A Journey Through EVERY Classic Sonic Game

[@gillythekid]

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[@404Errored]

Uh....how about no?

[@jadedheartsz]

Sonic 4 is a good game you crazy

[@DanoLefourbe]

@@jadedheartsz Episode 1 is a broken mess with terrible sluggish physics. I don't see how anyone can enjoy that unless it's the only platformer they ever touched. Episode 2 is decent, with some interesting mechanics. If we had episode 3, I'm sure it would have been pretty nice and enjoyable. But we don't live in that world.

[@marbles8641]

I'm gonna through this out there, I think people bitch about the hardness of the Sonic 2 Half Pipe due to the "Tails" factor. If you play with Tail enabled, which is the default (and I personally felt was the way it was supposed to be played) the halfpipes can be hell due to how slow he is mimicking your actions.

[@marbles8641]

Sonic 3, by far fav Sonic and was able to play the game with my eyes closed by the time I was done with it. I wasn't fond of S&K or S3&K because the Knuckles levels... just don't feel like they have the same design and throughput as the original game did... like they had the same idea, then went back and over worked the levels.

[@rcmero]

Timestamps for your convenience: 2:34 Sonic the Hedgehog 7:26 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 12:39 Sonic the Hedgehog CD 18:03 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles 23:11 Sonic Mania 28:23 Sonic Superstars (ft. Game Apologist)

[@gligarguy4010]

I guess I'm the only one who thought Sonic Superstars was great lol Shame it was released right next to Mario Wonder. It never had a chance.

[@DanoLefourbe]

I'm not sure Wonder has much to do with it. But for you that you enjoyed it!

[@marcoludema8876]

I did enjoy it too. It's no Mania, but I had fun. Oh, and most of the soundtrack is great too. Yeah, the Jun tracks are sour points, but about three-quarters of it is 7/10 or higher.

[@harmonixerraze]

I thought it was a pretty great game too. Doesn't quite hit the peaks of 2, 3&K, and Mania but I enjoyed it a lot.

[@LightningZBolt]

I like Superstars too, more than Mania, and I don't care for Mario so that has no factor to me. I don't like the difficulty spikes but I think Sonic 3 and 2 also have those to me.

[@Hyp3rSonic]

​@@LightningZBoltI also love Superstars more than Mania! Still think Mania is a better game tho, imo

[@Diddy64wii]

13:56 : That kinda reminds me of the "Mega Man & Bass" situation. I remember that game was highly praised a few decades ago, because people were like "Yooooo, an obscure JP-only SNES Mega Man game with the same art-style as Mega Man 8? That's siiiick!". But nowadays...yeah...its hype has dropped significantly. Some people realized its game-design isn't as polished as most previous entries... :x (I find this game just okay-ish...but nothing more than that, tbh.)

[@esmooth919]

8:28 You can blame Yuji Naka for the Sonic 1 speed cap. On top of that, the only time said cap was lifted was when Sonic rolled into a ball downhill

[@TyFree1993]

I'd love to see a review of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker for the Genesis. A lot of people don't like it but I think it's super fun! The arcade version is arguably even better.

[@Hyp3rSonic]

I love Marble, Labyrinth, Metropolis and Wacky Workbench Zone!

[@Pirate_Knight27]

None of these levels are as bad as the wider Sonic community would have you believe. They may not be the greatest levels ever designed, but I don't hate any of them.

[@BadmanReviews]

30:30 omfg, no way. Love the video, Great work covering some fantastic (and not so fantastic) Games

[@StafkiGTN]

Disliking sonic 1 isn't exactly a hot take.. like, at all. In fact, you're more likely to get flamed for saying you like sonic 1 more than 2

[@gfsdfsdf6546]

Hey, that's me! :')

[@DanoLefourbe]

Even people who like Sonic 1 usually say it's mostly a good blueprint for things to come.

[@Winder_Storm]

Not at all lol , sonic 2 is one of the most beloved games

[@Scroteydada]

1 is a better designed and more complete game than 2. Ngl kinda sick of people calling it slow over footage of them playing slow when they don't need to

[@PoutingTrevor]

​@@Scroteydada Sonic 1 is awesome and Sonic CD is the perfect sequel.

[@marbles8641]

I'm gonna through this out there, I think people bitch about the hardness of the Sonic 2 Half Pipe due to the "Tails" factor. If you play with Tail enabled, which is the default (and I personally felt was the way it was supposed to be played) the halfpipes can be hell due to how slow he is mimicking your actions.

[@samtheweebo]

The "tails" issue in sonic 2 special stages is mostly psychological. Tails only loses the rings he collected. He only collects rings that sonic misses. So if tails gets hit he only loses rings that you never really had in the first place. Overall he is a help. In fact if you have a friend play as tails you can collect rings a lot more easily. However there is one note. Having Tails raises the number of rings you need for the checkpoints. So when you choose to use sonic and tails you need to collect more rings. So it's a bit of a mixed bag.

[@marbles8641]

@@samtheweebo I'll give you that to an extent. Since the big Triangles can cause him to grab a few more than expected, and sometimes he just seems to get in the way/in front of you. Though I do remember beating it with Sonic and Tails on the original cartridge years ago... not the new collection though.

[@BloodRedFox2008]

Unpopular opinion: I actually like Jun’s Sonic Superstars music. Part of it is because I actually really like that Genesis snare.

[@Hyp3rSonic]

BASED

[@Pirate_Knight27]

Press Factory theme is a bop

[@esmooth919]

I like Press Factory Zone Act 1. That is one of Jun's better songs, but I hate the rest of his Sonic 4 ass songs in this soundtrack! And if Jun was trying to emulate the Sega Genesis, whoever composed the song for Frozen Base Zone Act Tails basically showed him how it's done.

[@Angry9guy]

Yes

[@esmooth919]

7:52 "The music is better" As good as the soundtrack for Sonic 1 is, you are not lying. Masato Nakamura really outdid himself here, and considering the fact that he was already a Japanese pop star with his band Dreams Come True before he got hired to compose for Sonic 1, speaks volumes.

[@spicymemes7458]

So the Gamecube era next? SA1, 2, Heroes, Shadow?

[@tveye363]

Marble Zone is underrated. Fight me.

[@JAM609]

Secrets, invincibility to get a short cut, satisfying to still run fast. Tired of every Sonic video ripping on Marble Zone instead of Secret Rings

[@noaht2005]

I don't think Marble Zone is that bad, but it feels more like a mario level than a sonic one. It does NOT work with Sonic's controls imo (other than a couple skips which probably weren't intended), but in any other platformer it would be fine. Ditto for Scrap Brain. I honestly like Spring Yard and Starlight Zone, not as much as Green Hill but I think they're still fun. Labyrinth is just straight up bad though

[@tveye363]

@@JAM609 not to mention the music 👌

[@drewmantia]

Yeah it’s great!

[@BlizzardxThexWolf]

👊😠

[@Aragorn7884]

Sonic 2 to me is the complete package of good gameplay, good GFX and a great OST 😃

[@metal_kitsune]

I like Sonic 2 and 3 more too but I still love 1. It's cool, just different opinions. Awesome video.

[@Hyp3rSonic]

I love Sonic 1 and CD more!

[@Hyp3rSonic]

I love sonic 1, CD and Superstars!

[@alexfischer7876]

Including _Trip the Sungazer?_

[@Andi_Thy_Is]

I totally understand your stance on Sonic CD and I definitely felt similarly for a long LONG time, though I've come around on it as of earlier this year. The fact that you CAN still play it like a traditional Sonic game is such a great design choice, it's not easy to design levels with both philosophies but imo but the game still manages to pull it off. (mostly) The style, atmosphere, music, pretty much everything about it I've come to absolutely ADORE! But again, I totally get why its not everyone's thing, and I appreciate that you didn't go straight to critiquing the "bad" level design since that seems to be everyone's go to complaint.

[@esmooth919]

20:30 You are not alone, Gilly. That stupid ass barrel made my 9-year-old self put the game down for a year! Then I got the idea to buy a turbo controller, and glitch my way past it with the bubble shield. How in the actual hell was I ever supposed to know that you can do "THAT", just to get past it? Nowhere was that ever communicated to me in the game!!!!

[@esmooth919]

And what bothers me is people like SomeCallMeJohnny claim to have gotten it right on their first try! And I'm sitting here like, how?! I don't believe you in the slightest!

[@jaretco6423]

​@@esmooth919I think it's those red square you see top to bottom where the barrel is connected that shows the direction. So you get on the barrel and repeatedly push up & down for momentum to reach the bottom area. I remember getting stuck there as well till I realized those red square things and I think it's the only one that does that.

[@alexfischer7876]

@@esmooth919 Experience. _That's how._ Besides, John played Sonic games *for a LOOOONG time.*

[@Winder_Storm]

17:14 you didn’t have to do amy dirty like that 😂

[@AlucardvaniaSouls]

Great video! For me my absolute favourite is Sonic & Knuckles. Not 3 included. I really don't enjoy any of Sonic 3, but love all the stages in sonic & knuckles. I can really feel the difference in level design between the two games and I really can't combine them. Even some of the visuals in 3 are like muddled pixels. Maybe it's just my pure hatred for the carnival night 😂

[@nachos1162]

Oh bro, sick, new Gilly

[@TheKillerious]

Wait, wait, wait... the fact that you can push these things ( 21:05 ) up and down without jumping, as the only way I ever cleared that was just jumping with a turbo controller+bubble, BLEW MY MIND!

[@Partuv]

I did twice pass the Carnival Night Zone Act 2 without doing the "up/down" on the barrel. I just timed the jumps..... until I figured out that I was ACTUALLY using the arrows to make those jumps and downfalls "stronger", in my child's brain. Years later I found out about this and everything made sense afterwards 😂

[@esmooth919]

You know what Gilly? You're not wrong. Like, at all. But my biggest problem with the game is, while this game has phenomenal level design, save for about 3 or 4 zones, the BOSS BATTLES!!!!! THOS GOD-DAMNED FXXXING BOSS BATTLES! THROW THEM ALL AWAY!!! They take forever because of the arbitrary iFrames, when a long-time Sonic fan such as myself is used to being skilled enough to take the boss out in TEN SECONDS! And on the subject of the soundtrack, i think the Jun Senoue (or however you spell it) opinion is unanimous. He should have let Tee Lopes spitshine the rest of the songs he composed, like he did with Bridge Island Zone, for instance!

[@JH-xc9we]

I think I'm ready to classify Superstars as the most underrated Sonic game.

[@alexfischer7876]

Even with all of its flaws?

[@JH-xc9we]

@alexfischer7876 ALL sonic games have flaws. A large number of them I would say have way worse flaws, but don't get half the amount of hate from fans.

[@don_shoti804]

Welcome back my guy!

[@willielogan4811]

Sonic 3 & K is a full course meal that requires your full attention to enjoy. Sonic 2 is the drive-thru meal you need to veg out to after a long day.

[@Winder_Storm]

Gilly you’re looking very handsome , awesome vid it’s always fun to see you’re view on the sonic franchise

[@AkiDave]

Great video Gilly 💙

[@ty_sylicus]

That.... KNUCKLES serious though! Eye of the Warrior, man! Ammirite?

[@playbossthebest936]

Jun Senoue also worked on the genesis soundtrack for 3d blast, and it's proven that he programmed his own tracks as well. It's not about a lack of talent, it's about a lack of time

[@firebird64dd22]

THE FLAMES OF DISASTER!

[@Nihonguy]

To give some fairness to the carnival night zone barrel its told to you how to deal with it in the games manual which kids read more often then not at the time, but I can see how it would be an issue on a re-release with no manual at all though

[@DarthSpiderMario]

I’m a crazy guy who likes CD the most of the Genesis-era games, though 3&K isn’t far behind

[@Mr.CrazyJay]

I agree with this I remember one Christmas my parents bought me sonic 2 played all the way through and since then I loved the series well fast forward maybe 2-3 years later I picked up sonic 1 I have never have achieved the level of frustration that I experienced with sonic 1 with anything else I played after it

[@gfsdfsdf6546]

Watching this video is very akward as someone who likes all the classic sonic games except for Sonic 2 haha... (Ok, i don't like superstars neither ngl but i kinda forget it exists most of the time)

[@KittyKatty999]

Ever since Scott The Wozz made a negative video on Sonic 1, everyone is a lot more comfortable being negative about it

[@mizutsunebubbledragon3382]

Well, one can argue before Scott, everyone felt they had to be overly positive about the game lest they get mauled by the hardcore Classic fans. It is nice we can criticize the game's faults more openly now instead of only focusing on what it did right in this weird echo chamber of positive gaslighting lol. It's like the pokemon community that tries to convince us Gen 1 was this flawless, original gem and that every game after it is worse.

[@Faapu]

I do think you're spitting with Senoue and classic Sonic music, but the work he did for 3D Blast and 3(?) way back when was pretty good

[@Scroteydada]

I think Sonic 1 is a much better designed game than 2. The levels are more varied even though there's fewer of them. It doesn't divide the paths into fast and slow and feels much more organic.

[@MommaDusk]

You just told me how to get past the one thing that made it so that I couldn't beat Sonic 3 and knuckles. I am now upset with how easy it is to get through once you know how to do that

[@Manga_ManX]

Nothin like showin up to watch a vid before the vids length of time has even passed since posting let's go!

[@Jac-Man]

to be honest, Sonic CD is the real Sonic 1 to me and i’ll gladly play it over ever touching Sonic 1. I find it way more consistently enjoyable and replayable

[@nicolaspeter1679]

Sonic cd's level layout is a disjointed mess, It feels like an unfinished rom hack. The CD soundtrack is off-putting, Sonic needs chip tune music.

[@Jac-Man]

@@nicolaspeter1679 I’ll give you that the level design is disjointed, but at least it lets you go consistently fast unlike Sonic 1, and it gives you a lot of options for getting through the level wether you want to just blast through or look for the robot generator. And the music? Maybe the American soundtrack is odd but Sonic Boom is a great intro theme and I think you’d love the Japanese version of the ost. It’s not chiptunes but it’s got STRONG funk and unmatched energy and bounciness. It’s quintessential classic sonic music imo. My favorites are You Can Do Anything, Cosmic Eternity, Palmtree Panic Present and Good Future, Metallic Madness Present and Good Future, god DAMN i could go on.

[@Hyp3rSonic]

​@@Jac-Man I still think thst sonic 1 is better than Sonic CD, imo. No, I wont change my mind. HOWEVER, I prefer CD But I respect your opinion

[@Nyaalexi]

I grew up on the classic Sonics. I don't believe Sonic 1 is a bad game, but I just don't love it. The only reason the Genesis is known for bad music is because a lot of developers used a shoddy piece of software for making music for the Genesis, while Sonic Team knew how to work that sound chip. And yes, the games that followed the first got basically everything right. And Metropolis isn't even that bad, not nearly as bad as Labyrinth, and like I always tell people, Sky Chase is a playable cutscene. Bosses in Sonic games are meant to be easy, if they were too difficult, that would be a massive pacebreaker. I definitely don't like CD nearly as much as many others, even you despite how much you criticized it. That game gets way too much praise in my humble opinion. I didn't even play 3 until I got Sonic Classic Collection for the DS. And when I finally did play 3, the Barrel of Doom from Carnival Night stopped me from beating that game for literal months. Mainly because the SCC didn't tell you how to move that barrel unlike the manual for the Genesis version. Mania gets a bit too much praise to me, but it's still good, and a pretty good love letter for sure. So yeah, these games are very good.

[@Channeloftheyars]

2:23 Sonic 3D blast: am I a joke to you?

[@Mr.POTF2]

Hell yeah to the figment plush!

[@kisaLuver]

"I don't have executive function" GOD THAT'S A MOOD

[@BugsyFoga]

In anticipation for Sonic 3, I beat sonic 1 to 3 on the origins collection

[@ShadyRK9]

Well, well, well. 3 months later and guess who's back!

[@daltonharmon1018]

Puyo puyo in it's first two games had its best ost versions come from the Genesis and by extension the Sega arcade machines as those were basically a Genesis made into an arcade machine. The Genesis is one of the best sounding retro consoles but you do have to know how to wield it

[@Ayunnuya]

Just got to the part about music in Sonic 1. I’m always impressed when a genesis soundtrack is done well. Castlevania bloodlines sticks out to me as well as all classic sonic, not so much spinball but toxic caves and lava powerhouse are bangers so idk

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Sonic 2 versus Sonic 3/Knuckles is a really hard call. Personally, I prefer 3/Knuckles, but that's just me. Both are excellent choices.

[@marcinsz1526]

I Hugo fan sonic the Hegog games and movies 11 Times on road❤❤😂🎉🎉😢😮😅😘😗☺️☺️ 1:59

[@ActionSquintRingo]

I have these on my Android phone lol, play while stuck in lines or waiting in the car.

[@andreanastacio9548]

I also grew up with the classic sonic games (1, 2, and Knuckes) that I got at the same time, and played interchangebly. Of the 3 games I owned, sonic 1 was also easily my least favourite, in part because it lacked the spindash, and in part because labyrinth zone was the bane of my existance, to where as a kid I think I only ever managed to beat the boss a handful of times because I`d keep getting blindsided by a spear. As for sonic 2 and Sonic & Knuckles (I never owned sonic 3 other than one time my dad bough a used copy of the game, but it didn`t work so he returned it and got a copy of sonic spinball, because he`d forgotten we aleady had a copy of the game), I played both alot as a kid,and both are vary near and dear to my heart, but of the 2 games I preferred S&K as a kid, and I still do now as well... I liked the level themes more, I liked the level designs more (flying battery kicked my ass alot early on, but man did I love that zone and it`s music), each act had it`s own variationof the music, as well as it`s own boss, level transitions were seamless, the game actually tried to convey a story, in a way that was simple but super effective, the special stages were way better (I agree that the sonic 2 half pipes get more hate than they deserve, but my child self got super sonic in S&K way before managing it in sonic 2, and even than it was largely thanks to getting super knuckles a whole bunch first, thanks to the lower ring requirement, and not losing all my rings after each special stage), and a big one for me, death egg zone act 2`s 2nd boss (and it`s music), as well as Doomsday zone as a whole are 2 of the most memorable moments I`ve ever experienced in a videogame. S&K was, as far as I can remember, the first game I ever beat on my own, and I don`t know that I`ve ever felt asuch of a sense of accomplishment ever again, as I did when I got super sonic, followed by when I first beat the game (I didn`t even know yhere was a normal ending because I was unable to get pas death egg act 1`s boss without super sonic), and a 3rd time when I beat knuckle`s story I love sonic 2 (and more recently Sonic mania), but s&k was special to me, and is my favourite single game in the series. S3&K is probably my favourite game of all time because it`s S&k but more, except with the ability to save, and Hyper Sonic I didn`t grow up with CD, and whenever I`ve tried to beat it more recently, the different structure and level design has always made the game feel alien to me somehow, and generally offputting. As for Superstars, it`s release broke my heart, in a way... Not only was it sonic mania with all new content (which is what I was hoping for), but I found the art style to be really uninteresting and at times cheap looking (I dislike 2.5D in general, but this game manages to do a particularly poor job ith it IMO, because I swear that not only is the tile set mostly visually basic, but the backgrounds are super static and emply... It looks less visually interesting to me than the 3DS Kirby games), the music was the most mixed of bags, and the level design ranged from unremarkable to actively agravating. The bosses are just slow and annoying, and lack energy in a was that just frustrating. To me Superstars genuinly feels like Sonic 4 ep 3, except that I somehow enjoyed it less than both sonic 4 games. I`m not going to crap on those who enjoyed the game, but I genuinly don`t understand how it`s rated as highly as it is, especially being sold for full price

[@William5000000]

The 16-bit "Sonic" games and "Sonic Mania (Plus)" are undoubtedly worthwhile. I view "Sonic Superstars" as a spin-off of the 16-bit "Sonic" games and "Sonic Mania (Plus)", rather than a mainline title, mainly due to it being extremely divisive (directionless "Sonic" game at its core).

[@SlayerRellikALT]

Sonic 1 MD should have had the bridge level from the sonic 1 on the game gear instead of marble zone

[@TheInfectiousCadaver]

bro i havent heard the name funcoland since i was 5. i still have my silver funcoland ps1 cd case. man im old lol

[@esmooth919]

19:51 Florida University! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TravisCooney-u7s]

Kick ass a new video

[@danielgertler5976]

Blue Rat 3 and Punchy-Punchy Red Guy

[@The_16_Bit_Dude]

Gilly really just forgot about knuckles chaotix

[@ltenshu1354]

My original experience with cd was the gems collection on the gamecube.

[@toast1boy]

Ah yes. Executive function. My enemy.

[@REALmikegordan]

You forgot Knuckles Chaotix and Sonic 3D Blast.

[@marbles8641]

Sonic 3, by far fav Sonic and was able to play the game with my eyes closed by the time I was done with it. I wasn't fond of S&K or S3&K because the Knuckles levels... just don't feel like they have the same design and throughput as the original game did... like they had the same idea, then went back and over worked the levels.

[@marcinsz1526]

G❤❤😂😂😁😉🙃🤩🤩 0:00

[@Winder_Storm]

I find it funny how superstars is probably the sonic game with the least amount of story even for a classic sonic game , in fact there’s no story in this game , which is odd cuase the marketing made it look like it was going to do something with trips lore and her connection with the chaos emeralds , which is in none of the game 😂

[@daviddunbar2851]

Gillllllyyyyyy

[@BustershotTV]

Dude, long time subscriber, why not check Mega Man Command mission? I think your like me and love megaman games. And I would love to see your take on it

[@Vulpas]

No executive function? You could be president!

[@Hyp3rSonic]

I think thst sonic 1 is a good game, imo

[@Savannah_Simpson]

I don’t know much about the Sonic fandom but is Metal Sonic really that especially “beloved”? Like I see way more people who like Amy way more than those that like Metal Sonic.

[@William5000000]

Outside of the true golden era (now the 'sprite OG' era), the fan base is a total mess surrounding the characters, the games, and the companies themselves, much like the "Star Wars" fan base outside of the original trilogy (or George Lucas' version of the six "Star Wars" films). I know because I've been around for a long time since the early 1990s. It's really all on Sega for how everything turned out in the long term after the 16-bit era.

[@CoobyPls]

Eggs

[@therollingcreeper1]

Mans

[@kingstarscream320]

Most of the complaints about Superstars can be answered with “Git gud”. Imagine how much complaining there would be if it had a lives system.

[@Karxrida]

You don't have executive function but you still get more done than me. I ain't a KZbinr lol.

[@Mr_Ultimate]

i genuinely ont get why people dislike labyrinth zone so much, its not that hard, just slow its not a good stage but i almost never have issues with it, unless im playing sonic genesis on GBA fuck that shit

[@kokorikopi]

I think the issue with Jun Senoue is less the compositions (though there are some stinkers, there are also some pretty nice ones) and more that awful faux-Genesis synth they keep using. Even the Sonic Origins remakes of the S&K Collection tracks, those aren't Genesis samples, it's that fucking fart-synth. Why?

[@fightrudyfight5799]

Who else has a sonic ringtone? Starlight Zone 📱 🙌🏻

[@BasVoet]

Sonic Mew

[@jeffreyrichard5895]

🎉

[@FoxMan_FF]

Thank you for saying about Jun Senoue what the Sonic community as a whole is too cowardly to say. The man needs to retire already, or at the very least, stop having a hand in classic Sonic music.

[@noaht2005]

yes, I'm glad e came out and said it

[@noaht2005]

sonic superstars makes me so sad. It should have been a slam-dunk. There was a lot of potental and some great ideas, and I felt SEGA was getting back on track after Frontiers and of course Mania. The trailers looked great, but they 100% put their best foot foward. The graphics looked visually appealing if not impressive and the music was... inoffensive, and the level themes seemed unique. But seeing the rest of the game, this is was the exception and not the rule

[@Hyp3rSonic]

@@noaht2005 imo, Superstars is good. I found Frontiers to be mediocre, actually

[@shelelle]

sonk

[@thetruepyromancer2928]

Notification squad

[@nicolaspeter1679]

All they had to do was make Sonic mania part 2, And it would print money.. But no Sega's ego had to get in the way, the fans made a better Sonic game than they could.

[@Frank-zb7zh]

Simply calling them fans instead of proper developers is a bit insulting. And worshiping as if they can do no wrong can also be very harmful. Like the game they did after Mania, Penny Big Breakaway is imo very similar to Superstars in terms of gameplay, as in the physics are good but the level design is very bland. And even the positives balance out with a negative, like it has better music but a very unappealing art style.

[@kingstarscream320]

It isn’t Sega’s fault. The fan, Christian Whitehead, got too big for his britches and thought he was too good to make another Sonic.

[@nicolaspeter1679]

@@kingstarscream320 I thought it was sonic team who got butthurt that someone else actually made a game people wanted to buy instead of them

[@GustavoSuperSonic2001]

Sorry Gilly, I saw the 7 hour video on Sonic Cd, and it's the best game. Not kinda decent

[@kingstarscream320]

Sonic 1 is the worst Sonic, but anybody who thinks it’s a bad game hasn’t played many platformers outside the masterpieces like Mario, Mega Man, and DKC. Sonic 1 is better than 90% of the crap that plagued the Genesis and SNES.

[@jackwilliamson1807]

Daddy you're rocking that silver hair xoxo

[@draugr7693]

Sonic 1 is the weakest of the original sonic games but i still enjoy it and it's also the 1st video game i remember playing.

[@TheJmack90]

Yall be so prissy over Sonic 1. The game is not that bad.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

So many better games available at the release of Sonic 1? Hahahaha, no. There was a reason for all the rave reviews, and the instant fandom. If Sega hadn't spent so many sequels improving on that formula, it would still be considered a stand-out in the library. At the time, many people considered Super Mario World an advertisement for Sonic.

[@funcoolfunfun]

Here's how I rank the Classic games: S tier: Superstars Mania 2 A: 3 & Knuckles B: 3 & Knuckles (yes I rank the combined game lower than the two individually) CD C: 1

[@dravenmartinez6311]

Really superstars in s though the boss fights suck so bad

[@Kirbo-xt3ee]

how the hell is 3 AND knuckles worser than either individually

[@funcoolfunfun]

@@dravenmartinez6311 i agree that the bosses suck, but i ADORE the level design

[@dravenmartinez6311]

@@Kirbo-xt3ee I guess stuff like sandopolis brings the experience down for them or something

[@Vulpas]

1 below CD? No.

[@mino2123]

honestly recently I became sonic cd pilled and yeah it's the best out of the original mega drive games

[@jadedheartsz]

Personally I found Mania a bit overrated, it was fine but we really didn't need another one IMO. Besides it was a tie-in game so a sequel wouldn't make sense anyways.

[@turbohog]

Nobody cares about following up the story.

[@esmooth919]

We really don't. It doesn't change the fact that we wanted a Sonic Mania style game with *_all original levels._* Despite my love for this game, I'm still disappointed that we got Sonic generations 0.5

[@Hyp3rSonic]

​​@@esmooth919agree (Also, I think that Generations did the nostalgia thing better)

[@theoneandonly-qs1uw]

are people just starting to hate on Sonic mania now?

[@jadedheartsz]

@@turbohog never said that genius, I said a sequel wouldn't make sense since it was a tie-in game to another game.

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

BOOOOOO! I love sonic 1 and its a good game! A MATTER OF FACT!

[@willy24able]

I've lost hope of Sega after what they've did to Sonic Superstars. I'm getting too old of their milking which is why I rather play Freedom Planet 2 over any highspeed platformers. FP2 is miles better than Mania IMO when playing Classic Mode.

[@William5000000]

To OG hardcore fans, Sega's complete fall from grace started at "Sonic Origins (Plus*)", and "Sonic Superstars" cemented that complete downfall. 30 years of mishandling the IP after the 16-bit era, and Sega still didn't really learn anything. The golden years of the blue hedgehog, as well as Sega and Sonic Team, are way long in the past.

[@willy24able]

@@William5000000 Did you not play any Freedom Planet games yet?

[@William5000000]

@@willy24able I've heard of them, but never played those games. Maybe I should look into them.

[@willy24able]

@@William5000000 Buy the first one first. If you love the first one, buy the 2nd one. You'll understand why GalaxyTrail does what Sega don't in terms of highspeed platforming.

[@William5000000]

@@willy24able Will do. And I might as well suggest looking into fan products that match the quality of the mainline 2D sprite OG games, including the compilation from Team Ultrafix.

[@afhamdanish1957]

Nah I agree with you man sonic 1 isn't good and it's not age very well it's similar like first Mario bros game but this is the first sonic game so I giving pass by that even though the game was not good

[@noaht2005]

I honestly think the original mario holds up a lot better due to its sheer simplicity. So long as the levels are competantly designed, which they were, there wasn't much they could do wrong

[@afhamdanish1957]

@@noaht2005 yeah that makes sense at least original Mario bros game you can speedrun all through the level unlike Sonic 1 you gotta stop sometimes

[@MetalheadSean666]

Sonic 1 is better than Sonic 3 & Knuckles 🗣️

[@esmooth919]

Seriously, the boss fights in this game are the so reason I sold my Nintendo switch copy of Sonic Superstars to a pawn shop. If not for that, I probably would have kept it. The two things that ruin my enjoyment of a video game are boredom and especially tedium! And the two most recent Sonic games at the time of this review, are the epitome of that! Sonic Frontiers was boring, and Sonic Superstars was tedious!

[@ThunderDragonRandy]

Growing up with the classics, Sonic 1 has aged poorly. Still love Green Hill to this day, followed by Star Light, which I rarely get to because everything else makes me want to play something else and so I it's been difficult to re-complete Sonic 1.