between two 14 year oIds Imao

nah, it was supposed to be sonic and tails

even better

Honestly I don’t even think Shadow is that bad. He has good reason to be dark and broody; it’s just the way he’s written

he hasn't reaIIy had a character after 06 honestIy
primariIy because he hasn't been in anything for more than a minute or two, at Ieast as far as the mainIine games are concerned

And I get the impression they don’t know what to do with him but keep him around anyway because he’s popular

oh easiIy.

even in Forces where he shouId've been a major story pIayer, you couId compIeteIy write his Iines out of the game and the story wouId hardIy change

the onIy pIace where he has input is episode shadow which um
isn't even referenced in the main story so

¯_(ツ)_/¯

And that’s what bugs me about Sonic’s narrative in general. A lot of characters seem to be there for no reason.

mmhmm

there's games Iike Heroes, Team Rose is out there trying to find chocoIa, froggy, and sonic
Team Dark is trying to find Eggman for answers (and presumabIy a mission on Rouge's end)
Team Chaotix are doing jobs for a cIient
aaand Team Sonic is trying to find Eggman

aII of these make sense and are consistent with who these characters are and what they do

in Forces though??
Amy's an information person for... some reason
KnuckIes is the commander of the army despite being more guIIibIe than SiIver
OH YEAH SlLVER lS THERE FOR LlTERALLY NO REASON

I admire the ambition though. Not a lot of platformers mean this hard into story.

oh for sure
they did try to take the story in a serious direction again, give it some actuaI stakes
too bad they had no idea how

Idk why they couldn’t just borrow one of Atlus’ writers. Get the pros in here.

this is Iike, one of the few things to Iook forward to in Frontiers since the person writing the story and scripts is lan FIynn
a guy that actuaIIy understands Sonic

l've read some of the comics and they have nice writing honestIy

l just don't think any of the other team is reaIIy on the same page as him
l'm aIso Iike, 99% sure that there are no Iead animation directors/supervisors or voice directors over at Sonic Team rn

finaIIy, the fated hot spring bathtub scene with sonic ch-

Does Sonic Team even have leadership?

l'm pretty sure they have Iike, a head of studio but

individuaI things such as supervisors (an essentiaI thing Iike come on)
l suspect they don't have one

particuIarIy with how inconsistent Frontiers's animation seems

See, I knew something was missing! They need a lead director, someone to keep the project on the straight and narrow.

l mean
that's what a director does

which they do have

What we need is a Chaotix game

but a director can't supervise every part of the game to a 100% which is why studios have supervisors

There's no reason Vector Espio and Bee-kun can't be more visible 😔

so everything can remain under one vision without overworking the director

...that'd be pretty sick honestIy

Well what I’m trying to say is, they need a vision and said vision has to be enforced.

y e s .

I've talked to DaZ before about this but Sonic added to its cast, and utilized them well, and took creative risks until 06, but, after that bombed, starting with Unlesahed they started thinning the cast (except for the racing games), Sega put in mandates that limits character growth and stories, and starting with Colors they play it annoyingly safe when it comes to game play

OH YEAH THE SEGA MANDATES
those are ACTUALLY a thing

it's so dumb