Sonic Boom: My Current Thoughts

Well, Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric is coming out in about 2 months from now so here are my thoughts on the various things revealed about the new game......in list form. Because lists are awesome.

Gameplay
*sighs* I know this game won't be a traditional speedy platform like the others, but thats exactly what's bugging me. The game is just a beat 'em up. Not really my favorite genre. However, this does not mean I ha e given up on the game entirely. Judging from all the hands-on previews, reactions to the gameplay have been pretty positive. So thats a nice relief, journalists like the game. So I'm willing to give it a try.

The Art Style
From what I've seen, the environments around Sonic aren't cartoony but they aren't realistic either. Its kind of a nice blend. I prefer more cartoony looking areas but hey, at least the Hub World doesn't look boring and charismatically challenged like Sonic 06's Hub Worlds.

The New Characters
I like these new characters. This is what OC's should look and be like. Their body and facial structures look wacky and distinctive. Almost none of them look like dumb recolored Sonic templates like Jet, Shadow, Silver, or Blaze. They even have more subtle lives. None of them are "ULTIMATE LIFE FORMS" or "IBLIS TRIGGERS" or "TELEKINETIC HEDGEHOGS FROM THE FUTURE." No, they're just nice and simple village folks living simple lives. No bullshit with their power levels or whatever.
The Returning Characters
As we all know ny now, Metal Sonic and Shadow are making a return. I surprisingly don't mind this at all. Maybe they'll change Shadow's overly sappy backstory to a more fulfilling one. Maybe he be some random douche who owns part of the land that Sonic and friends fight for. One thing that bothers me is their design
They look exactly like they did before. So what the hell was the point of changing Sonic and friends? Meh, whatever.

The Badguys
The new villain looks kinda cool, he's like a cyborg snake or something like that. He wants to change organic lifeforms with robots kinda like Robotnik. Robotnik himself looks cool, like he lost some weight and decided to build some muscle. I hate how he's still referred to as Eggman though. The standard robot enemies look SO BOOOOORING! Where are my badniks? No motobugs? No caterkillers? No crabmeat? Why not? Instead we get these Iron Man looking robots that just aren't that impressive.

The Story
Story seems simple, save nature, destroy robots, beat badguy. Nice and simple. The jokes are pretty funny throughout all the game footage but some of the in-game banter can get realling annoying. "COWABUNGA!?!" Bleh, for Christ's sake. Also, from one of the recent previews written by a journalist who's played the game, apparently Sonic now has a crush on Amy
I repeat, SONIC NOW HAS A CRUSH ON AMY. There's this little scene where Sonic struggles to tell Amy. I thought the moment was cute, if not, a big change into Sonic's personality. Now he's getting caught up with this damn hedgehog girl. Oh well, its already a hundred times better than then the poorly written and chemistry lacking relationship between Sonic and Elise. Thank the lord, Amy is not human!

That's all I have for now. Thanks for reading. Let me know what you think of the game as of now and feel free to debate about SONAMY!!! I can't wait for crazed Amy haters like or  lose their shit over this.