Daffy Duck
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Believe me when I say my game looks worse than sonic 1 on the megadrive.
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Sonic Mania |OT| Dreams Come True
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Believe me when I say my game looks worse than sonic 1 on the megadrive.
RoyaleDuke
Banned
Of all the sonic 3&K levels why
This shit is bringing back flashbacks from the fucking HOURS for weeks I spent trying to beat this shit in the genesis era.
Mother of God.
Flying Battery Zone.
This shit is bringing back flashbacks from the fucking HOURS for weeks I spent trying to beat this shit in the genesis era.
Mother of God.
MrCaliaztec
Member
My collectors edition came in and it's beautiful!
The Xtortionist
Member
Traditionally yes, but I believe you can access the secret last boss with Tails or Knuckles using the level select code.
You can once you beat the true final boss as sonic just go to level select and change to either Knuckles or Tails and select egg reverie you don't even need 7 emeralds for tails or knuckles just Sonic's.
You can't and if you
manage to with Knuckles using level select on the Switch you get a joke ending anyway. Now I'm wondering since when was it planned this was part 1 of Sonic Forces hmmmm.
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
How in the hell do you defeat Metal Sonic?
Waddle Dee
Member
I think we need some screenshots or video to see what you're talking about...
Flying Battery Zone is the best level in Sonic history though.
RoyaleDuke
Banned
Yeah I like Mushroom Hill more.
Tizoc
Member
That Angel Island cocktease at the start is so cruel.
imagine playing through an UNBURNED Angel Island.
They should include it as part of a DLC stage set.
Also
Jump on the blue rockets.
imagine playing through an UNBURNED Angel Island.
They should include it as part of a DLC stage set.
Also
Jump on the blue rockets.
What part are you stuck on? If it's
trying to hit Silver Sonic into him
Waddle Dee
Member
You mean when
Game Gear Silver Sonic shows up
Spindash into
Silver Sonic when he spindashes at you to bounce him into Metal Sonic
Daffy Duck
Member
That's the weird thing, I can't reproduce it on a screenshot or on an off screen shot.
This was from a PNG export from my game to a Facebook, game looks great...
The game does not look like that on my TV. Should it? Sonic and tales are proper pixelated. If you zoom into that image really close you'll get a sense of what I'm talking about with how pixelated the main characters are.
The Gamegear Metal Sonics are almost guaranteed to hit him if you spin dash them as soon as they appear and start revving up
Waddle Dee
Member
Mushroom Hill was a great first level, for sure. Lots of fun gimmicks.
Having Cluckoid make a cameo in Studiopolis' Act 2 Boss as the weatherman was genius!
StarCreator
Member
Make sure your TV's sharpness is turned down and you've disabled any motion clarity "enhancements".
I personally play on a PC monitor instead. Way less input lag that way and no need to screw with settings to get a clean image.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
- make sure your console's resolution matches your TV's native resolution
- make sure you don't have any stupid overscan/sharpness/"""enhancement""" options enabled on your TV
Diablohead
Member
Mania is like a remix game, I would not call it a true sequel by number but it is the next game along in the series.
Aaah, okay, thank you. The description didn't mention that.
2 gold & 3 silver medals so far & I only finished Green Hill Zone. This really is a return to form.
NoctisVsStar
Member
What am I supposed to do for final boss?
The one where I go super sonic
Just force your way through his defense and hit him. It's really not subtle, the hard part is to keep track of your rings.
Hopefully forces is guilty pleasure like good and got quality stages like Generations. If so then well i don't care as long classic sonic + robotnik transport back after everything is done i am fine with Mania being a prequel to forces. Game is still solid
Daffy Duck
Member
I'm on a 2012Samsung 1080p TV and resolutions on console and TV match. I don't think I have any of those options enabled.
avoid the hard boiled heavys attacks and hit him when his sparks are depleted. Do the same for eggman. The hardest part of the boss is that the sparks will not hurt you but the shots they turn into will make you lose rings. Definitely focus on keeping your ring count up between appearances of the two bosses.
Mr.Fletcher
Member
I'm sure other people might have some better advice, but I stayed on the ground for almost all of it. Avoid the projectiles, hit the robot, then hit eggman, rinse and repeat.
Stay low and you should get more than enough rings to see out the fight,
Stay low and you should get more than enough rings to see out the fight,
Arc Christelle
Member
Interesting. I did enjoy Sonic 4's SS but didn't think of it like that.
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On another note, I started to enjoy the final boss fight when I used a strategy to fly for Eggman and stay grounded for the Heavy.
The Xtortionist
Member
Best case scenario with Mania being a prequel to Forces is if Forces acts as a prequel to Mania 2.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Got it.
I think that's gonna be patched the drop dash is a signature move of the game i think the button for super sonic should be the top one of the four or the other unused one or one of the trigger buttons.
RiderKairuu
Member
Got all the emeralds finally. Was surprised to one shot the final bonus stage after spending hours on 5 and 6 
Daffy Duck
Member
Should the text be pin sharp on say level names and also when you get chaos emeralds? Even there it's all jaggy.
Text looks the same here pretty much as my TV.
Were my expectations just too high? I was expecting 1080p sprites....
Text looks the same here pretty much as my TV.
Were my expectations just too high? I was expecting 1080p sprites....
That would be perfect.
With the game doing so well and being so good recieved it would not surprise me if that happens.
Forces is still some months off from releasing anyway so it's possible
Everything is supposed to be super sharp.
The Xtortionist
Member
I mean, all Forces has to do is end with Sonic getting warped back to his own dimension. Then for Mania 2, the game can open with Sonic thrown out of the Modern dimension and seamlessly landing in the first level via in-game cutscene. It makes too much sense to do that.
Berserking Guts
Member
I give up. How do I get the last 4 rings behind the sphere in that weird blue sphere stage?
These options are usually turned on by default. If you didn't purposely turn them off, they'll be activated.
Daffy Duck
Member
Hmmmm, so there's a problem somewhere.
I've tried hustle kings and that looks great so it's not my TV (hopefully).
Mr.Fletcher
Member
Should the text be pin sharp on say level names and also when you get chaos emeralds? Even there it's all jaggy.
Text looks the same here pretty much as my TV.
Were my expectations just too high? I was expecting 1080p sprites....
I'm pretty sure that's how it is meant to look. lol
Yeah that's exactly how it should be done very neat.
Should the text be pin sharp on say level names and also when you get chaos emeralds? Even there it's all jaggy.
Text looks the same here pretty much as my TV.
Were my expectations just too high? I was expecting 1080p sprites....
Everything is drawn at 240p to look like a Genesis/Mega Drive game.
Daffy Duck
Member
So what I'm seeing is OK and my expectations were too high? lol I feel stupid.
Captain Europe
Member
What do you mean by HD sprites?
Because this is what I consider HD sprites.
And Sonic Mania definitely doesn't have that. Though I do hope Taxman's next game looks like this.
Daffy Duck
Member
Yeah that's an accurate idea of kind of what I was expecting.
Yes, it looks like a Mega Drive game, just in true widescreen.
But no promo picture or trailer looked like that :/
Daffy Duck
Member
Then in that case they nailed it, lol.