This will be the best sonic game in decades but it still wont be as good as the classics imo. Decision to make blue spheres bonus is idiot.
Best bonus stage imo was the gumball machine. quick and fast and u got skme decent, desirable and useful (shield or life). you could even extend it if u skilled enough or just end the bonus relatively quickly.
those bonus stages better be super duper emeralds or some shiiet. Also the actual chaos emeral stages being based on UFOs from CD was also stupid. probably the worst of all the emerald stages from the classic era.
I never really understood finding the Special stages in 2 frustrating. Itās no more memorization then the Blue Sphere and only the last two are remotely tough, and you can get 2 to 3 or sometimes more shots at one PER act. I could see finding them not fun (I mean not really I love them, but hey I donāt like Blue Sphere, different strokes an all) but frustrating, or more frustrating then Blue Sphere? I really donāt see it.
I dunno, something actually cool instead of a boring pallet swap with a screen clear? Iād honestly be down with collecting them unlocking a new zone with 2 to 3 more acts then a lame pallet swap that does what the previous did only all colors of the rainbow skittles an shit. When I play through Sonic 3&K these days I stop going for emeralds after I have the first 7 because the reward is lame as fuck and not worth the time. I unlocked the extra zone and the initial OP as fuck power up, thatās plenty. Super Emeralds as done in S3&K are the definition of redundant. Here play 7 more blue sphere boards to collect 7 things you basically already have to unlock a new (Not really) super formā¦that you basically already have. They really only exist due to the development nature of Sonic 3 and Knuckles as forced stand alone titles instead of the one big title they where supposed to be from the jump.
Iām not arguing against a meaningful reward, I absolutely want one thatās worth the time and effort, Iām simply saying Hyper Sonic is neither of those things. They can do better.
But honestly I wish the game had more new going for it anyway. Iām super hype for the game, canāt wait, but damn does it have a shit load of throw backs in it. Almost feels like Generations 2. Itās not inherently bad, I really liked Generations, but I would like more new stuffā¦Iād have been fine with the throw back Zones stopping at Green Hill honestly.
Fucking this. Sonic Mania needs more new in it imo. I love that itās a new Sonic game that looks and plays like old ones, but even the old ones had new shit in them compared to what came before. This game should have brand new special stages, not old ones. I love Sonic 2s Half Pipe Special Stages but I wouldnāt want them for Mania, and especially not Blue Sphere. I can clap the Knuckles Cart on Sonic 1 and play over 100,000,000 (Not exaggerating) Blue Sphere stages. We sure as shit didnāt need new ones
Iām starting to believe Sonic Mania got a budget akin to a modern Capcpom fighter, and Taxman and co. are just doing the best they can on ramen noodle money.
The difference is that unlike the unpaid interns Capcpom slave labors, these guys actually give half a shit about the work they do.
Regardless of whatever smash bros. house rules you want to implement the strat is losing with the random boxes not being in your favor. 1/6 is probably being generous.
I dunno. Jack got zero luck in love (close relatives doesnāt count) so heās probably able to pull wins out of his ass like heās the protag of a gambling anime at this point.
