I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Well done on beating all the blue spheres stages. HERE'S MORE BLUE SPHERES MOTHERFUCKER
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Sonic Mania |OT| Dreams Come True
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Confused Cheeseburger
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I feel like Sonic Mania not only gets what was good about old Sonic, SM outclasses it. The level design, polish and confidence makes the game feel more deliberate than any other sonic game. I love S&K, but Mania is a cut above.
valinthyne
Member
Nope. Just
hold b + y / square + x / x + a at the title screen and press start
Captain Europe
Member
I have unlocked all the ???? options with silver. Not even gonna try for gold, that looks inhumanely difficult. Not sure if gold unlocks something else.
And there's about 30ish I believe.
And there's about 30ish I believe.
NoctisVsStar
Member
That 5th emerald lord help me.
Solid SOAP
Member
Thats kinda the point, yea?
TurboLibre
Member
Awesome! I loved the debug stuff in the old games. I'll wait until I finished everything, but I'm excited to mess around with it.
They coulda been shinier but I thought they looked good
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Level design in Mania is a little to erratic. Too much going on a lot of the time and many stages simply feel too big. Sonic 3&K struck the perfect balance between expansive explorable levels but with a simple structure. 3&K also is in another league in the storytelling department.
Easier : go to Chemical Plant Zone Act 1, move forward until you're in a multidirectionnal cube, go to the left tube then just hold right until you're in front of the ring.
Takes 25 seconds if you're quick enough.
Captain Europe
Member
Beat all the blue sphere stages, silver unlocks all those extras, don't need gold for that.
ShaggsMagoo
Member
Fuck you
Zone, you deserve to
.
Oil Ocean
burn
Burn, Mother Fucker, Burn.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
The point is to look worse than they did in 1994? Why?
Amusing thing I've seen in a couple streams already:
Oil Ocean starts
"Ah man I hated this zone, why did they pick THIS one?"
Oil starts burning all over the place
"OMG BEST ZONE EVER"
Hot Coldman
Banned
And then that somewhat amusing idea is destroyed by the boss being tedious.
Yeah, I have no idea how that level made it in. Luckily the next two are AMAZING before a brilliant finale.
secretanchitman
Member
Bought it on PS4 and I'm loving this game. This is easily the best Sonic game in more than 2 decades since Sonic 3 - great job to everyone who had a hand at development and Sega for actually making this possible!
PhantomZone
Member
Can see myself buying and replaying it on every platform!
They're low poly 3D, just like the special stages.
Captain Europe
Member
I can see what you mean, low poly models are fine, but there was no need for low res and fake pop in.
The Xtortionist
Member
Spoilering everything
2: 8 full zones, 2 single act zones
3&K: 11 full zones, 3 single act zones
Mania: 12 full zones
3&K: 11 full zones, 3 single act zones
Mania: 12 full zones
Solid SOAP
Member
The pseudo 3D effect is meant to replicate something the Saturn could produce, I figured
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
So about the extra blue spheres mode you unlock. Are these ones randomly generated or what? I don't see anything that tracks what you've beaten like the ones in the main game.
Thank you!
Bought the game on Switch yesterday because I didn't even realize it was 20 bucks!
I'm actually impressed that it's the most fun Sonic game I played since....Sonic 3 & Knuckles?
I don't know, I feel like I forgot Sonic could actually be this fun!
It's impressive how close to a big package this game is.
I would have actually bought it full price I think if I didn't have the innate feeling of revulsion Sonic Team ingrained in me since something like 2006.
I'm actually impressed that it's the most fun Sonic game I played since....Sonic 3 & Knuckles?
I don't know, I feel like I forgot Sonic could actually be this fun!
It's impressive how close to a big package this game is.
I would have actually bought it full price I think if I didn't have the innate feeling of revulsion Sonic Team ingrained in me since something like 2006.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I felt like I was losing my mind playing Mirage Saloon, just because of... well, the stuff that happens in that zone
I was so SO SOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY. Man.
I was so SO SOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY. Man.
The Xtortionist
Member
I was so sure the wanted posters was going to be their one and done reference, but then that boss, goddamn. Having the wanted posters both disarms classic fans and helps contextualize those characters for new players, too. Genius stuff.
The Xtortionist
Member
You can use level select to clean up any emeralds you missed, then replay the final level to see the true ending.
Diablohead
Member
First clear with Sonic & Tails, great game and a real treat to play, some feedback:
-The difficulty progression felt good, it ramped up perfectly with each new zone feeling slightly more challenging then the last. I completed the game with only one emerald missing and could not find any special zone rings in the final areas, either super well hidden or there are none.
-Drop dash is superb and such a nice skill to have, I prefer it over the insta shield and in most cases did not need to use spindash because drop dash did it's job perfectly.
-On the title screen leave it idle to watch the animation, if you watch it a second time the soundtrack is different and uses some classic sound effect samples, maybe this was the music before the final release.
Now for some bugs:
-One of the blue sphere bonus stages has two extra orbs in it, or the total count is two less then needed, either way it still clears fine but you don't have to get all the orbs.
-My first time fighting
he did not dock on the first phase and I had to avoid his attacks for a good minute before he finally did, might be because I managed to jump over and past the first phase area as sonic going so fast.
-the fmv on the switch version all plays with a green pixel frame around the video file, looks a bit sloppy and much easier to see on the ending video because it has a black frame.
-not a bug but the very final zone is way too big, probably the worst act in the entire game even though it was still fun, just borderline too long with a lot of places where you can die easily, the yellow spinning platforms are curved however they crush you like they are square, there's also an area which looks like you can go under a platform but really there's INVISIBLE walls stopping you, come on now just place a real wall there or allow me to enter that space.
-The difficulty progression felt good, it ramped up perfectly with each new zone feeling slightly more challenging then the last. I completed the game with only one emerald missing and could not find any special zone rings in the final areas, either super well hidden or there are none.
-Drop dash is superb and such a nice skill to have, I prefer it over the insta shield and in most cases did not need to use spindash because drop dash did it's job perfectly.
-On the title screen leave it idle to watch the animation, if you watch it a second time the soundtrack is different and uses some classic sound effect samples, maybe this was the music before the final release.
Now for some bugs:
-One of the blue sphere bonus stages has two extra orbs in it, or the total count is two less then needed, either way it still clears fine but you don't have to get all the orbs.
-My first time fighting
metal sonic
-the fmv on the switch version all plays with a green pixel frame around the video file, looks a bit sloppy and much easier to see on the ending video because it has a black frame.
-not a bug but the very final zone is way too big, probably the worst act in the entire game even though it was still fun, just borderline too long with a lot of places where you can die easily, the yellow spinning platforms are curved however they crush you like they are square, there's also an area which looks like you can go under a platform but really there's INVISIBLE walls stopping you, come on now just place a real wall there or allow me to enter that space.
The Xtortionist
Member
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYj1GbbQr4w
The soundtrack is so good, I like most of Tee's stuff but he really hit it out of the park.
Aside from the odd bug I encountered I have absolutely zero complaints, game is exactly what I wanted it to be.
The soundtrack is so good, I like most of Tee's stuff but he really hit it out of the park.
Aside from the odd bug I encountered I have absolutely zero complaints, game is exactly what I wanted it to be.
OrbitalBeard
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Jimnymebob
Member
I finished it with 1 emerald earlier.
I loved it, and I'd rate it 2>1>Mania>Knuckles>CD>3. I've not memorised the new stage songs yet, but they were cool. My main problem was the fact the bosses felt more like they were from a game by Treasure (they were fun for the most part, but a few were a bit too gimmicky, like, I don't even know what I did to beat the
), and the fact it felt more like a mix of S3&K and CD, rather than 1 or 2, so massive levels, and an emphasis on going fast.
Level wise, I wasn't keen on:
I know this post is quite negative, but it's quicker to list what I wasn't so keen on.
It gets credit for making
enjoyable for me though.
I loved it, and I'd rate it 2>1>Mania>Knuckles>CD>3. I've not memorised the new stage songs yet, but they were cool. My main problem was the fact the bosses felt more like they were from a game by Treasure (they were fun for the most part, but a few were a bit too gimmicky, like, I don't even know what I did to beat the
mini Emerald Hill Robotnik capsule thing
Level wise, I wasn't keen on:
Stardust Speedway 1 and 2 (Metal Sonic was cool though)
Press Garden 1
Mirage Saloon 1
Metallic Madness 1 and 2
Titanic Monarch? 2
Press Garden 1
Mirage Saloon 1
Metallic Madness 1 and 2
Titanic Monarch? 2
I know this post is quite negative, but it's quicker to list what I wasn't so keen on.
It gets credit for making
Hydrocity
I'm very far from done with it, it's already better than any non Megadrive game I played so far.
I fully expected to hate the game going in.
I have never been more wrong than with that game.
It's perfectible but it's literally the best Sonic game I've played outside of the Megadrive trio (fucking hate Sonic CD though and sure enough the levels inspired by it are the worst part for me so far).
Oh my god Act 2 as well
Lynd7
Member
Agreed, the levels are too huge and its very hard to visualise the entire map. I prefer the less crazy Sonic 1/2 designs myself.
I have yet to do a Knuckles run, I'm quite hyped now.
Nocturnowl
Member
Mirage Saloon act 1 as Knuckles, what a glorious stage, sonic got shafted here, Knux gets the goodness.
Blue sphere is gonna drive me insane, I've finally got a single row's worth of medals, I just want extras! I've audibly "NOOOOO" 'd on multiple ocassions when I'm like a few orbs or rings away and it's just too fast for me to deal with.
It caught me wonderfully off guard.
Blue sphere is gonna drive me insane, I've finally got a single row's worth of medals, I just want extras! I've audibly "NOOOOO" 'd on multiple ocassions when I'm like a few orbs or rings away and it's just too fast for me to deal with.
It caught me wonderfully off guard.