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[The End]

That might be enough but there's also apparently a demo coming down the tubes at some point.

I'm in no rush, I'll wait.

 

[PKrockin]

I am actually looking forward to the 3DS game. One question, the OP says "take the history of handheld Sonic gameplay with you," but the levels shown are all from console Sonic games...? Will it have Sonic Advance levels?

 

[DeVeAn]

Odd. That is my exact set-up and it runs fine for me :/

Hmm, maybe I have a virus?! I had Batman AA doing something similar during scarecrow scene.

 

[catabarez]

Hmm, maybe I have a virus?! I had Batman AA doing something similar during scarecrow scene.

You should probably try doing a benchmark and make sure everything is running smoothly.

 

[Nabs]

Hmm, maybe I have a virus?! I had Batman AA doing something similar during scarecrow scene.

The Batman stuff might be caused by Physx. The Sonic stuff is happening to (nearly?) everyone. Chemical Plant is just weird like that.

 

[Phonomezer]

Anyone else a bit disappointed with the Chemical Plant Zone music? I thought they would go with something along the lines of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeOLvh_DcEY

The SP rings were worse. You could finish Sonic Unleashed without getting even half of the sun/moon medals. Slowing down and finding enough to beat the game really wasn't as annoying as everyone made it out to be.

The SP rings on the other hand were absolutely necessary. You HAD to find all 7 in a given stage, and levels were frequently designed so that if you were Sonic, backtracking was absolutely impossible. Miss any given SP ring at any time and you had to restart the entire stage over from scratch.

And you had to get all the chaos emeralds as all the characters in order to unlock the final ending, as I recall. So that meant collecting all the SP rings in every stage as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Cream, and possibly even Amy Rose (she was unlockable for doing something, can't remember what).

There is nothing worse.

Okay, that sounds horrendous!

 

[DeVeAn]

You should probably try doing a benchmark and make sure everything is running smoothly.

How would I do that? Thanks.

 

[catabarez]

How would I do that? Thanks.

Use this: http://www.passmark.com/products/pt.htm

 

[Sub_Level]

Does the ALL S RANK achievement count for the missions too, or do I just have to do the main Acts?

 

[AbsoluteZero]

I'm a bit baffled as to why the US didn't get the Collector's Edition.

 

[Seven Force]

And you had to get all the chaos emeralds as all the characters in order to unlock the final ending, as I recall. So that meant collecting all the SP rings in every stage as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Cream, and possibly even Amy Rose (she was unlockable for doing something, can't remember what).

IIRC, You had to get all of the Chaos Emeralds with every other character for Amy. As far as True Area 53 goes, you only had to get the Emeralds as Sonic and beat the game with everyone else. Still a massive pain in the ass, though.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Does the ALL S RANK achievement count for the missions too, or do I just have to do the main Acts?

Just the main acts

 

[DeVeAn]

Use this: http://www.passmark.com/products/pt.htm

During the fullscreen plane test an error occurred. WTF!

 

[Keasar]

I swear, if one of them tells me one single more time

Spoiler

"Thats a homing attack!" "Be careful Sonic!"

I am going to choke Cream!

 

[branny]

If this is the best of Sonic 06, then that game must have been far worse than I already envision.

This might help clarify things.

(is all of Colors music as good?)

If you don't mind hearing some, clicky. There are more but you'll want to hear those without spoiling them beforehand.

 

[Special J]

i heard a patch came out on steam does it fix chemical plant stuttering?

 

[gutter_trash]

Anyone else a bit disappointed with the Chemical Plant Zone music? I thought they would go with something along the lines of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeOLvh_DcEY



Okay, that sounds horrendous!

yup, Chemical Plant remix attempt was missed especially with the plethora of fan remixes that exists on the interweebs that are superior

I think my major issue with Classic Sonic is that he has almost no aerial momentum.

Still this game is really fun like holy shit. I just beat Rooftop Run with both Sonics (all red rings, both S ranked).

+ they delve too much in strict platforming heights for reaching higher platforms and resorted too much to Sonic 1 style floating platforms instead of a faster paced Sonic 2, Sonic 3 or S&K

 

[ckohler]

The hardest jump in the game for me has been the one where you jump off the zip line onto another halfway through Sky Sanctuary Act 2 in order to get the red star ring. Ugh. Died 15 times trying to do that.

 

[Dark Schala]

It turns out that a good amount of people can't connect to the 30 second trial. It won't get past the "Getting Data" screen, and a 8002A1A7 PSN error code will pop up endlessly unless you exit the screen. Apparently, someone complained to Sega and was told that deleting your entire friend list should fix the problem, but I'd rather not do that, so I guess I'll just have to wait for a patch or something.

That sucks.

I hope SEGA fixes it soon. That's really unfortunate for people, not just for the trophy but because they can't access a mode or if some people were really desperate for it, they'd have to delete their friends list (which is the worst thing).

I am actually looking forward to the 3DS game. One question, the OP says "take the history of handheld Sonic gameplay with you," but the levels shown are all from console Sonic games...? Will it have Sonic Advance levels?

No, which is the most unfortunate part. Someone should ask Iizuka why handheld games were no longer considered for the 3DS version because I swear he claimed that handheld games (at least the GBA and DS games) were going to be in the 3DS version in an interview.

The Tropical Resort level in the 3DS version seems to use the Red Burst Wisp from Colours DS, so that... kind of counts... I guess.

 

[Throavium]

The hardest jump in the game for me has been the one where you jump off the zip line onto another halfway through Sky Sanctuary Act 2 in order to get the red star ring. Ugh. Died 15 times trying to do that.

Dude, fuck that. It's like the green reticule only appears if it wants too, if it doesn't appear, you won't able to jump to it.

 

[MIMIC]

Time for a change of pace!

When I'm

Spoiler

free falling

WTF am I supposed to do?

Spoiler

You can't even move. Am I just supposed to just remember WHERE to be at certain points of the free fall

 

[ShadiWulf]

That sucks.

I hope SEGA fixes it soon. That's really unfortunate for people, not just for the trophy but because they can't access a mode or if some people were really desperate for it, they'd have to delete their friends list (which is the worst thing).


No, which is the most unfortunate part. Someone should ask Iizuka why handheld games were no longer considered for the 3DS version because I swear he claimed that handheld games (at least the GBA and DS games) were going to be in the 3DS version in an interview.

The Tropical Resort level in the 3DS version seems to use the Red Burst Wisp from Colours DS, so that... kind of counts... I guess.

Yeah, iizuka said that in an interview while laughing at the idea of Game Gear levels in the 3DS version.

 

[PKrockin]

No, which is the most unfortunate part. Someone should ask Iizuka why handheld games were no longer considered for the 3DS version because I swear he claimed that handheld games (at least the GBA and DS games) were going to be in the 3DS version in an interview.

That's actually a relief to me, since I never really played the handheld games and so they hold no nostalgia value for me. Thanks.

 

[Grisby]

This has to be one of the worst final bosses in history. Can't seem to grab any rings and my boost makes little to no progress.

The constant beeping and friend chatter is driving me up the wall.

 

[Keasar]

This has to be one of the worst final bosses in history. Can't seem to grab any rings and my boost makes little to no progress.

The constant beeping and friend chatter is driving me up the wall.

Spoiler

"Thats a homing attack!" "Be careful Sonic!"

NO

SHIT!

 

[Seven Force]

Yeah, iizuka said that in an interview while laughing at the idea of Game Gear levels in the 3DS version.

You'd really think they would jump at the chance to remake a level from the games that introduced the defining characteristic of Modern Sonic's gameplay. I almost understand skipping over the Advance series, but I'm surprised they skipped over the Rush games, too.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Time for a change of pace!

When I'm

Spoiler

free falling

WTF am I supposed to do?

Spoiler

You can't even move. Am I just supposed to just remember WHERE to be at certain points of the free fall

You should be able to move around,

Spoiler

evade egg dragoon projectiles and speed down towards the weakpoint of the robot, when close enough you can homing attack him for a non change of pace

 

[Dark Schala]

This has to be one of the worst final bosses in history. Can't seem to grab any rings and my boost makes little to no progress.

The constant beeping and friend chatter is driving me up the wall.

Like I said in the other thread, I dread going through that again for the last trophy. :/

ShockingAlberto had a point when he proposed that the last segment of the game was probably rushed because it's such a mess in terms of audio, visuals (so many obstructions, hard to see rings sometimes, perspectives, etc) and mission objective. It's shockingly bad.

Spoiler

When you hit the boss's pink core (just press and hold boost), hold and try to stay in the middle to get the rings he spouts out after the hit registers.

I posted a few videos earlier in the thread...

Here: Video 1 or Video 2.

You'd really think they would jump at the chance to remake a level from the games that introduced the defining characteristic of Modern Sonic's gameplay. I almost understand skipping over the Advance series, but I'm surprised they skipped over the Rush games, too.

One could consider Colours DS to be Rush 3. >.>

It's still surprising, a little more than, "LOL, Game Gear?!"

 

[Zomba13]

Spoiler

"Thats a homing attack!" "Be careful Sonic!"

NO

SHIT!

Hey

hey... hey listen

hey

bro

Spoiler

That's a homing attack

 

[Nocturnowl]

Hey

hey... hey listen

hey

bro

Spoiler

That's a homing attack

I don't know what you think it is but to me it looks like

Spoiler

a homing attack! You can press the button to switch between son- THAT LOOKS LIKE A HOMING ATTACK!

 

[qq more]

I don't know what you think it is but to me it looks like

Spoiler

a homing attack! You can press the button to switch between son- THAT LOOKS LIKE A HOMING ATTACK!

But wait, did you know that

Spoiler

you can press the button to switch Sonics?

 

[Phonomezer]

Be careful, guys.

 

[Nocturnowl]

I think it's a standard Sonic game criteria for overly repeated phrases, especially during bosses

SA Egg Walker/Egg Viper : " GET A LOAD OF-GET A LOAD OF-GET A LOAD OF-GET A LOAD OF THIS!

SH Egg Emperor: TAKE THIS! TAKE THIS! TAKE THIS! TAKE THIS! CHAAAARGE!

Sonic Unleashed: Feeling good! Feeling good!

SG Egg Dragoon: TIME FOR A CHANGE OF PACE! , yeah every 10 seconds, that's a lot of pace changes.

Then there's me failing the final boss of secret rings so much that I will never forget that I can use time break

 

[PataHikari]

Be careful, guys.

That's a homing attack

 

[QisTopTier]

I hate classic speed way

 

[Dark Schala]

I think it's a standard Sonic game criteria for overly repeated phrases, especially during bosses

But it's kind of expected for repeating dialogue to come out of bosses' mouths... not the

Spoiler

friends repeating strategies or meaningless dialogue resulting in an audio disaster coupled with the lacklustre boss tune... er, if you don't change the music to something different like Sonic Boom or Endless Possibility.

 

[spindashing]

I think it's a standard Sonic game criteria for overly repeated phrases, especially during bosses

SA Egg Walker/Egg Viper : " GET A LOAD OF-GET A LOAD OF-GET A LOAD OF-GET A LOAD OF THIS!

SH Egg Emperor: TAKE THIS! TAKE THIS! TAKE THIS! TAKE THIS! CHAAAARGE!

Sonic Unleashed: Feeling good! Feeling good!

SG Egg Dragoon: TIME FOR A CHANGE OF PACE! , yeah every 10 seconds, that's a lot of pace changes.

Then there's me failing the final boss of secret rings so much that I will never forget that I can use time break

IT'S NO USE

TAKE THIS

+

I'LL USE Y--CHAOS CONTROL.

 

[ShadiWulf]

Just got done watching the Documentary that came with the collectors edition on youtube, I found it funny how they barely let Iizuka talk. It was a really interesting watch though. I loved every minute of it.

 

[Nocturnowl]

IT'S NO USE

TAKE THIS

+

I'LL USE Y--CHAOS CONTROL.

THIS IS THE ULTIMATE!

 

[spindashing]

THIS IS THE ULTIMATE!

NO WAY, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.

 

[darkpaladinmfc]

I think it's a standard Sonic game criteria for overly repeated phrases, especially during bosses

SA Egg Walker/Egg Viper : " GET A LOAD OF-GET A LOAD OF-GET A LOAD OF-GET A LOAD OF THIS!

SH Egg Emperor: TAKE THIS! TAKE THIS! TAKE THIS! TAKE THIS! CHAAAARGE!

Sonic Unleashed: Feeling good! Feeling good!

SG Egg Dragoon: TIME FOR A CHANGE OF PACE! , yeah every 10 seconds, that's a lot of pace changes.

Then there's me failing the final boss of secret rings so much that I will never forget that I can use time break

THIS IS THE ULTIMATE

 

[Professor Beef]

YOU'RE NOT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH TO BE MY FAKE

 

[Phonomezer]

I feel that it's about here that this thread should have a Tikal flashback.

 

[BlazeHedgehog]

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, THE MORE THE MERRIER

 

[Seven Force]

IT'S NO USE

TAKE THIS

+

I'LL USE Y--CHAOS CONTROL.

I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU Y- SONIC WIND!

 

[Dark Schala]

YOU'RE NOT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH TO BE MY F--

I'LL MAKE YOU EAT THOSE WORDS!

 

[Nocturnowl]

Eggman greatness, Now with actual voice!

 

[spindashing]

HEY, THIS SHIP IS LOSING ALTITUDE.

 

[bede-x]

For some reason my "start over" option that appears when you pause the game has become greyed out, meaning I can't restart any stages without quitting the stage completely and starting over. Pretty annoying glitch.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

For some reason my "start over" option that appears when you pause the game has become greyed out, meaning I can't restart any stages without quitting the stage completely and starting over. Pretty annoying glitch.

It's not a glitch. Starting over uses a life, it's greyed out because you have no more lives to use.