Wow have you guys seen this? HAVE YOU GUYS FUCKING SEEN THIS?
Remember Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric? OF course you do, it's one of the worst video games (not just Sonic games) in history.
Well presenting Sonic Synergy, aka the prototype of Sonic Boom.
I hate to be one of those "Aww man the beta looks SO much better!" people but holy shit. There's a night and day difference. This game was going to feature CHAO FFS! Nothing in this game is recognizable. Even the character models... they all look drunk or high XD Can't say I'm the biggest fan of their facial expressions but... I dunno Sonic with chest fur is kinda neat.
Apparently the game was being developed by Big Red Button FOR the PS4 and Xbox but, unbeknownst to them, Sega had made a deal to make 3 exclusively Nintendo Sonic games. The engine they used on this build (Cryengine?) wasn't compatible for the Wii U so they had to start again from scratch and well... yeah you know the rest.
... I wish they had released Shattered Crystal first and THEN this game on the Xbox and PS4. It would have fared a lot better... maybe not amazing, but certainly better than RoL.
I'm just so stunned by the difference.