Sonic Relaunch

[wakka]

I couldn't disagree more.

At the very least, Sonic 2 is arguably the best of the original MD/MCD-era games and an outstanding game.

I'm Mario > Sonic all day every day, but I consider Sonic 2 to be one of the finest platformers of the 16-bit era. It still holds up today.

Quoted for big time truth. I actually play Sonic 2 all the time. I must've bought it on about 800 platforms at this point. A wonderful game that I've enjoyed all my life.

The music on Chemical Plant Zone :') so good.

[nakamura]

The reason I am inclined to agree with Speedy is because of the stupid bonus levels. To complete them you need all the Chaos emeralds and the bonus levels are top frustrating to be fun.

If Sonic 1-2 had the emeralds hidden in the levels like the superb MS games, I would have loved them.

[speedlolita]

I only said they weren't outstanding, not that they were bad or anything.

[Asura]

The reason I am inclined to agree with Speedy is because of the stupid bonus levels. To complete them you need all the Chaos emeralds and the bonus levels are top frustrating to be fun.

They're pretty good in 2-player, but yes, the AI-controlled Tails is a real hindrance.

I liked Sonic 3's bonus stages.

[Baseley09]

Quoted for big time truth. I actually play Sonic 2 all the time. I must've bought it on about 800 platforms at this point. A wonderful game that I've enjoyed all my life.

The music on Chemical Plant Zone :') so good.

Word on all this, and those early Sonic games control like no other, yes more niftily than Mario, IMO.

Agree about the Chaos Emeralds above, should've been in the levels like on Master System.

[Dogg Thang]

I liked Sonic 3's bonus stages too. Actually I liked most of the bonus stages. I just found the Sonic 2 ones very difficult. I don't think I ever got all the emeralds in that one. But Sonic 3 was very doable.

[Nu-Eclipse]

To be honest, I never had a problem with Sonic 1's bonus stages. It was Sonic 2 & 3 bonus stages that I found more frustrating.

That said, they're all blatantly doable - and that's the sign of any good game surely? Challenging, frustrating at times even, but never feeling unbeatable.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Word on all this, and those early Sonic games control like no other, yes more niftily than Mario, IMO.

Agree about the Chaos Emeralds above, should've been in the levels like on Master System.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. The controls in the MD Sonic games were fine, but not better than Mario's.

IIRC, weren't there bonus stages for Chaos Emerald collection in Sonic 1 on the MS and GG?

[nakamura]

No. The emeralds were hidden in the levels. Some very clever places too.

[parkinho]

Never been a massive fan of Sonic, but I thought the NGPC version was spot on.

[Dogg Thang]

The NGPC was just an abridged version of Sonic 2 with Sonic 3 music.

[Team Andromeda]

Yes - I have played all of them. They are all average at best. Sonic Colors and Lost World pretty much do their level best to copy Super Mario Galaxy ffs.

Just asking 'ffs' and imo Sonic Colors plays nothing at all like Galaxy .

And it's pretty damning that you're citing Generations - a mashup of previous Sonics not even executed well - as some sort of top title.

No ... I'm just saying it's not a poor or bad game , but a good game which for 'some' it was

Resident Evil is ****, this is ****, it's not really a bandwagon if the product is genuinely sub par ****e

I think it is . RE games gets slated for poor controls and not being scray and so on. Evil with in which features rubbish controls, dreadful camera system, laughable... just embrassing AI and isn't even remotley scray doesn't get anywhere near the hate or bashing, but there again it's just not cool to bash a mikami-san title :P

[wakka]

The NGPC was just an abridged version of Sonic 2 with Sonic 3 music.

....and for that reason it was amazing.

[speedlolita]

Omg.

[briareos_kerensky]

Sooo...after Sonic '06, we have Sonic '14?