This game's writing is FANTASTIC. No joke, this game of all things rekindled a love I have for each of these characters that I haven't felt in like a decade and a half lol
The only thing I didn't like writing wise when there was the option to say something over the train intercom and the only 2 options were to beat box or say "if you can hear this, your armpits stink" I cringed so hard and wished I could just back out, but I chose beat box.
@@mamodokod For me personally, that made me chuckle. Especially the other character's responses if you choose, "if you can hear this, your armpits stink". It really fits with the awkwardness of the character, which is what they were going for. Of course, this is just my opinion. Each to their own.
I love how they went all "What would Sonic do in situations like this?" Ah yes, what would the dead guy who got murdered do? Who cares about the detective investigating, what would the dead conductor do if he's still alive?
This game really feels like an idw arc or like an episode of sonic x. I would love if we got more games like this that are just mini adventures that are just fun ways to explore these characters
yes sorta like anime, sega could produce more of these games while we wait for the bigger titles. these would be like little filler arcs essentially while the bigger ones would be like the actual anticipated arc
If we would have more games like this but longer length like 6 hours and numerous chapters then I think this may be a great path for the future. And probably more game modes like this one 😍 It feels like you could really sink into the characters because you're always watching them😊
@@ZenithintheMaking yeah and it would save games like frontiers the need to expostion dump the remind people of existence of other characters and plot threads, cause alot of people whined and moaned when frontiers did that, although i loved it.
Comparing this to IDW is pretty insulting tbh. The art is pretty similar id give you that. It's just a fun little side story nothing really compares to it.
It also has a special line of dialogue at the beginning when you put in your name, if you name yourself Phoenix Wright it'll say I wouldn't be able to show my face with that name, or something like that.
@@mamodokod I think the issues with Phoenix was actually an issue with the RegEx code that filters bad words out as it will find the "hoe" in pHOEnix and filter it out based on that.
The 2020s are quickly becoming one of my favorite decades for Sonic content. It feels like this franchise is finally starting to get itself together by embracing the weirdness of this series and just rolling with it.
I just hope they can make sonic act shonen-like again, those super sonic bosses were cool but if theres anything i and many people love, its sonics shonen like banter and stuff between his enemies, like in the storybook games, if we can get that back in a sonic game again soon. I think we could really have somethin goin here
actually (🤓), i would say sonic in the 2010s was more about “embracing the weirdness” of the franchise and its fanbase… and that’s why it left a bad taste in people’s mouths. too little thought put into writing actual characters, too much thought put into memes and self-awareness for the sake of bad humor. i think what they’ve been doing in terms of writing these characters and their dynamics with each other is what has helped revive this franchise (the movies, frontiers, idw comics). doesn’t hurt that frontiers was fun to play, hell this game was fun to watch a playthrough of!
Yeah the sonic movies we pretty good. Sonic prime has also been great. This game was cute fun, wholesome and the writing was pretty good. The characters felt pretty alive. I have played a lot of the games in general but I've heard there has been good ones coming out recently. It seems like Sonic is having a bit of a Renaissance period.
The player character is my favorite part of the game. It's like if your self-insert OC was a loser with anxiety that almost none of the characters respect. They're literally just a normal guy
It's not just the fact that it's free. It's the fact that it's free, no ads, and no macro-transaction. They are LITERTARY losing money from this, but they still did it. And it's so fun to boot. 98% positive review in Steam is well earned. Like what? Lol XD
If I had a computer right now I’d instantly buy this game. Sadly I don’t because the last one we had broke last year. It was a family iMac we had since 2015.
I played it. It isn't the best game ever, but as something that is completely free it is really cute and actually replayable, in the same way that you can read a book more than once. True, Sonic is an action guy, but this is a game that proves the Sonic Franchise doesn't JUST belong to Sonic, it doesn't JUST have to be platforming and racing games..
Crazy how we got 4 amazing games that were shadow dropped in 2023: Hi-Fi Rush The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog ParanormaSight: Seven Mysteries of Honjo. Metroid Prime Remastered. Based on how this game was “shadow dropped” on April fools, I went into this confident I could figure out the killer. I am the worst detective
I love the running gag with the trash bin, it’s so funny seeing tails ask if you’re gonna cry over not finding anything in a trash bin, then in the conductor car, tails, Amy and shadow just stare at you after you look in the final trash bin and there’s nothing in there
I wish we get to play as Tails or Amy, but it's refreshing getting to interact with Sonic and his friends from a normal POV, really shows how unhinged everyone is. Edit: This game feels like that one movie with the murder mystery on a train and Kenneth Branagh playing a detective but with furries and a family guy dead pose.
Awesome video!!! I've played this game multiple times now and I still love it! I hope that SEGA makes more games like this one for the Sonic franchise!
It’s wild that Sega hasn’t made a new Sonic RPG yet, it’d be the perfect way to explore the character’s personalities and how they interact with each-other in a game.
@@FengTheSlayer Technically, the team behind it isn't fans either. It was developed by literally the team who runs the social media account, not just a random group of fans but actual SEGA employees, just not game developers.
@Cameron Thomas The Sonic collection that came out last year (or the year before?) Is getting an update with playable Amy, GameGear games and a physical release.
I really think that when Mario is really good because it doesn't change too much, Sonic is at it's strongest when they put their whole into trying new funny things. Their main problem was that sonic team wasn't going 100% hogwild, almost like they always had this "what if the old fans don't like this" at the back of their head.
Only Sonic would have an official game title like The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog. This is the the same series where a cut level was titled Genocide City.
I loved Barry’s reactions to the group and the fact that a lot of the time stuff he thought is exactly what I’d do😂 dang they did well to make the player character relatable
in a game like this where the if its canon or not is LITERALLY up in the air i like to look at it subtractive instead of additive dont look at the things that MAKE it canon look at the things that contradicts canon and SPOILERS the only thing that can really make or break the canon with this game is whatever sega is planning on doing with sage besides that games as canon as it can be because there isnt anything that says its NOT canon
Porting to the consoles would be expensive and not something they would do for a game they are giving away for free. On the plus side, it's a pretty light game so you could probably run on pretty minimal PC hardware, like wouldn't even need a discreet GPU so long as your CPU has integrated graphics.
April fools, on us Sonic CAN be funny without it just being thinly vailed obvious writer contempt. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT! Shadow the locksmith, my beloved. Fr, I will pay for a switch port.
Its been a while since we since Sonic friends interacting. Also is Sega finally fixing Shadow the Hedgehog? He’s not this edge-lord guy that’s so over defensive, ever since Prime they’re doing a good job for this character.
The way the sentence was typed made me think of this Re:Zero because the main character is practically a video game character always dieing to continue on in the show. You would probably understand if you would watch it😅
I would’ve liked this game more and rated it higher if there wasn’t any frustrating gameplay and if Twitter didn’t get on my nerves. So 5/10 it gets, mid/average.
It's only reading. The entire game. Some visual novels may have like voice acting moments but pretty much the majority of the time it will always be Full reading.
Only reading. Game would’ve been impressive if they had optional voices and had reread history that shows all the previous textbox if you accidentally skipped.
I loved Dark Chronicles? I just rebought it a week ago and have enjoyed replaying it for the first time in like 10 years. Is it like a commonly disliked game???
yeah it’s quite disliked throughout the community. it’s not a forces if-you-like-this-we-will-shame-you but people will probably raise an eye if you say you genuinely enjoyed it
@@Gnidel i think they meant to modify some mechanics? The game would benefit from strafe, some sort of targeting and shooting from shoulder too (aside of shadow game being stupid with the replayability bullshit, its way too imprecise for this ganeplay)
@@sonicdml4175 They had Sonic Mania made by someone who wasn't part of Sonic team and that game was liked more than actual Sonic Team games. This is a recurring theme, Sonic Team only makes bad and mediocre games and there needs to be some changes.
This game's writing is FANTASTIC. No joke, this game of all things rekindled a love I have for each of these characters that I haven't felt in like a decade and a half lol
The only thing I didn't like writing wise when there was the option to say something over the train intercom and the only 2 options were to beat box or say "if you can hear this, your armpits stink" I cringed so hard and wished I could just back out, but I chose beat box.
@@mamodokod For me personally, that made me chuckle.
Especially the other character's responses if you choose, "if you can hear this, your armpits stink".
It really fits with the awkwardness of the character, which is what they were going for.
Of course, this is just my opinion. Each to their own.
The player character was a real root🤣🤣 they made a lot of funny moments out of him😂
@@ZenithintheMaking yes I relate to ‘Barry’ too much 😂
I love how they went all "What would Sonic do in situations like this?"
Ah yes, what would the dead guy who got murdered do? Who cares about the detective investigating, what would the dead conductor do if he's still alive?
This game really feels like an idw arc or like an episode of sonic x. I would love if we got more games like this that are just mini adventures that are just fun ways to explore these characters
yes sorta like anime, sega could produce more of these games while we wait for the bigger titles. these would be like little filler arcs essentially while the bigger ones would be like the actual anticipated arc
If we would have more games like this but longer length like 6 hours and numerous chapters then I think this may be a great path for the future. And probably more game modes like this one 😍
It feels like you could really sink into the characters because you're always watching them😊
@@ZenithintheMaking yeah and it would save games like frontiers the need to expostion dump the remind people of existence of other characters and plot threads, cause alot of people whined and moaned when frontiers did that, although i loved it.
Comparing this to IDW is pretty insulting tbh. The art is pretty similar id give you that.
It's just a fun little side story nothing really compares to it.
@@evanmanor7444 its not insulting both IDW fun/engaging in my opinion. . I consider this like a little filler arc in the sonic games.
This game is an Ace attorney investigation segment with a Sonic coat of paint. The humor even matches.
It also has a special line of dialogue at the beginning when you put in your name, if you name yourself Phoenix Wright it'll say I wouldn't be able to show my face with that name, or something like that.
@@mamodokod It does that with longer names I believe, somebody tried to name themselves Chris Thorndyke and the same dialogue showed
@@poshiblitz I tryed to name my avatar as "Yoshi" and I get the same
I think it's based more so Danganronpa because of the THINK sections being literally minigames out of the game
@@mamodokod I think the issues with Phoenix was actually an issue with the RegEx code that filters bad words out as it will find the "hoe" in pHOEnix and filter it out based on that.
Am I the only one who wants this as a spin-off series starring the Chaotix, where they actually get to be detectives and solve mysteries?
Yes!!!! With tiny lore drops of characters and world building stuff
Would love that
How about a remaster or port of knuckles chaotix
@@TheRealUnkn0wn_289 they would have to get fans to work on it like this project then.
The fact that this is a legit Sega product blows my mind. Downloading it as I type this.
The 2020s are quickly becoming one of my favorite decades for Sonic content. It feels like this franchise is finally starting to get itself together by embracing the weirdness of this series and just rolling with it.
I just hope they can make sonic act shonen-like again, those super sonic bosses were cool but if theres anything i and many people love, its sonics shonen like banter and stuff between his enemies, like in the storybook games, if we can get that back in a sonic game again soon. I think we could really have somethin goin here
actually (🤓), i would say sonic in the 2010s was more about “embracing the weirdness” of the franchise and its fanbase… and that’s why it left a bad taste in people’s mouths. too little thought put into writing actual characters, too much thought put into memes and self-awareness for the sake of bad humor. i think what they’ve been doing in terms of writing these characters and their dynamics with each other is what has helped revive this franchise (the movies, frontiers, idw comics). doesn’t hurt that frontiers was fun to play, hell this game was fun to watch a playthrough of!
Yeah the sonic movies we pretty good. Sonic prime has also been great. This game was cute fun, wholesome and the writing was pretty good. The characters felt pretty alive. I have played a lot of the games in general but I've heard there has been good ones coming out recently. It seems like Sonic is having a bit of a Renaissance period.
The player character is my favorite part of the game. It's like if your self-insert OC was a loser with anxiety that almost none of the characters respect. They're literally just a normal guy
Meanwhile look at everyone’s early 2010s Mary Sue oc and that’s where you’ll see the massive difference
there were moments where i felt like i was called out by the player character. "my social skills... nonexistant..." very accurate.
@@aminishnamedvaati Same!
Quite funny because "Barry" might be the best sonic "OC" to date. And he's just a normal guy with big dreams.
It's not just the fact that it's free.
It's the fact that it's free, no ads, and no macro-transaction. They are LITERTARY losing money from this, but they still did it. And it's so fun to boot. 98% positive review in Steam is well earned. Like what? Lol XD
98%?! That makes it the most liked Sonic game of all time! They finally did it! They made a good Sonic game!
And even then a large portion of the negative reviews is just people meming about not being able to s*x a particular character
If I had a computer right now I’d instantly buy this game. Sadly I don’t because the last one we had broke last year. It was a family iMac we had since 2015.
@@roguereaver634 the fuck? 😱 people are creepy!
Yo if they decide to give us a more bite-sized Sonic platformer, can we like... GET this artstyle? I absolutely love it
I played it. It isn't the best game ever, but as something that is completely free it is really cute and actually replayable, in the same way that you can read a book more than once.
True, Sonic is an action guy, but this is a game that proves the Sonic Franchise doesn't JUST belong to Sonic, it doesn't JUST have to be platforming and racing games..
Crazy how we got 4 amazing games that were shadow dropped in 2023:
Hi-Fi Rush
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
ParanormaSight: Seven Mysteries of Honjo.
Metroid Prime Remastered.
Based on how this game was “shadow dropped” on April fools, I went into this confident I could figure out the killer.
I am the worst detective
I love the running gag with the trash bin, it’s so funny seeing tails ask if you’re gonna cry over not finding anything in a trash bin, then in the conductor car, tails, Amy and shadow just stare at you after you look in the final trash bin and there’s nothing in there
Knuckles with his rarely seen beloved hat is what sold it to me
It feels like we are getting a sense of what the everyday life of these characters is. It's refreshing
I wish we get to play as Tails or Amy, but it's refreshing getting to interact with Sonic and his friends from a normal POV, really shows how unhinged everyone is.
Edit: This game feels like that one movie with the murder mystery on a train and Kenneth Branagh playing a detective but with furries and a family guy dead pose.
Murder On the Orient Express, and the word "unhinged" is actually an adjective the player character uses to describe the group at one point.
Awesome video!!! I've played this game multiple times now and I still love it! I hope that SEGA makes more games like this one for the Sonic franchise!
It’s wild that Sega hasn’t made a new Sonic RPG yet, it’d be the perfect way to explore the character’s personalities and how they interact with each-other in a game.
Tails Ace Attorney: Tails and his sidekick (you) investigate the murder of Sonic. Weird but interesting concept!
This was such a neat idea for an real april fools joke . It’s so up my alley too. And it’s FREE
Figured this was a fan game, shoutout to Sega for being fun!
if its published by SEGA, then it no longer counts as a fan game then. It just so happens that the people behind this game are fans of Sonic
@@FengTheSlayer Technically, the team behind it isn't fans either. It was developed by literally the team who runs the social media account, not just a random group of fans but actual SEGA employees, just not game developers.
its not a fangame, it was developed by the social media part of sega with people from sonic team supervising it
Sega shadow dropping the best sonic spin off was a nice surprise
Surprisingly (or not surprisingly) it's actually one of the best Sonic games I've played.
They should put this game in the Sonic collection that's coming this June.
Wait what
@Cameron Thomas The Sonic collection that came out last year (or the year before?) Is getting an update with playable Amy, GameGear games and a physical release.
but this game isn't about sonic origins so wouldn't make sense, plus it's free so....
@@cameronthomasfunnyclips Sonic Origins Plus. and yes i do agree that it would make a lot of sense as an inclusion
@@MarboTheMapo and you don't play as a Metroid in Metroid.
I really think that when Mario is really good because it doesn't change too much, Sonic is at it's strongest when they put their whole into trying new funny things. Their main problem was that sonic team wasn't going 100% hogwild, almost like they always had this "what if the old fans don't like this" at the back of their head.
Paranormasight is so good! i find crazy how under the radar it is. I hope we see a review about it Matty!
Only Sonic would have an official game title like The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog. This is the the same series where a cut level was titled Genocide City.
I loved Barry’s reactions to the group and the fact that a lot of the time stuff he thought is exactly what I’d do😂 dang they did well to make the player character relatable
Rebound looking like he just got of the plane from France just missing a scarf 😆
The main character is not Mid he's High-tier no cap👏
I like to think that your character is the same person as in Forces, heck, they do reference Forces at one point.
Then it wouldn't make sense that none of the characters remember you.
@@Adobo809 short term memory
That logically makes no sense 😂
@@kasiadinero1695 Touché
Character looks generic as hell like in Forces. They can’t make good designs for your OC insert.
This game is phenomenal I swear sonic team is knocking it out of the park
The story of the visual novel is phenomenal rivals dojo doki club I enjoy it
This game is heavily Danganronpa inspired. The art style, the cadence to the dialogue, and minigame.
If anyone enjoyed this, try that series.
yeah i was thinking some of the music kind of gave off danganronpa vibes.
Never thought you’d be an oilers fan lolol
I loved the art and characterization for all the characters in this game.
MATTY THIS CHANNEL BRINGS ME SO MUCH JOY❤❤❤❤❤❤
this game was great, i want more sonic games like this...
No longer headcanon
LMAO i was hoping you'd pick tails at the killer and get probably funny dialogue
Don't sweat it about Frontiers. I'd wait until the full DLC package is out
Bruh Danganronpa 2 Ch4 trial is incredible wth
Great vid tho!
If they make another of of these but with more to do, more mechanics and a longer story, I will gladly pay for it
I laugh at the Trash Bin gig
This is very close to the IDW comics and I love it.
It's nice you partaking in this as well.
Bruh, I cant focus on the video when Matty is styling us too much. Look at his hat. Amazing video and swag.
I want a gotcha force or custom robo episode!!! 😢😍😍😍😍😍
I played it. I loved tye final boss music though. That was the best bit!
It’s an exciting time to be a sonic fan again.
Might be worth re-reviewing frontiers here after all three updates are out. Still kinda counts as a look back as well as being something new. 👀
Sega just murdered their mascot lmao
Paranormasight plug! God i want a physical for that game on switch
in a game like this
where the if its canon or not is LITERALLY up in the air
i like to look at it subtractive instead of additive
dont look at the things that MAKE it canon
look at the things that contradicts canon
and SPOILERS
the only thing that can really make or break the canon with this game is whatever sega is planning on doing with sage
besides that
games as canon as it can be
because there isnt anything that says its NOT canon
Yooo the persona 5 jacket where ya get it from?
It's an incredible game
My favorite joke had to be omichao being wanted for medical malpractice.
I would absolutely love this on Switch! Fingers crossed it comes to other platforms
it's a point and click game, I don't think it will happen sadly.
Porting to the consoles would be expensive and not something they would do for a game they are giving away for free. On the plus side, it's a pretty light game so you could probably run on pretty minimal PC hardware, like wouldn't even need a discreet GPU so long as your CPU has integrated graphics.
@@MistyKathrine good point on the older pc setup I could probably still run this, thanks!
I was really Curious about this
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog: When the meme became real!
Next upload should be "Prince Of Persia....was it REALLY that good?"
April fools, on us Sonic CAN be funny without it just being thinly vailed obvious writer contempt. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT!
Shadow the locksmith, my beloved.
Fr, I will pay for a switch port.
Great video! The fact that this exists. April Fools but real lol
i'm playing RIGHT NOW XD i have joined the 'HYPE'
It would be really great if sega released free updates for the game that add more stories than just Sonic's murder
Its been a while since we since Sonic friends interacting. Also is Sega finally fixing Shadow the Hedgehog? He’s not this edge-lord guy that’s so over defensive, ever since Prime they’re doing a good job for this character.
3:39 THATS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT WHEN PLAYING,
Either you did it or the conductor did it
Let's go!
Hey! u can review Frontiers when the last DLC release this year
Check out Sonic Theory if you like the IDW Sonic comics. That series is so good
I’m excited to try this out!
The game was like the idw comics because it WAS by them.
....say whaaaaaa??.....
I literally clicked on this video expecting an April fools joke
Well, it is indeed a *very* well executed April Fool's joke!
I like the game but do to my monitor beginning 16 by10 aspect ratio it caused major graphical glitches.
Fans could figure out a patch I guess
Looking good there my friend. Really handsome.
Sonic is murdered every time I die in one of the other games
The players murdered sonic lol
The way the sentence was typed made me think of this Re:Zero because the main character is practically a video game character always dieing to continue on in the show. You would probably understand if you would watch it😅
@@ZenithintheMaking Lol I'll check it out!
@@VioletElite4 Neat🤟
finally danganronpa 4
I loved this game
i speedran this game twice already
It’s just the fact that it’s good.
Technically, 2023 is a big anniversary for Amy Rose, Sonic CD launched 30 years ago
Hi Five rush is ok but... Ehhhh
I would’ve liked this game more and rated it higher if there wasn’t any frustrating gameplay and if Twitter didn’t get on my nerves. So 5/10 it gets, mid/average.
It's such a cute game
Is there voice acting or do you have to read everything (sorry I've never played a visual novel game and don't really know what that is)?
It's only reading. The entire game. Some visual novels may have like voice acting moments but pretty much the majority of the time it will always be Full reading.
If you don't want to read it all, there's a bunch of fandubs by now.
Only reading. Game would’ve been impressive if they had optional voices and had reread history that shows all the previous textbox if you accidentally skipped.
I played the game, and it was great
* puts on hat and glasses * 🥵
I loved Dark Chronicles? I just rebought it a week ago and have enjoyed replaying it for the first time in like 10 years. Is it like a commonly disliked game???
It's best known as the game that Penders sued over and resulted in the Pendering.
yeah it’s quite disliked throughout the community. it’s not a forces if-you-like-this-we-will-shame-you but people will probably raise an eye if you say you genuinely enjoyed it
I need to get that game. I know you can make Sonic be an asshole in it and I find that funny.
Matty's not a fellow Alberta boy is he?!
Just after Chris Chan gets out of prison... Suspicious.
I hope sonic is looking down on us from hot chick heaven.
🔥🔥🔥
I loved it.
Very cool
Wish it came to switch
I wish Sonic was genuinely dead tho
I still think they should remake Shadow the hedgehog but as a third person shooter
But Shadow the Hedgehog is already a third person shooter.
@@Gnidel i think they meant to modify some mechanics? The game would benefit from strafe, some sort of targeting and shooting from shoulder too (aside of shadow game being stupid with the replayability bullshit, its way too imprecise for this ganeplay)
who said this game wasn't cannon?
How come everyone I know has been recommending paranormasight
Why is this 3 hours April Fool's game way better than $60 3D Sonic games
Because this game wasn't made by Sonic Team. Seriously, Sonic team should just be replaced with the team that made this game.
@@MistyKathrine 💀
Okay, let's no go THIS far 😐 😐
@@MistyKathrine
I'd like to see this team make a game like Sonic Frontiers, I assure you it would not go well.
@@sonicdml4175 They had Sonic Mania made by someone who wasn't part of Sonic team and that game was liked more than actual Sonic Team games. This is a recurring theme, Sonic Team only makes bad and mediocre games and there needs to be some changes.
The ironic thing, is that Sonic has long since been dead.
the way its better than frontiers