Sonic the Hedgehog's loading time not fast at all?

Posted Jan 1, 2007 at 6:07AM by Mabie A. Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Microsoft, Sega, Sonic, YouTube
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Sonic the Hedgehogis renowned for his speed. But what's this we're hearing (and will see through the vid below) that the game's loading time on the Xbox 360 is terribly slow?

Elchibo posted this vid over at YouTube, and it does appear to be a rather dismal display of Sonic's supposed speed. If at all, it's the complete antithesis to how the character's image is spawned. With ten minutes and a half worth of of footage, it clearly is nothing but a really, really long waiting game. And that's just for the game to load onto another scene.

What's worse is that it doesn't just happen once. Yeah, we've heard of unbelievably lengthy loading time for the internet, but for a next-gen game on a next-gen console? It's just ridiculous.

Anyway, check it out for yourself. If you're patient enough to finish the whole ten minutes, maybe you'll be rewarded, say, like having Sonic leap to life from your TV screens. Or something.



 
 
 

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by nikopol - 2007-01-01 01:16
» lol

Its so boring IMO!

Devs really screwed up this one. I hope they will optimize it more for PS3...

P.S. You are the most patient men I ever seen :)

by Devise - 2007-01-01 01:29
» ...hmm...

He might be running a backup copy with the slow read xtreme firmware version. If he updated to the fast read version or used better media he wouldn't have that problem. My version of sonic works fine, nothing like what is seen in that video.

by nikopol - 2007-01-01 01:34
» lol

maybe, but the problem do exist.

check this out:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=15248&type=wmv&pl=game

by Devise - 2007-01-01 02:13
» ...

Thanks for the link i agree 100% with the review, the game is trash.

by Anger - 2007-01-01 02:40
» in my country we...

in my country we call that taking the piss. thats just lazy ass programmers.

by Cowinacan - 2007-01-01 03:21
» Thumbs down

This games story is so corny...AND THERE ARE SO MANY GLITCHES! they aren't even fun glitches.after Sonic Adventure came out, the sonic series wend downhill.

by Vietone - 2007-01-01 04:42
» No such thing

Firmware does not increase read rates.



DVD is a standard, as all drives will read DVDs the same way, a 12x reader with a 2005 firmware will not read faster then a 12x reader with a 2007 firmware.



Firmware for DVD drives are to add compatibility with new media.

by DBLAZE - 2007-01-01 06:06
» ...

Sega is my absolute favorite video gaming company of all time, but with this CRAPPY release (on all systems) and the Lack of shenmue 3 might be their biggest mistakes yet...besides the 32X and Sega CD which I also own...

by sudds - 2007-01-01 06:46
» omg

Sonic adventure was the *****... now stfu

by aguycalleddave - 2007-01-01 07:53
» and the award for worst loading times goes to:

Sonic the hedgehog.



Hopefully the game will be more optimised for ps3 like nikopol mentioned.



CAN I HAVE THE LAST 10 MINS OF MY LIFE BACK PLZ!

by PTSnake - 2007-01-01 09:54
» wrong.

Xtreme A reads at 12x, Xtreme B reads at 4x

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