StarCreator
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In all but the Switch version there is an achievement/trophy tied to getting all gold medals.
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Sonic Mania |OT| Dreams Come True
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TheCongressman1
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They're only available in no save. Hover the no save slot and open the secrets menu.
It's pretty lame it's so limited. You can only use one move at a time, and only in no save. Meh, luckily there's already a mod for PC fixing that.
Thanks for the help Congressman, you've got my vote.
StarCreator
Member
Maybe the unlockable explanation should be in the OP considering this is being asked literally every 5-10 posts now.
katsubento
Member
Finished the game today...Need to finish with the emeralds now though.
Maybe the explanation should be in the game considering (it really should)
IrishNinja
Member
update: played at home, beat em on the 2nd try. next zone was fun, currently on Metallic Madness and man this OST knocks
okay yeah, playing on the go felt a little trickier!
Professor Beef
Banned
see what happens when you stop being like Ryo and actually sit down and learn like Lan Di?
IrishNinja
Member
fam if u want a hug just say so
Professor Beef
Banned
Got this on release day and played the first zone a few times, liked it but couldn't get into it. The second act was much better, I can sorta see where they're taking it but idk. Tried for the next few days, just meh. Music is great though. Anyway, played tonight...
Got to Zone 2 Act 2 and fuck. Ok, I get it now. Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh, this shit is dope lol. It's funny how after this point even the first Zone is far more fun. They really hit you over the head here in how things are different. Now it's just a matter of getting used to it. I was never a classic Sonic kid, I was all Mario and when I started playing Sonic it was mostly with A2B, Generations was nice though.
I'll play more tomorrow but man the music is so crazy good it keeps making me pause this podcast. I'm juggling lol.
Got to Zone 2 Act 2 and fuck. Ok, I get it now. Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh, this shit is dope lol. It's funny how after this point even the first Zone is far more fun. They really hit you over the head here in how things are different. Now it's just a matter of getting used to it. I was never a classic Sonic kid, I was all Mario and when I started playing Sonic it was mostly with A2B, Generations was nice though.
I'll play more tomorrow but man the music is so crazy good it keeps making me pause this podcast. I'm juggling lol.
Ultimadrago
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This is the best Sonic game in a while and makes me sorry for ever somewhat compromising with Generations. All hail Sonic Mania and Blue Spheres still sucks.
And I already know people aren't bringing up Mania's Mean Bean Machine track enough, so I'm gonna do it.
And I already know people aren't bringing up Mania's Mean Bean Machine track enough, so I'm gonna do it.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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So many bad opinions in this post I don't know where to begin.
Elfforkusu
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I only see one bad opinion though, the blasphemy against our personal lord and savior Blue Spheres
I Wanna Be The Guy
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That's the main one. The other one is the Colours bashing. The other less bad but still tut tut is the mild Generations bashing. Man these games didn't retroactively become bad.
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Hitlersaurus Christ
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I respect your opinion even though it is wrong.
Gonna be honest, Colours is a bit of a mixed bag. I love the setting and music, but it had a few too many 2D levels that controlled like ass. I loved it when it came out but my opinion's gone down since then.
Generations is still really good though. Not Mania good, but probably the best Sonic Team game since the 90's
Sonic 4 is pretty much an uglier and slower Sonic Rush with no boost and worse level design.
Sonic 4's lack of momentum was already there on Sonic Rush.
Elfforkusu
Member
They haven't "become" bad, but they were always 7/10s and remain 7/10s.
Some of us ain't got time for that crap!
Poltergust
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Question: I know that the Blue Sphere stages filter out the ones you got a gold on until you complete all of them, but is that also the case if you completed all of them but gotten a few silvers? As in, would I only be playing the silver stages until I get a gold on them, or would all the other stages be added back and I have to basically try to get lucky to re-do a silver stage?
SoulUnison
Banned
Ya know, I thought I liked Blue Spheres, but it's really just tedious as hell.
Especially when you're going for a Perfect because there's such a time gap disproportionate to the difficulty between figuring a stage out and executing it.
Would have liked to see an original Bonus Stage or even just the return of the S3&K Gumball Machine/Gravity Orbs.
Especially when you're going for a Perfect because there's such a time gap disproportionate to the difficulty between figuring a stage out and executing it.
Would have liked to see an original Bonus Stage or even just the return of the S3&K Gumball Machine/Gravity Orbs.
Yep. It was more those games were not terrible rather than them being good.
You'll only replay stages you need to get gold on. If you got gold, it won't reappear. Once you've gotten gold for every single one, all of them will be put back into rotation.
Everything wrong (gameplay wise)with forces and a large amount of what was wrong with Lost World stems from colors.
Generations was good because it was developed before the taint of Colors had time to influence it too much.
You all know Im right.
Itchy//Tasty
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Colours is so damn good!
- stellar soundtrack.
- interesting level motifs.
- good split between platforming and boost gameplay.
- unintrusive, but decently written story.
- most epic final boss music ever!
- wisps are an interesting and well used power-up.
- 8 bit mode where you can play as your Mii!
- Loads of acts per zone!
- Introduced red rings.
- No butt rock, just one main pop song.
- each zone's overworld music
- only play as Sonic, no real gimmicks that detract from it.
- Quite funny in places.
- The DS version is good too!
- No bad levels. The series best water level since Hydrocity
Bad points: it's not HD and is only on a console I don't use anymore.
- stellar soundtrack.
- interesting level motifs.
- good split between platforming and boost gameplay.
- unintrusive, but decently written story.
- most epic final boss music ever!
- wisps are an interesting and well used power-up.
- 8 bit mode where you can play as your Mii!
- Loads of acts per zone!
- Introduced red rings.
- No butt rock, just one main pop song.
- each zone's overworld music
- only play as Sonic, no real gimmicks that detract from it.
- Quite funny in places.
- The DS version is good too!
- No bad levels. The series best water level since Hydrocity
Bad points: it's not HD and is only on a console I don't use anymore.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
I wouldn't even score them that high.
I wonder if future Sonic Team games will attempt to make the Classic Sonic physics more accurate. Iizuka's statements always implied that they were choosing not to because they didn't think anyone wanted the physics to be like that.
I think Colours was good and Generations was great, but the praise Colours and especially Sonic 4 received were boosted because of what came before. "There are no stupid gimmicks/friends and Sonic is the only playable character" were said a lot but they're hardly words of praise. I've always wondered if Lost World would've fared better if it was the first game after Black Knight and Unleashed.
I think Colours was good and Generations was great, but the praise Colours and especially Sonic 4 received were boosted because of what came before. "There are no stupid gimmicks/friends and Sonic is the only playable character" were said a lot but they're hardly words of praise. I've always wondered if Lost World would've fared better if it was the first game after Black Knight and Unleashed.
Agree. I do think Colors is the best 3D Sonic game since Adventure 1. It's also the most platform based 3D Sonic game.
Linkstrikesback
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They seriously missed a trick by not porting it to pc/ps4/xbone/switch.
Nah, get out. It's still the best 3d sonic by a significant margin and somewhere between a 8-9/10 on my personal scale.
Adventure 2 is much better than Adventure 1
Yeah, but forcing classic sonic in Forces was stupid.
Also I learned recently that "dreamcast" sonic was suppose to be in generations but Ryan Drummond turned down the role. Sucks. Would have loved to see them get one last crack at the gameplay.
Oh, absolutely. Forces needed the simple focus on Modern that Mania gave for Classic. Oh well.
Naah. It has better controls but the level design is way worse IMO
The Xtortionist
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Adventure 2 Sonic game play is great. Love that enemy combo system (especially extending with bounce), hidden grind bonuses, and the wonky-but-kinda ridiculous spin dash.
Nocturnowl
Member
This is all correct.
Throw in that challenge mode is a delicious way to replay the game with no nonsense.
You guys are making me want to replay Colours
I think the classic levels in Generations stand out as being genuinely fun stages with good level design and interesting gimmicks despite the physics being incorrect. They're miles ahead of the 2D levels in Colours, Sonic 4 and Lost World, and it's a shame the one stage we've seen in Forces looks closer to Sonic 4 than Generations.
I think the classic levels in Generations stand out as being genuinely fun stages with good level design and interesting gimmicks despite the physics being incorrect. They're miles ahead of the 2D levels in Colours, Sonic 4 and Lost World, and it's a shame the one stage we've seen in Forces looks closer to Sonic 4 than Generations.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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My man.
Yoshi
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I never got the complaints about bottomless pits. You crew up - you die, what's the problem here? Of course, they can be positioned in awkward ways (typically: an action to prevent falling into one is required before it is possible to see there is one) but I do not think that is an overly common thing in Sonic games.
Nope. For the simple fact you're forced to do mech and emerald hunting levels. At least in Adventure 1 I could just play through the game as Sonic.
Supaidaman
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3D Sonic Opinion Time:
For me Sonic Colors is the best 3D game from the series ¯\_(ツ
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I also like Generations but I personally prefer Colors. In the end, I think both games are great. And I hate Adventure 2 so much lol.
Now, as for mania, I love it. My only complaints about it are the lack of level transitions in the later levels and the ending which is kind of a bummer. At the end of the day it is pretty much the game I've been waiting for since Sonic & Knuckles and I hope to see another game from the team as soon as possible.
For me Sonic Colors is the best 3D game from the series ¯\_(ツ
_/¯I also like Generations but I personally prefer Colors. In the end, I think both games are great. And I hate Adventure 2 so much lol.
Now, as for mania, I love it. My only complaints about it are the lack of level transitions in the later levels and the ending which is kind of a bummer. At the end of the day it is pretty much the game I've been waiting for since Sonic & Knuckles and I hope to see another game from the team as soon as possible.
Tizoc
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You need to start living that Dolphin lyfe yo.
I like Rush, but the bottomless pit punishment went overboard being the issue. Screwing up a route in Sonic shouldn't = instant death as you argue. It rarely was the end result in the 16-bit games, which most often instead pushed you onto a lower route with slower progression and traps. There isn't a Sonic game that featured as many lives lost to pits as Rush, its added tension conflicted somewhat with its propensity for boosting and blind traps. Doesn't mean the game is poor, but it's the design.
Ultimadrago
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Bash is a harsh word for Generations. I still like it okay, but not as much as I thought given the situation years ago.
And I was never a poster hailing it as the best around thing ever either, mind.
I could not be alone on this!
I enjoyed chasing the UFOs fine, while it still allowed me opportunities to slip up.
Gah! Don't sing iiiiit!
Main theme aside, Sonic Colors does have some excellent tunes. That's one of the only things I may permit from Itchy's list (as one bullet point, not two or three)!
And I was never a poster hailing it as the best around thing ever either, mind.
I could not be alone on this!
I enjoyed chasing the UFOs fine, while it still allowed me opportunities to slip up.
Gah! Don't sing iiiiit!
Main theme aside, Sonic Colors does have some excellent tunes. That's one of the only things I may permit from Itchy's list (as one bullet point, not two or three)!
