Lord British
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See, now, this is just bare-faced contrarian nonsense.
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Sonic 3 is the best 2D sonic game, right?
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See, now, this is just bare-faced contrarian nonsense.
Neat, I'll have to check that out. Thanks!
sixteen-bit
Member
Sonic 3 and Knuckles, yes.
aygomyownroad
Member
I Got my Megadrive with the Sonic Bundle and I got the Mega CD just for Sonic CD...
Best Game for me was Sonic CD, Travelling through time was great and added variety, trying to find areas where you could speed up fast enough to travel, the different music, and the best end credits ever with those great short cartoons...
Also the race v Metal Sonic was (at the time) badass!
Sonic CD
Sonic and Knuckles
Sonic 2
Sonic
Although to be fair, all 4 of them are the pinnacle of Sonic
Also Chaotix... Damn you all, wanted a 32x but never got one
Best Game for me was Sonic CD, Travelling through time was great and added variety, trying to find areas where you could speed up fast enough to travel, the different music, and the best end credits ever with those great short cartoons...
Also the race v Metal Sonic was (at the time) badass!
Sonic CD
Sonic and Knuckles
Sonic 2
Sonic
Although to be fair, all 4 of them are the pinnacle of Sonic
Also Chaotix... Damn you all, wanted a 32x but never got one
Hunter-Zero
Member
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Sonic 3 & Knuckles with the power of LOCK ON technolgy.
OctoWara289
Neo Member
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2 > 1 > 3+K
Every time I try playing Sonic CD I lose motivation rather quickly because the level design just confuses me.
I remember Sonic Rush being everything bad people say about the Sonic series, like trial and error pitfalls out of nowhere while giving the impression it is all about holding right without the forced non lethal stops the Mega Drive Sonics had.
Sonic 1 MS/GG had a great soundtrack by yuzo koshiro.
Every time I try playing Sonic CD I lose motivation rather quickly because the level design just confuses me.
I remember Sonic Rush being everything bad people say about the Sonic series, like trial and error pitfalls out of nowhere while giving the impression it is all about holding right without the forced non lethal stops the Mega Drive Sonics had.
Sonic 1 MS/GG had a great soundtrack by yuzo koshiro.
waqqasmohsin
Neo Member
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
SuperAngelo64
Banned
Better music, nicer visuals, interesting gimmick.
Sonic 2 is just more of the same, I'd rather play Sonic 3 if I'm going that route.
lolnope. Definitely not the best, simply due to this. One massive failure of game design.
Glad to know I wasn't the only one.
I think I died 4-5 times due to time. I raged quit because of this one spot
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Sonic 3 is kinda unforgivable imo.
Out of the six zones, FIVE of them have water.
Out of the six zones, FIVE of them have water.
Lord British
Member
Interesting opinion! I've genuinely never met anyone who values Knuckles' Chaotix. When I played it I was bored beyond reason. I won't deny the visuals and sound are lovely though, and I dug the special stages.
Sonic 1:
+ By far the hardest
+ Consistent stages
+ Labyrinth Zone may be the best Sonic stage there is
+ Good music
- No spindash and generally slower
- Mediocre special stages
Sonic 2:
+ Great stages, only Metropolis Zone is too long/dull
+ Great music
+ Very fun special stages
+ Game-breaking emeralds can be ignored by picking Tails
+ Best competitive multiplayer
+ Probably the best-looking art in the series
- Extremely easy to the degree that completing the game without dying isn't much of a feat
Sonic 3 & Knuckles:
+ Good, massive stages
+ Again, great music
+ Very long
+ Nice character variety
+ Blue Sphere is amazing
+ Great character art, good background art
- So unbelievably easy; the game is about as easy as Sonic 2 with Sonic + Tails if you pick Sonic only and it only gets easier from there
- Launch Base Zone and Sandopolis Zone drag considerably; others, like Marble Garden Zone, tread dangerously close to doing so as well
Sonic CD is not worth considering to me; I think the game is a mess. Better than most of post-Heroes but not better than Adventure. I had more fun with 3D Blast and the early GG games.
I would give the edge to Sonic 2 simply because Sonic 3 and Knuckles' length works against it so often. In addition, while both of the games are quite easy, Sonic 3 is just that much more so. Blue Sphere is definitely the greatest special stage, however.
I would call it 2 > 1 = 3. I beat 2 probably once a month due to the fact that I can knock it out in about an hour. I replay 1 once every few months, although over the last couple of years I have really been playing it more often due to the fact that I have a much greater appreciation for its challenge now. I used to play 3 all the time but I'm doing so less and less now; I find myself getting burned out on the big stages.
+ By far the hardest
+ Consistent stages
+ Labyrinth Zone may be the best Sonic stage there is
+ Good music
- No spindash and generally slower
- Mediocre special stages
Sonic 2:
+ Great stages, only Metropolis Zone is too long/dull
+ Great music
+ Very fun special stages
+ Game-breaking emeralds can be ignored by picking Tails
+ Best competitive multiplayer
+ Probably the best-looking art in the series
- Extremely easy to the degree that completing the game without dying isn't much of a feat
Sonic 3 & Knuckles:
+ Good, massive stages
+ Again, great music
+ Very long
+ Nice character variety
+ Blue Sphere is amazing
+ Great character art, good background art
- So unbelievably easy; the game is about as easy as Sonic 2 with Sonic + Tails if you pick Sonic only and it only gets easier from there
- Launch Base Zone and Sandopolis Zone drag considerably; others, like Marble Garden Zone, tread dangerously close to doing so as well
Sonic CD is not worth considering to me; I think the game is a mess. Better than most of post-Heroes but not better than Adventure. I had more fun with 3D Blast and the early GG games.
I would give the edge to Sonic 2 simply because Sonic 3 and Knuckles' length works against it so often. In addition, while both of the games are quite easy, Sonic 3 is just that much more so. Blue Sphere is definitely the greatest special stage, however.
I would call it 2 > 1 = 3. I beat 2 probably once a month due to the fact that I can knock it out in about an hour. I replay 1 once every few months, although over the last couple of years I have really been playing it more often due to the fact that I have a much greater appreciation for its challenge now. I used to play 3 all the time but I'm doing so less and less now; I find myself getting burned out on the big stages.
Senor Kami
Banned
I've always felt that way about Sonic 3 and Streets of Rage 3. I tried Sonic CD but I couldn't get into it. It felt really difficult to tell what was in the foreground and what was in the background.
& Knuckles always felt like a bunch of reject levels that weren't good enough to make the cut. Not terrible enough to trash out right but not up to par with the quality of 3.
& Knuckles always felt like a bunch of reject levels that weren't good enough to make the cut. Not terrible enough to trash out right but not up to par with the quality of 3.
Lol I completely forgot the ''not for resale'' in sonic 1 and 2 cartridges
Now is more than confirmed than the xbox was the spiritual sucessor of sega in the hardware business
Jimnymebob
Member
I never liked Sonic 3 much. It was definitely the weakest of the old games for me. CD was my least favourite but the HD version with it's fixed spin dash made me love it.
The music and level aesthetics are great, but I hate the layout of the levels. It's more enjoyable as a whole with S3&K in my opinion.
Also, Sonic looks like a smug douche on Sonic 3; his smirk irks me.
The music and level aesthetics are great, but I hate the layout of the levels. It's more enjoyable as a whole with S3&K in my opinion.
Also, Sonic looks like a smug douche on Sonic 3; his smirk irks me.
cmon, it's not that hard. Labyrinth boss, requires just a modest amount of patience.
Senor Kami
Banned
dupe
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
The first mistake people tend to make is panicking as soon as the water is over their heads.
Jade Knight 08
Member
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Yep; the drowning music haunts me to this day...
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Bingo
dead souls
Member
Sonic 1 all the way. Great game, awesome soundtrack.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I literally use it as my alarm music, I woke up to it this morning
If you are calm the water levels are not that bad, and found them fast too, more in the sense that you really need to be fast at that particular segment in order to advance
At least I prefer that over those stages with trial and error traps
entremet
Member
No lock on, tho. The VC Wii version do support lock on.
entremet
Member
Yeah, the Wii VC versions were done by M2. Those guys are masters of emulation.
Stone Ocean
Member
Sonic CD is the one to me. The music, the stages, everything about that game.
Hell, a water stage that isn't hilariously bad.
Hell, a water stage that isn't hilariously bad.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
Yep. For me it usually comes between Sonic CD and Sonic 1.
Altered Juice
Member
Vorg
Banned
Wut. There's only one water zone in Sonic 3.
One focused on being water-themed, yeah. But there was little sections that had water in levels like Angel Island Zone 2 and Carnival Night Zone 2, so I think he's referring to those.
StickSoldier
Member
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Nostalgia just bitch slapped me in the face.. Oh how I miss the days of being young.
i believe there is a bonus option in sonic and knuckles xbla to lock on.
found it
Yep just duble checked it is there/ blue sphere, etc.
The answer should be the genesis always
But in other cases, the VC ports seems to be good, the steam ones has some problem or not?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p2rg2ikgrk
I didn't know that james made some sonic memories
But in other cases, the VC ports seems to be good, the steam ones has some problem or not?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p2rg2ikgrk
I didn't know that james made some sonic memories