One of my favorite level in perhaps the series. If you timed out you were going to slow and the level challenges arent that hard. Just keep the pace up. I thought it was a mistake they stopped the time at the boss though, but i can see why.
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Sonic Mania |OT| Dreams Come True
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Flintty
Member
It is pretty good but feels a hell of a lot harder than I remember. Brutal in places.
The Sonic 2 special stages were GOAT for me.
The positivity all around this game is odd...in such a good way.
And it's very welcoming. Sega take note. 😉
Hoping Forces is at least Generations quality so this isn't deemed a fluke by the community.
Seeing
as a zone again was one of my wishes, and they portrayed it so well within the story again
And it's very welcoming. Sega take note. 😉
Hoping Forces is at least Generations quality so this isn't deemed a fluke by the community.
Seeing
Lava Reef
when Little Planet is revealed again to be Eggman's base of plans with the the Infinite gem
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Gumball is great because I basically get to pick the powerup I want. Lives are whatever. The game vomits those at you anyway. Gumball is great because you can easily keep going until the powerup you want comes out.
No one would be able to beat the game if they didn't
restart the timer for the final boss.
It's a new one i think.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Yea that part got me a gameover too.
the idea of a Sonic game being "spoiled" makes me lol.
IGN as well.
AzureSkies
Member
Was a legitimately great surprise for me though.
TurboLibre
Member
How am I missing all the big rings?! Can't find those mofos anywhere.
Don't feel too bad. I didn't find a single one until Press Garden Act 2 on my first playthrough.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Nah, there are definitely things that could easily spoiled in this game. For instance, Zone 2 act 2 boss was magical, and I would be annoyed if I had been told what that was before I got there.
Yeah I understand why they did it, but stage one and stage two should be kept separate. Even when you are going back to replay Zones.
Making you beat Zone 1 again if you game over on a boss is just a tad too much backtracking. Although, luckily it never happened to me.
Honestly I'd say fuck it as the game saves emeralds
AzureSkies
Member
you can get them on a clear save afterwards, so don't worry too much.
esmith08734
Member
Sonic pre-dates me. Sega was on the way out before I got old enough to game. I love platformers, for sure, but I am wondering if this would be for me. Looks fun but also look confusing.
Would you all recommend this for people who've never played?
Would you all recommend this for people who've never played?
The Xtortionist
Member
Confusing in what way?
TurboLibre
Member
I'M WORRIED. I NEED MY SUPERSONIC.
I'm also very terrible at the bonus stage. So it's not looking good for me.
Foxtastical
Member
Ah, I heard about it vaguely beforehand and it was still wonderful. Experience is more important than surprise for me, at least.
esmith08734
Member
I saw that thread where people were asking how to play, I guess I share similar fears. Do I have to go as fast as I can? Is it a collectathon?
The Xtortionist
Member
Sonic games are a series of platformer levels played in a linear order
Your main goal is to get to the end of each level, eventually defeating Dr. Eggman and saving the world
Your secondary goal is to find secret large rings in each level that teleport you to a bonus stage and help unlock the true ending. These can be equated to something like Star Coins or Bonus Coins in Mario or Rare's DKC games, respectively
Everything in between is up to you
Please don't think too hard about it
When you actually play Sonic its not confusing. That thread is just a load of 90s fanboys trying to prove Sonic is objectively bad. Don't let it bring you down.
Just play at a speed you feel comfortable with. If you try going at top speed all the time you'll most likely end up running into enemies and spikes a lot since this is your first Sonic game. As you get better at the game you'll notice yourself going faster and also being able to maintain that speed for longer than you used to.
It's not really a collectathon but there are special stages hidden in the levels. Completing seven of them unlocks the super form of your character.
It's easily the weakest of the remixed zones IMO. That being said it still had some really cool moments.
The goal is just getting to the end of the stage. There's replay value in doing it as fast as possible by finding the shortest routes, but it's not necessary for anything.
The only things to collect are the 7 chaos emeralds which are hidden in special stages throughout the game, and the medals from the bonus stages that you are able to attempt at every checkpoint. They both offer optional unlockables.
jasminlovesyoux
Banned
I actually love that zone in the original and just thought it was good here. They could've done a lot more with it.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Here's an average run through of the first level of a Sonic game (in this case Sonic 2)
Sonic is just a 2D platformer with bursts of high speed and pinball mechanics. It's not a complicated game series.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Kotaku one step forward and 5 steps back these mofos.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Of course I was going too slow....or I wouldn't have timed out lol
I've already finished the game, btw.
What i did was to stay close to the ufo from the beginnig and just pick the orbs/rings along the path.
With that strategy i got em after a few tries max. Before i tried like 20 times or more but whenever i reached mach 3 the ufo was nowhere to be seen or so far ahead i ran out of rings.
This was when i focused more on the rings/orbs then where the ufo was.
So not losing the ufo out of sight or getting too far behind helps alot. Even got some at mach 2 that way.
I mean, it is kinda a silly idea, but I would've been pissed if this was the way I found out about that part of the game.
I just finally got it. Picking up more rings made it a lot less stressful since I was able to just tail it down when in Mach 3.
Same. Didn't care about it much with most games, but the way this game was advertised and hinted at they wanted to wait til release and then show you the best they offered. Especially when you ran into amazing gobsmacker of surprises like
the Chemical Plant Act 2 boss.
valinthyne
Member
It's probably not the best example to show someone going out of their way to get all the emeralds as early as possible.
valinthyne
Member
It is and it does. You have to re-drop the special ring every time you clear the stage but you can keep going and use it to practice the special stages in order.
FeenixRising
Banned
I timed out in the first act of the final zone. Smh
TurboLibre
Member
I'm genuinely bummed Up-Down-Left-Right didn't do anything on the title screen.
I mean, I get it. But still.
Whoa. Is that an unlock from the medals?
I mean, I get it. But still.
Whoa. Is that an unlock from the medals?
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Does it bother anyone else that the big rings look so shitty now?
That's pretty neat! Guess i will have to try that mode out soon.