Sonic the Hedgehog is an all time classic videogame, but recent adventures from the bolt of blue haven’t lived up to fan expectations - time for more retro?
SEGA’s Sean Ratcliffe says they spend ”a lot of time and effort” discussing Sonic’s future, but it’s a long process and you can’t just ”wake up one morning” and it’s magically great again.
”The quality is something that will be fixed over time. It’s not something where you wake up one morning and say, ‘You know what, we’re going to improve our quality on this franchise,’ and it magically happens,” Ratcliffe tells IndustryGamers.
”A lot of hard work goes into striving for quality. Interestingly, I think Sonic Unleashed was very well received by the kids. There was some talk about the werehog aspect, the slower pacing and more combat-oriented gameplay, but when we go out and test this stuff and sit down with the consumers, kids actually like that.”
”The point in terms of quality is that we’re constantly trying to improve the quality. When we were in Tokyo recently there was talk about several Sega properties and how we can best make sure we’re constantly pushing that quality bar on Sonic,” he added.
Can SEGA save our beloved blue hedgehog from more obscurity? Should they just drop all these new fangled feature ideas and give us more side-scrolling adventures?
Sonic Unleashed
