The team describes the game as still being in a very raw state but that hasn’t stopped them from offering up a demo to download and play today ( mirror here).īased on what is shown in the trailer, I see a very large obstacle course that looks like loads of fun to play but may lack a sense of direction. It’s a realization that prompted a small team of fans – The Great Lange, Murasaki Fox, Tpot and PicsAndPixels – to try their hand at creating an intuitive 3D-based Sonic game.Įverything you see in the trailer above – from the models and animations to the textures and music – was conceived and constructed from scratch. Unfortunately, the transition from 2D, side-scrolling platformer to 3D-based, free-roamer hasn’t done the franchise any favors. Sega struck gold with the first few Sonic games for the Genesis, establishing the speedy hedgehog as its mascot in the process. That’s quite the complement considering it is being developed entirely by a small team of dedicated fans. Sonic Utopia, an open-world game based on Sega’s popular blue hedgehog, looks to be one of the better installments in the storied franchise.
