"Go as fast as you can and try not to run into shit" has always been a tricky mechanic and they've NEVER gotten it perfect

Sonic 2 and 3/Knuckles are widely accepted as extremely good takes on that concept though?

Colors is my personal favorite Sonic game, but it's not really the same sort of idea.

Granted I don't have much experience with 2 and 3, but none of the originals were that playable to me

Actually I think the most playable Sonic game off the top of my head was Sonic Advance 3, oddly enough

It focused less on the speed, less on "hold right until you reach the end", and the character combinations actually added a lot of strategy and different ways to traverse the worlds

the point of sonic 2/3/knuckles from a design perspective isn't to simply complete the levels. there's multiple paths through each stage, you're meant to replay them many times to optimize your routes and get better times. and yet, they're still great games playing them normally like you would any other platformer

Oh I guess I just didn't play them enough then

Man I love Sonic 4

Man I love Sonic 4

joke post???

Granted I don't have much experience with 2 and 3, but none of the originals were that playable to me

Actually I think the most playable Sonic game off the top of my head was Sonic Advance 3, oddly enough

This post was an emotional roller coaster for me.

every single thing in that video is fucked up somehow
wtf

lets take a moment to appreciate sonic mania by comparison

Now that's how you pay tribute to a classic game without just being all "look at the new grafix"

Imagine how much more enjoyable the NSMB series would be if visually it looked like a perfected version of Super Mario World

This post was last modified: Apr 25, 2017 at 7:45 PM by Pedigree.

Green Hill Zone was used in: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit), Sonic Blast, Sonic Drift, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Jump 1 and 2, Sega Superstars Tennis, Sonic Chronicles, Sonic Generations, Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games, Sonic Mania, Sonic Forces, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. 4, Samba De Amigo, Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax, LEGO Dimensions and I'm sure there's more.

Not to mention all the obvious look-alike stages that basically only differ in name.

Retire this stage and either make a new first stage or remaster the vastly superior Angel Island Zone to the modern era.

This post was last modified: Apr 25, 2017 at 7:50 PM by Pedigree.

If you have to rehash a stage from the original Sonic the Hedgehog, why not Marble Zone or Star Light Zone? Actually, Star Light Zone may be pretty dope of you remaster it for the modern era, and a remix of that music would be appreciated.

Marble Zone

do people hate marble zone or something

the pits where you have to wait for your platform to slowly cross the lava could use some work but the aesthetic and music are great

I like the aesthetic and music but the zone itself is pretty shitty. The level design suits a slow and careful platformer and contrasts heavily with how Sonic actually controls as well as the surrounding stages. Labyrinth Zone is heavily hated for similar reasons but even it has slightly more in common with later Sonic level design than Marble Zone does.

marble zone isn't bad but other than labyrinth it's the worst zone in the game so why would you use that one

This post was last modified: Apr 25, 2017 at 8:20 PM by Pedigree.

idk maybe it's because there's not many good stages in the original Sonic the Hedgehog to begin with :o

which is why the throwback to that game will always be green hill zone... but I'm so tired of playing green hill zone yo

yeah sonic 1 blows ass.

best green hill zone is neo green hill zone because it's not just green hills

best green hill zone is neo green hill zone because it's not just green hills

Sunset Hill Zone has better aesthetics imo, too bad Sonic Advance 3 was a meh game