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[strafer]

List of games you should play in order of priority:

• Sonic 3 & Knuckles; it's on Steam, via a serviceable Backbone port. Look up "Sonic 3 Complete" for the best possible experience. Easily a Top 10 of all time platformer.
• Sonic CD; Steam, XBLA 360, PS3N, iOS, Android. Really fucking good graphics and music, but with some seriously bizarre level design. You'll love it or hate it, still worth a play.
• Sonic Generations; easily the best 3D Sonic. The 3D sections are the perfect true speed run game and the 2D parts manage to at least invoke classic Sonic in a fun way despite not being wholly accurate. It's on 360 and PS3, but Steam version with gorgeous 60FPS and the amazing Project Unleashed mod is the way to go.
• Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed; forms one third of the Karting Trinity, with Mario Kart 8 and Crash Team Racing. Controls like a dream, fantastic level design and the fan service is on point. PS3, 360, Vita and Wii U, but the Steam version has 60FPS and Football Manager, Company of Heroes, Total War and Team Fortress characters, plus Ryo Hazuki as DLC.
• Sonic After The Sequel, aka the best fan-game ever. Must-play. It's free, of course, and PC only.

Thanks!

will check out

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

a list of sonic games that doesn't include sonic 2 at the top of it is a fraudulent list and should be thrown into the same pile that sonic has been rotting in for about a decade.

i know he/she has played it already but it still belongs up there because there isn't such a thing as too much sonic 2

 

[CB3]

List of games you should play in order of priority:

• Sonic 3 & Knuckles; it's on Steam, via a serviceable Backbone port. Look up "Sonic 3 Complete" for the best possible experience. Easily a Top 10 of all time platformer.
• Sonic CD; Steam, XBLA 360, PS3N, iOS, Android. Really fucking good graphics and music, but with some seriously bizarre level design. You'll love it or hate it, still worth a play.
• Sonic Generations; easily the best 3D Sonic. The 3D sections are the perfect true speed run game and the 2D parts manage to at least invoke classic Sonic in a fun way despite not being wholly accurate. It's on 360 and PS3, but Steam version with gorgeous 60FPS and the amazing Project Unleashed mod is the way to go.
• Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed; forms one third of the Karting Trinity, with Mario Kart 8 and Crash Team Racing. Controls like a dream, fantastic level design and the fan service is on point. PS3, 360, Vita and Wii U, but the Steam version has 60FPS and Football Manager, Company of Heroes, Total War and Team Fortress characters, plus Ryo Hazuki as DLC.
• Sonic After The Sequel, aka the best fan-game ever. Must-play. It's free, of course, and PC only.

Thats pretty much the definitive post Sonic 2 list. I dont like Sonic CD personally but the rest of that stuff is great

 

[SteveWinwood]

i liked sonic adventure 2

 

[Hot Coldman]

Jeff's reaction to the framerate meltdown, ahaha

a list of sonic games that doesn't include sonic 2 at the top of it is a fraudulent list and should be thrown into the same pile that sonic has been rotting in for about a decade.

i know he/she has played it already but it still belongs up there because there isn't such a thing as too much sonic 2

I mean, yeah, Sonic 2 is also a damn good game. The iOS version of that is sublime, touch controls and all. It even has a new level.

i liked sonic adventure 2

Me too! Just not for any reasons related to the part where you actually play it.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

what who

I have not agreed to any bet, yet

best Sonic game is Knuckles Chaotix

chickening out i see

 

[Xater]

i liked sonic adventure 2

EmCee where is the ban hammer?

 

[ThreePiMatt]

From the Sonic Boom Quick Look. Follow the hammer.

 

[ratcliffja]

From the Sonic Boom Quick Look. Follow the hammer.

It's a hammerang, clearly.

 

[SteveWinwood]

It's a hammerang, clearly.

the best is you can see the other hammer fly off when it cuts

and its still in her hands

two hammers on screen at once

 

[EmCeeGramr]

now where is a quick look at mario kart 8 dlc

i want to see dan jump online and race a lobby full of 12 links

 

[Hot Coldman]

I like that Metal Sonic is EXACTLY THE SAME as the "usual" Metal Sonic (Transformed racer, Smash Bros. trophy, Sonic 4-2 etc). Like, they just straight-up lifted the model.

 

[daydream]

i liked sonic adventure 2

We all have our guilty pleasures. I really like Sonic Unleashed.

 

[Consequence]

BOUNCE PAD

 

[Fantastapotamus]

I'm sad they missed Sonic saying "Rings are life"

 

[Felix Lighter]

Sonic is resilient. An apparently unkillable franchise.

 

[Archaix]

the best is you can see the other hammer fly off when it cuts

and its still in her hands

two hammers on screen at once

Well at least it flies out of her hands super naturally. The attention to detail really shines through. I hear Sonic Boom started out life as MGS6.

 

[Fjolle]

Is there something wrong with the helicopter fuel in Farcry? The 20 seconds flight time can't be intended.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Far Cry 4 QL

rofl that bird attack and Brad and Jeff's reaction !

 

[Volotaire]

now where is a quick look at mario kart 8 dlc

i want to see dan jump online and race a lobby full of 12 links

Hoping they cover on UPF.

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

I kind of like Knuckles being the big stupid guy in this game... because in reality he seems to be the smartest.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Why is Knuckles Australian in my mind? Was a previous voice actor Australian?

 

[Anjin M]

One could argue that was my experience at Ubi with the professor telling me to get the brain out of that shark head.

Oh, this thread just keeps giving and giving. I'm so glad I registered.

 

[ThreePiMatt]

Giant Bomb XI |OT| BOUNCE PAD!

 

[Consequence]

Why is Knuckles Australian in my mind? Was a previous voice actor Australian?

Echidnas are native to Australia I believe, maybe that's why.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Echidnas are native to Australia I believe, maybe that's why.

That's probably it. I probably looked it up when I was younger.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Giant Bomb XI |OT| BOUNCE PAD!

I think we need to have the next thread be X-2, because now that we're in community our threads are no longer legit enough to be a full sequel to X

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Is there something wrong with the helicopter fuel in Farcry? The 20 seconds flight time can't be intended.

I don't think it was fuel. It looks like it was a height restriction.

 

[Dimmle]

I am finally a premium member.

The first fifteen minutes of Mario Party Party alone have been worth the $35 I spent.

 

[Incandenza]

Dan describing Sonic as a "tee-ball stand for furry fanfiction" is probably my favorite description of Sonic ever.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

i think i have seen this cartoon 10000 times.

You tried.

It's still neat.

Why is Knuckles Australian in my mind? Was a previous voice actor Australian?

Obviously the floating island is Australia. Also he had a very Aussie kind of hat in the OVA.

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

Glad to hear that Patrick is liking VC PC port. The story still driven by anime cliches but is actually sober in using them.

 

[HappenstanceUK]

Why is Knuckles Australian in my mind? Was a previous voice actor Australian?

I feel like Knuckles might have been Australian in one of the cartoons

 

[LeBart]

You guys were not joking about the last Metal Gear Scanlon. This is not fun to watch.

 

[Megasoum]

"A DUD!!"


lmao

 

[Glitchesarecool]

I have to love Jeff's dead, professional delivery of information, such as at the end of Sonic Boom and Mario Party. It's just so good.

 

[Curufinwe]

Glad to hear that Patrick is liking VC PC port. The story still driven by anime cliches but is actually sober in using them.

A Sobering Discussion About Anime Cliches In Ports No One Asked For

 

[Liamc723]

Guys, rings are cool.

 

[Fox318]

Sonic Adventure 2 was fantastic

 

[danm999]

Holy shit the audio drop outs and framerate problems in that Quick Look...

 

[Xater]

Sonic Adventure 2 was fantastic

No.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Jeff's fear of those damn birds in the Far Cry 4 QL is pretty funny.

 

[AuthenticM]

Sonic Adventure 2 was fantastic

It was "ok" at launch. Today, it is not even that.

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

Sonic Adventure 2 was fantastic

I liked it when I was kid, as SA 1. But I have to admit tha the games have not aged well. I don't agree with Jeff about the games never been good to begin with but they are right that it was more do with the generational shift.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Chao garden though.

 

[cb1115]

oh god this Sonic Boom QL

Spoiler

UNITY ISN'T SO BAD NOW HUH

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

Chao garden though.

Chao Garden was a legit good Tamagochi-esque game. To bad it drained my memory life.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

all i remember from sonic adventure 2 is getting chased by a semi (why?), shadow the hedgehog, and that the knuckles stages were made even worse in SA2 than they were in SA1 as the emerald radar only picked up on emerald at a time.

 

[DrFunk]

Sonic CD is GOAT

accept it fellas

 

[Infinite Justice]

strapped in for another year with these guys Godspeed to everyone.

also that congratulations sound bit is still so good LOL