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Back when Sonic was cool REVAMPED!

Posted by sweet21 - February 3rd, 2011


This sonic rant has been updated because the last one didn't have very much support and it just looked like the cries of a nostalgic gamer. This time the post has more meat on it's bones and hopefully i can touch down on some things that would AT LEAST trigger conversation. im tired of having 4 comments.

SONIC ADVENTURE 2! i remember playing this game as a kid. i was always a fan of the soundtrack. i remember i would wander around the level just to listen to the songs abit longer. Here's one such example (with some gameplay footage).

i think this one along with Sonic colors are the best 3D Sonic games ever made. Why?
Because this one didn't experiment with terrible mechanics that shouldn't be in a Sonic game! at least not all the time. Unlike most Sonic games this one was finished, the bugs and camera work, faulty as it may be was considered "polished" back in the day. it's an epitome to how the standards have been raised since 2004(i think 2004...2005? i dunno).

Now unlike most Sonic fanboys im not going to say "the reason Sonic games suck now is because it's not about speed DERP!" Well you would be wrong, i agree speed is Sonics trademark and it is exhilarating to blast through stages at break neck speed but the main thing that also makes Sonic great is the platforming. Not only that but the LEVEL DESIGN. Something that isn't very well in modern Sonic games.
Now in Sonic adventure you got to play as Knuckles, hunting for master emerald shards. Was it stupid fast? if you wanted it to be, but NO those levels were mainly about platforming and level design. They were made so they would stay exciting and fun.
The main problem with trying something new in newer Sonic games is they tried it new BADLY.
Now i vaguely remember in some missions for SA2 you could play as tails and you used A GUN. This wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't just point a laser and BOOM. There isn't even AIM or strategy! Just point and FUUUUUUUUUU-
Sonic with the werewolf(or hog?) Maybe it wouldn't have been so bad if playing as the werehog was....fun. it was a repetitive beat em' up with nothing going for it.

i am getting nostalgic because i played the miserable piece of shit that is know as Sonic adventure director edition DX for PS3.
That game was terrible, i don't understand why it's so praised and Sonic adventure 2 isn't.
it has all the problems sonic has now, bad coding, awful camera, strange glitches, even for it's time THEY were bad, i didn't even feel like i had no sense of control, I COULDN'T EVEN RUN IN A STRAIGHT LINE! Sonic looked drunk off his ass, and it had shitty graphics to go along with it and the worst music you will ever hear in a Sonic game. And lets not forget the voice acing.....YEAH, i went there, it may from Japan and from 2003 but that voice acting.....NO EXCUSE! Resident evil 1 had better!
People need to take off their nostalgia blinds.

i play Sonic adventure 2 now, the music is still catchy, platforming still good, camera was flimsy, then again back in it's day, standards change.....
i liked this level alot too.(SA2)

i can't play Sonic adventure 2 often, it's at my cousins house for his gamecube who lives in Pasadena.
(just google map it, it's very far from Redlands)
i want them to make a remake for Sonic adventure 2 in the playstation store, just like they did with the first one. At least that would break the trend of fucking up SEGA has done so much in the past years with Sonic (thought they are redeeming themselves slowly)

OH YEAH, and the bonus missions for SA2 weren't "OMG weeds are growing everywhere, gotta go cut them!" like in SA1, the mission were like "Get to the end even faster" or "beat the ghost character!" Keep that in mind when you play SA1.....


Comments

Sonic is still cool. The only reason people think the new Sonic is bad is because they pick and choose, intentionally picking the worst of the games and saying all Sonic games are like that now. Play Sonic Advance, Sonic Rush, Sonic Colors, hell, even Sonic Heroes is good if you actually play it.

i grew up with Sonic heroes and thought it was fantastic, and i did mention i think Sonic colors is the greatest game ever made for the Wii in literally forever.

Yeah, I liked Sonic Colours. The theme song is pretty awesome.

Possibly the best soundtrack and most innovative gameplay of any Sonic game. Sonic color is the only reason i want to buy a Wii

*One liner here* I would've replied to you in the thread to thank you but I feel like that would ruin the integrity of the pun. :D

That alright.

i dont know man, it looks pretty good

Sonic adventure 1 isn't, part 2 is >:(

I don't know, I liked Sonic Adventure One. I think it's the whole story with me. I'm a story guy. The whole history of the Chaos Emeralds fascinated me. Going back and time and all that. But hey, not everyone's cup of tea.

The story was pretty linear to me. Filled with lots of cliches and maybe i would have taken it more seriously if the voice acting wasn't so poorly executed. Sonic adventure 2 does much more with the story because of shadow and has improved voice acting and more plot to it.

Sweet U Wre Right I Need To Speak Up To Make Ppl Come To Ma Profile

Good to hear.

man that is a long read

A read that involves boobies and bacon. SO READ ON!

Not really a Sonic fan. Thank you for what you said about my sig though.

Furries are cool.