Empire City with Cinematic Motion Blur at 60 FPS (Post-edit) 

Elitezen dude, that was a sax.

TGE my friend, you should listen to sonic mania, metallic madness act 2...

used to cringe at the saxophone when I was younger lol.

Trumpet actually

@FlamingHedgehog794 it got 8s & 9s but it was just not that great imo, when i try it, i find it super bland and boring

Joseph Franc this isn’t Unleashed

Your Nightmare It is unleashed

SamAnimations! This looks like Sonic Unleashed, but it isn’t. It’s Sonic Generations with Unleashed’s model, boost, and etc.

Jyniguunx yz are you smoking rn look at a generations cutscene compared to an unleashed and unleashed will be 10x better it even has a cinematic cutscene at the start and it looks beautiful for a 2008 game there graphics where definitely the best of there time and it’s funny cause there better then generations that’s how good the graphics where

@Jyniguunx yz Have you...ever seen the games next to each other?

Sonic Unleashed normally runs at 25-30 FPS with some few frame drops. In the PS3 version, it was normally supposed to run at 60 FPS.

OpticMel81 Yeah but there are PLENTY of situations where it's really low.

PS3 has worse frame drops than XBox 360 for Sonic Unleashed.

+FlandreScarlet9999vr Actually, it's pretty much the opposite.

OpticMel81 Incorrect. I have both versions on both consoles, this is easily noticed in Werehog stages or Jungle Joyride Day Act 1 that PS3 experiences lower framerate much more frequently than 360. One pro the PS3 does have over 360 is your movement is much more free and less _locked_ than 360's, but that's really all there is.

and i just randomly come across garrett time and time again

caninePenstroke HAHA SAME

caninePenstroke I was not expecting him to be here wow

*(When done correctly)* XD

So you mean to tell me if the graphics are more "crisp" then the motion blur when "speeding" wouldn't affect the visual negatively? Who would've thought? You cracked the code, please, design games.

it looks faster because he had to speed up the video (as he said at the beginning)

@@TusharSundarka and still it doesn't feel speed up at all

Tushar Sundarka Wrong, he recorded it at 1/4 of the speed and then sped it back up

segafan13 It's actually worse.Directional shadows don't affect Sonic,particles are cartooney and flat,the landscape is lackluster outside of the city.Only good thing is resolution and GIA

segafan13 Close to final!Seriously,you have to be stupid to think they'll change a lot of things in the next 6 months.That's poor planning

segafan13 Nope,it's complete.Unless they apply post effects and source code from Unleashed,which can't happen without the Japanese programmers that were replaced after 2009

segafan13 If it ends up being Generations 2,I'm sorry

Well, not exactly.

Yup

It's generations but Sonic has his unleashed drift

Bravesoon7 lol thought it was unleashed until I realise the speed

Kareem Codling it actually is Unleashed as Generations dosen’t have that stage, but unleashed does

KH1810_ HATAKE It could be mods.

It IS a mod

2:15 is crazy. I was a kid when I played the hell out of this game and could sometimes manage to sync it to this part. It always made my hair stand up, and still does!

Nice reference, good part on you💪🏽👌🏽

Its called level design and good video editing

Because Sonic 06 was executed so poorly that Sega busted out all the stops to make a masterpiece

It’s the last time they worked with an actual budget

Sonic unleashed and sonic zero gravity were some of the best sonic games, also had some fantastic soundtracks

It isn't. The daytime stages are great but the game as a whole is... well, not great.

@@wallstaple9125 Oh yeah good point

It was meant to look better.

truth be told I'm pretty sure these are enhanced visuals via mods and such (the game that the level is from doesn't even have a PC port to begin with)

TheRaveous TL;DR It was like that from the start (the mods return functionality, not necessarily add), so Op's point still stands. The enhanced visuals are shaders taken from Sonic Unleashed, which was PS3/360 only. They could barely handle it, as they are about the power of a low-mid end PC at most, so slowdown was frequent. Sonic Generations used Unleashed as a base, but removed the prettier parts to take into account that PCs had a bigger difference between them in terms of power, as opposed to all PS3/360s being about the same. See the PS3 version of Empire City. This motion blur, as you know, was added. Everything else stays true to the original. Still, this look in 2008 was fairly surprising, along with Mario Galaxy a year earlier.

***** I thought TheRaveous was talking about Unleashed's shaders/Project Unleashed, not the motion blur.

You can apply that to 2017 too.

CryEngine is a great engine (Ryse looks and performs amazingly well), blame BigRedButton instead. :P

***** BigRedButton didn't scratched the surface of what CryEngine can do, but instead we got Sonic Boom as we know it.

Funny... one of the selling points for Sonic Boom was "First Wii U game to support CryEngine". And pretty much any other Wii U game looks miles better than what Boom ever did...

You guys do know that CryEngine 3 SDK was originally designed for PS3, X360 and Windows, right? I can understand why Boom is bad like that.

Tuan PINGAS Doesn't explain why the game ,graphically, looked good in the teaser trailer.

Rich M Agreed

Rich M well, only 3 level designers worked in the game and only one had previous experience in sonic, which was just sonic lost world

Rich M You it the nail on the head there. Everyone’s like “Forces wasn’t good so they need to get rid of the boost gameplay” and I think that’s bullshit because regardless of how good or bad Forces turned out that does NOT affect the quality of Unleashed (the day stages), Colors, and Generations. The answer isn’t “get rid of the whole gameplay formula” it’s “make a game using this playstyle but with actual good level design” which is 100% possible BECAUSE IT’S BEEN DONE BEFORE. Seriously Sega has the answer to making 3D Sonic games consistently good lying right in front of them and they just blatantly ignore it.

What’s interesting to note is that at the time of its release, Sonic Unleashed had mixed reception much like Forces does now. And years later when people look back at Unleashed, they appreciate the game more and give it praise that it didn’t receive when it came out. And Unleashed is a clear example of level designers putting a lot of effort into the stages. It must be hard for Sonic Team because it feels like when they put a lot of effort into a game it doesn’t seem like it’s appreciated until years later, but by that point it’s a little too late. As a sonic fan, the only way the series can truly be great is if the fanbase isn’t divided and is actually supportive of Sonic Team rather than bashing them and whining. I love the series and I want it to succeed. But it seems like the divisive fanbase it has makes it impossible to truly move forward

@Speedy V. Speedy V. Wouldn't it be possible to reverse engineer it ? People have already done that for some older titles. Though it is a much bigger engine, I doubt that Sega doesn't have the resources to do so, if it were possible that is.

Ikr!

Especially this part 1:26

You could just sell the ps2 version and get the 360 version

Right?!?! I only recently learned that they might as well be 2 different games

They are completely different, but I have so much nostalgia for the PS2 version. The 360 one though is a million times better. To the point where the only thing the 360 lacked was a consistent framerate and shorter wherehog stages

Me too. But when I finally got the hd version I could not bother to get there because the werehog levels are even more annoying and longer than in the PS2 version.

That's actually modded generations

the duck commander unlike Sonic Forces

spikepryor just look at Sonic Forces 🤢 Sonic Team doesn't understand

spikepryor i kinda like the dreamcast look better honest i want more of those

Mate,I love the boost games and Unleashed is my favorite Sonic game,but I just hate when people try to dictate what Sonic should be.

@@rumvoyeur hey i like sonic forces

Fatimah Quyyum Nothing wrong with that...??

Raphpower SG/SU-Modding yep😂

Definitely a Sonic Generations Mod.

Raphpower SG/SU-Modding the what now?

I got sonic unleashed...

Crazy Architect

So "butter"? its better

Bill CIpher/DiamondGaming Butter as in "Smooth as butter".

+Monkey D. "Straw Hat" Luffy Oh, sorry

Should be an option like Motion Blur in Colors Ultimate.

+Babasnaba Unleashed Sonic Model

Thanks

Eracity I miss that drift. Looked so much better to me

Paul Smenis You didn't do shit.

To this day I still have no idea.

I feel like they're imitating Sonic Adventure

@@heliospah Actually I guess the running animation is based off Lost World.

Ricochet Games stupid consoles and their 30fps

Nazo reminder that FORCES is 60 fps on console

Nazo Console has been 60fps for like 3 and a half years... Smh

Hector Velazquez only because forces doesn't even look as good as unleashed even though it's 9 years old

Unleashed was pushing the PS3 and X-Box's hardware with how detailed it was. Sonic Forces is incredibly detailed, just not so much as Unleashed. I think they weren't wanting to cause frame drops during gameplay so they haven't gone overboard with polys and textures and stuff

Ikr like the night levels aren't that bad imo

pizza pai with out this game Colors and Generations wouldn't exist

This isn't even Unleashed, it's Generations.

Sonic Forces looks mostly the same , however a game based only in boosting during 1 minute long levels is disapointing.

Canalave Maiden no sir this is Sonic Unleashed. Empire City wasn't even in Sonic Generations

sameold23 its generations unleashed project duh

sameold23 This is Generations

Mrhighstandards01 You mean the boost?

Zero 0 HAHAHAHA. No.

Farhan A. Sof probably before then lol

That would be awesome!

Hey man, Newegg is having Black Friday sales every day of the month. No better time to buy a decent GPU and extra RAM.

I agree, it looks nice, but I have a sore head from watching it. I'll stick to 30fps thanks :S

Skitt64 Bitch please, I have a calculator

***** Calculators are even worse at cooking pizza. (Note that here the pizza is Sonic Generations)

* pizza boy Generations mod walks in *

Terance Ware ikr Forces sucks

For real. Forces felt so halfassed compared to this.

Terance Ware but still linear

Graphically, Forces is one of the best. Just under Unleashed, which should have lowered the graphics a slight bit to maintain consistent framerate. Gameplay wise, Unleashed is better than forces. No doubt, but Unleashed had a full team of level designers, whereas Forces only had three, all of which were new to the series. The lead designer's first game was Lost World. Whoever organised the team like that needs to be fired. It takes more than three people to make enjoyable levels for a triple A title based around speed.

King Arthur but I like the checkpoints 😭 They help when I’m first trying to learn the level but I still don’t want it restart the whole thing

God no. Unleashed has WAY to many beginners traps to the point where its just not fun at times.