Sonic Origins dev addresses game’s launch issues

Sonic Origins recently released, offering a brand new way to play the Classic Sonic Quadrilogy. Despite the many improvements brought about by this latest remaster, a number of bugs, glitches and other issues have popped up. According to one of Origins’ developers, the blame lies primarily with SEGA.

Sonic Origins brings together Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, CD, as well as 3 & Knuckles in one remastered package. In fact, this is the first time that Sonic 3 & Knuckles has been given the widescreen treatment. Even beyond this, Sonic Origins represents the first time that any of these titles are playable in widescreen on console, with previous remastered ports only coming to mobile devices.

It is therefore exciting to see these games playable in a brand new way for a new generation of Sonic fans, Unfortunately, all is not perfect. In a long series of Tweets by ‘Stealth’ –  one half of the dynamic duo known for making the original Sonic remasters (as well as Sonic Mania) – the game developer discussed the many frustrations and issues felt when making Sonic origins, saying:

“I won't lie and say that there weren't issues in what we gave to Sega, but what is in Origins is also not what we turned in. Integration introduced some wild bugs that conventional logic would have one believe were our responsibility- a lot of them aren't.”

They continued, “I'm extremely proud of my team for their performance under such pressure, but every one of us is very unhappy about the state of Origins and even the Sonic 3 component. We weren't too thrilled about its pre-submission state either but a lot was beyond our control.”

It seems there was some level of strain between the two companies, with Stealth saying “We asked to do major fixes near submission but weren't allowed due to submission and approval rules. We asked about delays early and repeatedly but were told they weren't possible. We offered to come back for post-release fixes and updates- we do not yet know if this is happening.”

The full Tweet thread can be found HERE and HERE, and goes into much greater depth regarding the issues found within Sonic Origins. It is unfortunate to see another Sonic release plagued by controversy. Hopefully SEGA gives the team at Headcannon time to fix the game post-launch.

KitGuru says: Did you buy Sonic Origins? Did you encounter any issues? Does this affect your expectations for Sonic Frontiers? Let us know down below.

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