Sega/Sonic Team are lucky to have such a passionate, creative, and loyal fanbase. Fan games, reaction videos, animated shorts, etc. It’s like free advertising. You’d never see that same positive encouragement from Nintendo.
Friendly reminder to disregard those who bring up thr controversies, as 99% of them were either blown out of proportion, debunked or straight up false and the ACTUAL controversial thing had been swiftly patched by the devs as it involved suspicious textures under marias outfit, so to speak which were added into the game by a rouge artist "as a joke" without telling anyone on the dev team. The truth is that the game is overhated beyond any reason as back when the game first launched certain youtubers ganged up on it for anything they possibly could and an average hater doesn't know the game beyond what these TH-camrs have told them which were again, small problems that they blew out of proportion for clout and clicks. The game itself is fine, not great or anything just fine. But certainly not awful like some would want you to believe. Play it if you have nothing else to play at the moment. Its decently fun.
They lied so much that people thought it was true? Really? Oh good god. I seriously thought they were riled up about something like a Patreon for pre-release but no! All for that? I am stupidly disappointed that, that was the reason. Something minor enough that the developers fixed and people are still like “Sonic Oman this is bad” and “Sonic Odamn it gets worse”. I genuinely enjoyed the game that was full of passion and am extremely angry at those clout chasers just joining on the bandwagon of hate.
The controversies with this game were a bit exaggerated, however it doesn't excuse the development team for creating a patreon and charging for certain parts of the game. People were mad because Sega allows people to use their IP as long as they don't charge for any of it, as that would be copyright infringement and could cause them to be less lenient when it comes to fan games of this caliber
Lol, but people paying others to draw sonic characters, have sonic vids behind paywalls and making money on the brand in general from youtube is ok ??? 😭😂
@@sonicwithglasses131 exactly, the cognitive dissonance is insane. The amount of hypocrites in the Sonic Community is wild. You can download Sonic Omens for free and not pay them a dime but yet people are still peddling this narrative.
@@awmehgoddd And it was bad it's not just because of controversy it's because of the level design was bad and confusing sometimes same as flying section the story is laughable they tried to make like a continuity for Sonic X and it was bad and they have Maria boss fight like what this guy even cooking at this point and even worst someone just find out in the file have a Maria underwear texture and it say "bad girl" like wtf that's a kid man how are you going to defend about this game it just disgusting man
Someone who actually speaks the truth and doesn't just say, "oh people only hate it because of the creator." Like no it's hated because of the levels and everything else
@@Kazuma_DrakeI rather play sonic 2006 over that garbage no good voice acting no good story no good Level Design and one thing dose the developers of the game knows that sonic x is non canon
@@kingades1013its unfortunately not true. This is actually a misinformation spread by an unruly Sonic Fan who went sour because he was kicked out and tried to take the whole thing down
@sonicfluffy1 oh and also the game is too hard by Modern Sonic standards and it's full of bugs. And you must require a VERY powerful PC to properly run this game, because the game uses the Infinity Engine.
How is the best game in years a fan made one? I'm so impressed tbh and it's nice to see Sonic with little nods from last games like his shoes from Adventure and the Light Gaia bracelet from Unleashed!
Oh Omens, the bizarre controversy behind this confuses me even to this day even years later. Though regardless of what our opinion of this game, its levels, and its creator, one thing we should be able to agree upon is that the final boss theme (which has the singer who sung His World and a few others for SEGA) is absolutely fire, haha.
The graphics is beautiful, i like the color choice in this game (more than frontiers) and i especially don't like theirs directing voice on the frontiers.
It's fan game by Russian developers the first time I saw this game in 2021 I lost my mind but after that I tried to download it on Android on netboom emulator this game were almost blow up my mobile
Because when he plays with Shadow he plays with the camera fixed to the character, as he does to see like this in the game of death I don't know how many times using Shadow
Paywalling the demos and the game behind a patreon making money off of it (something that has potentially put ALL Sonic fangames at risk if Sega changes their mind on their stance of them), mocking their Eggman VA for calling out the BS difficulty in the Maria boss fight (where she also has "bad girl" branded panties texture), shoving their original Shadow VA aside for changing deadlines abruptly and just the level design in general.
I don't know why these fans keep making the same type of gameplay on the same engine. I haven't seen someone try to replicate Sonic Heroes yet. That game was fluid and fast paced as well.
Not a fan of the Jason Griffith impression. I get that he's the voice of Sonic that a'lot of people grew up with, but I just never liked Jason's take on the character. It genuinely felt like he never grew into the role and past those random inflections where he annunciates things in a high voice mid sentence. I'm more of the Ryan Drummond generation and really liked Roger Craig Smith's take.
Don't know if this is late to reply or not, but I have played the game once before so here's my take. What you decide is up to you. I played on a mid level gaming HP pc. My biggest take, and what I pay attention to the most, is the level design. Overall almost all the Sonic and Shadow stages are very well made, but what's most interesting is the narrative each one is able to tell and not just be about reaching the goal. Sure that's what your doing, but the mission is very clear and ever present. One of my few favorites was Area 99 where it truly feels like your racing deep within the base from Sonic X, Chao Paradise where it feels like a good ol Sonic game but with lots of different ways to progress, G.U.N. Arsenal where it's a well made playground to get to know Shadow's abilities without feeling too much like a tutorial, and finally United Railways for how good it felt to actually master it. Voices I'm not picky, they did a great job. It is kinda funny to hear Shadow with this type of accent, which I think still works for him in some ways, so overall no complaints. Control wise it all feels solid, not much I can say except for Tails. His levels are unfortunately the worst because of how awkward it is to turn and aim. Plus, his first level with these awkward controls is in a tight space so it's not forgiving. The story.... Oh boy.... so I'm not sure if this is my fault for not understanding, or the writing direction, but towards the end when Sonic, Tails and Eggman meet up I lose track of what's going on. Not saying the whole thing is bad, just that what occurs or at least what seemed like to me is they put in a ton of exposition so by the end, I wasn't sure why destroying reality would bring the true villain back home or what Chris had to do with all this. Lastly.... those levels.... the final Sonic level, The Citadel of Lotus, and the final boss fight. Hated them. I get what they were going for, but the levels are extremely difficult from when I played the game. For one, there's a few parts in the final level where you need to destroy the weird robots. Attacking normally doesn't work as they gang up, and light speed dash almost works if you can get them in one spot, race to a corner and charge up before they reach you. On top of keeping up speed while reacting to obstacles, you will get blind sided quite a bit, and some enemies underwater are or from what I can tell are unavoidable, then there's strange spring momentum physics that just comes up suddenly where if you don't have enough speed you don't reach the full height.... and the final boss is like the Sonic equivalent of a dark souls boss. At least in 2nd phase is better because you can avoid attacks far more easier. Songs: Don't necessarily remember them, but that's my fault. It's hard for me to listen to music and everything else at the same time. The final boss music sounded good, I couldn't enjoy it because I was so frustrated I just wanted the true villain to die already, but it sounded good. Overall, I wouldn't say the game is bad. Overall it's a good game, but it's level design doesn't get better after the final fight between Sonic and Eggman. Story also feels a little complicated towards the end but that could've been just me, but the levels that are well made are a lot of fun to play and worth replaying. Even if some don't make sense like White Jungle, that's just my own personal issue when it comes to lore. (How did a forest regrow into the exact same shape after it was destroyed in SA2?)
@ Now THIS is a perfectly balanced and thorough review. I have definitely heard about the issues with story, minor physics, and Tails' Tornado levels, but here you described the gameplay in general that makes it at least worthy to try out. Aside from only just now getting a PC, the controversy kept me from bothering to try it anymore, but in the end it's still a game. Thanks for your input and I'll give Sonic Omens a try eventually, hopping it can run smooth on my device (Project 06 didn't go so well)
I see potential here... The animations are smooth, Sonic looks better than ever. Shadow too. In gameplay, and cutscenes. They look great, across the board, better than Sega makes them. The voice acting needs work, and this game appears to be in desperate need of a decent level designer. But the character I believe should be in the next Sonic game, they look great!
Level design is complete wack, there's no flow at all, also the game looks like it's never been play tested, there's times where certain things should happen but another thing was completely out of place to keep it going, i don't know about any of it's controversies, but the dev team should actually put some time in making this game anywhere near good.
....the odd part about Sonic at this point in life is I can't tell if I'm watching an official release or a fangame most of the time.
Same!!
Animation is spot on but the voice acting is a little different but still good
I heard it's a fangame but I really don't know
If it looks really good and well made. It’s a fan game. Lol
Sega/Sonic Team are lucky to have such a passionate, creative, and loyal fanbase. Fan games, reaction videos, animated shorts, etc. It’s like free advertising. You’d never see that same positive encouragement from Nintendo.
2:19 i like how every sonic fan's first urge is to boost off the runway thinking its the actual level lmao
Shadow became the very thing he loves most…
A LATINO
He did sound kinda Spanish the first time I heard him.
Friendly reminder to disregard those who bring up thr controversies, as 99% of them were either blown out of proportion, debunked or straight up false and the ACTUAL controversial thing had been swiftly patched by the devs as it involved suspicious textures under marias outfit, so to speak which were added into the game by a rouge artist "as a joke" without telling anyone on the dev team. The truth is that the game is overhated beyond any reason as back when the game first launched certain youtubers ganged up on it for anything they possibly could and an average hater doesn't know the game beyond what these TH-camrs have told them which were again, small problems that they blew out of proportion for clout and clicks. The game itself is fine, not great or anything just fine. But certainly not awful like some would want you to believe. Play it if you have nothing else to play at the moment. Its decently fun.
But still let’s not forget how the game got here. It’s the truth.
They lied so much that people thought it was true? Really? Oh good god. I seriously thought they were riled up about something like a Patreon for pre-release but no! All for that? I am stupidly disappointed that, that was the reason. Something minor enough that the developers fixed and people are still like “Sonic Oman this is bad” and “Sonic Odamn it gets worse”. I genuinely enjoyed the game that was full of passion and am extremely angry at those clout chasers just joining on the bandwagon of hate.
@@TheRobloxianBeatSabertistit also uses copyrighted music
@@Jacob39822Gaming Like?
@@TheRobloxianBeatSabertist a card 2 Ds song was straight up stolen
Has no one put together that this intro is just the intro to insomniac Spider-Man
Thought I was the only person that noticed it
Nobody cares lol
@@wednesdaygeckok.7899you certainly cared to comment lol
Pretty sure this games demo came out before ps2 was released
@@Entity3506there’s no way this game was in development since the 90s..
9:25
it just so cute seeing him suddenly crawling after gotta go fast
Seriously that looks AMAZING and im blown away by the quality of the cutscenes
Love how this is set in the Sonic X universe... Also low key when did Shadow get an accent??
I remember the controversy with this game. Hard to believecthat was a long time ago
What was the controversy
The controversies with this game were a bit exaggerated, however it doesn't excuse the development team for creating a patreon and charging for certain parts of the game. People were mad because Sega allows people to use their IP as long as they don't charge for any of it, as that would be copyright infringement and could cause them to be less lenient when it comes to fan games of this caliber
What part 8f the game were they charging people ?.
What part of Sonic Omens can is hidden from you ?.
Lol, but people paying others to draw sonic characters, have sonic vids behind paywalls and making money on the brand in general from youtube is ok ??? 😭😂
@@sonicwithglasses131 exactly, the cognitive dissonance is insane.
The amount of hypocrites in the Sonic Community is wild.
You can download Sonic Omens for free and not pay them a dime but yet people are still peddling this narrative.
To the people who know about the controversy, Y'ALL need to both : Separate Work from Creator and Separate Fiction from Reality.
Thank goodness. I’m really never in the mood for people telling others not to enjoy something because this person did this or that.
Even that won't help
The game alone also sucks
SHADOW HAS A BIKE 58:46
He's always has a bike
@tobylodder3362had the bike way before 06 in shadow the hedgehog game
"Chip", gave Sonic that wristband at the end of "Sonic Unleashed".
interesting reference.
People who don't know about this game: this fan game it looks so fun
People who know about this game: 💀💀💀
And?
@@awmehgoddd And it was bad it's not just because of controversy it's because of the level design was bad and confusing sometimes same as flying section the story is laughable they tried to make like a continuity for Sonic X and it was bad and they have Maria boss fight like what this guy even cooking at this point and even worst someone just find out in the file have a Maria underwear texture and it say "bad girl" like wtf that's a kid man how are you going to defend about this game it just disgusting man
@@afhamdanish1957and on top of that they had it behind a paywall at first
@impulse5674 also true
Someone who actually speaks the truth and doesn't just say, "oh people only hate it because of the creator." Like no it's hated because of the levels and everything else
11:02 “D-I-uhh-I-uhh” Only Amy knows how to get Sonic worried over trivial things
Shadow voice: Suka, Blyat!
Love how it sounds like Jason Griffith
It barely sounds like any of the VAs from what I can hear. More like he Sonic has a different voice instead.
@TheRobloxianBeatSabertist He did sound like Jason Griffith you gotta study the voice
Not exactly
@YhyiaAlhamid That's why I said like
@@Kazuma_DrakeI rather play sonic 2006 over that garbage no good voice acting no good story no good Level Design and one thing dose the developers of the game knows that sonic x is non canon
shadow: “Ah, you’re approaching me?”
This is insane and this is a sonic fan made game?
Yh but it gets a lot of hate because the creator is a bad person apparently
@@kingades1013its unfortunately not true. This is actually a misinformation spread by an unruly Sonic Fan who went sour because he was kicked out and tried to take the whole thing down
Seems that you haven't seen Overdrive, if you're *that* impressed by Omens
@Bestmotion2389 no i haven't that's why maybe
@@zainahmed4172 Did that jerk get blacklisted or found out?
People asking about wanting to play this game without knowing of the controversies.
Edit: besides that, you need a very powerful PC to run this game.
Fr lol
Dude who cares, if they want to play it then let them play it. Why would anyone be obligated to care about some random controversies?
@@sonicfluffy1 ik, just sayin
_bUt ThE cOnTrOvErSiEs!_ [cries, shits, vomits, throws tantrum]
@sonicfluffy1 oh and also the game is too hard by Modern Sonic standards and it's full of bugs.
And you must require a VERY powerful PC to properly run this game, because the game uses the Infinity Engine.
How is the best game in years a fan made one? I'm so impressed tbh and it's nice to see Sonic with little nods from last games like his shoes from Adventure and the Light Gaia bracelet from Unleashed!
People who don’t know:😊
People who do know:🙁
Yeah…Sonic Omens was highly anticipated, that’s JUST what led to its failure.
@ I was referring to the…guy behind this game
@ Exactly
The opening scene is very similar to Back to the Future's opening scene and I absolutely Love it!✨️❤️
This is incredibly well made for a fan game. Hire this team sega
Oh Omens, the bizarre controversy behind this confuses me even to this day even years later. Though regardless of what our opinion of this game, its levels, and its creator, one thing we should be able to agree upon is that the final boss theme (which has the singer who sung His World and a few others for SEGA) is absolutely fire, haha.
Zebrahead did His World. Bentley Jones did Dreams of an Absolution.
To see it in tails POV at one point in the game is awesome
The graphics is beautiful, i like the color choice in this game (more than frontiers) and i especially don't like theirs directing voice on the frontiers.
I still don't understand why this game gets hate
Idk. But look this game make me nostalgic era sonic in 2000s. And ost this song very nice
@muhammadilhamsaputra8545 agreed 👍
Trust me actually playing it isn't as fun
@billyboleson2830 I have and it's not bad
But those flying sections can eat sh-
Controversies and game design.
What's Sonic Omens?
A fan made Sonic game that’s available for PC Xbox and Android
Interesting
@@ConnorLVlogs how do you get it on xbox?
@@Kmk-ky9le You can’t. He means that you can *use an Xbox controller* to play the game. Fan games can only be played on computers or Android phones.
It's fan game by Russian developers the first time I saw this game in 2021 I lost my mind but after that I tried to download it on Android on netboom emulator this game were almost blow up my mobile
SEGA needs to hire whoever made this
No they do not! The guy has been in a controversy!
@@catchannel1484unless the dude has committed an actual crime it doesn't matter
@@madmanwebster94it does matter because hiring someone people dont like could get THEM into a controversy, and risk losing money
Where can I play this game
Your phone 😊
@, there’s a phone version!?
@@jorgeboy8195 yes I made it
Yes@@jorgeboy8195
Yes
i cry because VA sonic like Jason Griffith in game sonic unleashed(very good). i and ost song this game so peak for me
Wait I’ve never heard of this game! Is this an actual game or is it fanmade?
Sonic Omens Is My favourite Game
Dude I remember seeing this game and cutscenes ALOOOO G time ago wild to see where it's at now. It was just a little demo back then
Because when he plays with Shadow he plays with the camera fixed to the character, as he does to see like this in the game of death I don't know how many times using Shadow
What was the controversy for the game again?
Paywalling the demos and the game behind a patreon making money off of it (something that has potentially put ALL Sonic fangames at risk if Sega changes their mind on their stance of them), mocking their Eggman VA for calling out the BS difficulty in the Maria boss fight (where she also has "bad girl" branded panties texture), shoving their original Shadow VA aside for changing deadlines abruptly and just the level design in general.
@@Signerdragon123its all bs
Please tell me where I can play the game
No
@LILROB0 No? U will or no I will later give us a answer 9 year old
This game was pretty fun! Mind your surroundings in the tree level though, it can get confusing…
Is that what they were complaining about in terms of “bad level design”?
I didn’t realize Shadow was a Frenchman. 😂 He also sometimes sounds like Puss in Boots.
A Sonic X fan sequel
And they kill Chris 💀💀
It’s like the intro to Spiderman.
The first cutscene reminds me of Spiderman PS4's first cutscene
Amazing 😍
I hope they can somehow get this on PlayStation
Sonic omens is like the sonic x episode but epic!
... where can I buy the soundtrack to this game...??
Ok so Unleashed is apparently canon here as is Sonic X but Heroes, 06, and Shadow aren't?
Tbh none of those can happen since its canon to x
After playing this game, i wanted to rip my hair out the level design was SO WACK 💀💀
You might be tripping but I gotta finish the video to know for sure
@chiefbeef5590 i played it at LAUNCH and replayed it recently, the game is unironically so ASS other than the movement
You gotta play it to understand it
@@Shlo0000sh fair enough I'm definitely going to try it though
@@chiefbeef5590 good luck.
2:09:00 is where it gets weird lmao
As Shadow's VA is bad bad
Can we play for PC
Sonic vs Shadow
The game is actually not that bad. I liked it, but the voice acting which waa made for some characters like for Shadow is so terrible.
When is Sonic Movie 4?
2027
Spring 2027*
2026
I don't know why these fans keep making the same type of gameplay on the same engine.
I haven't seen someone try to replicate Sonic Heroes yet. That game was fluid and fast paced as well.
Where can I safely download this on windows?
idc what people say i love russian shadow 😖❤️🖤
Wish this game was for PlayStation
Not a fan of the Jason Griffith impression. I get that he's the voice of Sonic that a'lot of people grew up with, but I just never liked Jason's take on the character. It genuinely felt like he never grew into the role and past those random inflections where he annunciates things in a high voice mid sentence. I'm more of the Ryan Drummond generation and really liked Roger Craig Smith's take.
1st 10 minutes, and I'm hooked
Honest question: Despite the controversy, should I still try this game? I'll end up regretting it later, but I kinda always wanted to try the game out
Don't know if this is late to reply or not, but I have played the game once before so here's my take. What you decide is up to you. I played on a mid level gaming HP pc.
My biggest take, and what I pay attention to the most, is the level design. Overall almost all the Sonic and Shadow stages are very well made, but what's most interesting is the narrative each one is able to tell and not just be about reaching the goal. Sure that's what your doing, but the mission is very clear and ever present. One of my few favorites was Area 99 where it truly feels like your racing deep within the base from Sonic X, Chao Paradise where it feels like a good ol Sonic game but with lots of different ways to progress, G.U.N. Arsenal where it's a well made playground to get to know Shadow's abilities without feeling too much like a tutorial, and finally United Railways for how good it felt to actually master it.
Voices I'm not picky, they did a great job. It is kinda funny to hear Shadow with this type of accent, which I think still works for him in some ways, so overall no complaints.
Control wise it all feels solid, not much I can say except for Tails. His levels are unfortunately the worst because of how awkward it is to turn and aim. Plus, his first level with these awkward controls is in a tight space so it's not forgiving.
The story.... Oh boy.... so I'm not sure if this is my fault for not understanding, or the writing direction, but towards the end when Sonic, Tails and Eggman meet up I lose track of what's going on. Not saying the whole thing is bad, just that what occurs or at least what seemed like to me is they put in a ton of exposition so by the end, I wasn't sure why destroying reality would bring the true villain back home or what Chris had to do with all this.
Lastly.... those levels.... the final Sonic level, The Citadel of Lotus, and the final boss fight. Hated them. I get what they were going for, but the levels are extremely difficult from when I played the game. For one, there's a few parts in the final level where you need to destroy the weird robots. Attacking normally doesn't work as they gang up, and light speed dash almost works if you can get them in one spot, race to a corner and charge up before they reach you. On top of keeping up speed while reacting to obstacles, you will get blind sided quite a bit, and some enemies underwater are or from what I can tell are unavoidable, then there's strange spring momentum physics that just comes up suddenly where if you don't have enough speed you don't reach the full height.... and the final boss is like the Sonic equivalent of a dark souls boss. At least in 2nd phase is better because you can avoid attacks far more easier.
Songs: Don't necessarily remember them, but that's my fault. It's hard for me to listen to music and everything else at the same time. The final boss music sounded good, I couldn't enjoy it because I was so frustrated I just wanted the true villain to die already, but it sounded good.
Overall, I wouldn't say the game is bad. Overall it's a good game, but it's level design doesn't get better after the final fight between Sonic and Eggman. Story also feels a little complicated towards the end but that could've been just me, but the levels that are well made are a lot of fun to play and worth replaying. Even if some don't make sense like White Jungle, that's just my own personal issue when it comes to lore. (How did a forest regrow into the exact same shape after it was destroyed in SA2?)
@ Now THIS is a perfectly balanced and thorough review. I have definitely heard about the issues with story, minor physics, and Tails' Tornado levels, but here you described the gameplay in general that makes it at least worthy to try out. Aside from only just now getting a PC, the controversy kept me from bothering to try it anymore, but in the end it's still a game. Thanks for your input and I'll give Sonic Omens a try eventually, hopping it can run smooth on my device (Project 06 didn't go so well)
Nope, you shouldn't
5:37 MY EYESSS
Cool game.
The beginning gives me sonic x vibe
Why did the thumbnail show sonic hanging down like spider-man 💀💀💀💀
I see potential here... The animations are smooth, Sonic looks better than ever. Shadow too. In gameplay, and cutscenes. They look great, across the board, better than Sega makes them. The voice acting needs work, and this game appears to be in desperate need of a decent level designer. But the character I believe should be in the next Sonic game, they look great!
Okay but why tho?
I hope it's on Nintendo
"remember to optimize" heh.
Wait does this game have any connections to Sonic X???
Can you play this on android?
GERMAN EGGMAN 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Oh.. forgot this game exists
Level design is complete wack, there's no flow at all, also the game looks like it's never been play tested, there's times where certain things should happen but another thing was completely out of place to keep it going, i don't know about any of it's controversies, but the dev team should actually put some time in making this game anywhere near good.
Well because it's not for people, who were playing official games. Its for people, who does want new experience
How do you download it
This game is so controversial.
somebody should review this fan game like its an ign Review
Anyone wanna talk about the thumbnail?
Has anyone made Sonic Adventure 3 yet ?
God game the story is good
Hmm 🤔 did they change my boy sonic voice again can't tell
Is that a real sonic game or not
We got Sonic 07
Someone Tell me where can I buy this Online Please & Thank💙
For a fam game this looks WAY too high quality
Where to get sonic omens on a phone?
That’s the neat part. You don’t
THIS IS A FAN GAME!?
IGN ah gameplay 😭🙏
Uh oh
What is the games name
Look at the title of the video
Kid Icarus 2
Camera is waaaaay too close
1:59:59
This cool
This game looks good until you actually play it I know this from actually playing it
Dialog feels clunky
The fact that the UI looks anything like forces is enough for me to never wanna try this game 😂
Well.. Sonic Omens IS famous... just not for the right reasons
What are these level designs 💀
Bro MIGHT be late to the party.
Y shadow gotta accent