Generations 2

Disclaimer: This is not going to release, and is currently not in development
Generations 2 is an interactive adventure video game currently on hold by Supermassive Games and published by SEGA. It is the first non-survival horror game to be developed by Supermassive Games themselves, who have previously developed Until Dawn (2015) and The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (2019). It was planned to release for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. 
== Plotline ==
The main plot of Generations 2 is presented five years after the Sonic the Hedgehog movie's plotline. Decisions made by the player alter the outcomes of the story and the fates of its characters.
The story focuses on five individuals from the original film plotline after the defeat of Dr Robotnik. After the defeat of Robotnik, Sonic (Shawn Ashmore) lives a normal life on Earth with his friends Tom (Brett Dalton) and Maddie Wachowski (Galadriel Stineman). Tom and Maddie are required to go on a business trip but don't tell Sonic the reason as to why making him suspicious. One night, Sonic begins to hear strange child-like noises coming from the garage/shed. Against his will, he decides to investigate only to see a bright Warp Ring surfacing in front of him. Running through the ring was a little child with a large ring bag with tears down his eyes. The child seems to recognise Sonic, however, only to be bewildered that he is meeting his future self. Sonic changes his priorities from living a normal life, to a protector of his child-self. However, the mad scientist, Dr Robotnik has somehow returned to Earth to take revenge on Sonic and his family/friends.
== Gameplay ==
Generations 2 is an interactive adventure video game played from a third-person perspective in which one player takes control of five different characters that need to survive the return of Dr Robotnik. Players are required to make decisions throughout the game, whilst choosing the given options when interacting with other characters. The selection of options is stylised as a golden Ring. The story changes which then adapts the choices that the player will make, thus making it possible for the players to keep each character alive and/or all some/all characters to die. Choices also affect the characters' relationships as well as their personality traits. The game can be played multiple times, as there are many endings and many scenarios based on the choices the players make. Action sequences mainly reside on quick-time events, most of which, if pressed incorrectly or missed, can lead to bad consequences for each character. As the player explores the town of Green Hills and other multiple locations, they can interact with Non-playable characters (NPC's), find secrets as well as finding premonitions as mirrors. These mirrors can help save the characters in the foreseeable future throughout the story.
===Normal Cut and Developers Cut===
Like by The Dark Pictures Anthology, Supermassive Games decided to include two game modes. Generations 2 includes two story modes, Normal Story Mode and Developers Cut.
Normal Story Mode is the standard perspective given to the player by default when first running the game.
The Developers Cut is the opposite of the Normal Story Mode, the Developers Cut includes different character perspectives as well as scenes depending on what the player chooses. Players will take control of the characters but with a different perspective.
For example, the player may be playing as Young Sonic at one point in the game with Sonic accompanying him. In the Developers Cut, the same sequence will be currently happening but another sequence will be shown on the screen instead of the sequence explained as above.
== Cast ==
=== Playable Characters ===
Character 	Voice Actor 	Status 	Deaths
Sonic 	Shawn Ashmore 	Determinant	High Altitude drop, Shot by Robotnik, Run over by school bus, building edge imbalance resulting in a concussion causing death, death by Agent Stone.
Baby Sonic 	Benjamin Valic 	Alive 	Baby Sonic cannot be killed, no matter what the player chooses.
Tom Wachowski 	Brett Dalton (Modeled after James Marsden) 	Determinant	Run over by school bus, burned in Piston Pit explosion, Shot by Robotnik, crushed by a building.
Maddie Wachowski	Galadriel Stineman (Modeled after Tika Sumpter)	Determinant	Neck snapped by Robotnik, Shot by Robotnik, Run over by school bus.
Agent Stone 	Neil Newborn (Modeled after Lee Majdoub) 	Determinant	Shot by Robotnik, Run over by school bus (either by Tom or the bus itself), burned in Piston Pit explosion, building imbalance resulting in a concussion causing death, High Altitude Drop, Impalement, Knocked out by broken bottle (occurs when in the Piston Pit (May cause death))
Sonic (Prologue)	Ben Schwartz 	N/A 	No Deaths are in the Prologue.
 
=== Character deaths caused by Playable characters ===
==== Sonic ====
# Sonic kills Robotnik with a pistol (depending on player actions)
# Sonic kills innocent citizens because of the collapsing building (depending on player actions)
# Sonic kills Agent Stone from building imbalance (depending on relationship status, can occur when the player misses or incorrectly presses the Quick-Time Event)
==== Tom Wachowski ====
# Tom kills Robotnik by knocking him out with Sonic's baseball bat (depending on player actions)
# Tom kills Agent Stone from school bus (depending on relationship status and/or player actions)
# Tom kills Wade Whipple (accidental, the player cannot change this)
# Tom kills Sam from Piston Pit explosion (accidental, the player cannot change this)
==== Maddie Wachowski ====
# Maddie kills Robotnik with a shotgun (depending on player exploration)
# Maddie kills Wade Whipple (accidental, the player cannot change this)
==== Agent Stone ====
# Stone kills Robotnik by knocking him out with Sonic's baseball bat (depending on player actions)
# Stone kills Tom from school bus (depending on relationship status and player actions)
# Stone kills Sonic from building imbalance (depending on relationship status, can occur when the player misses or incorrectly presses the Quick-Time Event)
# Stone kills Sam from Piston Pit explosion (accidental, the player cannot change this)
=== Supporting characters ===
* Wade Whipple (played by Noah Fleiss, Modeled after Adam Pally)
* Ben (played by Jeff Fowler, Modeled after Jeff Fowler)
* Doctor Robotnik (played by ?)
==Relationships==
===Sonic===
Here are Sonic's Relationships with the other characters. Adding more Soon!
=====Tom Wachowski=====
Tom Wachowski
Sonic and Tom have a good family relationship, after welcoming Sonic to his home in the prologue, Sonic and Tom remain to have a father and son bond. However, when Dr Robotnik returns to Earth, their trust and support for each other may drastically decrease when the threat becomes bigger.
<tabber>Relationship Increases=Relationship Increases
*If Sonic Decides to follow Tom's rules, his relationship with Tom will slightly increase.
*If Sonic protects Tom in the Piston Pit, his relationship with Tom will increase drastically.
|-|Relationship Decrease=Relationship Decreases
*If Sonic decides to Kill Agent Stone, his relationship with Tom will decrease.
*If Sonic tells Tom to go and find Maddie, ending an argument, his relationship with Tom will decrease.
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=====Maddie Wachowski=====
Maddie Wachowski
Just like Tom, Maddie and Sonic have a good family relationship towards each other. After welcoming Sonic into his new home with Tom, Maddie and Sonic have a Mother and Son bond. Sonic and Maddie's trust with each other can change drastically during the events of the game.
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*If Sonic Agrees with Maddie instead of Agent Stone, his relationship with Maddie will increase.
*If Sonic protects Maddie to escape Dr Robotnik's lab, his relationship with Maddie will increase.
|-|Relationship Decrease=Relationship Decreases
*If Sonic chooses to go to the lab alone instead of bringing a partner, his relationship with Maddie will slightly decrease.
*If Sonic chooses to save Baby Sonic, instead of Jojo, his relationship with Maddie will decrease drastically.
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=====Agent Stone=====
Agent Stone
Sonic and Agent Stone don't get along with each other. Both of them have markedly different personalities that can put them at odds at the beginning of the game. However, their trust and support for each other during the events of the game.
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*If Sonic grabs Agrees with Agent Stone, instead of Maddie, his relationship with Agent Stone will slightly, making Sonic and Maddie's relationship decrease.
*If Sonic shoots Dr Robotnik before Agent Stone grabs the gun, Sonic relationship will slightly increase.
|-|Relationship Decrease=Relationship Decreases
*If Sonic misses Agent Stone's grasp, making Agent Stone let go of the building's edge, and if surviving, Sonic's relationship will decrease to zero.
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=====Baby Sonic=====
Baby Sonic
5 years after the prologue, Sonic will find the younger version of himself without explanation. Sonic and Baby Sonic's relationship can change drastically when the threat becomes bigger. Whenever Tom and Sonic get into an argument, it may start with the mention of Baby Sonic. Sonic doesn't appreciate this and tries to end the argument trying to protect Baby Sonic. This may increase Sonic and Baby Sonic's relationship and drastically Tom's relationship with Sonic. 
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*If Sonic gives Baby Sonic his doughnut, his relationship with Baby Sonic will increase drastically.
*If Sonic tucks Baby Sonic into bed, and pulls the blanket over him, his relationship with Baby Sonic will increase.
|-|Relationship Decrease=Relationship Decreases
*If Sonic refuses to let Baby Sonic go to "The World's largest Rubber Band Ball" Attraction in Chapter 1, his relationship with Baby Sonic will decrease.
*If Sonic forgets to take Baby Sonic outside and play at the park in Chapter 2, his relationship with Baby Sonic will decrease.
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==Locations==
* Green Hills (Main Location)
* Piston Pit
* San Francisco (Main Location)
== Development and Teasers ==
Generations 2 was originally announced for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles but SEGA decided to shift away from the current generation of consoles and transition into next-gen consoles, being the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X, including PC. Set in a third-person perspective, the game would include a 3D camera that would move around the respective character when the player used the right control stick; Up, Down, Left and Right to rotate the camera.
The game first appeared as a rumour after the final "The Dark Pictures Anthology" title, published by Bandai Namco Entertainment respectively. A teaser was revealed on Supermassive Games' website revealing a slideshow of what the game looks like. The teaser focused on the characters, the choice mechanism and screenshots of characters aiming at Robotnik.
However, before Supermassive Games, SEGA reached out to Quantic Dream to develop the game with similar gameplay. The gameplay was the same with minor differences; Generations 2 would take place right after the main plotline of the Sonic the Hedgehog film, with Miles 'Tails' Prower as a playable character.
With the game unreleased, fans speculated that the game was cancelled. This was denied by SEGA, who declared they reached out to a new developer and would be out at a later date. Eventually, Supermassive Games was chosen to develop the game after the success of The Dark Pictures Anthology series, which included 8 games in the entire anthology series. The development rights of the game were then transitioned to Supermassive Games.
Generations 2 reappeared but on Supermassive Games' website, with the explained teasers. SEGA then updated their website with a strange teaser. It included a still image of Agent Stone, Tom Wachowski, Baby Sonic, Ben (Jeff Fowler) and Sonic standing outside of the Green Hill Police Station with the words; "Coming Soon" zooming in slowly while the website loaded. After the site loaded, an image of Team Sonic Racing would appear in front of the teaser, making the teaser disappear unless the user refreshed the website in their web browser.
A demo version of the game was then released on Steam and the PlayStation Store, where players would play the first chapter of the game *Not the prologue*. Depending on the choices made, Sonic would get caught by a bear trap by Crazy Carl, who is not present in the game and is replaced with a new owner named Ben, who is played and motion captured by Jeff Fowler, after revealing the new character, the demo would end with a timer saying; "Pre-Order or Wait", a similar approach in the preorder marketing campaign with Supermassive Games' previous titles. 
A prologue was revealed on Supermassive Games' YouTube channel, simply put as; "5 years ago." The prologue showed the ending of the Sonic Movie with Ben Schwartz voicing Sonic for the beginning of the prologue. It then transitions to the current time of the plotline of the game, revealing Tom and Maddie both going on a business trip into San Francisco. The reveal of the characters is the same as Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology, with the character being shown with their names and their traits floating beside the character.
On Supermassive Games' website, Baby Sonic was revealed to be playable, fans were excited about the release of the game. Agent Stone was then teased as a playable character, with Tom, then Maddie, and then Sonic.
After no other teasers for a short while, Supermassive revealed the release date to be between Winter and Summer of a placeholder year as 2024, this is because of the eight titles in The Dark Pictures Anthology, each game was planned every 6 months. The background was a gif and revealed Sonic barely holding onto the edge of a building, the background ended with Sonic letting go of the edge, but before Sonic fell to the ground, the background would fade out and reveal the placeholder date.
== Trophies ==
There are a total of 28 achievements/trophies to collect.
Most of these trophies are references to the original film and the game:
=== Viewable ===
* "The Little Town with a Big Heart!" - Unlock all Trophies/Achievements
* "Hit or Miss, More Like Pistion Pit!" - Tom and Agent Stone both survive the Piston Pit
* "Gotta Go Fast!" - Complete 10 Quick-Time Events successfully
* "Oh shoot, Google!" - Shoot the Google Home look-a-like in the Piston Pit
* "I'm Not Leaving Earth, Again!" - Everyone Survives Doctor Robotnik's revenge (including Andrew and Ben)
* "Now You've Done It" - Nobody Survives Doctor Robotnik's revenge (excluding Baby Sonic)
* "Mission Complete" - Sonic protected Baby Sonic, no matter what!
=== Hidden ===
* "Once Cute, Always Cute" - Befriend Baby Sonic as any character
* "You somehow become... Detached" - Agent Stone misses Sonic's grasp
* "Doughnut Lord!" - Tom Survives Doctor Robotnik's revenge (This can unlock if Tom is the sole survivor)
* "Oh, I can feel it now, Doctor" - Agent Stone Survives Doctor Robotnik's revenge (This can unlock if Agent Stone is the sole survivor)
* "Watch-Ow-Ski!" The Wachowskis's survive Doctor Robotnik's revenge (Sonic, Maddie, Tom and Baby Sonic) (This will not be unlocked if Agent Stone survives)
* "You speedy little Hedgehog" Complete all Quick-Time Events in one playthrough
* "What are you, a lefty?" - Choose all of the left choices
* "Righty Tighty" - Choose all of the right choices
* "I came out full sprint" - Complete all of Sonic's QTE's in one playthrough (excluding Baby Sonic)
* "He's all yours" - Sonic survives Doctor Robotnik's revenge (excluding Baby Sonic) (This can only unlock if Sonic is the Sole Survivor, Unlocks "Mission Complete") 
* "Go Get 'em, Girl!" - Maddie Survives Doctor Robotnik's revenge
* "Never Stop Running" - Baby Sonic survives Doctor Robotnik's revenge (unlocks after "Now You've Done It")
* "He's my friend" - Unlock Tom's Empathic trait
* "So, you're noting yourself as the bestie?" - Unlock Sonic's Reckless trait
* "He talks?" - Unlock Maddie's shocked trait
* "It's Evolution?" - Unlock Agent Stone's sarcastic trait
* "I wanted to bring you this" - Unlock Baby Sonic's Lovable trait
* "You Cheeky Hedgehog" - Enable Hold to complete Button Mash in a playthrough
* "Stop! Hammer Time!" - Disable QTE timeout in a playthrough
== Trivia ==
* Generations 2 was the first Supermassive Games' title to not feature horror elements.
* The game was meant to take place during the events of the original film under Quantic Dream's development rights.
* Sean Colby was meant to be cast as Sonic but was replaced by Shawn Ashmore, who previously worked with Supermassive Games. 
* Five new characters were developed and were meant to be playable, equaling to ten playable characters, but were later scrapped. Their names were; Rachel (The mother of Jojo), Ben, Charlette, Miles 'Tails' Prower (under Quantic Dream's rights) and Adam.
* Most of the characters' models are modelled after the original films cast but were replaced by different Voice and Motion Capture actors/actresses. The Background Characters are modelled as a reference to Supermassive Games' other titles.
* Jeff Fowler and Jim Carrey are the only cast members to be modelled after themselves.
* There are references to Sonic games, the Sonic film, Man of Medan and Until Dawn.
** There is a secret photo of Jim Carrey and Lee Majdoub on the set of the Sonic film, which is found by Ben in which he comments to Agent Stone, this can only be found when playing as Agent Stone in the fourth chapter of the game which can only be played in the Developers Cut.
** A reference to Man of Medan is in a newspaper article, which can be found in Chapter 6 in Generations 2, the article states that five people are reported missing, with only two returning to their home and three still classed as missing. (This does not unlock anything in the secrets panel)
** Tom Wachowski has a few facial features as well as clothing referencing to Michael Munroe from Until Dawn, played by Brett Dalton.
** Sam, a supporting character, can be seen in the Piston Pit. She has the same appearance as Sam Giddings in Until Dawn, who was modelled after Hayden Panettiere, however, Samantha Vines was cast to Karen Strassman.
** When playing as Baby Sonic, there's a mirror with a gold frame, inspection of this mirror reveals a premonition where Agent Stone escapes the Piston Pit explosion. Baby Sonic will comment saying; "Oh No!", a line reference to Knuckles saying 'Oh No!' in Sonic Adventure. Sonic will ask 'what's wrong' with Baby Sonic responding with 'Nothing.'
** When Sonic is tied up in Chapter 8 (depending on the player actions), Sonic will be tied up exactly the same way as to when Sonic was tied up in an episode of Sonic Boom.
* Ozzy, the dog, is not present in the game.
* Jeff Fowler's character, Ben, was modelled after Jeff Fowler himself.
* Sonic is the easiest character to kill because of much quicker QTE's than the other characters.
* Noah Fleiss was meant to be cast as Adam and modelled after himself but when Adam was scrapped, Fleiss was given the short role of Wade Whipple. However, Fleiss does some additional voices.
* Agent Stone's appearance changes from a black suit with a black tie to a dark blue T-shirt and a pair of black jeans from Chapter 4 to the end of the game.
* The Piston Pit is the easiest location to get Agent Stone killed, a failed QTE may result in death.
* Agent Stone has the most amount of deaths.
* A deleted choice segment can be accessed when the player finished the game and accesses the Extras menu, the deleted segment shows Ben being a playable character and shows him finding Baby Sonic in a cafe wanting to buy a doughnut. The segment will reveal a player choice of Ben buying the doughnut for Baby Sonic or buying a doughnut for himself. Both outcomes will show before fading out. The relationship status notification will show in the top-left corner of the screen when the segment fades out. This was scrapped because five playable characters were chosen to be the original cast from the film, except for Ben Schwartz. 
* Baby Sonic is the first playable character in the game.
* Almost every character can be hit by a school bus, except for Baby Sonic.
* Wade Whipple is the quickest character to die due to Tom or Maddie crashing their car into the Police Station with Wade standing at the door.
* Maddie is the only playable character to be female.
* Generations 2 is the first Sonic game to be featured on the next-gen consoles.
* Agent Stone is the only protagonist that changed from an antagonist state.
* A deleted model animation showed Tom being burned in the Pistion Pit explosion but was cut due to it being a horror element. This was cut and replaced with Tom being thrown in the air from the explosion and hit by a spinning fan. Tom's body was never shown after that sequence.
* Generations 2 players can enable "Hold button to complete button mash QTE" which will grant a trophy simply put as 'You cheeky Hedgehog.' The trophy/achievement is earned once the game is completed.