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Sonic Mania |OT| Dreams Come True
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Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
I'm confused.... what triggers a UFO stage and what triggers a blue sphere stage?
tim_pkmn89
Member
Alright, I'll have to go without seeing the extras. I didn't get sick from the one UFO stage I tried so I think I'm okay there. No way to go back and redo those is there?
UFO/emerald stage: Giant 3D rings that're hidden throughout each level, do all 7 for Super Sonic & "true" ending
Blue Sphere: Hit a checkpoint post with 25+ rings, these unlock random stuff in Extras & Secrets
Blue sphere stages appear when you pass through a checkpoint with 25+ rings, and the UFO ones you enter them by touching hidden, giant 3D rings. You can see one of them clearly near the beginning of Green Hill Act 1.
I only got two emeralds before beating the game because I had a hard time finding giant rings, so when I beat the final boss and unlocked level select, I just replayed Green Hill Act 1 up until the first ring and then quit until I got all the emeralds.
You can jump out of the oil, though - as long as you keep jumping it won't pull you to your death.
Yea but I don't even know what to attack, I just always end up losing my rings when I get close to that thing.
Titanic Monarch
You can get 4 free hits right at the start of the fight, then just be slow/safe and take out the guns before dealing with the main boss.
It's really finnicky and too often I clearly was Insta killed and forced under when I clearly leapt off a platform. Like there is some frame or two wherein you are judged killed if touching the platform far above the oil in mid air still. Really cheap and too many of my deaths are due to it. Hard to describe but it isn't like I am pulled under with the platform at all but the game judges that I am.
Hot Coldman
Banned
also I only just now realised (massive spoilers)
FUCK
Sonic in the true ending does the pose from the first Forces trailer. and the timespace ward sound effect shows up in the Forces E3 trailer. he's travelling to Sonic Forces and the Phantom Ruby will likely be involved in whatever Infinite is meant to be
FUCK
Yup, his pose gave it away for me instantly. Pretty cool way to connect them.
Hot Coldman
Banned
The timeline is weird though - Iizuka said Classic Sonic is from another dimension, so is Forces non-canon? Must be given Eggman rules the world.
Tbh an
Infinite true final boss would have been more interesting than the one we got.
I'll give it a shot tomorrow. Hopefully I can manage 100 rings both zones to get extra lifes in case I mess up.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I really like the true final boss.
Seeing Eggman tussle with one of his own creations (sort of) is some good shit.
The Xtortionist
Member
Yeah that was kinda neat tbh.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I don't think so, think it's just a coincidence.
Ewww, no.
Yeah i love that final boss.
the struggle for the gem + super sonic being fully controllable and you can even do the fight as knuckles and tails lol
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Ah! Thanks guys! I couldn't for the life of me figure what was triggering the Blue Sphere Zones - probably because I didn't know it was tied to ring collection. That makes sense. Thanks!!
It's neat seeing how far the game came along since the game was first demoed last year.
Game did receive a lot of polish and tweaks to the graphics and some of the latter parts of the the level layout in Green Hill Zone Act 1 changed altogether.
September 2016 (Screencapped from a Polygon playthrough on YouTube)
Final game:
Unless Sega scrubs the PC version, it ought to be interesting to see if some of these old level tiles are still tucked away in the final game. Data miners could have a field day with Mania.
Game did receive a lot of polish and tweaks to the graphics and some of the latter parts of the the level layout in Green Hill Zone Act 1 changed altogether.
September 2016 (Screencapped from a Polygon playthrough on YouTube)
Final game:
Unless Sega scrubs the PC version, it ought to be interesting to see if some of these old level tiles are still tucked away in the final game. Data miners could have a field day with Mania.
I just had a "not entirely conscious" moment last night. I was filling out that online survey for Sonic Mania, but was falling asleep as I did so. When I woke up, I saw I did a minor rant about how Scratch & Grounder weren't in the game, & said that was the game's biggest problem.
I still sent it, though. It's not like I was wrong.
I still sent it, though. It's not like I was wrong.
My strategy for dealing with the boss was primarily just jumping around the platforms like a mad man.
I will be shocked if
Infinite doesn't secretly turn out to be your custom avatar from another dimension transformed by the Phantom Ruby (much like how Sonic has a second version of himself from the Classic dimension).
Triforce141
Member
Sega and Sonic Team's done the
"new character is connected to the main villan" before in Unleashed with Chip being Dark Gaia's counterpart
in Forces as an excuse to why the Custom Hero won't return for future entries, just like Chip sacrificing himself to ensure Dark Gaia wouldn't reap havok over the world
You can actually do select levels with peel out, insta shield and
Just select the options on a no save file and then go to title screen and press the special code for the special level select screen.
Now you can play in any level with any of the bonusses you want.
Kinda glad there still is a way to do so....
&
Knuckles
Knuckles
Just select the options on a no save file and then go to title screen and press the special code for the special level select screen.
Now you can play in any level with any of the bonusses you want.
Kinda glad there still is a way to do so....
Aaron Strife
Banned
I mean, there's really only been a handful of plots in Sonic games since Adventure. "Eggman awakes an ancient evil" and "Sonic revisits old locales through time and space shenanigans."
Colors is the only one that really had a straightforward plot of Eggman being evil.
Yeah this is where I got my first game over. There isn't much in the way of tips here though. Make sure you go in with plenty of rings, when the platforms drop, try to position your jump directly over the the top of the grey spheres. If you bounce on top of them you can take them out quickly which makes it easier to survive. Once the two spheres are taken out you can wail on Robotnik without hassles. Remember to spam jump whenever you go into the oil.
It's funny to me that Oil Ocean was usually where I'd get game over when I played Sonic 2 as a kid as well.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Anyone have any 4K wallpapers from Sonic Mania art or assets?
I've got some poorly up-resed 1440p backgrounds - but they're blurry. I'd love a really great Mania background on my gaming PC.
I've got some poorly up-resed 1440p backgrounds - but they're blurry. I'd love a really great Mania background on my gaming PC.
Like the idea is fine but it doesn't seem like there's that much build up to it. It's also not exactly the first time something like this has happened either. The Music is fantastic though, you have me there.
Why no PINGAS! Tho?
Because the Pingas wasn't a character. It was a religious experience.
Also because I grew up with these characters & wanted them to show up.
balladofwindfishes
Member
The enemy Scratch is based off of is in the game
Survey?
Aaron Strife
Banned
Gamecocks625
Member
Started a new game with Knuckles and Act 1 of Green Hill seemed different. Are there different level designs for each character? Or is it just for Knuckles?
Just Knuckles.
TMZ is a super-fun zone when you replay it and master its gravity spheres and other contraptions. Reaching the end with time to spare is especially gratifying in that zone.
Elfforkusu
Member
Man, playing as Knuckles is almost like playing a different game. (And not in a bad way)
I still preferred what happened in Sonic Advance 3 more.
Sonic and Eggman team up is best team up.