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Would you be fine with Sonic Mania 2 at $60, but with some accommodations to justify the price tag?
- Thread starter SpaceCrystal
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Yes. As long as it doesn't add the homing attack or anything like that and sticks to classic level design and gameplay.
I'd also love a classic zone based on The Machine
One Idea I had for Mania 2 would be going even crazier with the mashups, and one mashup that sprang to mind was Mystic Cave crossed with Toxic Caves.
I'd also love a classic zone based on The Machine
Yes. If we get a Sonic Mania 2 made by Christian Whitehead and his team with Tee Lopes composing the soundtrack, I would buy it at $60 day one. The fact that it exists would alone get me to buy it!
the original mania was worth 60, i bought it once for thirty and i got plus physical a second time for thirty
if they made mania 2 and it had the same amount of content as the original i would still pay thirty, but if i got to make demands i would say no returning stages and all new zones
please
also better boss fights
if they made mania 2 and it had the same amount of content as the original i would still pay thirty, but if i got to make demands i would say no returning stages and all new zones
please
also better boss fights
I'd gladly pay $60 to not have Chaos Emeralds locked behind UFO races. I know that you can farm the UFO-levels I haven't beaten by using the Green Hill Zone-method after beating the game, but I want to find them via other ways (anything that will not involve bonus stages).
I don't want Mania 2. Mania was just a big DLC pack for Sonic 3 and Knuckles, and it felt like a big waste of time. I don't even think most of the changes and additions in Mania were for the better.
I want Sonic 4 with new levels and NO FUCKING SPHERES. A real sequel. And less shitty bosses. I'd pay $60 for that.
I want Sonic 4 with new levels and NO FUCKING SPHERES. A real sequel. And less shitty bosses. I'd pay $60 for that.
Yeah this basically. Now there's a perceived scarcity it'd probably pay more for a second.
I would gladly buy it at $60 because Sonic Mania was so amazing and was such a love letter to the franchise, but no way will people pay $60 for a sprite based 2D game no matter how good it is now.
The biggest problem Sonic faces financially is that it takes a ton of ton and resources to develop such a small amount of actual content. The Adventure formula worked perfectly for content since you had the Chao, multiple missions per level, full story mode and a ton of other extras like Multi-player, Kart racing etc.
The Boost formula can't work in this fashion due to how heavy resources are and 2D Sonic can't really be spread out much further until level designs start to grow thin and quality suffers. I'd love it if we got Sonic Mania styled games at a budget and big story driven 3D titles at the full price tag but I don't see Sega supporting this financially.
The biggest problem Sonic faces financially is that it takes a ton of ton and resources to develop such a small amount of actual content. The Adventure formula worked perfectly for content since you had the Chao, multiple missions per level, full story mode and a ton of other extras like Multi-player, Kart racing etc.
The Boost formula can't work in this fashion due to how heavy resources are and 2D Sonic can't really be spread out much further until level designs start to grow thin and quality suffers. I'd love it if we got Sonic Mania styled games at a budget and big story driven 3D titles at the full price tag but I don't see Sega supporting this financially.
Personally no. Thats 3-4 times indie games of comparable quality and size cost.
I would understand a premium, cause its Sonic, so lets say 30$ as a good price, 40$ as a little bit premium but still okay.
60$ would be to much. If we're talking 20-25 stages, now were somewhere else, then i can see 60$.
(Also: im not the core audience, not a hardcore sonic fan, and even the 2d games i see as fun but kinda a bit flawed )
I would understand a premium, cause its Sonic, so lets say 30$ as a good price, 40$ as a little bit premium but still okay.
60$ would be to much. If we're talking 20-25 stages, now were somewhere else, then i can see 60$.
(Also: im not the core audience, not a hardcore sonic fan, and even the 2d games i see as fun but kinda a bit flawed )
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Only thing I'd say is no reused zones this time please. I know that was forced on them last time though
Give me a Mania 2 with all original levels and ill slap down $60 for that easy. The original levels in Mania 1 were the best in the game.
I want mania 2 to be full new levels, no remix of previous games, then i'll gladly pay the price! The ones in mania 1 were great
Sure. If money counts towards how much time you spend with a game, i spent more time with Mamia than with most 60$ games anyway.
Not a fan of the remixed levels approach, so probs not. Many of them were too similar to what I'd already played thousands of times before. Not sure I'd want to spend 60 bucks on that same experience.
If it was all new, then maybe.
If it was all new, then maybe.
Yes...although I would also like a non-pixelized art option like Monster Boy and the Wonder Boy remake had. But 8 new levels plus 8 reimagined levels would be awesome for $60 (I would honestly pay $60 for just 8 new zones and no old levels, so long as they maintain the quality of the original Sonic Mania).
I fundamentally do not believe that a video game based on the character Sonic the Hedgehog is worth $60, regardless of the content therein.
Absolutely would pay that price for a sequel. Although I'd love to see it with a clean cartoon look like Sonic Mania Adventures or the Sonic CD opening.
Playing a full game with that art style would be pretty amazing.
Rayman Origins and Legends pulled it off beautifully well.
Playing a full game with that art style would be pretty amazing.
Rayman Origins and Legends pulled it off beautifully well.
I don't think $60 is a logical price for that game. The number of super fans that are willing to pay that price pales in comparison to the average consumer that bought SM at the original price.
You're average consumer doesn't recognise Sonics 2D outings as AAA titles worthy of that premium. Even though SM is one of the better games of recent, without the flashy 3D graphics, and the retro visuals reminding people it's history is from an 'old' game, $60 is a hard pill to swallow.
I think charging that price would do it more harm than good.
You're average consumer doesn't recognise Sonics 2D outings as AAA titles worthy of that premium. Even though SM is one of the better games of recent, without the flashy 3D graphics, and the retro visuals reminding people it's history is from an 'old' game, $60 is a hard pill to swallow.
I think charging that price would do it more harm than good.
Same. I played through the game multiple times and still haven't touched anything from Plus. It's one of my favorite games of the last 5 years.
My dream would be an all new 2D Sonic game from the same developers as Sonic Mania. Give them total control to go nuts with the story, level design, playable characters, Sonic Mania Adventure style animated cut-scenes and more. Call it Sonic The Hedgehog 4 and make it a true sequel to the classic games, erasing from history SEGA's previous attempt. Give the team the budget and time to make it the best it possibly can. I'd pay $60 (or £50) without batting an eyelid.
If what this actually turned out as is Sonic Mania 2 with more remixed levels and playable characters, I'd probably wince a lot more at the £50 price point but to be fair, they earned enough good will with the first one that I'd probably be fine.
If what this actually turned out as is Sonic Mania 2 with more remixed levels and playable characters, I'd probably wince a lot more at the £50 price point but to be fair, they earned enough good will with the first one that I'd probably be fine.
