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Sonic Mania |OT| Dreams Come True
- Thread starter Hot Coldman
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Yes much better.
But then I don't really like Sonic CD so I'm not sure you'd want to listen to me
Robin64
Member
Xbox One? One hour left.
Yep, and thanks.
MugiwaraCole
Member
How is the game still locked on X1? Weird.
If you had rings and didn't fall off course then that sounds like a bug.
Not to single you out, but what would you want in modern graphics?
For what it's worth, this game has amazing pixel art with some beautifully smooth animation, it's not as much a Mega Drive era title as it may seem at first. It looks far more polished and cohesive than most modern releases for my money
And if you're keen on CD, this game'll definitely remind you of it at points
Nocturnowl
Member
Downloaded on Switch, I just had to pull myself away after running through to the end of flying battery zone in one sitting.
That was so intense I have to go take a daytime nap to recover.
These special stages are actually fun,Dreams Come True it's a miracle!
That was so intense I have to go take a daytime nap to recover.
These special stages are actually fun,
I always primarily found sticking to the 'highest route' to be the most rewarding and often challenging 'goal' to achieve in levels of the classic games. Doing so often demanded the most practice, speed, and provided the most satisfaction and rewards. Lower routes lead to the same endpoint, but it was always clear that staying near the top of the stage was the skillful approach for a player to yearn to achieve.
The best endings are locked behind chaos emeralds, so the ultimate goal is also to hunt down those secret stages and get all 7 before the final boss. But that is a sort of side objective.
Mass Appeal
Member
Going to pick up an eshop card on way home from work later today and download on my Switch. So excited!!!
Agreed.
Game is so damnn good this is the real Sonic 4.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Anything that squashes you will likely kill you, even when you have invincibility/invincibility frames.
Since Sonic has a standing height of >1 tile but a ball height of <1 tile, this also means you can jump, land on a surface with an opposing ceiling 1 tile away and then die because Sonic uncurls into his standing state, realize there's not enough space and then proceed to get squished. Most noticable with the rotating 4-block stairs in CPZ, even with the original Sonic 2.
Since Sonic has a standing height of >1 tile but a ball height of <1 tile, this also means you can jump, land on a surface with an opposing ceiling 1 tile away and then die because Sonic uncurls into his standing state, realize there's not enough space and then proceed to get squished. Most noticable with the rotating 4-block stairs in CPZ, even with the original Sonic 2.
That's weird. I'd understand it if it was on the way back down but it was still clamped to the ceiling and I accidentally jumped into the bottom of it :/ It was a pretty narrow corridor though.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
I gotta say I'm really not liking the new special stages. Definitely feel worse than 1, 2, 3 and CD.
The Lamonster
Member
How do you guys feel about so much of this game being a "remix" and not 100% new content like the previous (real) Sonic games?
Yappadappadu
Member
And the PS4 version? Is it up yet in Europe? I'm confused.
If I buy now, does it still count as preorder?
EDIT:
Nah, definitely too late.
i think they're the least polished aspect of the game, but they're still probably the most fun special stage yet
MetalSlug
Member
I think for a sequel they could stick with pixel art but maybe double the resolution eg. The Sonic sprite has twice as many pixels. Would be the best of both worlds.still pixellated but much smoother and more detailed.
bananafactory
Banned
Its my first Sonic game so it's all new to me
Though I can understand if existing fans are kinda disappointed with that
i like to think of it as akin to the dream match game of the kof series
only two stages in but I'm absolutely loving the way they set it up
going from act 1 to act 2 in chemical plant zone was amazing
legit started laughing out loud when I got there
Nocturnowl
Member
I will say that straight up having the actual act layouts of old games at points is a bit bleh.
But I'm also not eagle eyed enough to figure out if some of these first acts of classic zones are cramming in acts 1 and 2 of their classic equivalents.
ratcliffja
Member
Just once in my life I want to get a chaos emerald from one of these special stages. Just once.
The Lamonster
Member
60% old, 40% new
I don't care about it, the first stage is nearly the same as original but with new things added in, second stage is completely new and the graphics/backgrounds look way better then the originals too.
It felt like a whole new game tbh.
And the completely new zones are god tier good so are the bosses in this game.
SliceSabre
Banned
I was better at Collect the Blue Spheres as a kid than I am now.
Conrad Link
Member
Been playing for many many hours straight (on Switch!), it's so amazing! Everything I had hoped it would be, perfectly embraces the classic Megadrive Sonic spirit. They did an AWESOME job.
Charm coming out the wazoo, this game has it in spades. There is one new level where I was just left gobsmacked at how beautiful it is! :O
And the music, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I love it so much!
The only thing I can't get the hang of is the new special stages, I'm so terrible at them, I've only managed to beat one so far in all the hours I've been playing lol.
Please release this game physically one day Sega. I really want it!
Charm coming out the wazoo, this game has it in spades. There is one new level where I was just left gobsmacked at how beautiful it is! :O
And the music, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I love it so much!
The only thing I can't get the hang of is the new special stages, I'm so terrible at them, I've only managed to beat one so far in all the hours I've been playing lol.
Please release this game physically one day Sega.
I really want it!TheAquaticApe
Member
Played the first two levels this morning. Awesome game! Everything I want from Sonic.
I did always wish that bonus stages instead transitioned to special 2D obstacle laden courses that tested the players actual skill at maneuvering through the game. Like mini-sonic stages with a single route to overcome. Add a timer to ensure the player must not take it slow, and reach the goal to get the emerald.
I never enjoyed the minigame focus transitions in any of the Sonic games. Felt so jarring that the ultimate collectible was not a fixture of the core game design.
That said I actually don't mind the new UFO stages much. They control so smoothly and ruin well that it's not been a hindrance. The Sonic 3 blue sphere ones I am still not a fan of.
Brat-Sampson
Member
Damn, boss difficulty starts to ramp up, huh. End of
took me a few tries and now the one finishing off
is too. Feels like more cheap deaths on this one too, while the last was more execution based.
Stardust Speedway
Hydrocity
malikhaing_bayag
Member
Picked this up on the Russian eshop and boy it's been a long time since I've played Sonic 3. This has been a nostalgia trip for me and I am going to be enjoying this game for weeks.