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General Sonic / Rating Sonic Platformer Games
« on: May 21, 2012, 09:12:53 am »
I have created a list of Sonic platformer games and have tried to rate them as well as I could. Games that I have rated with ??? are games that I either have not played at all or have not played enough to rate them properly. I have also written a short comment for the games that I have rated. I'd love to see your lists too!
001. Sonic the Hedgehog 16-Bit - 9.5 "I have endless love for this game."
002. Sonic the Hedgehog 8-Bit - 8.5 "Most levels here are pretty interesting."
003. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 8-Bit - 9 "Really good levels and a good challenge."
004. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 16-Bit - 6.5 "Has its moments but is overally quite boring with bad enemy/trap placement and not very good special stages."
005. SEGASonic the Hedgehog - 6.5 "Cool little diversion but not on a par with a true Sonic game."
006. Sonic the Hedgehog CD - 9.5 "I love the time travel mechanic and wish to see it some time again in a Sonic game. Also the special stages are the best and the level design, although a bit too easy, is some of the best in any platform game, with Wacky Workbench probably beeing my all-time favorite level."
007. Sonic Chaos - ???
008. Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball 16-Bit - 8 "Definitely the best pinball game ever."
009. Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball 8-Bit - ???
010. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles - 10 "This is the only Sonic game so far that is in my opinion perfect in pretty much every single way."
011. Sonic Triple Trouble - ???
012. Knuckles' Chaotix - 6.5 "Really fun in 2-player mode but other than that quite bland."
013. Tails Adventures - ???
014. Sonic Labyrinth - ???
015. Sonic 3D Blast - 7.5 "Awesome music with quite good levels but uninteresting special stages. Also does not feel quite like a true Sonic game."
016. Sonic Blast - 3.5 "This is the only Sonic game so far that I hate in every single way."
017. Sonic Adventure - 6.5 "Too few Sonic-style stages and way too easy but still pretty cool."
018. Sonic Pocket Adventure - ???
019. Sonic Adventure 2 - 8 "If only there were more Sonic-style stages."
020. Sonic Advance - 6 "Despite Egg Rocket Zone beeing quite cool, this is a pretty bland game with bad enemy/trap placement."
021. Sonic Advance 2 - 6 "Despite having superb boss-fights and a smooth flow, this is a pretty bland game."
022. Sonic Heroes - 6.5 "A very mixed bag but overally enjoyable."
023. Sonic Advance 3 - 6 "Despite Angel Chaos Zone being incredably awesome, this is a pretty bland game with bad enemy/trap placement."
024. Sonic Rush - 8.5 "Pure adrenaline-rush with awesome music."
025. Shadow the Hedgehog - 8.5 "The most underrated game of all time."
026. Sonic Rivals - ???
027. Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 - 5.5 "Has some good intensions and I like the story but has bad level design and is very poorly executed."
028. Sonic and the Secret Rings - 8.5 "Probably the most challenging Sonic game ever with fresh game mechanics and admirably deep costumization options. If only it wasn't rushed so much! Oh, and it had been way better if the game was on PC with mouse-controls instead of the clunky Wii-controls."
029. Sonic Rush Adventure - 8.5 "Pure adrenaline-rush with awesome music."
030. Sonic Rivals 2 - ???
031. Sonic Unleashed SD - ??? (Guess: 3.5 - 6) "Seems to be extremely bland."
032. Sonic and the Black Knight - ??? (Guess: 3.5 - 6) "If only they had sticked to the Secret-Rings-formula and improved upon it."
033. Sonic Unleashed HD Adventure Packed - 8 "Next time no werehog please and a bit more veriaty in level design but with the same amount of challenge present in this game and its DLC-levels."
034. Sonic Colors DS - 7 "Not as interesting as the Sonic Rush games and not very good music."
035. Sonic Colors Wii - ??? (Guess: 5.5 - 8) "Seems to be a bit bland and rushed with recycled level elements."
036. Sonic Generations HD - 7.5 "Great game but way too easy with no real score system and a somewhat disappointing list of elected levels."
037. Sonic Generations 3DS - ??? (Guess: 3.5 - 6) "Seems to be extremely bland."
10s: 1 - 9.5s: 2 - 9s: 1 - 8.5s: 5 - 8s: 3 - 7.5s: 2 - 7s: 1 - 6.5s: 5 - 6s: 3 - 5.5s: 1 - 3.5s: 1 - ???s: 12
Brilliants (10): 1 - Awesomes (8.5 - 9.5): 8 - Goods (7 - 8): 6 - OKs (5.5 - 6.5): 9
Poors (4 - 5): 0 - Bads (2.5 - 3.5): 1 - Awfuls (1 - 2): 0 - Abysmals (0.5): 0 - ???s: 12
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Episode I - 5.5 "The fact that this is called Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is insulting but at least in this episode you can see some tiny efforts in level design, especially in Lost Labyrinth Zone. Also, the music is insulting to the Sonic franchise."
Epidose II - 5 "This game is almost void of any love and care. It's arguably better than Sonic Blast and does have some moments but that doesn't say much at all and is worlds below expectations for a game that is named Sonic the Hedgehog 4. The music is just as bad as in the first episode."
Episode III - TBA
Episode IV - TBA
001. Sonic the Hedgehog 16-Bit - 9.5 "I have endless love for this game."
002. Sonic the Hedgehog 8-Bit - 8.5 "Most levels here are pretty interesting."
003. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 8-Bit - 9 "Really good levels and a good challenge."
004. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 16-Bit - 6.5 "Has its moments but is overally quite boring with bad enemy/trap placement and not very good special stages."
005. SEGASonic the Hedgehog - 6.5 "Cool little diversion but not on a par with a true Sonic game."
006. Sonic the Hedgehog CD - 9.5 "I love the time travel mechanic and wish to see it some time again in a Sonic game. Also the special stages are the best and the level design, although a bit too easy, is some of the best in any platform game, with Wacky Workbench probably beeing my all-time favorite level."
007. Sonic Chaos - ???
008. Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball 16-Bit - 8 "Definitely the best pinball game ever."
009. Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball 8-Bit - ???
010. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles - 10 "This is the only Sonic game so far that is in my opinion perfect in pretty much every single way."
011. Sonic Triple Trouble - ???
012. Knuckles' Chaotix - 6.5 "Really fun in 2-player mode but other than that quite bland."
013. Tails Adventures - ???
014. Sonic Labyrinth - ???
015. Sonic 3D Blast - 7.5 "Awesome music with quite good levels but uninteresting special stages. Also does not feel quite like a true Sonic game."
016. Sonic Blast - 3.5 "This is the only Sonic game so far that I hate in every single way."
017. Sonic Adventure - 6.5 "Too few Sonic-style stages and way too easy but still pretty cool."
018. Sonic Pocket Adventure - ???
019. Sonic Adventure 2 - 8 "If only there were more Sonic-style stages."
020. Sonic Advance - 6 "Despite Egg Rocket Zone beeing quite cool, this is a pretty bland game with bad enemy/trap placement."
021. Sonic Advance 2 - 6 "Despite having superb boss-fights and a smooth flow, this is a pretty bland game."
022. Sonic Heroes - 6.5 "A very mixed bag but overally enjoyable."
023. Sonic Advance 3 - 6 "Despite Angel Chaos Zone being incredably awesome, this is a pretty bland game with bad enemy/trap placement."
024. Sonic Rush - 8.5 "Pure adrenaline-rush with awesome music."
025. Shadow the Hedgehog - 8.5 "The most underrated game of all time."
026. Sonic Rivals - ???
027. Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 - 5.5 "Has some good intensions and I like the story but has bad level design and is very poorly executed."
028. Sonic and the Secret Rings - 8.5 "Probably the most challenging Sonic game ever with fresh game mechanics and admirably deep costumization options. If only it wasn't rushed so much! Oh, and it had been way better if the game was on PC with mouse-controls instead of the clunky Wii-controls."
029. Sonic Rush Adventure - 8.5 "Pure adrenaline-rush with awesome music."
030. Sonic Rivals 2 - ???
031. Sonic Unleashed SD - ??? (Guess: 3.5 - 6) "Seems to be extremely bland."
032. Sonic and the Black Knight - ??? (Guess: 3.5 - 6) "If only they had sticked to the Secret-Rings-formula and improved upon it."
033. Sonic Unleashed HD Adventure Packed - 8 "Next time no werehog please and a bit more veriaty in level design but with the same amount of challenge present in this game and its DLC-levels."
034. Sonic Colors DS - 7 "Not as interesting as the Sonic Rush games and not very good music."
035. Sonic Colors Wii - ??? (Guess: 5.5 - 8) "Seems to be a bit bland and rushed with recycled level elements."
036. Sonic Generations HD - 7.5 "Great game but way too easy with no real score system and a somewhat disappointing list of elected levels."
037. Sonic Generations 3DS - ??? (Guess: 3.5 - 6) "Seems to be extremely bland."
10s: 1 - 9.5s: 2 - 9s: 1 - 8.5s: 5 - 8s: 3 - 7.5s: 2 - 7s: 1 - 6.5s: 5 - 6s: 3 - 5.5s: 1 - 3.5s: 1 - ???s: 12
Brilliants (10): 1 - Awesomes (8.5 - 9.5): 8 - Goods (7 - 8): 6 - OKs (5.5 - 6.5): 9
Poors (4 - 5): 0 - Bads (2.5 - 3.5): 1 - Awfuls (1 - 2): 0 - Abysmals (0.5): 0 - ???s: 12
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Episode I - 5.5 "The fact that this is called Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is insulting but at least in this episode you can see some tiny efforts in level design, especially in Lost Labyrinth Zone. Also, the music is insulting to the Sonic franchise."
Epidose II - 5 "This game is almost void of any love and care. It's arguably better than Sonic Blast and does have some moments but that doesn't say much at all and is worlds below expectations for a game that is named Sonic the Hedgehog 4. The music is just as bad as in the first episode."
Episode III - TBA
Episode IV - TBA
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General Sonic / Rate Sonic Games
« on: February 17, 2008, 04:42:58 pm »
Rate Sonic games.
Please, only unclude games that you have completely finished (with all extras, unlockables and stuff) or games that you have played for at least 10 hours!!!
Here are my ratings:
20. Sonic Battle 7.0/10
Status: I haven't completed Chalange Mode yet, but I have finished the story two times, once with my cousin, once alone, and have tried various challanges already. I believe I have played this game more than 10 hours already, but I'm not sure.
19. Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (MD) 7.0/10
Status: Completely finished without using the save function of the emulator.
18. Sonic R 7.0/10
Status: Unlocked Super Sonic
17. Sonic Riders 7.1/10
Status: Far from total completion, but I believe I have played it around 50 hours.
16. Sonic 3D Blast 7.1/10
Status: Completed with all Chaos Emeralds without using the save function of the emulator.
15. Sonic Advance 7.3/10
Status: Extra Ending finished.
14. Sonic Advance 3 7.5/10
Status: Extra Ending finished.
13. Sonic the Hedgehog (MS/GG) 7.7/10
Status: Completed with all Chaos Emeralds without using the save function of the emulator.
12. Sonic Advance 2 8.0/10
Status: Collected all Chaos Emeralds with Amy Rose.
11. Sonic Adventure 8.3/10
Status: 130 Emblems + All Extra Missions finished. I even played this game for a bit longer for a little bit of competition. Playtime around 130 hours.
10. Sonic Heroes 8.5/10
Status: Super Hard Mode beaten + some extra playing for competition. I believe I have played this game more than 200 hours, maybe even more than 300 hours. This is possibly the game I have played mos in my life, except for maybe Diablo 2 (+ Expansion Set Lord of Destruction), but I'm not sure about that.
09. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (MS/GG) 8.9/10
Status: Crystal Egg Zone completed without using the save function of the emulator.
08. Sonic Adventure 2 8.9/10
Status: More than 100 Emblems, but still far from completion. I think I've played this game around 100 hours. The fact that I still haven't played the 3D Green Hill Zone is killing me!
07. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles 9.5/10
Status: Finished with all three characters with all Super Emeralds without using the save function of the emulator.
06. Shadow the Hedgehog 9.5/10
Status: All keys collected and Expert Mode beaten. I'm not sure how long I've played this game. Since A-Ranking is much easier here and there are not so many useless extra missions, It is possible that I have actually played this less than 100 hours.
05. Sonic the Hedgehog CD 10.0/10
Status: Completed with all Time Stones.
04. Sonic the Hedgehog (MD) 10.0/10
Status: Completed with all Chaos Emeralds without using the save function of the emulator.
03. Sonic and the Secret Rings 10.0/10
Status: Level 99 with all Gold Medals and all Fire Souls and all the content of the Special Book unlocked, except for the 10 medals you earn by playing the Party Games and the Medal you earn by defeating Erazor Djinn below level 25. Total Playtime more than 100 hours. Right now, I am working on some competition.
02. Sonic Rush 11.0/10
Status: All S-Ranks collected and also put quite a lot of effort in competition in all categories.
01. Sonic Rush Adventure 11.3/10
Status: Story Mode and all 100 missions completed, but I don't have all S-Ranks yet. I am trying to max all scores and as soon as I will be done with that, I'll continue competing in other categories, just like with Sonic Rush. Long live the Sonic Rush series!!! I'm sure I have played this game already for far more than 10 hours.
Please, only unclude games that you have completely finished (with all extras, unlockables and stuff) or games that you have played for at least 10 hours!!!
Here are my ratings:
20. Sonic Battle 7.0/10
Status: I haven't completed Chalange Mode yet, but I have finished the story two times, once with my cousin, once alone, and have tried various challanges already. I believe I have played this game more than 10 hours already, but I'm not sure.
19. Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (MD) 7.0/10
Status: Completely finished without using the save function of the emulator.
18. Sonic R 7.0/10
Status: Unlocked Super Sonic
17. Sonic Riders 7.1/10
Status: Far from total completion, but I believe I have played it around 50 hours.
16. Sonic 3D Blast 7.1/10
Status: Completed with all Chaos Emeralds without using the save function of the emulator.
15. Sonic Advance 7.3/10
Status: Extra Ending finished.
14. Sonic Advance 3 7.5/10
Status: Extra Ending finished.
13. Sonic the Hedgehog (MS/GG) 7.7/10
Status: Completed with all Chaos Emeralds without using the save function of the emulator.
12. Sonic Advance 2 8.0/10
Status: Collected all Chaos Emeralds with Amy Rose.
11. Sonic Adventure 8.3/10
Status: 130 Emblems + All Extra Missions finished. I even played this game for a bit longer for a little bit of competition. Playtime around 130 hours.
10. Sonic Heroes 8.5/10
Status: Super Hard Mode beaten + some extra playing for competition. I believe I have played this game more than 200 hours, maybe even more than 300 hours. This is possibly the game I have played mos in my life, except for maybe Diablo 2 (+ Expansion Set Lord of Destruction), but I'm not sure about that.
09. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (MS/GG) 8.9/10
Status: Crystal Egg Zone completed without using the save function of the emulator.
08. Sonic Adventure 2 8.9/10
Status: More than 100 Emblems, but still far from completion. I think I've played this game around 100 hours. The fact that I still haven't played the 3D Green Hill Zone is killing me!
07. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles 9.5/10
Status: Finished with all three characters with all Super Emeralds without using the save function of the emulator.
06. Shadow the Hedgehog 9.5/10
Status: All keys collected and Expert Mode beaten. I'm not sure how long I've played this game. Since A-Ranking is much easier here and there are not so many useless extra missions, It is possible that I have actually played this less than 100 hours.
05. Sonic the Hedgehog CD 10.0/10
Status: Completed with all Time Stones.
04. Sonic the Hedgehog (MD) 10.0/10
Status: Completed with all Chaos Emeralds without using the save function of the emulator.
03. Sonic and the Secret Rings 10.0/10
Status: Level 99 with all Gold Medals and all Fire Souls and all the content of the Special Book unlocked, except for the 10 medals you earn by playing the Party Games and the Medal you earn by defeating Erazor Djinn below level 25. Total Playtime more than 100 hours. Right now, I am working on some competition.
02. Sonic Rush 11.0/10
Status: All S-Ranks collected and also put quite a lot of effort in competition in all categories.
01. Sonic Rush Adventure 11.3/10
Status: Story Mode and all 100 missions completed, but I don't have all S-Ranks yet. I am trying to max all scores and as soon as I will be done with that, I'll continue competing in other categories, just like with Sonic Rush. Long live the Sonic Rush series!!! I'm sure I have played this game already for far more than 10 hours.
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General Sonic / Sonic the Hedgehog The First 15 Years & the Beginning of the Future
« on: December 16, 2007, 06:32:40 am »
In the last summer holydays I spent some time to collect videos from various Sonic games and write comments about them. I had planned to upload them on youtube, but I was ever too lazy to do that. So, now, I thought I could copy my comments here and see what others would say about it.
Inclueding all Sonic games had been kind of impossible, because it's very hard to find good videos for some of them. So, I decided to only inclued games which can be competed in at this website. So, all games inclueded in the "Site Champions" list here up until Sonic and the Secret Rings are also inclueded in my list. That makes for 30 games. I searched for videos of one level/zone per game and wrote comments about the games.
However, since I created this "History of Sonic", some time has passed now and I have changed my view a little bit about some games. Also, I have now played Sonic Rush Adventure and it has turned out to beat Sonic Rush for me, but SRA is not inclueded in the list. So, please keep in mind that this is a few months old.
01) 23.06.91 - Sonic the Hedgehog (MD)
Platform: Sega Mega Drive
Zone: Marble Zone
Act 1:
- Player: Groudon199
- Record: 132 Rings
Act 2:
- Player: yoshifan
- Record: 1:06 Minutes
Act 3:
- Player: yoshifan
- Record: 1:23 Minutes
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
I absolutely love this game! Maybe nostalgia plays also an important role, but this game will always remain, besides a few
other Sonic games, on top of my list of my most favourite games of all time.
02) 25.10.91 - Sonic the Hedgehog (MS&GG)
Platforms: Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Zone: Jungle
Act 1:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 0:22 Minutes
Act 2:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 0:33 Minutes
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 3.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
A very good game with a very good and variated level-design - at least most of the time. Unfortunately, most bosses are very
lame.
03) 25.10.92 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (MS&GG)
Platforms: Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Zome: Aqua Lake Zone
Act 1:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 0:16 Minutes
Act 2:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 1:05 Minutes
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 3.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This was the first Sonic game which I played for a really long time and I have very nostalgic feelings about it.
Unfortunately, overall, this is not such a popular game. It is mostly critisized because of its high dificulty and because,
from the view of some people, you don't see enough of your environment. I actually like the dificulty very much. You can
collect tons of lives in this game, so it doesn't really matter how often you die, as long as you keep on collecting rings
and lives. It has also a very varied level-design, which makes this game especially appealing to me. I love it, no matter
what others say!
04) 21.11.92 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (MD)
Platform: Sega Mega Drive
Zone: Wing Fortress Zone
Player: eredani
Record: 1:48 Minutes as Sonic
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This is one of the most popular Sonic games. Not one of my favourites, however! Sure, each of the zones look pretty varied,
but most of the time, the level-design is not. You can also run into enemies too easily, which is something that I can't
stand. It is still a very good and enjoyable game, especially if you try to collect all of the Chaos Emeralds. I like it
about as much as the Sonic Advance games, but it doesn't belong to my most favorites.
05) 23.09.93 - Sonic the Hedgehog CD
Platforms: Sega Mega CD, Personal Computer
Zone: Wacky Workbench
Act 1:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 0:28:00 Minutes
Act 2:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 0:39:80 Minutes
Act 3:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 1:09:20 Minutes
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
I absolutely love this game! It was the first Sonic game which I 100%ly beat. At first, I thought this game is not so
interesting, because you could just run through the whole game very easily, especially in the first 4 zones, without
anything special happening. The Boss-fights are also lame, too. But then I discovered that you only can experiance the true
fun and excellent level-design if you try to do the extra stuff: Collecting all Time Stones, destroy Eggman's Machine and the
Metal-Sonic hologram in every past version of every act and play the good future of every act. If you try to do all this,
instead of just running through each level, you will realize that this sonic game has a truely unique and amazing
level-design. On top of that are the awesome Special Stages, which are my most favourite Special Stages ever. The bosses ARE
really lame, though.
06) 25.10.93 - Sonic & Tails
Platforms: Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Zone: Electric Egg Zone
Act 1:
- Player: Hero Chaos Chao
- Record: 0:17 Minutes as Sonic
Act 2:
- Player: Hero Chaos Chao
- Record: 0:19 Minutes as Sonic
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 3.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Never spent much time on this one, but it's OK.
07) 02.02.94 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Platform: Sega Mega Drive
Zone: Marble Garden Zone
Act 1:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 1:20 Minutes as Sonic
Act 2:
- Player: SpinDashMaster
- Record: 1:22 Minutes as Sonic
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This game actually became complete with the release of Sonic & Knuckles. Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles build toghether one
game, called Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. S3&K is considered by many, MANY people as the very best Sonic game of all
time. It's actually worshiped to that extend that some people believe it is IMPOSSIBLE to make a better Sonic game. I,
personally, don't think this is the best Sonic game ever created, but I agree that it is one of the bests.
08) 18.03.94 - Sonic Drift
Platform: Sega Game Gear
Track: Spring Yard Yellow
Player: Groudon199
Record: 1:00:76 Minutes
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Never played this game and I'm not interested.
09) 18.10.94 - Sonic & Knuckles
Platform: Sega Mega Drive
Zone: Lava Reef Zone
Act 1:
- Player: yoshifan
- Record: 3:07 Minutes as Sonic
Act 2:
- Player: SadisticMystic
- Record: 3:25 Minutes as Sonic
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Sonic the Hedgeog 3 actually became complete with the release of this game. Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles build toghether one
game, called Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. S3&K is considered by many, MANY people as the very best Sonic game of all
time. It's actually worshiped to that extend that some people believe it is IMPOSSIBLE to make a better Sonic game. I,
personally, don't think this is the best Sonic game ever created, but I agree that it is one of the best.
10) 11.11.94 - Sonic & Tails 2
Platform: Sega Game Gear
Zone: Great Turquoise Zone
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 1
Act 2:
- Player: Hero Chaos Chao
- Record: 0:19 Minutes as Sonic
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 3
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This game has at least one awesome Zone (Tidal Plant) and some really cool Special Stages which even feature bosses. The rest
is OK. I wished I could show you Tidal Plant, but, unfortunately, there is no video for that zone.
11) 17.03.95 - Sonic Drift 2
Platform: Sega Game Gear
Track: Emerald Hill Purple
Player: cSPkernuker
Record: 2:04:22 Minutes
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Never played this one and I'm not interested.
12) XX.03.95 - Knuckles' Chaotix
Platform: Sega Mega 32X
Zone: Botanic Base
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 1.
Act 2:
- Player: gamersince93
- Record: 0:40:60
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 3.
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 4.
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 5.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Very interesting gameplay, but not so interesting level-design. However, it is unbelievable how much fun this game can be
when playing with a friend! You could laugh yourself to death, literally! What could be more fun than two people being
connected to each other, each one wanting to do somethimg different? You may say I'm crazy, but this is my most favourit
multy-player game ever! Not so keen on the single-player, though.
13) XX.06.96 - Sonic the Fighters
Arena: Death Egg's Eye
Platform: Model 2B CRX (arcade)
Player: SonicHog91
Record: 1:05:99 Minutes as Sonic
Bonus Stage Record: 0:12:01 Minutes
Comment by Siavash Tazari
Never played this game.
14) 14.11.96 - Sonic 3D Blast
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive, Sega Saturn, Personal Computer
Zone: Rusty Ruin Zone
Act 1:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 1:17 Minutes
Act 2:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 1:18 Minutes
Act 3:
- Player: SpinDashMaster
- Record: 0:13 Minutes
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This is the first attempt to make a Sonic game with 3D gameplay and it is a very good one! OK, the first SOnic game with 3D
gameplay was actually Sega Sonic the Hedgehog, but that is a very different type of game and is a story of its own. Sonic 3D
Blast can be a lot of fun, even if it's quite slow-pased, compared to most other Sonic games.
15) 20.06.97 - Sonic Jam
Platform: Sega Saturn
Player: derfsonic
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Sonic Jam is primary a collection of Sonic games and extra material, but it also features a mini-world with a few missions,
in which you could behold Sonic in real 3D for the very first time. In this video you see all the missions for this
mini-world. I've never played this game, since it's Saturn only and I've never had a Saturn. I really would like to though.
It may not look special today, but back then, it must have been very exciting to control Sonic in a fully 3D world.
16) 18.11.97 - Sonic R
Platforms: Sega Saturn, Personal Computer
Track: Reactive Factory
Player: SrintGod
Record: 1:08:50 Minutes for 3 Laps
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This is my 3rd most favourit racing game, after Star Wars Racer and Sonic Riders, but that's only because I'm generally not
so interested in racing games and I haven't played many. This game is very short, but can be very fun, even though the music is horrible! This race-track
features the only song in the game which I think is quite OK.
17) 23.12.98 - Sonic Adventure
Platforms: Sega Dreamcat, Nintendo Game Cube, Personal Computer
Stage: Hot Shelter
Player: F-Man
Record: 2:18:40 Minutes as Amy
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
"This is where everything began." (Quote from Princess Elise - Sonic the Hedgehog 06, cutscene "Elise puts out the flames":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN2wHzCKU28)
Well, this is not really where everything began, since everything began in 1991, but this is where a new generation of Sonic
games began. This is the first real 3D Sonic game, a fully 3D sonic-style-action-platformer. While this game sets new
standards for future Sonic games, it is also pretty much the last Sonic game with still a classic feeling to it. Classic
fanboys who think that only classic is good and what is not classic is shit concider this as the last good Sonic game. I
usually let people believe what they want to believe, but this is plain nonsense, so don't let yourself get influenced by
the words of these people! Play the games for yourself and decide yourself whether you like them or not.
Anyway! I think Sonic Adventure was a very good start for 3D Sonic games and I recommend everyone playing this game before
playing any other 3D Sonic game. It is also one of the easiest Sonic games ever, so, while it is suitable for beginners, it
may be a bit to under-challenging for more experienced players. However, if you try to make some good records on your own,
it can become very challenging in turn. However, I think all later 3D Sonic games have improved in pretty much any way
compared to Sonic Adventure.
18) 03.12.99 - Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
Platform: SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color
Zone: Neo South Island
Act 1:
- Player: mike89
- Record: 0:24:78 Minutes
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 2.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
I haven't played this game for long, but I'm not that much interested in it anyway. This is pretty much exactly like Sonic 2
for the Mega Drive, but less enjoyable.
19) 23.06.01 - Sonic Adventure 2
Platforms: Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo Game Cube
Stage: Final Rush
Player: RocketDarkness
Record: 25790 Points
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This is the most popular Sonic game between players who first got into Sonic in the 21st century. In my opinion, the shooting
stages are not so fun and are especially a pain for A-ranking. Chao raising is a huge torture, even more than in Sonic
Adventure, since you have to invest even more time with it if you want to unlock the hidden 3D version og the Green Hill
Zone. It is a good thing that Chao raising is not part of the story mode and the shooting stages are at least by far much
more fun than those extremely crappy fishing stages in Sonic Adventure, which was the worst thing ever. On the good side
though, some of the Sonic-style stages are some of the best 3D Sonic stages ever and the hunting stages are pretty much
perfect. Fans of older Sonic games may not agree with me, but I think Sonic Adventure 2 is definately an improvement over
Sonic Adventure 1. The Music in SA2 also kicks butt, which I personally couldn't say about SA1.
20) 20.12.01 - Sonic Advance
Platform: Game Boy Advance
Zone: Egg Rocket Zone
Act 1:
- Player: NintenDan
- Record: 2:26:20 Minutes as Knuckles
Act 2:
- Player: NintenDan
- Record: 1:22:52 Minutes as Knuckles
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Each of the Sonic Advance games emphasises mostly on one particular thing. This game emphasises mostly on platforming.
However, it suffers from the same problem that Sonic 2 for the Mega Drive had: You constantly run into enemies. The
level-design is not so special, eather. I think that Egg Rocket Zone is actually the only zone in the game which is really
good. This is kind of similar to Sonic 2 for the Mega Drive again, since I thought that Wing Fortress was pretty much the
only really good zone in the game, too, and both of these zones are the last zones in each of the games. Overall, I like
this game about as much as Sonic 2 for the Mega Drive.
21) 19.12.02 - Sonic Advance 2
Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Zone: Egg Utopia
Act 1:
- Player: douglas
- Record: 1:17:92 Minutes as Sonic
Act 2:
- Player: Spinballwizard
- Record: 1:28:85 Minutes as Sonic
Act 3:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 0:08:90 Minutes as Sonic
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Sonic Advance 2 puts the most emphasis on fast and fluent gameplay. It achives it aim extremely good: There is probably no
other Sonic game with such a high speed and without almost ANY slowdowns, exept maybe Sonic Rush. Even the boss-fights accure on the run. This may
sound really cool and breath-taking, and it is, at first. However, there is one big problem with this game: There is a great
lack of variation. All zones, while looking different, play pretty much exactly the same. The fast and fluent gameplay is
everywhere and it is really thrilling, but people who want a good amout of variation in the games that they play, will
definately be disappointed by Sonic Advance 2. I actually like this game pretty much. It is definately more interesting to me
than Sonic Advacne 1 and 3. At the very least, you don't constantly run into enemies. Also, I think the on-the-run style of
boss-fights is very thrilling too and the boss "Egg-Go-Round" is probably my most favourite boss ever. However, even for someone
like me the game can become very tiresome after a while, when there is so little variation. This keeps me from counting
Sonic Advance 2 as one of the bests, but to me it's more enjoyable than Sonic 2 for the Mega Drive.
22) 04.12.03 - Sonic Battle
Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Arena: Gimme Shelter Sonic VS Gizoid
Player: IsraelDood
Record: This is Story Mode, so there is no record indication.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This is my most favorite fighting game of all time, but that's only because I'm not much interested in fighting games anyway.
Fighting-game-lovers who are not so interested in Sonic games anyway may find this a joke, but people who feel very attached
to Sonic-characters will most definately enjoy this game, even if they don't like fighting games.
23) 30.12.03 - Sonic Heroes
Platforms: Nintendo Game Cube, Microsoft X-Box, Sony Play Station 2, Personal Computer
Stage: Final Fortress
Player: Shadow Jacky
Record: 143160 Points as Team Dark
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Compared to the Sonic Adventure games, Sonic Heroes' level-design is a bit too linear. It is quite hard to have a most
favourite and least favourite stage in Sonic Heroes. If you like the level-design in one Stage, you will most probably like
it in all stages, and the other way around. Fortunately though, it is by far not as linear as Sonic Advance 2. The Stages
actually, ARE quite varied, but not as varied as in the Sonic Adventure games. There are 3 things, though, that I like
better in Sonic Heroes. For one thing, Sonic Heroes features some awesome Special Stages. It's a pitty that SH is the only
3D Sonic game with Special Stages. For another thing, it has much longer stages than SA 1 nad 2, which is very appealing to
me. For the last but not least, Sonic Heroes has in my opinio the best score and rank system, making A-ranking especially
fun. A-Ranking in Sonic Heroes is, like in Sonic Adventure 2, very challenging and if you get your A-rank, you usually really
have deserved it. While still being more challenging and fun than A-ranking in any of the later Sonic games, like Shadow the
Hedgehog and Sonic 06, it is not as frostrating as in Sonic Adventure 2, making it, at least for my taste, the most fun
A-ranking in any 3D Sonic game.
24) 25.05.04 - Sonic Advance 3
Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Zone: Chaos Angel
Act 1:
- Player: Quartz
- Record: 1:22:80 Minutes
Act 2:
- Player: Quartz
- Record: 1:28:80 Minutes
Act 3:
- Player: NintenDan
- Record: 1:06:85
Unfortunately, there is no video for the Boss-Act.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Sonic Advance 3, while still having a high emphasis on speed, has also a special emphasis on exploration. It also gives you a
lot of experimentation possibilities in the levels, depending on wihich characters you are playing with. However, the great
pain fron Sonic Advance 1 is back here, too: Running constantly into enemies. Sonic Advance 3 is actually a pretty mixed bag.
From one side, it has such freaking awesome zones like Chaos Angel, which can be seen in the videos. In the contrary to, I
dare say, ALL other zones in ANY Sonic Advance game, Chaos Angel does everything right: A very cool environment, a very cool
soundtrack, very fast gameplay, but still good platforming, lots of exploration possibilities and highly challenging. This
makes Chaos Angel one of my most favourit zones of all time! If only all zones in Sonic Advance 3 where like this! The game
has some few other good zones, too, like Ocean Palace and Cyber Track, but has also some very ugly looking and ugly sounding
zones, like Toy Kingdom and Twinkle Snow. Overall, I think many people consider this as the best Sonic Advance game, but I
enjoyed Sonic Advance 2 better. The fluency in Sonic Advance 2 is a very big plus for that game, which is unfortunately pretty
absent in the other Sonic Advacne games.
25) 15.11.05 - Sonic Rush
Platform: Nintendo Double Screen
Zone: Dead Line
Act 1:
- Player: Crowbar
- Record: 1:39:52 Minutes as Sonic
Very, very unfortunately, there is no video for Act 2.
Act 3:
- Player: SonicBoom92
- Record: 51000 Points as Sonic
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles impossible to beat? Well, you may think so, but Sonic Rush is MY most favourite game ever, EVER! My
favourite quote from my self whenever it comes to say what I like about Sonic Rush just in a few lines: "I simply love the
hectic rush and the adrenalin-kick in Sonic Rush! I love it to collect S-ranks and make time records and feel like a
professional gamer! I love it to use every possible moment in the game to press buttons like a lunatic to perform tricks!
I love to race against my own ghost! I love it that I have never time for a rest and am always rushing! I love the incredibly
awesome soundtracks! I love all the variation that this game offers! And I just LOVE the whole cool feeling of the game!
No game in the world has ever managed to give me the same feeling!" I have actually written a full review of the game,
but it's only in German. If you are interested and can understand German, here is the link to my review:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AJS6JTPX0G94T?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview
26) 15.11.05 - Shadow the Hedgehog
Platforms: Nintendo Game Cube, Microsof X-Box, Sony Play Station 2
Stage: Gun Fortress Dark Mission
Player: Groudon199
Record: 66410
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Unfortunately, Shadow the Hedgehog is very critisized because of very rediculous reasons. In my opinion, however, it is
definately better than all its previous 3D Sonic games. It hase a lot of very varied stages, some of them being even better
than the sonic-style stages in Sonic Adventure 2, some very kick-butt music and you also have a lot of experimentation
possibilities with all the available guns, vehicles, your chaos powers and the secret doors, which can be opened by finding secret
keys. Its biggest reason for beeing so critisized is its feature of gunplay, arguing that gunplay shouldn't be a part of any
Sonic game. People whinging about the gunplay are forgetting though, that gunplay has been present in Sonic games already
since Sonic Adventure. It had only been done in a not so obvious way. The gunplay in Shadow, however, is definately the most
fun. In fact, it IS very fun, considering how many possibilities each of the different types of guns give you. The only
really bad thing about Shadow the Hedgehog is its boss design. All bosses in this game are extremely lame.
27) 21.02.06 - Sonic Riders
Platform: Nintendo Game Cube, Microsoft X-Box, Sony Play Station 2, Personal Computer
Track: Sky Road
Player: Shadow Jacky
Record: 1:55:70 for 3 Laps
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This is my 2nd most favourite racing game of all time, after Star Wars Racer, but I am generally not so interested in racing
games and haven't played many. Sonic Riders may appear extremely hard at the beginning, but when you get it, you got it. It is fairly fun to do
tricks in the air and try to use the shortcuts. Track design could be a little bit more varied, though.
This is the last Sonic game before Sonic reached his sweet 15.
28) 14.11.06 - Sonic the Hedgehog (06)
Platforms: Microsoft X-Box 360, Sony Play Station 3
Stage: Crisis City
Player: ShadowtheKid
Record: 158050 Points as Sonic on Very Hard
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
There we have it, the oh so hated Sonic 06! The biggest problem with this game is that it's unfinished. Yes, it was shipped
out before it was completed, because of several reasons. Even Sonic Team themselves admit that. I don't want to bother with
those reasons, though. Eventually, the result is one very glitchy game with very long loading times. But is that all? Well,
stubborn, blind, pessimistic people may think that. I am not saying that it is not a big flaw that the game is so glitchy,
but people who can see past those glitches should realize that there is a lot to like about the game. I have never played
the game myself, but I'm dying to! However, I have watched many videos and read a lot about this game and I believe I know it
quite well; even better than people who have played the game, but didn't invest much time on it. First of all, the gameplay
is definately not much worse than in the Sonic Adventures. In fact, it is just Sonic Adventure 3, which is kind of
disappointing again, since people where expecting something more revolutionary instead of a sequel. Disappointments because
of high expectations aside though, I think I would enjoy this game better than Sonic Adventure 1 & 2 and SOnic Heroes, though
I'm not sure if I will also enjoy it better than Shadow the Hedgehog. At least there is no Chao raising and no Big the
F***ing Cat! Actually, Shadow's, and especially Silver's gameplay seem to be pretty interesting. Sonic's gameplay anyway.
Everything else in the game other than the glitches and long loading times is also very sweet: The stunning
Music, the enchanting Story, the lovely characters and the beautiful presentation with breath-taking cutscenes, all are
evidence that the development team worked hard on this title. Again, this is no excuse for releasing the game before it's
finished and the fact that this game was disappointing due to high expectations is undeniable. Sonic 06 is really nothing
revolutionary. However, as a game on its own, it is very enjoyable and I can tell by my own experience that many people who
had the will to open their eyes ended up liking this game better than the Sonic Adventures. I am not saying everyone should
agree with that, since the Sonic Adventure games are very strong games on their own. What I'm trying to make clear though is
that if you enjoyed the Adventure games, you will most definately also enjoy Sonic 06, if you could only look past the
glitches. After all, when Sonic Adventure was released, it was a hell of a glitchy mess too, which mostly can be proven by
watching speedruns. But no one cared, since it was the first real 3D Sonic game and everyone was so excited and all. It's
actually not that unsimilar with Sonic 06: Not many people know that, but SOnic 06 was actually developed by completely
different people than those people who worked on past 3D Sonic games. This development team was completely new to making 3D
Sonic games and the Creative Director had also never made a Sonic game before. I think by giving this project to a different
department, Sonic Team tried to lead 3D Sonic games to a new direction. The result was an unexperienced team messing the game
up. It's not totally messed up, though, and has a lot of things to love, so, if you lake 3D Sonic games and you have a mind of
your own, be sure to give this game a try if you have any of the appropriate consles.
29) 21.11.06 - Sonic Rivals
Platform: Sony Play Station Portable
Zone: Crystal Mountain
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 1.
Act 2:
- Player: SR73halo
- Record: ???
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 3.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Many people mistake Sonic Rivals as a classical 2D Sonic Game. However, this game is NOT a usual Sonic-action-platformer, it
is a 1-on-1 racing game. I have never played the game myself and I probably never will, since I wouldn't buy a PSP just for
this game, but from what I've seen, Sonic Rivals is pretty fun as a racing game, but is very poor in platforming. After all,
this is a racing game, so only get this game if you are interested in fancy racing.
30) 20.02.07 - Sonic and the Secret Rings
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Stage: Levitated Ruin
Player: This is a walkthrough-video from Sonic Team personally!
Record: This video does not show how to get a time- or score-record, but how to get a relatively good score, while still
getting a gold medal. Note that in Secret Rings your score is indipendent of your time and the medal that you get at the end
of each mission is dependent on your time only. The time in this video is 3:07:86 minutes and the score is 6304 points.
For more walkthrough-videos by Sonic Team, have a look at the walkthrough: http://www.sonicteam.com/secretrings/en/
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Secret Rings is not a usual Sonic-style-action-platformer, it's a Sonic-style-action-platformer-role-playing-game and it's
UNDESCRIBABLY AWESOME! It is definately my most favourit 3D Sonic game and besides Sonic Rush my favourite game of all time!
It does not only give you all the excitement of a good Sonic game, but also a good amount of the excitement of a good RPG. It
gives you the impulse of reaching a level 99 Sonic all the same and you can create your ultimate imaginary classes, like the
ultimate Speed-Runner, the ultimate Score-Attacker or the ultimate ring-chainer. The game is also most definately the fastest
game ever created! At the beginning, it's actually really slow, but at the time Sonic reaches a high level, gets the
Hyper-Speed-Up Skill and the Crest of Wind, it becomes absolutely face-melting! It's already face-melting when watching the
videos, but if you are playing it yourself, you should be careful not to get a heart-stop because of over-excitement! It is
also the most varied 3D Sonic game and one of the most varied Sonic games generally. By its release, it was the best looking game on
the Wii and the music LITERALLY rocks the place! Don't believe me? Download the Adventure Disk and see for yourself:
http://www.soahcity.com/music/2007_sonic_and_the_secret_of_the_rings/index.php Be sure to check out the song "06. The Palace
that Was Found". There are only 2 litte downsides to the game: Despite the overall gorgeous music, the maintheme is rather
annoying and you have to listen to it all the time in the menues, which can also bee seen in the video. Also, you will
experience some very cheep and frustrating deaths every now and then, because of the on-rails gameplay and the wii-controls.
I really had liked it if you had the option to play Secret Rings with a gamecube-controller, since I prefere button-mashing
over the wii controls. Generally, I don't find the wii-remote-controls being anything special. It is fascinating at first,
but loses it's charm very fast. Still, there is so much awesomeness about Secret Rings that, after you really get into the
game, you can overlook the flaws. Be warned, though: This game may not be that enjoyable at lower levels!
Eventually, my most favourite games (not only between Sonic games) of all time which I will eternally love are by now the
following 4:
4. Sonic the Hedgehog CD - 1993
3. Sonic the Hedgehog (MD) - 1991
2. Sonic and the Secret Rings - 2007
1. Sonic Rush - 2005
To bring this history of Sonic games to an appropriate end, please watch this final cutscene of Sonic and the Secret Rings
(if you don't mind getting spoiled) and enjoy: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CRJGveF8EHM :-)
__________
I also created a list of all Sonic games up until Sonic and the Secret Rings, only inclueding non-edutainment, non-port, non-collection and non-mobile Sonic games:
01. Sonic the Hedgehog (MD)
02. Sonic the Hedgehog (MS/GG)
03. Sonic Eraser
04. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (MS/GG)
05. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (MD)
06. Sega Sonic the Hedgehog
07. Sonic the Hedgehog CD
08. Sonic & Tails
09. Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (MD)
10. Doctor Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
11. Sega Sonic Cosmo Fighters
12. Sonic Drift
13. Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (MS/GG)
14. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
15. Sonic & Tails 2
16. Sonic Drift 2
17. Knuckles' Chaotix
18. Tails' Sky Patrol
19. Tails Adventures
20. Sonic Labyrinth
21. Sonic the Fighters
22. Sonic 3D Blast
23. Sonic Blast
24. Sonic Jam
25. Sonic R
26. Sonic Adventure
27. Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
28. Sonic Shuffle
29. Sonic Adventure 2
30. Sonic Advance
31. Sonic Advance 2
32. Sonic Pinball Party
33. Sonic Battle
34. Sonic Heroes
35. Sonic Advance 3
36. Sonic Rush
37. Shadow the Hedgehog
38. Sonic Riders
39. Sonic the Hedgehog (06)
40. Sonic Rivals
41. Sonic and the Secret Rings
Inclueding all Sonic games had been kind of impossible, because it's very hard to find good videos for some of them. So, I decided to only inclued games which can be competed in at this website. So, all games inclueded in the "Site Champions" list here up until Sonic and the Secret Rings are also inclueded in my list. That makes for 30 games. I searched for videos of one level/zone per game and wrote comments about the games.
However, since I created this "History of Sonic", some time has passed now and I have changed my view a little bit about some games. Also, I have now played Sonic Rush Adventure and it has turned out to beat Sonic Rush for me, but SRA is not inclueded in the list. So, please keep in mind that this is a few months old.
01) 23.06.91 - Sonic the Hedgehog (MD)
Platform: Sega Mega Drive
Zone: Marble Zone
Act 1:
- Player: Groudon199
- Record: 132 Rings
Act 2:
- Player: yoshifan
- Record: 1:06 Minutes
Act 3:
- Player: yoshifan
- Record: 1:23 Minutes
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
I absolutely love this game! Maybe nostalgia plays also an important role, but this game will always remain, besides a few
other Sonic games, on top of my list of my most favourite games of all time.
02) 25.10.91 - Sonic the Hedgehog (MS&GG)
Platforms: Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Zone: Jungle
Act 1:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 0:22 Minutes
Act 2:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 0:33 Minutes
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 3.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
A very good game with a very good and variated level-design - at least most of the time. Unfortunately, most bosses are very
lame.
03) 25.10.92 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (MS&GG)
Platforms: Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Zome: Aqua Lake Zone
Act 1:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 0:16 Minutes
Act 2:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 1:05 Minutes
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 3.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This was the first Sonic game which I played for a really long time and I have very nostalgic feelings about it.
Unfortunately, overall, this is not such a popular game. It is mostly critisized because of its high dificulty and because,
from the view of some people, you don't see enough of your environment. I actually like the dificulty very much. You can
collect tons of lives in this game, so it doesn't really matter how often you die, as long as you keep on collecting rings
and lives. It has also a very varied level-design, which makes this game especially appealing to me. I love it, no matter
what others say!
04) 21.11.92 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (MD)
Platform: Sega Mega Drive
Zone: Wing Fortress Zone
Player: eredani
Record: 1:48 Minutes as Sonic
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This is one of the most popular Sonic games. Not one of my favourites, however! Sure, each of the zones look pretty varied,
but most of the time, the level-design is not. You can also run into enemies too easily, which is something that I can't
stand. It is still a very good and enjoyable game, especially if you try to collect all of the Chaos Emeralds. I like it
about as much as the Sonic Advance games, but it doesn't belong to my most favorites.
05) 23.09.93 - Sonic the Hedgehog CD
Platforms: Sega Mega CD, Personal Computer
Zone: Wacky Workbench
Act 1:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 0:28:00 Minutes
Act 2:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 0:39:80 Minutes
Act 3:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 1:09:20 Minutes
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
I absolutely love this game! It was the first Sonic game which I 100%ly beat. At first, I thought this game is not so
interesting, because you could just run through the whole game very easily, especially in the first 4 zones, without
anything special happening. The Boss-fights are also lame, too. But then I discovered that you only can experiance the true
fun and excellent level-design if you try to do the extra stuff: Collecting all Time Stones, destroy Eggman's Machine and the
Metal-Sonic hologram in every past version of every act and play the good future of every act. If you try to do all this,
instead of just running through each level, you will realize that this sonic game has a truely unique and amazing
level-design. On top of that are the awesome Special Stages, which are my most favourite Special Stages ever. The bosses ARE
really lame, though.
06) 25.10.93 - Sonic & Tails
Platforms: Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Zone: Electric Egg Zone
Act 1:
- Player: Hero Chaos Chao
- Record: 0:17 Minutes as Sonic
Act 2:
- Player: Hero Chaos Chao
- Record: 0:19 Minutes as Sonic
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 3.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Never spent much time on this one, but it's OK.
07) 02.02.94 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Platform: Sega Mega Drive
Zone: Marble Garden Zone
Act 1:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 1:20 Minutes as Sonic
Act 2:
- Player: SpinDashMaster
- Record: 1:22 Minutes as Sonic
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This game actually became complete with the release of Sonic & Knuckles. Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles build toghether one
game, called Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. S3&K is considered by many, MANY people as the very best Sonic game of all
time. It's actually worshiped to that extend that some people believe it is IMPOSSIBLE to make a better Sonic game. I,
personally, don't think this is the best Sonic game ever created, but I agree that it is one of the bests.
08) 18.03.94 - Sonic Drift
Platform: Sega Game Gear
Track: Spring Yard Yellow
Player: Groudon199
Record: 1:00:76 Minutes
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Never played this game and I'm not interested.
09) 18.10.94 - Sonic & Knuckles
Platform: Sega Mega Drive
Zone: Lava Reef Zone
Act 1:
- Player: yoshifan
- Record: 3:07 Minutes as Sonic
Act 2:
- Player: SadisticMystic
- Record: 3:25 Minutes as Sonic
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Sonic the Hedgeog 3 actually became complete with the release of this game. Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles build toghether one
game, called Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. S3&K is considered by many, MANY people as the very best Sonic game of all
time. It's actually worshiped to that extend that some people believe it is IMPOSSIBLE to make a better Sonic game. I,
personally, don't think this is the best Sonic game ever created, but I agree that it is one of the best.
10) 11.11.94 - Sonic & Tails 2
Platform: Sega Game Gear
Zone: Great Turquoise Zone
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 1
Act 2:
- Player: Hero Chaos Chao
- Record: 0:19 Minutes as Sonic
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 3
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This game has at least one awesome Zone (Tidal Plant) and some really cool Special Stages which even feature bosses. The rest
is OK. I wished I could show you Tidal Plant, but, unfortunately, there is no video for that zone.
11) 17.03.95 - Sonic Drift 2
Platform: Sega Game Gear
Track: Emerald Hill Purple
Player: cSPkernuker
Record: 2:04:22 Minutes
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Never played this one and I'm not interested.
12) XX.03.95 - Knuckles' Chaotix
Platform: Sega Mega 32X
Zone: Botanic Base
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 1.
Act 2:
- Player: gamersince93
- Record: 0:40:60
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 3.
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 4.
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 5.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Very interesting gameplay, but not so interesting level-design. However, it is unbelievable how much fun this game can be
when playing with a friend! You could laugh yourself to death, literally! What could be more fun than two people being
connected to each other, each one wanting to do somethimg different? You may say I'm crazy, but this is my most favourit
multy-player game ever! Not so keen on the single-player, though.
13) XX.06.96 - Sonic the Fighters
Arena: Death Egg's Eye
Platform: Model 2B CRX (arcade)
Player: SonicHog91
Record: 1:05:99 Minutes as Sonic
Bonus Stage Record: 0:12:01 Minutes
Comment by Siavash Tazari
Never played this game.
14) 14.11.96 - Sonic 3D Blast
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive, Sega Saturn, Personal Computer
Zone: Rusty Ruin Zone
Act 1:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 1:17 Minutes
Act 2:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 1:18 Minutes
Act 3:
- Player: SpinDashMaster
- Record: 0:13 Minutes
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This is the first attempt to make a Sonic game with 3D gameplay and it is a very good one! OK, the first SOnic game with 3D
gameplay was actually Sega Sonic the Hedgehog, but that is a very different type of game and is a story of its own. Sonic 3D
Blast can be a lot of fun, even if it's quite slow-pased, compared to most other Sonic games.
15) 20.06.97 - Sonic Jam
Platform: Sega Saturn
Player: derfsonic
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Sonic Jam is primary a collection of Sonic games and extra material, but it also features a mini-world with a few missions,
in which you could behold Sonic in real 3D for the very first time. In this video you see all the missions for this
mini-world. I've never played this game, since it's Saturn only and I've never had a Saturn. I really would like to though.
It may not look special today, but back then, it must have been very exciting to control Sonic in a fully 3D world.
16) 18.11.97 - Sonic R
Platforms: Sega Saturn, Personal Computer
Track: Reactive Factory
Player: SrintGod
Record: 1:08:50 Minutes for 3 Laps
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This is my 3rd most favourit racing game, after Star Wars Racer and Sonic Riders, but that's only because I'm generally not
so interested in racing games and I haven't played many. This game is very short, but can be very fun, even though the music is horrible! This race-track
features the only song in the game which I think is quite OK.
17) 23.12.98 - Sonic Adventure
Platforms: Sega Dreamcat, Nintendo Game Cube, Personal Computer
Stage: Hot Shelter
Player: F-Man
Record: 2:18:40 Minutes as Amy
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
"This is where everything began." (Quote from Princess Elise - Sonic the Hedgehog 06, cutscene "Elise puts out the flames":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN2wHzCKU28)
Well, this is not really where everything began, since everything began in 1991, but this is where a new generation of Sonic
games began. This is the first real 3D Sonic game, a fully 3D sonic-style-action-platformer. While this game sets new
standards for future Sonic games, it is also pretty much the last Sonic game with still a classic feeling to it. Classic
fanboys who think that only classic is good and what is not classic is shit concider this as the last good Sonic game. I
usually let people believe what they want to believe, but this is plain nonsense, so don't let yourself get influenced by
the words of these people! Play the games for yourself and decide yourself whether you like them or not.
Anyway! I think Sonic Adventure was a very good start for 3D Sonic games and I recommend everyone playing this game before
playing any other 3D Sonic game. It is also one of the easiest Sonic games ever, so, while it is suitable for beginners, it
may be a bit to under-challenging for more experienced players. However, if you try to make some good records on your own,
it can become very challenging in turn. However, I think all later 3D Sonic games have improved in pretty much any way
compared to Sonic Adventure.
18) 03.12.99 - Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
Platform: SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color
Zone: Neo South Island
Act 1:
- Player: mike89
- Record: 0:24:78 Minutes
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 2.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
I haven't played this game for long, but I'm not that much interested in it anyway. This is pretty much exactly like Sonic 2
for the Mega Drive, but less enjoyable.
19) 23.06.01 - Sonic Adventure 2
Platforms: Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo Game Cube
Stage: Final Rush
Player: RocketDarkness
Record: 25790 Points
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This is the most popular Sonic game between players who first got into Sonic in the 21st century. In my opinion, the shooting
stages are not so fun and are especially a pain for A-ranking. Chao raising is a huge torture, even more than in Sonic
Adventure, since you have to invest even more time with it if you want to unlock the hidden 3D version og the Green Hill
Zone. It is a good thing that Chao raising is not part of the story mode and the shooting stages are at least by far much
more fun than those extremely crappy fishing stages in Sonic Adventure, which was the worst thing ever. On the good side
though, some of the Sonic-style stages are some of the best 3D Sonic stages ever and the hunting stages are pretty much
perfect. Fans of older Sonic games may not agree with me, but I think Sonic Adventure 2 is definately an improvement over
Sonic Adventure 1. The Music in SA2 also kicks butt, which I personally couldn't say about SA1.
20) 20.12.01 - Sonic Advance
Platform: Game Boy Advance
Zone: Egg Rocket Zone
Act 1:
- Player: NintenDan
- Record: 2:26:20 Minutes as Knuckles
Act 2:
- Player: NintenDan
- Record: 1:22:52 Minutes as Knuckles
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Each of the Sonic Advance games emphasises mostly on one particular thing. This game emphasises mostly on platforming.
However, it suffers from the same problem that Sonic 2 for the Mega Drive had: You constantly run into enemies. The
level-design is not so special, eather. I think that Egg Rocket Zone is actually the only zone in the game which is really
good. This is kind of similar to Sonic 2 for the Mega Drive again, since I thought that Wing Fortress was pretty much the
only really good zone in the game, too, and both of these zones are the last zones in each of the games. Overall, I like
this game about as much as Sonic 2 for the Mega Drive.
21) 19.12.02 - Sonic Advance 2
Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Zone: Egg Utopia
Act 1:
- Player: douglas
- Record: 1:17:92 Minutes as Sonic
Act 2:
- Player: Spinballwizard
- Record: 1:28:85 Minutes as Sonic
Act 3:
- Player: SprintGod
- Record: 0:08:90 Minutes as Sonic
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Sonic Advance 2 puts the most emphasis on fast and fluent gameplay. It achives it aim extremely good: There is probably no
other Sonic game with such a high speed and without almost ANY slowdowns, exept maybe Sonic Rush. Even the boss-fights accure on the run. This may
sound really cool and breath-taking, and it is, at first. However, there is one big problem with this game: There is a great
lack of variation. All zones, while looking different, play pretty much exactly the same. The fast and fluent gameplay is
everywhere and it is really thrilling, but people who want a good amout of variation in the games that they play, will
definately be disappointed by Sonic Advance 2. I actually like this game pretty much. It is definately more interesting to me
than Sonic Advacne 1 and 3. At the very least, you don't constantly run into enemies. Also, I think the on-the-run style of
boss-fights is very thrilling too and the boss "Egg-Go-Round" is probably my most favourite boss ever. However, even for someone
like me the game can become very tiresome after a while, when there is so little variation. This keeps me from counting
Sonic Advance 2 as one of the bests, but to me it's more enjoyable than Sonic 2 for the Mega Drive.
22) 04.12.03 - Sonic Battle
Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Arena: Gimme Shelter Sonic VS Gizoid
Player: IsraelDood
Record: This is Story Mode, so there is no record indication.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This is my most favorite fighting game of all time, but that's only because I'm not much interested in fighting games anyway.
Fighting-game-lovers who are not so interested in Sonic games anyway may find this a joke, but people who feel very attached
to Sonic-characters will most definately enjoy this game, even if they don't like fighting games.
23) 30.12.03 - Sonic Heroes
Platforms: Nintendo Game Cube, Microsoft X-Box, Sony Play Station 2, Personal Computer
Stage: Final Fortress
Player: Shadow Jacky
Record: 143160 Points as Team Dark
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Compared to the Sonic Adventure games, Sonic Heroes' level-design is a bit too linear. It is quite hard to have a most
favourite and least favourite stage in Sonic Heroes. If you like the level-design in one Stage, you will most probably like
it in all stages, and the other way around. Fortunately though, it is by far not as linear as Sonic Advance 2. The Stages
actually, ARE quite varied, but not as varied as in the Sonic Adventure games. There are 3 things, though, that I like
better in Sonic Heroes. For one thing, Sonic Heroes features some awesome Special Stages. It's a pitty that SH is the only
3D Sonic game with Special Stages. For another thing, it has much longer stages than SA 1 nad 2, which is very appealing to
me. For the last but not least, Sonic Heroes has in my opinio the best score and rank system, making A-ranking especially
fun. A-Ranking in Sonic Heroes is, like in Sonic Adventure 2, very challenging and if you get your A-rank, you usually really
have deserved it. While still being more challenging and fun than A-ranking in any of the later Sonic games, like Shadow the
Hedgehog and Sonic 06, it is not as frostrating as in Sonic Adventure 2, making it, at least for my taste, the most fun
A-ranking in any 3D Sonic game.
24) 25.05.04 - Sonic Advance 3
Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Zone: Chaos Angel
Act 1:
- Player: Quartz
- Record: 1:22:80 Minutes
Act 2:
- Player: Quartz
- Record: 1:28:80 Minutes
Act 3:
- Player: NintenDan
- Record: 1:06:85
Unfortunately, there is no video for the Boss-Act.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Sonic Advance 3, while still having a high emphasis on speed, has also a special emphasis on exploration. It also gives you a
lot of experimentation possibilities in the levels, depending on wihich characters you are playing with. However, the great
pain fron Sonic Advance 1 is back here, too: Running constantly into enemies. Sonic Advance 3 is actually a pretty mixed bag.
From one side, it has such freaking awesome zones like Chaos Angel, which can be seen in the videos. In the contrary to, I
dare say, ALL other zones in ANY Sonic Advance game, Chaos Angel does everything right: A very cool environment, a very cool
soundtrack, very fast gameplay, but still good platforming, lots of exploration possibilities and highly challenging. This
makes Chaos Angel one of my most favourit zones of all time! If only all zones in Sonic Advance 3 where like this! The game
has some few other good zones, too, like Ocean Palace and Cyber Track, but has also some very ugly looking and ugly sounding
zones, like Toy Kingdom and Twinkle Snow. Overall, I think many people consider this as the best Sonic Advance game, but I
enjoyed Sonic Advance 2 better. The fluency in Sonic Advance 2 is a very big plus for that game, which is unfortunately pretty
absent in the other Sonic Advacne games.
25) 15.11.05 - Sonic Rush
Platform: Nintendo Double Screen
Zone: Dead Line
Act 1:
- Player: Crowbar
- Record: 1:39:52 Minutes as Sonic
Very, very unfortunately, there is no video for Act 2.
Act 3:
- Player: SonicBoom92
- Record: 51000 Points as Sonic
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles impossible to beat? Well, you may think so, but Sonic Rush is MY most favourite game ever, EVER! My
favourite quote from my self whenever it comes to say what I like about Sonic Rush just in a few lines: "I simply love the
hectic rush and the adrenalin-kick in Sonic Rush! I love it to collect S-ranks and make time records and feel like a
professional gamer! I love it to use every possible moment in the game to press buttons like a lunatic to perform tricks!
I love to race against my own ghost! I love it that I have never time for a rest and am always rushing! I love the incredibly
awesome soundtracks! I love all the variation that this game offers! And I just LOVE the whole cool feeling of the game!
No game in the world has ever managed to give me the same feeling!" I have actually written a full review of the game,
but it's only in German. If you are interested and can understand German, here is the link to my review:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AJS6JTPX0G94T?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview
26) 15.11.05 - Shadow the Hedgehog
Platforms: Nintendo Game Cube, Microsof X-Box, Sony Play Station 2
Stage: Gun Fortress Dark Mission
Player: Groudon199
Record: 66410
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Unfortunately, Shadow the Hedgehog is very critisized because of very rediculous reasons. In my opinion, however, it is
definately better than all its previous 3D Sonic games. It hase a lot of very varied stages, some of them being even better
than the sonic-style stages in Sonic Adventure 2, some very kick-butt music and you also have a lot of experimentation
possibilities with all the available guns, vehicles, your chaos powers and the secret doors, which can be opened by finding secret
keys. Its biggest reason for beeing so critisized is its feature of gunplay, arguing that gunplay shouldn't be a part of any
Sonic game. People whinging about the gunplay are forgetting though, that gunplay has been present in Sonic games already
since Sonic Adventure. It had only been done in a not so obvious way. The gunplay in Shadow, however, is definately the most
fun. In fact, it IS very fun, considering how many possibilities each of the different types of guns give you. The only
really bad thing about Shadow the Hedgehog is its boss design. All bosses in this game are extremely lame.
27) 21.02.06 - Sonic Riders
Platform: Nintendo Game Cube, Microsoft X-Box, Sony Play Station 2, Personal Computer
Track: Sky Road
Player: Shadow Jacky
Record: 1:55:70 for 3 Laps
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
This is my 2nd most favourite racing game of all time, after Star Wars Racer, but I am generally not so interested in racing
games and haven't played many. Sonic Riders may appear extremely hard at the beginning, but when you get it, you got it. It is fairly fun to do
tricks in the air and try to use the shortcuts. Track design could be a little bit more varied, though.
This is the last Sonic game before Sonic reached his sweet 15.
28) 14.11.06 - Sonic the Hedgehog (06)
Platforms: Microsoft X-Box 360, Sony Play Station 3
Stage: Crisis City
Player: ShadowtheKid
Record: 158050 Points as Sonic on Very Hard
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
There we have it, the oh so hated Sonic 06! The biggest problem with this game is that it's unfinished. Yes, it was shipped
out before it was completed, because of several reasons. Even Sonic Team themselves admit that. I don't want to bother with
those reasons, though. Eventually, the result is one very glitchy game with very long loading times. But is that all? Well,
stubborn, blind, pessimistic people may think that. I am not saying that it is not a big flaw that the game is so glitchy,
but people who can see past those glitches should realize that there is a lot to like about the game. I have never played
the game myself, but I'm dying to! However, I have watched many videos and read a lot about this game and I believe I know it
quite well; even better than people who have played the game, but didn't invest much time on it. First of all, the gameplay
is definately not much worse than in the Sonic Adventures. In fact, it is just Sonic Adventure 3, which is kind of
disappointing again, since people where expecting something more revolutionary instead of a sequel. Disappointments because
of high expectations aside though, I think I would enjoy this game better than Sonic Adventure 1 & 2 and SOnic Heroes, though
I'm not sure if I will also enjoy it better than Shadow the Hedgehog. At least there is no Chao raising and no Big the
F***ing Cat! Actually, Shadow's, and especially Silver's gameplay seem to be pretty interesting. Sonic's gameplay anyway.
Everything else in the game other than the glitches and long loading times is also very sweet: The stunning
Music, the enchanting Story, the lovely characters and the beautiful presentation with breath-taking cutscenes, all are
evidence that the development team worked hard on this title. Again, this is no excuse for releasing the game before it's
finished and the fact that this game was disappointing due to high expectations is undeniable. Sonic 06 is really nothing
revolutionary. However, as a game on its own, it is very enjoyable and I can tell by my own experience that many people who
had the will to open their eyes ended up liking this game better than the Sonic Adventures. I am not saying everyone should
agree with that, since the Sonic Adventure games are very strong games on their own. What I'm trying to make clear though is
that if you enjoyed the Adventure games, you will most definately also enjoy Sonic 06, if you could only look past the
glitches. After all, when Sonic Adventure was released, it was a hell of a glitchy mess too, which mostly can be proven by
watching speedruns. But no one cared, since it was the first real 3D Sonic game and everyone was so excited and all. It's
actually not that unsimilar with Sonic 06: Not many people know that, but SOnic 06 was actually developed by completely
different people than those people who worked on past 3D Sonic games. This development team was completely new to making 3D
Sonic games and the Creative Director had also never made a Sonic game before. I think by giving this project to a different
department, Sonic Team tried to lead 3D Sonic games to a new direction. The result was an unexperienced team messing the game
up. It's not totally messed up, though, and has a lot of things to love, so, if you lake 3D Sonic games and you have a mind of
your own, be sure to give this game a try if you have any of the appropriate consles.
29) 21.11.06 - Sonic Rivals
Platform: Sony Play Station Portable
Zone: Crystal Mountain
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 1.
Act 2:
- Player: SR73halo
- Record: ???
Unfortunately, there is no video for Act 3.
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Many people mistake Sonic Rivals as a classical 2D Sonic Game. However, this game is NOT a usual Sonic-action-platformer, it
is a 1-on-1 racing game. I have never played the game myself and I probably never will, since I wouldn't buy a PSP just for
this game, but from what I've seen, Sonic Rivals is pretty fun as a racing game, but is very poor in platforming. After all,
this is a racing game, so only get this game if you are interested in fancy racing.
30) 20.02.07 - Sonic and the Secret Rings
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Stage: Levitated Ruin
Player: This is a walkthrough-video from Sonic Team personally!
Record: This video does not show how to get a time- or score-record, but how to get a relatively good score, while still
getting a gold medal. Note that in Secret Rings your score is indipendent of your time and the medal that you get at the end
of each mission is dependent on your time only. The time in this video is 3:07:86 minutes and the score is 6304 points.
For more walkthrough-videos by Sonic Team, have a look at the walkthrough: http://www.sonicteam.com/secretrings/en/
Comment by Siavash Tazari:
Secret Rings is not a usual Sonic-style-action-platformer, it's a Sonic-style-action-platformer-role-playing-game and it's
UNDESCRIBABLY AWESOME! It is definately my most favourit 3D Sonic game and besides Sonic Rush my favourite game of all time!
It does not only give you all the excitement of a good Sonic game, but also a good amount of the excitement of a good RPG. It
gives you the impulse of reaching a level 99 Sonic all the same and you can create your ultimate imaginary classes, like the
ultimate Speed-Runner, the ultimate Score-Attacker or the ultimate ring-chainer. The game is also most definately the fastest
game ever created! At the beginning, it's actually really slow, but at the time Sonic reaches a high level, gets the
Hyper-Speed-Up Skill and the Crest of Wind, it becomes absolutely face-melting! It's already face-melting when watching the
videos, but if you are playing it yourself, you should be careful not to get a heart-stop because of over-excitement! It is
also the most varied 3D Sonic game and one of the most varied Sonic games generally. By its release, it was the best looking game on
the Wii and the music LITERALLY rocks the place! Don't believe me? Download the Adventure Disk and see for yourself:
http://www.soahcity.com/music/2007_sonic_and_the_secret_of_the_rings/index.php Be sure to check out the song "06. The Palace
that Was Found". There are only 2 litte downsides to the game: Despite the overall gorgeous music, the maintheme is rather
annoying and you have to listen to it all the time in the menues, which can also bee seen in the video. Also, you will
experience some very cheep and frustrating deaths every now and then, because of the on-rails gameplay and the wii-controls.
I really had liked it if you had the option to play Secret Rings with a gamecube-controller, since I prefere button-mashing
over the wii controls. Generally, I don't find the wii-remote-controls being anything special. It is fascinating at first,
but loses it's charm very fast. Still, there is so much awesomeness about Secret Rings that, after you really get into the
game, you can overlook the flaws. Be warned, though: This game may not be that enjoyable at lower levels!
Eventually, my most favourite games (not only between Sonic games) of all time which I will eternally love are by now the
following 4:
4. Sonic the Hedgehog CD - 1993
3. Sonic the Hedgehog (MD) - 1991
2. Sonic and the Secret Rings - 2007
1. Sonic Rush - 2005
To bring this history of Sonic games to an appropriate end, please watch this final cutscene of Sonic and the Secret Rings
(if you don't mind getting spoiled) and enjoy: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CRJGveF8EHM :-)
__________
I also created a list of all Sonic games up until Sonic and the Secret Rings, only inclueding non-edutainment, non-port, non-collection and non-mobile Sonic games:
01. Sonic the Hedgehog (MD)
02. Sonic the Hedgehog (MS/GG)
03. Sonic Eraser
04. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (MS/GG)
05. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (MD)
06. Sega Sonic the Hedgehog
07. Sonic the Hedgehog CD
08. Sonic & Tails
09. Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (MD)
10. Doctor Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
11. Sega Sonic Cosmo Fighters
12. Sonic Drift
13. Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (MS/GG)
14. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
15. Sonic & Tails 2
16. Sonic Drift 2
17. Knuckles' Chaotix
18. Tails' Sky Patrol
19. Tails Adventures
20. Sonic Labyrinth
21. Sonic the Fighters
22. Sonic 3D Blast
23. Sonic Blast
24. Sonic Jam
25. Sonic R
26. Sonic Adventure
27. Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
28. Sonic Shuffle
29. Sonic Adventure 2
30. Sonic Advance
31. Sonic Advance 2
32. Sonic Pinball Party
33. Sonic Battle
34. Sonic Heroes
35. Sonic Advance 3
36. Sonic Rush
37. Shadow the Hedgehog
38. Sonic Riders
39. Sonic the Hedgehog (06)
40. Sonic Rivals
41. Sonic and the Secret Rings
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Gaming and Grazing / Your top 10 favorite games - One per franchise
« on: November 28, 2007, 02:16:20 pm »
OK, last time I asked about your favorite games. This time, please only list 10 games and only one game per franchise. Please only inclued games from frenchises that you have played and know well. If you like to inclued a game that is a single game (no franchise), it's OK.
10. The Neverhood
09. The Curse of Monkey Island
08. Prince of Persia 2 The Shadow and the Flame
07. Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 2
06. Phantasy Star Univerese Ambition of the Illuminus
05. Diablo II Lord of Destruction
04. Portal
03. Tomb Raider III Adventures of Lara Croft
02. Oddworld Abe's Exoddus
01. Sonic Rush Adventure
10. The Neverhood
09. The Curse of Monkey Island
08. Prince of Persia 2 The Shadow and the Flame
07. Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 2
06. Phantasy Star Univerese Ambition of the Illuminus
05. Diablo II Lord of Destruction
04. Portal
03. Tomb Raider III Adventures of Lara Croft
02. Oddworld Abe's Exoddus
01. Sonic Rush Adventure
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General Sonic / Your favorite Shadow path
« on: November 16, 2007, 07:05:45 am »
What is your favorite path in the game Shadow the Hedgehog? Here is mine:
- Westopolis: Hero Mission
- Lethal Highway: Dark Mission
- Prison Island: Hero Mission
- Mad Matrix: Hero Mission
- Lost Impact: Normal Mission
- Cosmic Fall: Hero Mission
- Westopolis: Hero Mission
- Lethal Highway: Dark Mission
- Prison Island: Hero Mission
- Mad Matrix: Hero Mission
- Lost Impact: Normal Mission
- Cosmic Fall: Hero Mission
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General Sonic / Sonic Team Creative Directors
« on: October 17, 2007, 01:42:41 pm »
This might interest some of you: A research I have done about Sonic Team Creative Directors.
A List of Sonic Team Creative Directors
Hirokazu Yasuhara:
1. Sonic the Hedgehog
2. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
3. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
4. Sonic & Knuckles
Naoto Ohshima:
1. Sonic the Hedgehog CD
2. NiGHTS into Dreams
3. Christmas NiGHTS
4. Burning Rangers
Takeshi Niimura:
1. Ristar the Shooting Star
Takao Miyoshi:
1. Sonic 3D Blast
2. Phantasy Star Online
3. Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
4. Phantasy Star Online Episode III C.A.R.D. Revolution
5. Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst
6. Phantasy Star Universe
7. Phantasy Star Universe Ambition of the Illuminus
Takashi Iizuka:
1. Sonic Jam
2. Sonic R
3. Sonic Adventure
4. Sonic Adventure 2
5. Sonic Heroes
6. Shadow the Hedgehog
7. Sonic Rivals
8. Sonic Rivals 2
9. Nights Journey of Dreams
Yuji Naka:
1. ChuChu Rocket
Shun Nakamura:
1. Samba de Amigo
2. Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
3. Sonic the Hedgehog 15th Anniversary
Akinori Nishiyama:
1. Sonic Advance
2. Sonic Advance 2
3. Sonic Pinball Party
4. Sonic Advance 3
5. Sonic Rush
Takashi Yuda:
1. Puyo Pop Fever
2. Puyo Pop Fever 2
3. Puyo Pop 15th Anniversary
Tomoyuki Hayashi:
1. Sonic Battle
Hideki Anbo:
1. Astro Boy
Takumi Yoshinaga:
1. Feel the Magic XY/XX
2. The Rub Rabbits
3. Atama Scan
4. Kokoro Scan
Yoshihisa Hashimoto:
1. SEGA SuperStars
Kenjiro Morimoto:
1. Sonic Riders
2. Sonic Riders II Zero Gravity
Yojiro Ogawa:
1. Sonic and the Secret Rings
Sakae Ohsumi:
1. Sonic Rush Adventure
A List of Sonic Team Creative Directors
Hirokazu Yasuhara:
1. Sonic the Hedgehog
2. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
3. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
4. Sonic & Knuckles
Naoto Ohshima:
1. Sonic the Hedgehog CD
2. NiGHTS into Dreams
3. Christmas NiGHTS
4. Burning Rangers
Takeshi Niimura:
1. Ristar the Shooting Star
Takao Miyoshi:
1. Sonic 3D Blast
2. Phantasy Star Online
3. Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
4. Phantasy Star Online Episode III C.A.R.D. Revolution
5. Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst
6. Phantasy Star Universe
7. Phantasy Star Universe Ambition of the Illuminus
Takashi Iizuka:
1. Sonic Jam
2. Sonic R
3. Sonic Adventure
4. Sonic Adventure 2
5. Sonic Heroes
6. Shadow the Hedgehog
7. Sonic Rivals
8. Sonic Rivals 2
9. Nights Journey of Dreams
Yuji Naka:
1. ChuChu Rocket
Shun Nakamura:
1. Samba de Amigo
2. Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
3. Sonic the Hedgehog 15th Anniversary
Akinori Nishiyama:
1. Sonic Advance
2. Sonic Advance 2
3. Sonic Pinball Party
4. Sonic Advance 3
5. Sonic Rush
Takashi Yuda:
1. Puyo Pop Fever
2. Puyo Pop Fever 2
3. Puyo Pop 15th Anniversary
Tomoyuki Hayashi:
1. Sonic Battle
Hideki Anbo:
1. Astro Boy
Takumi Yoshinaga:
1. Feel the Magic XY/XX
2. The Rub Rabbits
3. Atama Scan
4. Kokoro Scan
Yoshihisa Hashimoto:
1. SEGA SuperStars
Kenjiro Morimoto:
1. Sonic Riders
2. Sonic Riders II Zero Gravity
Yojiro Ogawa:
1. Sonic and the Secret Rings
Sakae Ohsumi:
1. Sonic Rush Adventure
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Gaming and Grazing / Your favorite games of all time
« on: September 03, 2007, 06:14:19 pm »
I would like to know what games do you love! Here are my favorites:
The bests I've ever played:
01. Sonic Rush - Sonic Team
02. Sonic and the Secret Rings - Sonic Team
03. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Mega Drive) - Sonic Team
04. Sonic the Hedgehog CD - Sega of Japan
05. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Master System / Sega Game Gear) - Aspect
06. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles - Sonic Team
07. Oddworld Abe's Exoddus - Oddworld Inhabitants
08. Oddworld Abe's Oddysee - Oddworld Inhabitants
09. Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow - Konami
10. The Lost Vikings - Interplay
11. Phantasy Star Univerese - Sonic Team
12. Diablo II (Expansion Set Lord of Destruction) - Blizzard North (Now Known as Flagship Studios)
13. Shadow the Hedgehog - Sonic Team
14. Sonic Adventure 2 (Battle) - Sonic Team
15. Sonic Heroes - Sonic Team
16. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Master System / Sega Game Gear) - Aspect
17. Sonic Adventure (DX Director's Cut) - Sonic Team
18. Rayman 2 The Great Escape - UbiSoft
19. Tomb Raider III Adventures of Lara Croft - Core Design
20. Tomb Raider The Last Revelation - Core Design
21. Lara Croft Tomb Raider Anniversary - Crystal Dynamics
22. Lara Croft Tomb Raider Legend - Crystal Dynamics
23. Prince of Persia 2 The Shadow and the Flame - ???
24. Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 2 - Crystal Dynamics
25. Legacy of Kain Defiance - Crystal Dynamics
26. Sin & Punishment Successor to the Earth - Treasure
27. The Curse of Monkey Island - Lucas Arts
28. Monkey Island LeChuck's Revenge - Lucas Arts
29. The Neverhood - Dreamworks
30. Grim Fandango - Lucas Arts
Honorable mentions:
01. The Secret of Monkey Island - Lucas Arts
02. Loom - Lucas Arts
03. Full Throttle - Lucas Arts
04. SegaSonic the Hedgehog - Sega WOW
Games that I either haven't played or haven't played long enough to rank, but I'm pretty sure I would love:
01. Sonic the Hedgehog (15th Anniversary) - Sonic Team
02. Nights into Dreams (Christmas Nights) - Sonic Team
03. Oddworld Munch's Oddysee - Oddworld Inhabitants
04. Oddworld Stranger's Wrath - Oddworld Inhabitants
05. Odin Sphere - Vanilla Ware
06. Castlevania Aria of Sorrow - Konami
07. Castlevania Portrait of Ruin - Konami
08. The Lost Vikings II - Interplay
09. Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst - Sonic Team
10. Ys Origin - Falcom
11. Diablo
12. Sonic & Tails 2
13. Sonic & Tails
14. Tails Adventures - Aspect
15. Tomb Raider The Lost Artifact - Core Design
16. Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver - Crystal Dynamics
17. Panzer Dragoon Orta - Smilebit
Games in development which I'm pretty sure I would love:
01. Sonic Rush Adventure - Sonic Team
02. Nights Journey of Dreams - Sonic Team
03. The Next Oddworld Game - Oddworld Inhabitants
04. Little Big Planet - Media Molecule
05. Sonic RPG by BioWare - BioWare (Obviously)
06. Phantasy Star Universe Ambition of Illuminus (Expansion Set for Phantasy Star Universe) - Sonic Team
07. Hellgate London - Flagship Studios (Former Blizzard North)
08. Tomb Raider VIII (Working Title) - Crystal Dynamics
09. Assassin's Creed - UbiSoft
The bests I've ever played:
01. Sonic Rush - Sonic Team
02. Sonic and the Secret Rings - Sonic Team
03. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Mega Drive) - Sonic Team
04. Sonic the Hedgehog CD - Sega of Japan
05. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Master System / Sega Game Gear) - Aspect
06. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles - Sonic Team
07. Oddworld Abe's Exoddus - Oddworld Inhabitants
08. Oddworld Abe's Oddysee - Oddworld Inhabitants
09. Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow - Konami
10. The Lost Vikings - Interplay
11. Phantasy Star Univerese - Sonic Team
12. Diablo II (Expansion Set Lord of Destruction) - Blizzard North (Now Known as Flagship Studios)
13. Shadow the Hedgehog - Sonic Team
14. Sonic Adventure 2 (Battle) - Sonic Team
15. Sonic Heroes - Sonic Team
16. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Master System / Sega Game Gear) - Aspect
17. Sonic Adventure (DX Director's Cut) - Sonic Team
18. Rayman 2 The Great Escape - UbiSoft
19. Tomb Raider III Adventures of Lara Croft - Core Design
20. Tomb Raider The Last Revelation - Core Design
21. Lara Croft Tomb Raider Anniversary - Crystal Dynamics
22. Lara Croft Tomb Raider Legend - Crystal Dynamics
23. Prince of Persia 2 The Shadow and the Flame - ???
24. Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 2 - Crystal Dynamics
25. Legacy of Kain Defiance - Crystal Dynamics
26. Sin & Punishment Successor to the Earth - Treasure
27. The Curse of Monkey Island - Lucas Arts
28. Monkey Island LeChuck's Revenge - Lucas Arts
29. The Neverhood - Dreamworks
30. Grim Fandango - Lucas Arts
Honorable mentions:
01. The Secret of Monkey Island - Lucas Arts
02. Loom - Lucas Arts
03. Full Throttle - Lucas Arts
04. SegaSonic the Hedgehog - Sega WOW
Games that I either haven't played or haven't played long enough to rank, but I'm pretty sure I would love:
01. Sonic the Hedgehog (15th Anniversary) - Sonic Team
02. Nights into Dreams (Christmas Nights) - Sonic Team
03. Oddworld Munch's Oddysee - Oddworld Inhabitants
04. Oddworld Stranger's Wrath - Oddworld Inhabitants
05. Odin Sphere - Vanilla Ware
06. Castlevania Aria of Sorrow - Konami
07. Castlevania Portrait of Ruin - Konami
08. The Lost Vikings II - Interplay
09. Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst - Sonic Team
10. Ys Origin - Falcom
11. Diablo
12. Sonic & Tails 2
13. Sonic & Tails
14. Tails Adventures - Aspect
15. Tomb Raider The Lost Artifact - Core Design
16. Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver - Crystal Dynamics
17. Panzer Dragoon Orta - Smilebit
Games in development which I'm pretty sure I would love:
01. Sonic Rush Adventure - Sonic Team
02. Nights Journey of Dreams - Sonic Team
03. The Next Oddworld Game - Oddworld Inhabitants
04. Little Big Planet - Media Molecule
05. Sonic RPG by BioWare - BioWare (Obviously)
06. Phantasy Star Universe Ambition of Illuminus (Expansion Set for Phantasy Star Universe) - Sonic Team
07. Hellgate London - Flagship Studios (Former Blizzard North)
08. Tomb Raider VIII (Working Title) - Crystal Dynamics
09. Assassin's Creed - UbiSoft
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Competition Central / Sonic the Hedgehog Competition Videos
« on: April 12, 2007, 08:22:08 am »
Watch this guy! He plays with Sonic in Cricis City on Very Hard and he plays really good!
Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tc4CdTL4yws
Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GGRo295Mgjg
Part 3: http://youtube.com/watch?v=zgcdtj0FYSk
Part 4: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZWm_WfdLXKA
Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tc4CdTL4yws
Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GGRo295Mgjg
Part 3: http://youtube.com/watch?v=zgcdtj0FYSk
Part 4: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZWm_WfdLXKA
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General Sonic / SONIC IS THE BEST
« on: October 11, 2006, 08:36:20 pm »
Hi girls & guys!
I wrote the following text in a different forum, in a topic about your favourit game. I thought you might find it interesting:
I wrote the following text in a different forum, in a topic about your favourit game. I thought you might find it interesting:
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My list of 30 favourite games would look something like this:
01. Sonic Rush (Nintendo Double Screen – 2005)
02. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Mega Drive – 1991)
03. Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Sega Mega CD, Personal Computer – 1993)
04. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles (Sega Mega Drive, Personal Computer – 1994)
05. Shadow the Hedgehog (Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft X-Box, Sony PlayStation 2 – 2005)
06. Sonic Adventure 2 (Battle) (Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube – 2001)
07. Sonic Heroes (Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft X-Box, Sony PlayStation 2, Personal Computer – 2003)
08. Sonic Adventure (DX Director’s Cut) (Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube, Personal Computer – 1998)
09. Nights into Dreams (Christmas Nights) (Sega Saturn – 1996)
10. Oddworld Munch’s Oddysee (Microsoft X-Box – 2001)
11. Oddworld Abe’s Exoddus (Personal Computer, Sony PlayStation – 1998)
12. Rayman 2 The Great Escape (/Revolution) (Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, Sony PlayStation, Sony PlayStation 2, Personal Computer – 1999)
13. Tomb Raider 3 Adventures of Lara Croft (Personal Computer, Sony PlayStation – 1998)
14. Diablo 2 (Expansion Set Lord of Destruction) (Personal Computer – 2000)
15. Oddworld Abe’s Oddysee (Personal Computer, Sony PlayStation – 1997)
16. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear – 1992)
17. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear – 1991)
18. Sonic Riders (Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft X-Box, Sony PlayStation 2, Personal Computer – 2006)
19. Tomb Raider The Last Revelation (Sega Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation, Personal Computer – 1999)
20. Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 2 (Personal Computer, Sony PlayStation 2 – 2001)
21. Legacy of Kain Defiance (Personal Computer, Microsoft X-Box, Sony PlayStation 2 – 2004)
22. Tomb Raider Legend (Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Double Screen, Microsoft X-Box, Microsoft X-Box 360, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation Portable, Personal Computer – 2006)
23. The Lost Vikings (Sega Mega Drive, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Personal Computer – 1993)
24. The Neverhood (Personal Computer – 1996)
25. Monkey Island LeChuck’s Revenge (Personal Computer – 1991)
26. The Secret of Monkey Island (Personal Computer – 1990)
27. The Curse of Monkey Island (Personal Computer – 1997)
28. Grim Fandango (Personal Computer – 1998)
29. Escape from Monkey Island (Personal Computer – 2000)
30. Full Throttle (Personal Computer – 1995)
The order is in all probability not correct, but Sonic Rush is my favourite. As you can see, I’m a VERY VERY VERY BIIIIIIIIIIG Sonic fan! Before I can say why Sonic Rush is my favourite, I have to explain generally why I’m so fascinated by the Sonic series.
Visually, Sonic games have always been very varied. Already the first Sonic game in 1991 had 6 completely different worlds, each of them giving you a different feeling. And there were worlds never seen before in any other game. At that time, it was always either “jungle level†or “snow level†or whatever. Then along came Sonic and you got to “Spring Yard Zone†and there were all these pinball bumpers and flippers and some dark city and purple mountains with orange clouds. It took everything you expected to see in a platformer and turned it around.
Soundtrack-wise, the Sonic series also belongs to the best. Almost every Sonic game has many cool, creative soundtracks, which mach the feeling of the game perfectly. And then also so varied! Till today, Sonic games have already covered a lot of different music genres. In my opinion, after gameplay, music is the most important thing in a game after all. It is muuuuuuuuuuch more important than story or graphics or play time length. If a game has real good gameplay, but the music is shit, you can’t enjoy the game way not as much as you actually could enjoy it if it had good music. I think the topic music in games is often underestimated. But in Sonic games they always have set a lot of value on it.
The graphics in Sonic games are pretty, detailed, varied and really not childish. Sonic games are made that way that everyone from any age can enjoy them. There are no too brutal scenes, but also not hills with eyes, like in Mario games. With the music it’s the same: No childish music, but kinds of music that can also appeal to children. I’m not one who says games have to be very mature to be good. I also don’t like brutality. But Sonic makes it ideal. There are just a few other games out there which are not too childish, but also not too mature or too brutal.
Another cool thing about Sonic is that it already has had a lot of different styles. The styles are sometimes so different that one could say they were different series of games. For example, we have the Sonic games from before 1998 and from after 1998. (In 1998 Sonic games experienced some important changes. The Sonic games before this year are called the “classical Sonic gamesâ€.) And even in each of those periods there have been many different styles. Rough style-groups would be for example for the classical Sonic games the Mega Drive games and the Game Gear games, and for the newer Sonic games the 3D and 2D games, which really have been designed in completely different styles. This is due to the fact that Sonic games have had a lot of different games designers. This fact has also negative sides, but, as said, an important positive aspect of it is that it arranges for a lot of variation.
But no matter how different the styles are, Sonic and his games are simply the coolness itself. Graphically, musically, gameplay-wise, technically, story-wise, character-wise, everything points out coolness.
Characters are especially important in Sonic games. I think Sonic Team (developer company) has a very good talent for making “alive†characters with very specific characteristics, a lot of feelings and typical behaviours. You really develop feelings for the characters in the Sonic world. Although there are a lot of other games which have this same characteristic, I believe there are just a few games where this feature is as strong as in Sonic games.
Things what make Sonic characters so alive are not only behaviours, movements and appearances, but also the voices and the ways of talking. Not only makes this the games more alive but also avoids the childish speech bubble form. OK, in Game Boy Advance games you have no other choice than using speech bubbles. But even there Sonic makes it better than most other games: In Sonic games you usually don’t have to read a lot. The only Sonic game where you had to read a lot was Sonic Battle. But the texts there were at least funny, the story was cool and you could enjoy the facial expressions and behaviours of the talking characters. It was never really boring.
About the audience again, like said, Sonic games can appeal to any age. But in my opinion, the main audience is not children, but most of all teenagers. Especially since 2001 Sonic games have more been designed for professional players. That is also a reason why Sonic lost some fans in 2001 and since, the audience of Sonic games has been smaller than before. This is not necessarily bad. In my opinion, the new Sonic games are in no way worse than the classical Sonic games. They are just different. I could talk a lot about this, but I better won’t. But even in the classical Sonic games, professional players have been the main audience. Sonic Team wouldn’t probably say it like this, but I think it’s true. Sonic games have never been easy, if you wanted to finish them completely (with all the Chaos Emeralds, Emblems, A-ranks, extra levels, extra characters…). So, if someone wants to finish a Sonic game completely, she or he should be a really good player, and children are normally not that good players, even there are also exceptions. But children can also always enjoy Sonic games, because the story modes are usually not that hard.
Gameplay-wise, I just love Sonic’s principal concept! There is really no game in the whole world which is similar to Sonic games; only Jazz Jackrabbit, a game series which tried a lot to be like the Sonic series. Jazz Jackrabbit 1 even had Special Stages similar to Sonic. But even though JJ-games are good, they never managed by far to be as ingenious as Sonic games. Nevertheless, I liked JJ1 very much, but JJ2 has poor level design. A very important thing that makes Sonic games so unique and gives you such a unique feeling is the incredible high speed. There are next to no games which trigger so much adrenalin in your blood like Sonic games, especially if you’re a good, fast Sonic player. (That is why Sonic games make more fun for professional players.) Especially the newer Sonic games are less platforming, compared to the classical ones, but trigger even more adrenalin. Time Attacks and collecting A-ranks affect this even more. In addition, you can always play Sonic games over and over again to train yourself and make better score-, time- and ring-records. There is even the Sonic highscore site http://soniccenter.org for freaks, to post all their records. Absolute freaks have gathered there and you see incredible records, which make your mouth wide open until it touches the ground! After all, Sonic games are so fast, fluent, full of action and cool, there has never been any other game like that! The ring system is also very unique; also an idea which you have never seen in any other game: You collect valuable rings, but which you could all lose if you are not careful enough. It is similar to a casino game: Either you get rich or you lose everything. This gives the player the impulse to collect rings as much as possible and be careful all the time not to lose them. The more rings you have, the more you are afraid of mistakes. This makes the Sonic games additionally very exciting. Unbelievable, but true! How many other people did actually realise how ingenious the ring system is?
Now, I think I can start to talk about Sonic Rush. :P
I simply love the hectic rush and the adrenalin-kick in Sonic Rush! I love it to collect S-ranks and make time records and feel like a professional gamer! I love it to use every possible moment in the game to do tricks! I love it that I have never time for a rest and am always rushing! I love the incredibly awesome soundtracks! I love it to collect masses of rings and be careful not to lose them! And I just LOVE the whole cool feeling of the game! No game in the world can give me the same feeling!
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Competition Central / Another way to calculate points, wich depends directly on your records.
« on: April 18, 2006, 12:58:08 pm »Obligatory FAQ reference!Thanks, Mike89!
How does the ranking system work?
Players are ranked in each game by points. Points are calculated by adding up your rank in each division in a game and then subtracting the number of divisions. This means that first place is worth 0 points, second place is 1, and so on. If you had all the site records for a game, your point total would be 0.
This way your points depend on your ranks, but not directly on your records. I have a new idea for calculating points. I know that you guys won't use it in all probability, but I still like to explain it:
In every mission of every stage in every division, The one who has the best record gets 1000000 points and the one who has the worst record gets 0 points. In rings and score divisions the points of all the others on the list will be calculated as follows:
[(the record of this player) - (the record of the worst player)] / [(the record of the best player) - (the record of the worst player)] * 1000000
And in times divisions as follows:
[(the record of the worst player) - (the record of this player)] / [(the record of the worst player) - (the record of the best player)] * 1000000
That is pretty much it. The way you calculate points, you only show who is the best, but this way, you can see how much better than the others this person really is, by looking at the points.
An example:
In Sonic Heroes - Times - Rail Canyon - Team Dark, Eredani gets 1000000 points and GarnetPrincess 0 points. My points would be:
(61744 milliseconds - 27113 milliseconds) / (61744 milliseconds - 20848 milliseconds) * 1000000 = 846806.5336 points (which is ~ 846807 points)
With a high number like 1000000, the possibility that two persons get accidentally exactly the same points, because of rounding off the numbers after the comma, gets very very low.
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Wikkity! / Cosmic Falcon's Angelic Reverie
« on: April 01, 2006, 05:50:51 am »
Cosmic Falcon, your site is damn awesome! I mean the Idea is way cool! XD And I have a crush on Emma too! oO Probably not as much as you though. ~^
PS: Your link to the Sonic Center in the link section does not work.
PS: Your link to the Sonic Center in the link section does not work.
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General Sonic / Digital Circuit Keys
« on: February 28, 2006, 08:56:16 pm »
Sorry to talk like this, but CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHERE TO FIND THE FIFTH F***ING KEY IN THIS STAGE?
I got 4 of them. I found one of them in second "light speed thing path" (where you see the fire walls for the first time). SPOILER> The key was in the beginnings of the path on the right side. Another key that I found was SPOILER> When you play the dark mission und jump into the last search light. From there, you can reach a higher place, where you find another key. Unfortunately, I don"t remember where I found the other two keys. But the one that is left must be a VERY VERY VERY hard to find one! I tried everything I could think of, but I just had to give up after some hours!
Is there someone who can help me? Thanks alot in Advance!
I got 4 of them. I found one of them in second "light speed thing path" (where you see the fire walls for the first time). SPOILER> The key was in the beginnings of the path on the right side. Another key that I found was SPOILER> When you play the dark mission und jump into the last search light. From there, you can reach a higher place, where you find another key. Unfortunately, I don"t remember where I found the other two keys. But the one that is left must be a VERY VERY VERY hard to find one! I tried everything I could think of, but I just had to give up after some hours!
Is there someone who can help me? Thanks alot in Advance!
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General Sonic / My Digital Sonic Pix
« on: February 11, 2006, 07:24:39 am »
Hi everybody! ^^
Though I have also made other pictures, I have decided only to show those ones which are related to Sonic in some way. However, non of these pictures were drawn but tinkered together. I have also drawn some Sonic pictures on papers, but unfortunately I don't have a scanner and because of that, I can't show those pictures here.
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/S...Team%202005.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/S...Version%20I.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/S...ersion%20II.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/R...20Wallpaper.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/Amy%20Wallpaper.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/H...%20Birthday.jpg
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/Sonic%20Heroes.bmp (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/Sonic%20Heroes.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/S...dman-Avatar.png
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/S...dman-Sprite.gif
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/X...e%20Echidna.png
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/sonicheroes.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/G...Hill%20Zone.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/GreenHillZone.jpg (Wallpaper - This is the latest picture I have made. I did it with 3D Sudio MAX 3.1. More wallpapers of this kind will follow.)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/My%20World.jpg (Wallpaper)
The last picture has not directly something to do with Sonic, but it shows some things in which I am interested and Sonic can be seen there too. ~^"
Though I have also made other pictures, I have decided only to show those ones which are related to Sonic in some way. However, non of these pictures were drawn but tinkered together. I have also drawn some Sonic pictures on papers, but unfortunately I don't have a scanner and because of that, I can't show those pictures here.
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/S...Team%202005.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/S...Version%20I.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/S...ersion%20II.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/R...20Wallpaper.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/Amy%20Wallpaper.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/H...%20Birthday.jpg
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/Sonic%20Heroes.bmp (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/Sonic%20Heroes.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/S...dman-Avatar.png
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/S...dman-Sprite.gif
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/X...e%20Echidna.png
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/sonicheroes.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/G...Hill%20Zone.jpg (Wallpaper)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/GreenHillZone.jpg (Wallpaper - This is the latest picture I have made. I did it with 3D Sudio MAX 3.1. More wallpapers of this kind will follow.)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/malvamaggot/pix/My%20World.jpg (Wallpaper)
The last picture has not directly something to do with Sonic, but it shows some things in which I am interested and Sonic can be seen there too. ~^"
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Competition Central / YIPPIIIIIIIIIIIIIII, I FINALLY MADE IT!!!
« on: January 28, 2006, 07:55:30 am »
YIPPIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!! I managed to REALLY reach the first place in a TIME category!
Sonic Rush - Night Carnival 2 - Time - Sonic: 2:18:13
Sonic Rush - Night Carnival 2 - Time - Blaze: 2:27:25
I never thought I could ever beat one of these Professional Sonic Gamers in this site concerning time records. I know, I will lose the first place soon, but at least I want to enjoy this triumph for the time being.
I actually also have two other first place time records, but they doesn't really count:
Sonic 1 (gg) - Bridge 2 - Time: 1:53 But that's so easy that everyone could reach it.
Sonic Rush - Mirage Road Boss - Time: 2:04:99 But that was only luck.
By the way, Sonic Rush is the BEST game of all time!
Sonic Rush - Night Carnival 2 - Time - Sonic: 2:18:13
Sonic Rush - Night Carnival 2 - Time - Blaze: 2:27:25
I never thought I could ever beat one of these Professional Sonic Gamers in this site concerning time records. I know, I will lose the first place soon, but at least I want to enjoy this triumph for the time being.
I actually also have two other first place time records, but they doesn't really count:
Sonic 1 (gg) - Bridge 2 - Time: 1:53 But that's so easy that everyone could reach it.
Sonic Rush - Mirage Road Boss - Time: 2:04:99 But that was only luck.
By the way, Sonic Rush is the BEST game of all time!
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Competition Central / My best results in SADX
« on: October 18, 2004, 07:40:29 pm »
Hello every one!
I’m new here. I recently have finished Sonic Adventure Deluxe Director’s Cut for PC and I have matched them up with the results of the Site Champions. Some of my results are better. I don’t know where I should ask, so I ask here: Can some one add the following results to the Site-Champions-List?
Rings:
Emerald Coast (Sonic) - 704
Windy Valley (Metal Sonic) - 367
Windy Valley (Tails) - 234
Casinopolis (Tails) - 211
Ice Cape (Sonic) - 335
Final Egg (Gamma) - 120
Score:
Windy Valley (Metal Sonic) - 6540
Sand Hill (Metal Sonic) - 14460
I will be very glad, if some one does it for me. Thanks!
-Siavash
I’m new here. I recently have finished Sonic Adventure Deluxe Director’s Cut for PC and I have matched them up with the results of the Site Champions. Some of my results are better. I don’t know where I should ask, so I ask here: Can some one add the following results to the Site-Champions-List?
Rings:
Emerald Coast (Sonic) - 704
Windy Valley (Metal Sonic) - 367
Windy Valley (Tails) - 234
Casinopolis (Tails) - 211
Ice Cape (Sonic) - 335
Final Egg (Gamma) - 120
Score:
Windy Valley (Metal Sonic) - 6540
Sand Hill (Metal Sonic) - 14460
I will be very glad, if some one does it for me. Thanks!
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