Sonic 4: Episode 2 Screens & Media Topic

[Detective Shadzter]

Last Act of Episode Metal is up, as well as the last Special Stage. That Special Stage does look pretty tricky. ShadowOfRuki only JUST makes it.

[TheOcelot]

The Metal Sonic story looks really good. A shame it was only 4 acts. Looks fun though.

[JezMM]

Oh, another bit of info with regards to how you progress through the game:

Now this is just theorising because I played through every act as a marathon, so I can only make guess work by the "you've unlocked X Zone Act X!" message spam I got the first time I went to the map after finishing, which obviously I cannot remember 100% perfectly, but I THINK:

Sylvania Castle must be played in order, and is the only zone avaliable at first. After beating it, you unlock White Park and Oil Desert, which you can play the acts through in any order (I think). Beating all acts unlocks the boss as per Ep 1. Only after both are beaten do you gain access to Sky Fortress, which Act 1 must be played first. I think Acts 2 and 3 might unlock together but not sure. After that you unlock the Sky Fortress Boss, and then Death Egg Mk. II obviously must be played in order.

Incidentally there is no "New Game" option on the menu, so unless they add that in the final version, there's no way to start over from scratch without using a seperate profile or manually deleting save data from folders/data management menus.

Edited April 22, 2012 by JezMM

[JezMM]

Yeeeeesssss. I hope so. Kind of glad I'll still have some new content to look forward to if there is a hidden ending in the final release.

[Barry the Nomad]

Did you also find an image of Iizuka making a troll face beneath the "to be continued..." card?

[JezMM]

Awesome! Thanks, Woun. I wonder if it's referring to an hidden ending or Episode 3. I'd have thought if it was an hidden ending it would have shown at the end for those who have already played, unless it doesn't show up in the beta.

[Detective Shadzter]

AAUK's in the credits for Sonic 4: Episode 2. It's cool and all, but he hasn't been SEGA Europe's Community Manager for a while, and I've not seen his name in the credits for recent Sonic games.

[Woun]

No sign of it in the beta at all. I've finished with all chaos emeralds and all red rings.

[JezMM]

This is strange. There was "Collected all Chaos Emeralds, Try Again, To be continued...". I agree with Shadzter, maybe we'll find out in the full game.

Edited April 22, 2012 by JezMM

[Detective Shadzter]

OMG! Epic! Other community faces have made the credits in the special thanks section, like Brad Flick and Skyler King.

[Barry the Nomad]

OMG! Epic! Other community faces have made the credits in the special thanks section, like Brad Flick and Skyler King.

[OlenJimi]

This does look like a very finished beta, so I guess this is pretty much it? So far looks like a huge improvement.

[Woun]

Especially give bigbigbig list:

Created by Producer Takashi Iizuka Director Makoto Suzuki Art Director Hideaki Moriya Sound Producer & Music Composer Jun Senoue Character Artist Yuji Uekawa SEGA (SHANGHAI) SOFTWARE CO.,LTD. Producers Tomoaki Takayanagi Kazuya Takahashi Assistant Producers Li ShuQiao Piao XianZhe Tose Software (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd. Manager Henry Hu Leader Jerry Lu Staff Mike Zhang Original Game Staff In cooperation with Producer Hiroyuki Kawano Line Producer Hideaki Hamachi Lead Designer Kenji Ayukawa Designers Yukihiro Higashi Ayano Komatsu Ayako Kurita Yuka Kobayashi Isao Yamasaki Yuko Nishimura Technical Manager Masahisa Naganuma Product Engineering Manager Katsuya Kuramoto Product Engineering Support Masaki Tanaka Kazuhiro Gotani Lead Programmer Koji Okugawa Programmers Chinami Ishizaki Masaomi Mima Kohei Hanaoka Kouji Hokazono Keisuke Tanaka Kazuki Yoshida Takahiro Tateishi Programmers Kazuya Shinmoto Takeshi Takeuchi Shiro Mikata Wataru Yoshinaga Shinya Ueno Shinji Hori Sound Support Atsuyoshi Isemura In cooperation with Lead Artist Satoshi Takemura Artists Daisuke Miyahara Kazuki Kawamura Hiroaki Tonai Fumi Kawashima Yohei Yamada Tsuneo Suenaga Takeshi Mitsumoto Masaya Etou Nobuko Yamamoto Changliang Zhou Aki Kise Character Artists Yutaka Sakai Yasuaki Hashimoto Sayo Ihara Sanae Gyobu Ippei Yamamoto Shuhei Uemoto Animators Yasuhiro Maruo Ayumi Miyake Naoto Okumura Hiroko Tamada Visual Effects Artists Hideyuki Mitani Ken Ishihara Koichiro Miyanaga User Interface Artists Yukihiro Yamada Hiroki Tsutsui SEGA CORPORATION Localization Manager Tatsuya Shikata Localization Support Satomi Okuma Localization Support for Asia Daisuke Mori Business Division Manager Toshinori Asai Business Division Production Support Satoshi Takeuchi Tomohiro Akizuki Yuka Konishi Technical Division Manager Minoru Iwaki Technical Division Technical Support Takeshi Maruyama Manato Ito Tetsuro Nakayama Quality Assurance Chiaki Funamizu Kumiko Ito Takuya Muneta Kousuke Sasho Product Test Takashi Shoji Junichi Shimizu Akira Nishikawa Akinobu Koechi Hidaka Ogasawara Yusuke Aoki Kenzou Kadowaki Atsushi Furukawa Keisuke Sato Kazuki Tamura Daichi Sasaki Shingo Fukui SEGA OF AMERICA, INC. CEO Mike Hayes COO & President Masanao Maeda Senior Vice President, Production Gary Dunn Senior Development Director, Production Todd Hartwig Producer Alben Pedroso Development Operations Director John Merlino Design Director Chris Porter Creative Director Ethan Einhorn Senior VP of Digital Business Haruki Satomi Executive VP of Sales and Marketing Alan Pritchard Director of Digital Business Planning Naoki Kameda Director of Mobile David Zemke Senior Digital Business Development Manager Dai Kudo Publishing Director Katrin Darolle Publishing Assistant Jonathan Garrett Digital Brand Manager Ken Balough Associate Digital Brand Manager Ben Harborne Associate Digital Campaign Manager Hilarree Wong Digital Coordinator Mia Putrino Manager, Consumer Research Melissa O'Farrell Public Relations Manager Thu Nguyen Licensing Manager Cindy Chau First Party Manager Sarah Elliot Assistant First Party Manager Queenie Magsakay Director of Creative Services Jen Groeling Media and Events Manager Teri Higgins Production Manager Mary Disbrow Graphic Designer Marco Garcia Video Production Manager Carl Smolka Assistant Video Editor Greg Ammen Advertising Production Specialist Jacqueline Lee Senior Flash Designer Mike Dobbins Senior Web Designer Annie Shaw Community Manager Kellie Parker Customer Support Manager Robert Miles Senior Director of Sales Keith Gerhardt Senior Director, Sales Operations Laurie Mendez Director, Channel Marketing Scott Lambrecht Channel Marketing Manager Anna Nguyen Senior Operations Director Tom Dudley Senior Purchasing Coordinator Lu Luna Inventory and Materials Coordinator Andy Navarro Director of Legal Liana A. Larson Legal Counsel Jerusha Herman Legal Counsel Cindy Lin Contracts Administrator Edison Haywood QA Manager Mark Cartwright QA Supervisors Shawn Dobbins Demetrius Griffin QA Lead Jason Bianchi QA Assistant Lead Matt Girard QA Testers Dennis Adams John Strine Mastering Supervisor Rey Casto Buzon Mastering Lab Technician Christopher Rilles Hardware Specialist Matt Ellison Hardware Technician Kirsten Coleman Translation Inboundgames Text Proofreading Teressa Guest Camden Tayler Junior Sison Christine Letheby SEGA Europe Ltd CEO Mike Hayes Senior Vice President of Production Gary Dunn Senior Vice President of Marketing Gary Knight Technical Director Chris Southall Head of Studio Localisation & ESD Charlie O'Connor Producer Corinne Callois Publishing Manager Lee Harris Senior VP of Business Planning and Operations Yusuke Suai Head of Business Analysis Martin Benneyworth Purchasing Manager Caroline van Venrooji Production Manager Natalie Forsyth Head of Marketing Matt Eyre Marketing Assistant Nicolas Stemelen Digital PR Executive Amy White Community Manager Kevin Eva Head of Legal & Business Affairs Nicky Ormrod Legal Counsel Polly Bennett Legal Executive Marine Cabour Licensing Manager Nivine Emeran Director of Development Services, West Jim Woods Head of Development Services Mark Le Breton Production Manager Ben Howell Resource Manager Ben Jackson Localisation Manager Marta Lois Gonzalez Localisation Project Supervisor Antonella Marras Translators Carole Kunzelmann Chiara Canu Daniela Kaynert Gabriel Casas Giulia Checchi Giuseppe Rosa Jesus Alvarez Luis J. Paredes Nicole Thomer Ronan Salon Sebastin Prez Salguero Tatjana Nath Mastering, Equipment and Submissions Manager Dave Pither Senior Mastering Technician Phil Adams Assistant Mastering Technicians Mike Veness Cara Gifford Pitcher Paul Hann Project Lead Andrew Sparks Functionality Supervisor Julie Metior Language QA Supervisor Allesandro Irranca Language Team Lead Juan Jose Langa Language Assistant Team Lead Alan Desole Language Testers Jeremie Marechau Matteo Pastore Nura Vlk Carlos Barbolla Wissam Bounejra Una Marzorati Lydia Schmitt Juan Jimnez Administration and Finance Coordinator Chris Bien QA Administrator Chris Geiles Shift Monitor Chris Bailey Tony Langan SEGA UK UK Managing Director John Clark UK Marketing Director Amanda Farr UK Senior Product Manager Ben Walker UK PR Manager Stefan McGarry UK Channel Marketing Manager Clare Hawkins SEGA International International Sales Director Alison Gould Head of International Sales Simon Inch International Account Executive Ben Prouty SEGA Germany Managing Director James Rebours Marketing Manager Henning Otto Product Managers Chinh Vu Oliver Beck PR Executives Susanne Ortega Fabian Doehla SEGA Spain Managing Director Javier Fuentes Product Managers Germn Fritsch Jess Sotillo PR Manager Diana Radetski SEGA Benelux Managing Director Bernd Thien Marketing Director Johan de Windt PR Manager Roel Peeters SEGA France Directeur Gnral Europe du Sud James Rebours Responsable Marketing Thomas Grellier Chefs de Produits Alexander Chapt Nicolas Dicker Responsable RP Franck Sbastien Attache de Presse Alexandra Fiore SEGA Australia Managing Director Darren Macbeth Marketing Manager Neroli Baird Junior Product Manager Kiet Chu PR Executive Rebecca Charalambous Special Thanks Yuichi Kikuchi Takao Hirabayashi Eitaro Toyoda Kazuko Ono Wendy Beasley Brad Flick Skyler King David Martinez Ryan Morgan Aaron Webber Chief Producers Toshihiro Nagoshi Osamu Ohashi Executive Supervisors Yukio Sugino Takayuki Kawagoe Executive Producer Okitane Usui SEGA

Edited April 22, 2012 by Woun

[Blue Blood]

This does look like a very finished beta, so I guess this is pretty much it? So far looks like a huge improvement.

[KrazyBean]

So, for those who've played E2...how long is it? Is it the same length as E1 or longer?

[Blue Blood]

So, for those who've played E2...how long is it? Is it the same length as E1 or longer?

Same length pretty much, with the exception of the final stage having 2 acts. The acts are much longer though. Ken Balough wasn't lying there.

[Scar]

Really like the Music for Death Egg Mk. II, its a pretty genius track. Can't wait for it to be remixed by fans and Senoue himself uding real instruments/better soundfonts.

EDIT:

Sky Fortress ACt 2 has pretty fantastic music as well.

Edited April 22, 2012 by Scar

[Guest]

"It's the exact same engine base as the first game, so it's the same in terms of hacking as the first meaning we have nearly all the file formats understood already." -Polygon Jim about the engine used in Sonic 4 Episode 2

http://forums.sonicr...ndpost&p=681672

Edited April 22, 2012 by Guest

[buba]

"It's the exact same engine base as the first game, so it's the same in terms of hacking as the first meaning we have nearly all the file formats understood already." -Polygon Jim about the engine used in Sonic 4 Episode 2

http://forums.sonicr...ndpost&p=681672

Isn't that pretty well known by now?

[Guest]

Isn't that pretty well known by now?

Its just for those who didn't know about that, I already new that because of the way sonic jumps and moves and the window shown in the steam leak screenshot and that means its the same format and engine and similar physics but fixed.

[Jeffhog]

So guys, I'm buying Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II for the third episode, and you?

I was already set on getting this game, but seeing it in action just about cemented me getting it. May, come sooner!

Also, from what I've seen, Death Egg mk. II, despite being invaded and torn by Sonic and Tails, still surrounds Little Planet. At least from what the beta is showing.

Story-wise, there has to be a third episode.

[Jetronic]

I was already set on getting this game, but seeing it in action just about cemented me getting it. May, come sooner!

Also, from what I've seen, Death Egg mk. II, despite being invaded and torn by Sonic and Tails, still surrounds Little Planet. At least from what the beta is showing.

Story-wise, there has to be a third episode.

Or a new game which delves into this. Theories are endless possibilities in themselves.

[KrazyBean]

Man, it would be awesome if Sonic Team made Episode 3 themselves...

[Sami]

Story-wise? What the fuck is happening story-wise?

All I'm seeing is "UH OH SPAGHETTIOS SONIC EGGMAN BE TAKIN' DEM ROBATS FROM DUH OLD GAYMS AND MAKIN' 'EM ROBAT HARDER DIS TIEM. GO GET 'EM TIGUR1", and that applies to both episodes.

Hell, Episode 1's official description lists it as exactly that; Eggman remaking old machines and stirring trouble again. Episode 2? He brought back Metal Sonic and that other thing. There's literally nothing more to it.

What's to theorize about?

Edited April 22, 2012 by Dissident

[Lady Soniko]

i can't say i was holding my breathe for episode 2, although i was still planning on buying it

but after seeing sky fortress i've caved and boarded the hype train

that level, the music, the gimmicks, everything is a fucking masterpiece and i cannot wait to be going through it myself

i actually felt like "holy shit, this looks fucking stunning, it feels like a classic whilst remaining its own thing"

so yeah, officially hyped from 3 acts, can't believe it took me this long to enjoy it though, the other acts seem a bit lackluster compared to this, and i can't help thinking Sonic Rivals at the theme park level.