I understood this reference. And now that song is stuck in my head.
ah hell I'll just YouTube it again
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Sonic Mania review thread
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I understood this reference. And now that song is stuck in my head.
ah hell I'll just YouTube it again
I'm still waiting for my code D:
True but their Zelda review is hilariously crazy. Sometimes it looks like they try to give the lowest review compared to others for clicks.
Sonic cycle has been broken for years.
A good sonic game came like... last year. I mean no one bought it, but it did.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Odd, the thread title doesn't say sonic colours on my screen, yet I seem to have fallen in a timewarp.
It's not possible either way. Ps4 doesn't have gifting that I'm aware of. You'd have to buy a download code from some third party (I don't know if this is a thing for mania yet)
You can buy a digital code on Amazon
How about we shred that to oblivion since that was not only broken several times, this and even forces didn't even take many steps into that stupid cycle?
Yes. This was a celebration anniversary game.
No guarantee we get another. Forces is the big game.
I think Forces will have a horrible self-aware story but it should be like generations was which is widely considered a good game.
I really want a high budget sonic adventure 3, but if they continue a mania series and a modern style series(without classic sonic) I think we can say the sonic series is broken.
Jonneh3003
Banned
They had a very limited amount of Switch codes and only got them very recently :c Sucks, most reviewers I know just played it on PS4 instead.
Always-honest
Banned
Oh wow. did not expect that.
Only liking the 2D Sonics is not "Sonic was never good," that's the brigade who actually try to argue that the series was never good ever. On that note I'm pleasantly surprised how little of that is going in the reviews.
Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations
I'd say Generations was better
Sonic Forces...concerns me, though.
Sonic's in a weird position, where they have two versions of this, and they have meerly solved one of those.
Despite that, I am happy about this, i hope that megaman game rumored to be in the works is real
Vital Tundra
Member
Okay what the fuck is that polygon article? You ran out of lives so you have to restart the stage instead of a checkpoint, and thats bad because it takes less than 10 minutes to get back to where you were??? Sounds like a case of I suck and the game shouldn't punish me marginally for losing all my lives. Like what is supposed to happen when you lose all your lives?
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
Fun metascore facts:
On Metacritic, Mania (86 on PS4) is the best-reviewed Sonic game since Sonic Advance 2 (83); and third best-reviewed mainline Sonic game at the time of its release (with Adventure 2 on DC at 89 and Advance 1 at 87). It's also the first non-spinoff/non-port Sonic game to get a 80+ MC since Rush (82) in 2005.
On OpenCritic, Sonic Mania's "Mighty" 86 score is the best-reviewed Sonic game on the site since its inception. The previous highest-reviewed Sonic game on the site was Boom: Fire and Ice at a "Weak" 64.
On GameRankings, Mania's 86% score (PS4) makes it the second-best reviewed Sonic game with 10+/20+ reviews, second only to the original DC release of the first Adventure (edging it out by a mere 0.51%). As on Metacritic, it is also the first non-spinoff/non-port Sonic game to get a 80+ score since Rush Adventure (80.15%) in 2007.
On Metacritic, Mania (86 on PS4) is the best-reviewed Sonic game since Sonic Advance 2 (83); and third best-reviewed mainline Sonic game at the time of its release (with Adventure 2 on DC at 89 and Advance 1 at 87). It's also the first non-spinoff/non-port Sonic game to get a 80+ MC since Rush (82) in 2005.
On OpenCritic, Sonic Mania's "Mighty" 86 score is the best-reviewed Sonic game on the site since its inception. The previous highest-reviewed Sonic game on the site was Boom: Fire and Ice at a "Weak" 64.
On GameRankings, Mania's 86% score (PS4) makes it the second-best reviewed Sonic game with 10+/20+ reviews, second only to the original DC release of the first Adventure (edging it out by a mere 0.51%). As on Metacritic, it is also the first non-spinoff/non-port Sonic game to get a 80+ score since Rush Adventure (80.15%) in 2007.
classic arthur gies tbh
"Mario was never good. Yoshi's Island is the only good Mario game."
The anti-Gerstmann
Polygon.
Yep. Sonic needs a variety of games in order to make everyone happy, not unlike the Mario series and it's many, many spin-offs and sub-series (Mario & Luigi, Yoshi's Island, NSMB, 3D Mario, etc).
And let's not pretend the Classic Era was all roses either. That era of Sonic had a few stinkers (Sonic Blast on Game Gear and even though the soundtrack is amazing, Sonic R wasn't the best racing game ever made), just like how the Adventure and Modern Era had their messy games.
Sonic just needs to have a clear, focused direction. Mania shows that the Classic side of things clearly has their stuff together. Forces will either prove or disprove Sonic Team proper having their stuff together regarding Modern Sonic's future. What happens after that point, is entirely up to SEGA.
The battle mode is hilarious fun, though Amy and Metal Sonic are both horrendously overpowered.
MetalSlug
Member
So if I buy a digital code off Amazon, they will e-mail the code to me? Then all I need to do is give the code to my friend?
First thing that I thought. Over-design can make or break a game for me. I really dig games like Isaac and Gungeon, Hollow Knight, etc. As long as the gameplay loop is tight, I'm on board.
Also, that Jim Sterling pull quote...
Been waiting for a great Sonic game since the Dreamcast era. Definitely grabbing this for Switch.
I always have a soft spot for that one, even though I hate the treasure hunting stages from time to time. The later ones (the two space ones....UUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH X() are a huge pain in the butt but most of them are largely harmless...though a working emerald radar would have been nice :l.
The speed stages were awesome and the shooting stages are good enough. I loved the MP modes though, as me and my friends had fun running through them
.Yeah, if we were playing competitively you had to use sonic/shadow
But spin dash was actually faster than metal sonic and you would have to ring block amy as much as possible.
I would say that youll enjoy at least 1/3rd of SA2 because Sonic and Shadow still have great levels.
YMMV on the rest of the game
Barrel Cannon
Member
Scoring really well and gifs are on point. Guess it's time to dip in.
Yep!!
I've said similar things in the past, but I actually feel like they need to do the opposite. Or rather, the most focus direction they could go in is a bunch of different directions. I don't think you can focus sonic at this point...and I think that's ok.
I just don't think sonic team needs to be making them, I'm at the point where i'm thinking maybe sonic team does brand management and coheson and they shop products, not just games with different characters and stuff out, and people pitch stuff to them. And that's all they do.
So Stop treating sonic like its a singular thing, and treat it like what it is, a bunch of things with a bunch of characters of varing popularity. And use that to your advantage.
digita1alchemy
Member
I really want this but I also want a physical version. My hope is that it is so wildly successful that they print a retail version after the fact.
The shooting stages are mostly harmless and the MP modes are a lot of fun. The treasure hunting stages though...the early ones are OKAY but as you play through the game, they get progressively more annoying.
More so considering the radar is busted; in the original SA1, it picked up on ALL emeralds in a level at once. In SA2, it picks up one SPECIFIC Emerald shard, you know, for challenge (aka level padding). Again, this is fine early on when levels are smaller but as they get bigger, it's more annoying.
So here is how I view SA2.
Speed Levels: Great
Shooting Levels: Average/Good
Treasure Hunting Levels: Average/Bad
Vince DiCola
Member
Polygon's review was pretty dumb. Criticising the game for having precise platforming sections smh
Also, the reviews states that the original Sonic didnt have continues, um what?
Also, the reviews states that the original Sonic didnt have continues, um what?
Diablohead
Member
With that choice I would go switch, it's going to look the same on both but one can be played portable.
Thabass
Member
Pretty much this. If only the radar system wasn't complete shit, the treasure hunting levels would be really great. I assume the deal with that system is because they didn't want to make it too easy for the player to find the shards, but also, to ease the player in without any sort of hint.
MetalSlug
Member
Cool
I don't see any digital codes for the PS4 version of Sonic Mania on Amazon UK. Do you think the code from Amazon US will be playable on a UK system?
The idea of 'Comcept' is to pitch game ideas and let others develop the games. If Sonic Team took up that 'idea' with minor supervision roles (not unlike what happened with Mania), the series could make everyone happy.
Like, imagine four teams working on Sonic titles.
- Taxman/Stealth/ProgodaWest Games: Classic Sonic Team
- Sonic Team: Mainline Sonic Titles (every 3-4 Years)
- Sumo Digital: SEGA Cross Over Spin-Off Projects
- Insomniac Games, Inti-Creates and/or Platinum Games: Character-Focused Spin-offs using Extended Sonic Universe
BareKnuckle
Member
I preordered it and they sent me a code anyway, trying to cancel my pre order now (PS4 ver)
I see thanks, guess i will just pick up both games up someday and just try em out can't hurt
it's not like they are expensive or rare to get anyway.The SA2 Chao Garden doesn't get nearly enough love, it's one of the better parts of the game.
Enter The 36 Chambers
Member
Glorious.
Now kill all new Sonic games and make another one of these.
Now kill all new Sonic games and make another one of these.