The Sonic the hedgehog thread V.7 2017 its been generations since the last good sonic game

JediLink · November 4, 2012, 1:25pm

There’s nothing wrong with S&K stages. They were just challenging, which is a good thing since S3 standalone was stupid easy, even with the increased difficulty playing as Knuckles. S&K had more platforming and harder enemies, with less autopilot and holding forward/down. Mushroom Hill took it easy on you so could get your feet wet. Flying Battery gave you tons of obstacles and badniks to deal with.and it was a challenge trying to hold on to all your rings. Sandopolis Act 2 would have been a snoozefest without the ghosts; their purpose was to encourage frantic pacing and a sense of urgency. The faster you went, the less likely you would have to deal with ghosts. Lava Reef/Hidden Palace is probably the best Sonic zone ever created, especially with the fight with knuckles. Sky Sanctuary kept things spicy with gauntlet-style boss fights, and Death Egg was a long grueling road to the final boss, which makes sense since it’s the last zone in the game.

I still haven’t managed to get all the emeralds in Standalone S&K.

Yeah, I may prefer S3 alone but I can see why S3&K would be better. It just didn’t appeal to me as much. Also, I don’t remember a fight with Knuckles at all. I must have been super tired or something when I was playing it. Either that or the ROM I was playing wasn’t complete. I don’t know.

I finished Sonic Adventure 2 a bit earlier. I have a feeling it’s one of those games that will suck on your first playthough, but after you sort of know what’s going on it’s a lot better. When I went though Cannon’s Core the first time around, I kept getting hit and dying and swearing at the TV and whatnot, but when I replayed the level from the beginning because I lost all of my lives I made it through with no problems.

crotchpuncha · November 4, 2012, 4:25pm

Cannon’s Core is an awful level because of that very thing lol.

SA2 becomes a much better game once you finish it cuz you can level select through it and play only Sonic and Shadow. Then it’s brilliant.

Smashbro29 · November 4, 2012, 4:27pm

I finally 100%ed SA2B and let me say this:
Thank god for that animal glitch with the Chao, fucking hate those things. It was boring as hell to raise one and then watch it race 40000 bajillion times.

JediLink · November 4, 2012, 4:36pm

You know what’s really annoying about the pre-Unleashed 3D games? You can’t see where you’re going to homing attack. I’m scared to use it unless I’m really close to a target, because way too many times when I tried I just went veering into the nearest bottomless pit instead.

crotchpuncha · November 4, 2012, 4:55pm

I never use it unless there is something to homing attack to. No point.

JediLink · November 4, 2012, 4:59pm

Which there always is. There are always enemies, always item boxes, always rails, etc.

crotchpuncha · November 4, 2012, 5:03pm

No there’s not. There’s a lot of times where there is nothing to kill/break/whatever. I think of dozens of times in just Green Forest where it would be flat out retarded to do a homing attack.

JediLink · November 4, 2012, 5:12pm

Still, it’s not like you never have to homing attack. You still need it and it can still fuck up on you when you don’t want it to.

Shadow_Ace · November 4, 2012, 6:53pm

well, since we are all being open im going to say SA1>SA2…I always thought SA2 was medicore if you werent playing sonic/shadow levels…and I wasnt a fan a chao raising…I only did it to get the emblems…once I got them I never went back…

you know what game I never see any of yall discuss…Sonic Shuffle…where is the love…

crotchpuncha · November 4, 2012, 8:04pm

In the fireplace with my copy of Sonic Shuffle

Ki_Shima · November 4, 2012, 8:27pm

Why are you grown men playing sonic the hedgehog? What’s wrong with you? Do you guys have both parents in your life or something

Shadow_Ace · November 4, 2012, 9:56pm

probably the same reason why a grown man name’s himself Ki Shima on a video game forum and clicked on a sonic thread while trying to call someone out on why they are posting about something…

cause he wants to…

Ki_Shima · November 4, 2012, 10:42pm

If you knew what ki shima meant you wouldn’t question why I’ve chosen that name.

And if you paid attention to the fluffiness of that post you’d realise it was a joke. I have sonic adventure 2 on psn.

Sarangha · November 4, 2012, 10:45pm

I raise Chao and I’m 27…I ain’t above it!

Ki_Shima · November 4, 2012, 10:50pm

I need to get back to raising chao, I miss it since DC days. I got the DLC too for my little ones to do chao karate! :lovin:

Poltergust · November 4, 2012, 11:03pm

I’m of the opinion that even if Sonic '06 had no glitches in it, it’d still be an awful Sonic game because it had terrible design regardless.

Combo_Knight · November 4, 2012, 11:06pm

Readies the sniper scope

This mother fucker has said enough.

Smashbro29 · November 4, 2012, 11:47pm

This is the reaction I’ve been getting but it really all seems to be nostalgia for other people, when I was a kid I just new there was this one part that took way more space on my memory card that had no gameplay but I really wonder why of all the challenging fun endgame content do people go for this mindless grinding minigame? It’s literally one big fetch quest.

Shadow_Ace · November 5, 2012, 6:52am

fool…you almost incured my wrath…

goes back to watching the falcons win

JediLink · November 5, 2012, 11:33am

Now having finished the game, I revoke my opinion that SA2 is overrated. While it does have some (very) stupid design choices, I think it’s a good game overall. I prefer it to SA1, at least. On another note, I sort of feel that I should buy another copy of Heroes (I gave my previous one to my cousin). I’m going to EB tomorrow anyway for Halo 4 so I’ll see how much it is and make a decision.