The Good and Bad of Sonic Origins

wow another compilation came out oh yeah i bought that but you bought this of course i did the animated intro cut scene is so much fun to watch it takes parts from all four sonic games and blends them together with remix music from all the games amy's so wholesome in the sonic cd cutscenes tails goes from being bullied to discovering he can fly in like 30 seconds what a giga chad oh my god the main menu is sonic jam music they went there widescreen finally we can play these games on a console in widescreen the pixel art was redone for every game and it looks amazing the coins allow you to retry special stages which is a fantastic quality of life update and they're also used to unlock stuff in the museum what you want to play the original version okay you weirdo you you can if you really want to wow look at all these neat letter boxes for the inferior 4x3 aspect ratio seriously who's gonna do who's gonna what you can play as tales and sonic cd the special stages for sonic cd is way smoother too and same goes for sonic 2. it's in 60 fps and has a better field of view it's nice to have an easier way of playing hidden palace zone outside of the mobile port so yeah the michael jackson songs from sonic 3 aren't here but are actually rearranged from the old pc version and you know they're not half bad for real all the new cutscenes are breathtaking why can't nintendo do this gorgeous hand-drawn animation for their cut scenes i love mia mission mode these are extremely fun to tackle and also reward you with coins the drop dash has been added in for sonic when you finish a special stage you get to keep your rings instead of collecting them all over again try playing his tales in sonic 3 knuckles there's a new cut scene where he lands a tornado on angel island nathaniel you of all people should know that there's already enhanced versions of these with ron hacks what's the point of this game where is the physical release for sonic origins hard missions should be in the base game without being locked behind some deluxe bullcrap but what's worse is that if you want character animations in the main menu camera controls for the islands or character animations when playing music then pay a few extra rings to sega what the f kind of deluxe bonuses are these imagine if you bought mario odyssey for 60 bucks and had to pay 65 so mario could have expressive faces on the menu absolutely ludicrous sega and they even delisted the digital versions of each classic sonic game last month oh very classy first off that's not gonna work because your greedy ass has re-released these games like 80 times and second that's just a move you just look bad doing it you gain nothing from this well damn the original michael jackson music isn't in sonic 3. uh why can't you play his knuckles in sonic cd this bug [Laughter] [Music] the sonic 1 boss and widescreen is tripping me out it looks like the platforms are social distancing we got rings and coins now that's not going to get confusing i expected some sort of level select after beating each game but instead i have to put in the 30 year old button combinations to do it if you're playing sonic cd in story mode and want to switch the music you have to exit open anniversary mode for sonic cd change it there and then go back to story mode i wish the sonic 3d blast director's cut was in this collection it would have fit in perfectly the extra modes like boss rush and missions are fine and all but it's nothing new some new characters like shadow or amy would have been a great touch oh you're being too hard what about the games themselves sonic 1's green hill zone has gone down as one of the most enjoyable and iconic first levels in a game every song is a masterpiece in sonic 1. even the worst stages at least have a catchy beat each level still looks pretty amazing marble gardens underground palace is filled with exquisite details and set pieces even labyrinth looks pretty good it's a flooded ruin filled with ancient booby traps running around and building momentum is still tons of fun and same with taking out enemies the controls in general gameplay hold up pretty well starlight's boss fight is pretty innovative as you'll bounce back spikes that dr robotnik drops down or you can let the spikes launch you in the air sonic cd has two completely different soundtracks and while some prefer one over the other i really like both of them the original cutscenes are still wonderfully animated and the sonic boom song is music to my ears each of these levels offer a multitude of different paths to take pair that with the time machine mechanics and this game is extremely replayable sonic 2 really went all out with the improvements starting with better stage design there's more fluidity as you'll take less time to stop and more time to go of all the classic special stages sonic 3 knuckles is by far the best one sky sanctuary's music is legendary and honestly i'm paraphrasing i can keep going wait you think these games have actually aged well the special stages in sonic 1 are vomit inducing yeah green hill zone is fun and all but then there's labyrinth which is annoyingly slow spring yard has a bunch of bouncy bullsh labyrinth speaks for itself starlight has the annoying fan scrapbrain is filled with electricity flames buzz saws and wait a second that's literally the rest of the game spring yard really goes all out on these slow moving blocks don't they there's no reason to get all the chaos emerald in sonic 1. robotic can try taunting me all he wants so why do people like sonic cd again every single level feels like a freaking maze and it really becomes a problem in the later zones where you can get lost and frustrated the peel jam looks cool but you can get hit doing it instead of just spin dashing sonic cd is really well known for the intricate and well thought out boss battles that could never possibly be exploited under any circumstance oh and my favorite level for sure is the one where you bounce into bump nowhere every three seconds oh i'm having such a great time can't you tell fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun so if robotnik has an instant death laser during the metal sonic race i got a proposition for you mr egghead sir why don't you always use that laser it's more effective once again it's not worth collecting the time stones there's no supersonic damn robotnik you went from flying to driving this little car with one spike in the front of course metropolis zone the worst level has three acts while the other ones all have two i know everyone likes tails i think he's cool but what purpose does he really serve outside of two player he doesn't do anything the aquatic ruin arrows do a great job ruining my momentum these stupid starfish that keep shooting their nibbly needles at me stop it leave me be in these grasshoppers that throw their arms at me can suck a fat one as well tails is gonna die in his plane and sonic doesn't care at all also if you touch this boost pad instead of jumping over it you will die level desires by passion right the special stages are still a nightmare even in 60 fps once you know the strap for the death egg robot it's almost impossible to lose stand on the right until he flies down hit him and run all the way to the left you will never get touched it's really that easy knuckles is such an idiot for teaming up with robotnik marble garden is so confusing to navigate the top spinner is still a pain to control i wish we could actually snowboard instead of just watching a cutscene these seesaws take a century to climb up oh well thanks a lot for tricking me into releasing more enemies game really appreciate that sandopolis zone is the bane of my existence hello chums nathaniel mandy what are you doing here oh i just overheard you guys talking about sonic origins and it got me wondering there's a lot of compilations already there's sonic jam sonic mega collection sonic classics collection sonic's ultimate genesis collection how many more ways do we need to play these sonic games anyway i'm gonna get going so bye did he just so that's what his cape is for [Music] you

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Length: 8min 15sec (495 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 25 2022