Is is really true that game is only 4 hours long?

[Peanut!!!!]

charging 60 bucks for a 4 hour campaign is disappointing.

[FauxEars]

I mean Sonic Generations was 4 hours long, Sonic Forces was 4 hours long, this is hardly new.

[peep]

Most sonic games are pretty short, even Sonic Mania.

[supermichael]

The good thing is in this game you only need to play 1 file, you can switch any character you want at any time.

In Sonic 3 & Knuckles when you create 1 save file for Sonic, you can't use other characters. You need to create another save file for Sonic & Tails, so starting a new file from new. If someone wants to play as Tails, then another save file.

[Exerion76]

Sonic games have infinite replay value.
So many secrets, you discover, during another run.
Getting all the emeralds etc. takes a long time, since you have to master the stages.
I still today 30+ years later, replay the Mega Drive games.

How often do I replay 30-100 hour games? Never.

[Tanoomba]

IGN said it takes around 15 hours to do all three campaigns.

[Celery]

Originally posted by Exerion76:

Sonic games have infinite replay value.
So many secrets, you discover, during another run.
Getting all the emeralds etc. takes a long time, since you have to master the stages.
I still today 30+ years later, replay the Mega Drive games.

How often do I replay 30-100 hour games? Never.

Lol.

[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]

When I saw this game, I remembered Metroid Dread, which got dunked for being about 10 hours for a normal run and 13 for a 100% run. That's still three times as long as this game, for the same price, and I have to deal with Epic integration on top of that.

After Sonic Frontiers, I thought Sega FINALLY had their heads on straight. Guess not.

[Juno]

2D Sonic games have never been long games due to their replay value.

[BearPajamaGod!]

Originally posted by Pocky:

2D Sonic games have never been long games due to their replay value.

They also haven't been $60

[Han Daimond]

It's a 2D Sonic game, not a Witcher game.

[supermichael]

Sonic Mania Plus it took me 44 hours to 100% everything. I have every character 100% in normal and encore mode and all the golden coins. There is nothing left for me to complete.

[Exerion76]

Originally posted by BearPajamaGod!:

Originally posted by Pocky:

2D Sonic games have never been long games due to their replay value.

They also haven't been $60

Guess you were not around in the early 90:s.
New releases on Genesis and SNES, usually cost between $59-$69, and sometimes more.
$60, back in 1992, is $131 today. This includes the Sonic games.

https://i.redd.it/6lkb3vjt46861.jpg

https://preview.redd.it/tq261umjaw491.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=c13591ec38e8163dae8794b055ec081fbc995bda

[Octogenius]

My playthrough of just Amy going through story mode was about 6 hours, and I haven't even touched the second story mode or the final story yet. There seems to be a decent amount here.

[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]

Originally posted by Han Daimond:

It's a 2D Sonic game, not a Witcher game.

Even if we accept that argument, its still going up against Mario Wonder. Metroid Dread was lambasted for being a short 2D game, but positive word-of-mouth from starving franchise veterans was able to overcome it (the last all-new Metroid game, Other M, was released in 2008 and generally panned). Meanwhile, Sonic hasn't been lacking in quantity of games; just quality.

[fadeinshadow]

LOL is a 2d game. The term "campaign" doesnt even apply here. Nobody used that term when 2d games were the majority of what was out there.