I think almost no one points out how well their gameplays reflect their personality
2011X for example, he is both a showman and a masochist, but still a spoiled impatient brat, and gameplay reflects that with the rage mechanic, he needs to be stuned(hit) to go into his fullest, and when he finally has got enough, he stop the timer, puts is own music, and even a bar on your screen, he is doing way to much and also starts hitting harder cause he already had enough, he enjoyed it but he's getting impatient to win.
Tripwire, she's the typical haunting girl ahh trope from the horror movies we all know, and her gameplay reflects that idea of fear, she's such a good zoner most of the time the survivors have to split up, with her mines you're mostly gonna need to be cautious and maybe even afraid of where you step, and even with how bad her radar is, hidding is also a recommended strategy, just like in a horror story or movie.
And for Kolossos we all know he has a more direct aproach, not games, not gimmicks, just a giant monster who tears you into pieces, and his simple yet massive damage dealing gameplay reflects that.
I like how you can understand the characters in the game, it has the advantage of being a sonic game with established characters of course but you don't really get this from any other aysm
I agree with 2011x and Kolossos (and I bet Fleetway will also be well characterized), but tbh Tripwire feels more like a rushdown killer with some traps and zoning capability rather than an actual trapper/zoner, which doesn't really fit the character
We don't even know her lore. This is a version of Tails Doll made for OM
If im not wrong its just an evil spirit of a girl that got killed, and maybe is angry about it?
To be fair, OM has a LOT OF movements. It’s really difficult to make a trapper in this kind of game unlike forsaken with John Doe
2011X is absolutely horribly characterized.
in SONIC 2011 we see that he actually enjoys when his victims play outside of the rules and try to outsmart him, the only thing he ever gets angry at in SONIC 2011 is when you dont play at all and let the timer run out
in the arm cannon comic alan gets the arm cannon through X's own intervention, he chooses to give alan a way to fight back, and when alan literally blows half of X's head off he absolutely loves it. X isnt some whiny child, especially because both in SONIC 2011 and in OM, he cant really lose. the survivors will inevitably be back for another match, so why would X flip his shit because they got away for the time being?
I never saw "Rage Mode" as 2011X as flipping out, even when its activated, he sounds pretty playful about the whole thing.
“Ready or not... Here I come!!” doesn't ring with frustration. I think Rage Mode is just the term coined for his mechanic. It makes sense in concept cause it quite literally keeps the game going.
Exactly, is not an you're not gonna win in frustration, is a playful nuh uh uh i am not done with ya
Yeah, rage mode probably isn't just him losing his cool with the survivors. He's most likely thrilled seeing them putting up some resistance.
They should rename it Freaky Mode /s
Unironically something like joy or playtime Mode would fit him
I think it’s because X is very narcissistic and controlling at this point. He wants what he wants and does get mad when people don’t play into that. It’s not the damage that’s making him mad, it’s the interruptions.
Notice how 2011x only ever engages with a single victim at a time in the source material. that victim may have a way to fight back, might have to run away, might just be trapped and helpless, but they’re always by themselves. X is always able to do exactly what he wants, when he wants to do it. If he wants a desperate chase, he’ll set it up. If he wants a helpless struggle, he’ll give them a weapon strong enough to sting, but never enough to do damage.
But in outcome memories, X doesn’t have this control. He sets up a desperate chase, and metal sonic body slams him. He sets up a fight with knuckles, and tails snipes him. He has his victims bleeding on the ground, and Eggman counters him and revived the team. Remember 2011x is coming from the Hide and Seek tails chase, he hasn’t begun treading the path which turns him to Lord X. X is experiencing his first taste of denial, and he isn’t the kind of person to accept his prey escaping.
Rage Mode isn’t 2011x getting mad about getting hit and going “I’ll get revenge for hurting me!” Rage Mode is 2011x deciding that he’s tired of being denied from his victims, and he’s about to rectify that, even if he needs to break the rules of the realm to do it. And 2011x is the EXE who’s most in character to decide he’s annoyed by the game and decides to start cheating halfway through the match once he realizes he’s losing in a boring way.
Yes, tho i think he isn’t in that angry point yet due to him liking the purgatory, so i think is more of a spoiled playful way of his rather than actual rage, and about the hits, he likes them, his gameplay is centered about gaining something in exchange for the stuns, and we also know how masochist he is when we talk about physical pain
Kind of like the creator of the og one
The rage despite it's name seems like i said he being a bit impatient, rather than actaully angry, and in those examples you mentioned he likes his victims to try but never to win, he literally calls you out a cheater when you don't follow his rules, and in the comic of the Arm Cannon he blew off Alan's arm so he could just kill him after playing, he loves the struggle but hates to lose
"loves the struggle but hates to lose"
Damn, today I had two situations where I (2011X) got Silver for LMS on Green Hill, and in both cases they almost immediatly gave up, which lead me to just stand there and beg them to try atleast
when metal clashes with x's charge and wins, he says "ohohoh! just you WAIT until i get my hands on you!" like he enjoyed the thrill of being beaten by someone instead of overpowering them easily.
I think X is characterized pretty well. He's very clearly enjoying himself throughout the match: all of his lines are playful (in their own twisted way), he keeps making jokes whenever he kills someone, and "ready or not, here I come!" are clearly not the words someone would use when he is actually mad, he's just showing a bit more of his power rather than getting serious. However, the victims he kills in canon dimension are human souls reincarnated as sonic characters, whereas in OM he's dealing with the ACTUAL cast, and everybody is fighting back, so of course, as a childish entity that would do anything for its own amusement, he cheats, stopping the timer and powering himself up to make the game "fair" again. He's not killing out of hate, he's literally just fucking around while terrorizing the survivors for the entirety of the match, knowing damn well that even if they escape they'll come right back to him. Why else, for example, would he choose to slowly choke survivors, when he can damage them way more quickly by just attacking normally?
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Yeah I think "rage mode" is a misleading name since he doesn't actually seem mad or upset
"would he choose to slowly choke survivors, when he can damage them way more quickly by just attacking normally?"
valid. but that's where Lord X comes in, in V0.3, HE is the one whose taking his time torturing the survivors
Honestly, it feels more like he's going "They're actually good, I have to level up the playing field" rather than ACTUALLY getting mad
Happy cake day
I love Kolossos cause he’s like
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“I’m only gonna say this once, I’m gonna beat you do death”
Why Kolo oSlop PinkWhat the fuck!!
Idk i thought it was funny
For me, Tripwire reflects Tails Doll well in a way. But not the fanon horror variant, no no no. The original, from Sonic R.
Playing as her feels weirdly mechanical, I can't describe exactly. Her abillities are very unusual for a ghost, especialy such a young one. Playing her makes me feel like a calculating machine with a single goal in mind exactly something Eggman would make, and I love it.
(Also I NEED more Tripwire lore AAAAAA)
Im confused about kolossos, because i see him as a mindless brute, for the fact that he seems to just kill cause why not, and does it mercilessly.
But i also see him somehow pretty smart, for the fact he seems to enjoy killing, by his laughter when doing so, and is the only executioner so far that had the idea to block not only body to body survivors, but ranged survivors, by snipping them with a rock, and damn he has a good aim. And also, when TD was falling down, he had the great "idea" to bring someone with him(knux?) so they could suffer more? Thats crazy.