As I predicted, Superstars bombed because of Sega’s awful decision to release it 3 days before the most acclaimed 2D Mario game of the millinium (among probably several other reasons such as a $60 price tag and Denuvo DRM on PC). Sucks that we’ll probably never get a decent 2D Sonic because Sega’s marketing team and executives are fucking incompetent.
by originalusername4567
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I played this for twenty minutes. It would have bombed even if it was the only thing that released that year. It was just another rehash of the same formula with 0 innovation and nothing even remotely challenging/interesting/engaging to seperate it from the other sonic games.
the funny thing is that they wanted to go up against mario
I played it without paying via a friend and felt my time was stolen from me, it could’ve been the only video game released in 2023 and it still wouldn’t win any awards
You know someone out there has a whole essay about why Sonic Superstars is a better game than Super Mario Wonder
Were they expecting a Super Mario Superstars situation like Barbenheimer?
Contrary to popular belief, DRM doesn’t really reduce sales. If they did, it wouldn’t be used
They can totally get back, just announce updates content for half a year…
add new custom Battle parts(Fang!), allow custom chars to be playable in Story.
Add 2 new chars(Mighty, Ray) along new levels.
Marketing, and that’s it.
Mario rarely add update, etc. It’s where Sega should hit.
Announce a lil update at game awards. Then do others later.
I don’t know why they marketed Superstars as multiplayer. It’s unplayable with more than 2 people.
I’m beyond tired of Sonic games that are just “a step in the right direction”. When are we going to get a Sonic game that’s good in it’s own right? It’s pretty sad the best Sonic game in the past decade wasn’t even made by Sonic team.
I just can’t imagine what they were thinking.
As this article mentioned, the Mario movie likely helped boost sales for Wonder.
The Sonic team commented on expecting the next Sonic movie to help sales, but it is still a year away.
It seems like the wisest decision would have been to wait and release this closer to the movie release.
Maybe some more time in development would’ve also helped the quality of this game…
The game was sold at full price, it ain’t no Mario. Mario is the only 2d platformer that can get away with that now a days
Youtubers in 5 years: ” The incredible underrated Sonic game that no one played 😱”
Bought both although got sonic on black Friday. Happy with them
When the date was announced some tried to cope with “It’s on 4 platforms” as if the Nintendo SKU of Sonic games doesn’t always run laps around the other versions. Releasing it essentially the same day as another 4 player co op platformer that’s way more popular just ain’t it considering the family game aspect is where the meat of the sales would be, almost no one copping on Steam/PS4/Xbox to play 4 player co op
I am a huge Sonic fan, grew up with the Gamecube replaying stages in Adventure 2. I am now approaching 30 and am still buying every release though I would call them mediocre at best (Not including Frontiers, that game’s fun). Basically as biased as biased can be towards Sonic. Bought both games and played through Wonder on the switch, and it was the most delightful, chill game I have played in years. Every level was fun. I cannot think of a single level where I was dissatisfied. Sonic Superstars on PS5 actually pisses me off on the later levels. Bosses are slow wait for opening routines. Music is very hit and miss. Later level design is try not to run into this obstacle you have .3 seconds to react to. I’m still playing through the hidden characters story but it is just more annoying. Just dissapointing at this point.
I mean, yeah it wasn’t a good idea because the game PALES in comparison. It’s a bummer. I got overly excited about the fairly smooth character animations and 60fps on Switch and grabbed it at full price, which in retrospect was probably a bad idea because I don’t really want to encourage this below-average output.
It’s not a bad game, but it feels like it needed another year to cook. The bosses are pathetic, there’s a lot of janky animations, the music is uneven, the special stages are whack, the robot store stuff feels like bottom of the barrel afterthought padding. I don’t mean to sound harsh but I haven’t even bothered to finish it and I know it’s not a long game. SomeCallMeJohnny made a pretty good video review/essay of it (he sounds more gracious than me).
It has some nice individual things about it but it falls far short in too many other regards. Sonic Mania it is not. Not even Sonic Generations.
The best thing I can say about it is I wish Sonic Frontier’s 2D mechanics were as good as they were in this game. I mean, it’s a low bar. It’s better than Sonic 4.
It is absurd to me that they couldn’t just…shift the release date a week or two. Even that would’ve helped.
This game felt like Sega trying to prove they could outdo the Sonic Mania team.
Sonic is so washed man. One of my childhood favorites
Honestly, from the trailers it was a game I though would be great for my family. My only concern was that it would be too chaotic to play multiplayer because of the speed of Sonic gameplay. Low and behold the reviews say exactly that. So I passed. Maybe if it’s ever super cheap.
If Superstar was a great game, it would’ve sold better. Even with Mario.
I grabbed this for $35 on Black Friday. It’s a fine game, definitely not as good as Mania, but I liked it overall. I’ve been a fan of Sonic for a long time.
Having said that, yeah this doesn’t come close to Mario Wonder. That was just a much better experience overall. Really worth the money, it felt like a bigger game with a lot more to do. I bought that on release instead.
Had Sonic Superstars released at a different time at a different price point (IMO $35 seemed fair) I probably would’ve gotten it. But three days before a promising new Mario game, which was the first brand new 2D Mario game in a decade? Yeah not a smart idea.
Bro why do they still pretend Sonic is a competitor to Mario. He just isn’t anymore. Mario won my dude, it’s over.
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