Why do I have to buy a game again?

[Dante]

Just give me an option to upgrade from vanilla Sonic Generation for maybe like a $20 or $30. Having zero options to upgrade with a $50 price tag is plain stupid specially after adding Denuvo to the game when the original one did not have it.

[Memes&Bacon]

Sega likes money. Bundling a new game with a remaster of an old one with no way to get the new one separately is one of their strategies to get this money. And the original Generations game is getting pretty old and works less well on newer hardware, imo it needed a rerelease if Sega wanted to add any more features.
Also Denuvo barely affects performance at all in my time of playing games with it, and I was able to play this game offline as well.

[Osmond_NLG]

Originally posted by Dante:

Just give me an option to upgrade from vanilla Sonic Generation for maybe like a $20 or $30. Having zero options to upgrade with a $50 price tag is plain stupid specially after adding Denuvo to the game when the original one did not have it.

New SKU, new game, pay me peasant.

[SoulSlayer]

Originally posted by Dante:

Just give me an option to upgrade from vanilla Sonic Generation for maybe like a $20 or $30. Having zero options to upgrade with a $50 price tag is plain stupid specially after adding Denuvo to the game when the original one did not have it.

the reason why im not buying. shadows story is just 3 hours long. Only worth 20$ at most since they are making us rebuy the same game. Also ya Denuvo. Ill just get the sailing version.

[the little guy with Glasses]

I don't remember people having this much trouble when it came to Mario 3D world but whatever..

I do kinda agree but at the same time Gens is actually a pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥ on PC as a port.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by the average red scarf Guy:

I don't remember people having this much trouble when it came to Mario 3D world but whatever..

I do kinda agree but at the same time Gens is actually a pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥ on PC as a port.

Although 3D World is a bigger game.

[ElyParrot]

Honestly in my opinion, Shadow Generations on its own is worth the $50. Might be short, but its got a lot to do in it if you like collecting stuff, optimizing your times, and if you just like the character.

Originally posted by the average red scarf Guy:

I don't remember people having this much trouble when it came to Mario 3D world but whatever..

I do kinda agree but at the same time Gens is actually a pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥ on PC as a port.

The difference was that Mario 3D World was stuck on the Wii U, and the rerelease on Switch was the only way to play it in current gen. Also it added a bunch of extra QoL improvements and online play and stuff, alongside the Bowser's Fury game.

Sega deliberately removed the ability to buy Sonic Generations standalone on Steam and force players to buy this collection to play Shadow Generations, and people who already have Sonic Generations can't just get Shadow Generations if they only want that. Also, the additions to Sonic Gens aren't really that huge to warrant even calling it a remaster, let alone wanting to buy it a second time.

I didn't have it already so I wasn't as sour, but I can definitely see where the annoyance comes from.

[Tamburlaine]

There should have been a discount for people who owned the original, even a small one. But Sonic games usually go on discount pretty quickly, and this one looks really good, so I for one don't mind waiting for a discount if it'll only be a month or two after launch.

[Allard]

You don't HAVE to buy anything. If you don't like the price, don't buy it.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by ElyParrot:

Honestly in my opinion, Shadow Generations on its own is worth the $50. Might be short, but its got a lot to do in it if you like collecting stuff, optimizing your times, and if you just like the character.

I disagree. It is worth 35 top.

Originally posted by Allard:

You don't HAVE to buy anything. If you don't like the price, don't buy it.

That's a weak argument about the questionable price of things.

"You think bread is to expensive? Buy less."

[JonathanR]

At $50, Shadow Generations could stand to be a little longer, but I also get why it isn't. The stages are packed pretty tight with stuff, especially early on and at the end. I will say that it's missing some important quality of life features... tracking down the rocket parts is needlessly tedious and should have come with some way to track your completion by map region or something. Same story for finding all the chests, though at least with that one they were thoughtful enough to add chests you've found/opened to the map.

Reality of the matter is though, SEGA knows this game will probably be available at 50% off within a year, so they set a moderately high but below standard full price so that when they do discount it, it won't be a total loss. This shouldn't shock anyone, it's just how game prices work. I've gotten plenty of lesser games at $50 over the years including back when $50 was actually a standard full price game.

[meatmobile]

I would have appreciated a discount at least, tbh.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by meatmobile:

I would have appreciated a discount at least, tbh.

It was 25% off last week.

[fuzzy.tent1131]

Because they are a for profit corporation, and because Sonic Team redeveloped the Sonic Generations portion of the game from scratch to make it perform better on modern hardware, add the dropdash, and chao to rescue.

[Bluetomahawk222]

Originally posted by fuzzy.tent1131:

Because they are a for profit corporation, and because Sonic Team redeveloped the Sonic Generations portion of the game from scratch to make it perform better on modern hardware, add the dropdash, and chao to rescue.

I love the game but they got two of those three, right.

Notice how one of the most common reports lately is that the sonic generation side can’t launch at all?

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Bluetomahawk222:

Originally posted by fuzzy.tent1131:

Because they are a for profit corporation, and because Sonic Team redeveloped the Sonic Generations portion of the game from scratch to make it perform better on modern hardware, add the dropdash, and chao to rescue.

I love the game but they got two of those three, right.

Notice how one of the most common reports lately is that the sonic generation side can’t launch at all?

There are fixes.

Takes a minute to search for and test them if you're having issues.