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I'm actually looking forward to doing that with Mania. It's a part of gaming history I've left overlooked for so longWelll, try one out and see for yourself
I hear a lot of people love the Adventure games, though. Would you say the original games are better, then?Everything that made the Adventure games bad. Smooth gameplay, slick and accurate controls, awesome bonuses, multiple endings, focus on exploration, unique themes etc
IT WORKS! LOLI've never played a 2D Sonic game, and from the gameplay I've seen on YouTube, I still don't know why they're great. With Sonic Mania coming up, perhaps I should give it a shot. So help me out here. What made the old Sonic games great?
Yep. Nostalgia goggles. Unleashed is clearly better than SA1 and 2. Still best games are the classicsI'm actually looking forward to doing that with Mania. It's a part of gaming history I've left overlooked for so long
So what do you like about the older games?
I hear a lot of people love the Adventure games, though. Would you say the original games are better, then?
There's two parts to it. There's the exploration and finding all the secrets, and having fun with the level design...and then there's mastering it, and being able to blast through the level at insanely fast speeds, knowing every hill and loop de loop to get the max speed.
If you want to start, you could try 1, though it's a bit clunky compared to 2/3/CD. I honestly say you should start with 2, but if you want to play the BEST the series has to offer, you're going to wanna play the combination romhack of Sonic 3 & Knuckles. It's called Sonic 3 Complete.
IT WORKS! LOL
seriously, just play the first sonic game, is everywhere, 3DS, Ios/android, steam, sonic gems collection, sonic mega collection. Sonic ultimate genesis collection. GO get a emulator and play it, on genesis. I recommend Fusion 3.64 emulator.
Trust me when i say it works, there plenty of 3D sonic games with huge glitches, bugs and flaws, 2D ones WORK!
There's two parts to it. There's the exploration and finding all the secrets, and having fun with the level design...and then there's mastering it, and being able to blast through the level at insanely fast speeds, knowing every hill and loop de loop to get the max speed.
If you want to start, you could try 1, though it's a bit clunky compared to 2/3/CD. I honestly say you should start with 2, but if you want to play the BEST the series has to offer, you're going to wanna play the combination romhack of Sonic 3 & Knuckles. It's called Sonic 3 Complete.
I did get to try Mania, and I pretty much had a little nerd-out paragraph about it, in my e3 coverage. But it's a game that really caters to people who've played all the classics, and I think you'll appreciate it more having played and enjoyed the older games first.The level design does look really neat. Still very unique to this day, haven't quite seen anything like it in other platformers. I'll give 2 or 3 a try. Also, have you gotten a chance to play Sonic Mania? I don't know if that's something you saw at E3 or not, but was wondering if that'd be a good game to experience the enjoyment the classic games offered.
Yeah, the 3D Sonic games gave me a bad impression of the series lol. It didn't help that the first ever Sonic game I played was Sonic 06
I'll go the emulator route and play Sonic 2 or 3 like Chary suggested. Also, thanks for recommending an emulator!
NOPE! you got to do it like the rest of us, in order, sonic 1 then 2 and then sonic cd, then sonic 3, and then sonic & knuckles, then sonic 3 & knuckles... then Knuckles in sonic 2, and then Sonic 3D blast (not as good but still worth trying) and sonic spinball (is a pinball game so don't expect much) Finally dr. robotnik mean bean machine. (Not really a sonic game, is a puyo puyo game, you know the one that the new puyo puyo tetris game is featured in on nintendo switch?Yeah, the 3D Sonic games gave me a bad impression of the series lol. It didn't help that the first ever Sonic game I played was Sonic 06
I'll go the emulator route and play Sonic 2 or 3 like Chary suggested. Also, thanks for recommending an emulator!
I did get to try Mania, and I pretty much had a little nerd-out paragraph about it, in my e3 coverage. But it's a game that really caters to people who've played all the classics, and I think you'll appreciate it more having played and enjoyed the older games first.
NOPE! you got to do it like the rest of us, in order, sonic 1 then 2 and then sonic cd, then sonic 3, and then sonic & knuckles, then sonic 3 & knuckles... then Knuckles in sonic 2, and then Sonic 3D blast (not as good but still worth trying) and sonic spinball (is a pinball game so don't expect much) Finally dr. robotnik mean bean machine. (Not really a sonic game, is a puyo puyo game, you know the one that the new puyo puyo tetris game is featured in on nintendo switch?
See this is why you need sonic mega collection cause it has ALL THE GENESIS SONIC GAMES, Can't just play them willy nilly first time, gotta do it like the OG you are trying to be.
Trust me, is the only way you gonna learn... (honestly 3 of the games mention you don't have to play but this is what people with sega genesis back in the day played.) we had stuff like this to make games fun
Woah, that's a lot
But actually I'd totally be willing to do that. Is Sonic Mega Collection for PC a good enough port of the originals?
I mean, the originals ran at 60fps I think? 60fps makes sense for Sonic. IIRC, the 3D Sonics usually run at 30fps, right? Then I can see your point.They're faster than 3d sonics as the 2d sanic has a higher refresh rate allowing for the experience and flow the game to be a lot smoother when compared to 3d sanic games
Yeah, I listened to someone talk about that. The 3D games are all over the place with such varying gameplay styles in each. As you say, the lack of consistency is honestly off-putting.Frankly I'm still trying to find the appeal of the 3D sonic games. I get the appeal of the 2D titles, they were consistent, so if you liked those games, you'd understandably want more, if you didn't then you wouldn't. With the 3D titles, I just don't get how anyone can be a consistent fan when each title varies so much in quality and overall gameplay mechanics. There is nothing consistent and consequently, I've just become confused about what it is that keeps so many Sonic fans to be fans of the 3D titles specifically.
I think I'll go the Mega Collection route, that one was easy enough to track down. Thank you!
Yes, or you can download them all on steam for $5 each. Is just a emulated version of the original genesis game, it does work properly even with the proper "lock on" technology.
Just don't get the Sonic & knuckles collection, that isn't the good one.
Yeah well is easy and simplify things, even though is just emulation, honestly is one of the better emulation console ports, close enough to M2 or even wii virtual console, some reason some emulation ports like ultimate genesis collection by back bone entertainment had sound issues, and even pc emulators struggle with accurate sound issues.I think I'll go the Mega Collection route, that one was easy enough to track down. Thank you!
Oh, are some of the games locked in Sonic Mega Collection? So they can make you play them in order or something?Yeah well is easy and simplify things, even though is just emulation, honestly is one of the better emulation console ports, close enough to M2 or even wii virtual console, some reason some emulation ports like ultimate genesis collection by back bone entertainment had sound issues, and even pc emulators struggle with accurate sound issues.
(Though in this game you have to unlock several games, so maybe find a save file of them unlocked and then play them.
(This also has 6 of 12 gamegear games that was released on sonic characters. You should try them too, maybe part of sonic mania stages as well)
Well some games are locked, but the initial 7 games are available, and so is the 6 game gear ones. The unlock games are 4 games not related to sonic but are somehow made by sonic team i guess? And the sonic and knuckles "LOCK ON" games, Blue sphere sonic 1 + sonic & knuckles, Knuckles in sonic 2 and sonic 3 & knuckles.Oh, are some of the games locked in Sonic Mega Collection? So they can make you play them in order or something?
Yeah, I could just do the save file thing. Btw, what are the "Lock On" games?Well some games are locked, but the initial 7 games are available, and so is the 6 game gear ones. The unlock games are 4 games not related to sonic but are somehow made by sonic team i guess? And the sonic and knuckles "LOCK ON" games, Blue sphere sonic 1 + sonic & knuckles, Knuckles in sonic 2 and sonic 3 & knuckles.
You should be able to just find a save data on game faqs or something and use it.