We saw a demo of him, up on that E3
stage, and where before people had seen Uncharted
as a smaller addition to the PS3 exclusives line - up, with that showcase, with Drake leaping around, his handsome adventurer's face scorched by the sun, cut with shrapnel, we saw Drake transform into this new
action hero, the saviour of the PS3.
- Iizuka has received a ton of requests from fans to have their own original characters appear in Sonic games - while that couldn't happen, Sonic Forces» custom character recognizes that fan desire - the avatar was created with the idea of «making straight high - speed
action» - this time the concept is that all three styles (Modern, Classic, Avatar) would be high - speed based - make selections for the face, mouth, body color, and gender of custom characters - each species will also have their own unique skills, such
as wolves being able to pull nearby rings - you can't change custom characters in the middle of the game - there is some sort of feature that's unlocked after you've cleared the game once related to this - the new avatar style will have a speedy and rhythmic style like Modern Sonic, but also different vectors from Sonic - this includes differences in timing for pressing buttons, or the Wisps giving the avatar trickier movements - the story aims to depict
heroes that would feel like Sonic - by controlling different characters, the devs hope to show a story that extends to explaining the world setting
as well - the story concept has been «
Hero Army vs. Eggman's Army» from the start - when wondering who should be made playable among the
heroes, the idea came up for Classic Sonic - the character setting for the avatar is a civilian in an area occupied by Eggman who stands up and fights together with Sonic - during
stages, you'll hear radio contact from partners like Tails and Amy - Sonic and the rest of the gang form a resistance to stand against Eggman's army, so they relay information from headquarters - boss characters like Chaos and Metal Sonic will appear in Eggman's army - details on the new character (Infinite) are being kept secret - the main part of the storyline is that Eggman gathers strong enemies in the past to form an all mighty army - some people might be wondering why Shadow is on the enemy's side, but they can find out more by experiencing the story - the team thinks Japanese fans are taking a liking to the serious story and character customization features - there were some struggles with the new engine in early
stages, but now they've moved to a smooth development process - the team knew they wanted to bring the game to Nintendo's new console before they even knew it was the Switch - the Switch info came to them during the middle of the game's development - SEGA knew Nintendo fans would want to play Sonic's new game, which is why they personally worked to bring it to Switch - SEGA plans to show the game in Japan at Tokyo Game Show 2017 in September - the team is also working on providing new information, including news that would be unique to Japan
It's the lengthy co-op
stages that have been seeing the most
action though
as I regularly enjoyed teaming up with up to three other players, making our way through long
stages packed with enemies to hunt down while watching each other's back and making
hero runs to revive each other.
More great live
action happened
as Kevin McSherry, Head of Studio, and Daniel Neil, Music Director, at FreeStyleGames demoed their upcoming music game «DJ
Hero», brilliantly supported on
stage by former turntablist world champion DJ Blakey.