Hey, I didn't they were superior ports. Just good enough that the general public wouldn't complain.
Well, I tried. Using LMMS and re-recording each instrument/sample on Sneedacity with the help of RYMCAST to isolate the channels. I didn't realize how crusty those "MJ" samples were until I listened to them with headphones. Replaced the proto bass with the MJ one too.
Beat me to it, but you should have linked the real tweet chain. (Archive)
There's a new theory not getting much attention that the versions on Sonic Origins may have been recorded from a prototype that Sega still has in their possession, one that isn't public.
It's a shame because Origins is otherwise solid from what I've played so far, but 3+K does have some bizarre quirks to it.
>Team was ruched to get shit done
After Origins the next fuck-up approaches.
I mean, I didn't see anything impressive in the trailers that I either haven't already seen in a Sonic game or that hasn't already been done (sometimes better) in other games released before Frontiers.
CD didn’t get a true final boss and Desert Dazzle because Sega didn’t trust Whitehead to add new content to their game.
The Japanese branch of Sega has always had problems with adapting to new trends, come to think of it.
This is what's so bizarre about the whole thing, because games like Unleashed are roughly around 8-12 hours on a standard playthrough (more for your first time most likely) and that's on the higher end of the playtime spectrum for the franchise. We know Frontiers has four islands with most likely a lot of puzzles, cyberspace levels and stuff to do but if they're to be believed this is the first time a Sonic game has tried to go for a runtime of this length.
It's going for length > content from the get-go and that's the issue. Puzzles can be fun, but judging from the "current content" trying to extend the playtime in a superficial way is misplaced here. If it's boring, most players just do the necessary stuff, finish the game and be done with it.
Most modern day gaymers don't even fully complete most games these days, in particular longer games over the 30-40 hour mark (just run through the story related trophies on any PS profile for example and see the percentage of completion on those trophies ) a completionist is an extreme minority in this day and age, so making Frontiers artificially longer through overworld padding is not going to look particularly attractive to most players, and heck even most Sonic fans tbh, more content can be a good thing but it can get too repetitive if it's just done for the sake of making the game longer, see all Ubisoft open world games for instance.
It is worth remembering that the Yakuza series almost didn't happen or exist in its current form because SEGA didn't think nonviolent murder hobo GTA-esque crime simulator would work and either would can the project or just make it into a shit GTA clone probably.
