The focus is definitely more exploratory, which really helps you appreciate how dense these stages can be.
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Sonic Mania |OT| Dreams Come True
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Aaron Strife
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Knuckles has a few levels that are completely different, and many levels feature Knuckles-exclusive paths. Sonic and Tails are more or less the same, although Tails has easier access to higher up secrets.
I'm having a blast with this game, but I have a couple of minor gripes.
I kind of feel like the stages are a tad too long for my taste. I would have preferred them to be more bite-sized. It's also more challenging than I expected, and having to replay two zones after a Game Over from an Act 2 boss is not very fun.
The S3&K bonus stages now being tied to checkpoints make them feel a little redundant. They take quite a bit of time to clear, but now that Chaos Emeralds are unlocked elsewhere they don't really feel worth it. I find myself not bothering with them anymore since I don't think the reward is big enough.
Other than that I'm really happy with the game, and I think Sonic's future seems brighter than it has in a long time.
I kind of feel like the stages are a tad too long for my taste. I would have preferred them to be more bite-sized. It's also more challenging than I expected, and having to replay two zones after a Game Over from an Act 2 boss is not very fun.
The S3&K bonus stages now being tied to checkpoints make them feel a little redundant. They take quite a bit of time to clear, but now that Chaos Emeralds are unlocked elsewhere they don't really feel worth it. I find myself not bothering with them anymore since I don't think the reward is big enough.
Other than that I'm really happy with the game, and I think Sonic's future seems brighter than it has in a long time.
The Xtortionist
Member
Yes, it works. Blue sphere progression is saved independently of stage progression.
This is exactly what I did.
Might I suggest putting on some of your own music or a podcast as the blue spheres music gets a little annoying for that long.
I just found 2 checkpoints in SDZ act 2 that were about 5 seconds from each other and went back and forth.
They could have made it so that the game over started you at the beginning of Act 2. But other that that, it being challenging is certainly a good thing.
Sonic Mania is clearly the ultimate 2D Sonic by virtue of it having sound settings that let you lower the volume of SFX and thus stopping jumps from ruining the damn music. It only took 26 years!
Current checkpoints cancel previous ones? Huh... Never thought about it. Neat.
Yeah I agree, and the challenge is pretty tame too. I consider myself pretty bad at 2D Sonic games and still got my first game over like 5 or 6 zones in, and yet it still doesn't feel easy either.
Having to restart the entire zone only was an issue for me in the final stage due to how long and slow paced it is. Aside from that I think I only lost repeatedly in
and there it actually helped me appreciate the level design more and made me care more about rings to stack up lives, so it was nice in a way.
Current checkpoints cancel previous ones? Huh... Never thought about it. Neat.
Yeah I agree, and the challenge is pretty tame too. I consider myself pretty bad at 2D Sonic games and still got my first game over like 5 or 6 zones in, and yet it still doesn't feel easy either.
Having to restart the entire zone only was an issue for me in the final stage due to how long and slow paced it is. Aside from that I think I only lost repeatedly in
Oil Ocean
RecRoulette
Member
Too bad Grounder isn't. They put a Green Grounder in Sonic 2 iOS.
Fucking criminal how this isn't on any console or even PC
Yeah I was thinking the same, Sega would be foolish not to see an opportunity now that they've seen there's a market for (good!) classic 2D Sonic games.
In the meantime I'm revisiting the fantastic 3DS ports by M2, but I'd love to try the Taxman versions.
CampbellzSoup
Member
Their has to be something we're not seeing behind scenes like why wouldn't you release these..???
If this were any other company out there I'd assume there are undisclosed issues, but Sega... I mean, look how long it took them to realize there was good money to be made by porting Platinum's games to PC lmao.
I beat the game last week but just now got all the chaos emeralds (
). Before I try and get
I didnt realize you could just keep going back to Green Hills, Act 1 over and over to chip away at them
the real ending, I have a question: do I need to be Super Sonic when I take out the final boss (to get the new level) or is it enough that I just have the emeralds? I dont want to go all the way through and realize I needed to have saved the power up.
Megatron
Member
Wouldn't they be porting the taxman versions though?
Phoenix_Cypher_K1
Member
Just have the emeralds will do, upon beating the final boss you will be transported to the Super Sonic-only boss
It's on the PS4 version, go to the "More from Sonic Mania" section & you'll see "Player Survey". Though for some reason, I've copied the URL & it doesn't seem to work outside of the PS4 browser.
& I think so, I noticed the same thing.
Thanks, to bad I have it on switch.
No. Go into a checkpoint to stop it
cireza
Member
Should have been a separate button.
Darn. Guess I'll have to start a separate file where I don't collect the emeralds. :/
Not particularly. More frustrating but if you're careful you should be able to complete it first try.
PyroPaperPlanes
Member
Full spoilers:
So it seems you can actually fight the extra final boss as Knuckles, only you must do it as Knuckles & Knuckles. Brilliant.
In the Knuckles & Knuckles run, you actually can fight the final final boss when you collect all chaos emeralds, unlike the normal run.
Thinking about this, it means the key ingredient wasn't the chaos emeralds, but the presence of multiple Knuckles.
Knuckles is powered by memes confirmed.
Thinking about this, it means the key ingredient wasn't the chaos emeralds, but the presence of multiple Knuckles.
Knuckles is powered by memes confirmed.
EDIT: lol, shoulda refreshed before I posted. Derp.
That image comes up regardless of which ending you get. The normal ending gets even more memetastic with a third Knuckles showing up and your partner Knuckles getting a Wechnia palette swap during the escape.
You can even beat it as tails just go to the secret level select menu through title screen with the special button combination.
Berserking Guts
Member
My favorite zone is Mirage Saloon act 1 as Knuckles. I love how the whole act is designed around Knuckles wall climbing.
Diablohead
Member
I like how knuckles is treated in this game, only thing missing is
a unique tails stage
jefpet
Member
what's up with the last zone... It feels like a punishment compared to all the other zones, I hate those black holes, wrong-timing a jump means falling & trying again.
I got to the boss but died (game over) and I'm reluctant to try and beat the game because of that level design.
My favorite must be chemical plant act 2, studiopolis and of course hydra city act 2.
I got to the boss but died (game over) and I'm reluctant to try and beat the game because of that level design.
My favorite must be chemical plant act 2, studiopolis and of course hydra city act 2.
goldenpp72
Member
I think the devs assumed everyone playing this played S&K and just rolled with it. I never miss the jumps on those as example, just takes practice.
Android18a
Member
You'll get it with practice
I really enjoyed Act 2 of TMZ, but then I'd played a lot of S3&K as a kid.StarCreator
Member
You're talking about the act 1 boss? The timer actually resets for act 2.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Because taxman is the 2d classic sonic development team now, and he was busy with mania on 4 different platforms?
goldenpp72
Member
I did it based on reflex, but it was tough.
Diablohead
Member
If you have not seen the 8bit drummer you may enjoy his drumming to the OST, he is really good at what he does.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfmtRlaUePo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfmtRlaUePo
Too bad Grounder isn't. They put a Green Grounder in Sonic 2 iOS.
Eww, that crap can rot on mobile device forever then.
3 Platforms, Tantalus did the Switch version.
Dead Man Typing
Member
That was also the case in Sonic 2's Sky Chase Zone.
Even as normal Sonic I defeated the boss then did a drop dash as I landed and sped off the side.
Maybe they consider it a bug fix but I find it strange that you can't control the plane in that level while standing on one of the platforms. In Sonic 2 you could stand on the platforms and crouching or looking up would raise or lower the plane even though you aren't on it. Sonic Mania doesn't do that.