5 Versions of Grand Metropolis

[@Ki_ngy]

Me: Sonic stages don’t last over 4 minutes! Sonic Heroes, Grand Metro: *O b s e r v e.*

[@marx4538]

Me: Sonic stages don't last over 8 minutes! Sonic Heroes, Every Stage Starting With Casino Park: *O b s e r v e*

[@mynegaims]

That's almost all Sonic heroes stages

[@marx4538]

@@mynegaims ...yup.

[@ralphmarbler27]

*Sonic Forces has left the server*

[@victorokonkwo2041]

Facts. And don't even get me started on the haunted mansion for CHAOTIX...that shit has me triggered

[@goatedsean]

Time for some Timestamps! 0:01 - Sonic Heroes (PS2 ,Xbox, GameCube, PC) 5:23 - Sonic Adventure DX (GameCube, PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox One) 11:35 Sonic Generations (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PC) 16:00 Sonic Forces (Switch, Xbox One, PS4, PC) 21:10 Infinity Engine (PC)

[@NightOfTheLivingWeavile]

Sonic Heroes is my favorite game out of this video! Brings back good memories of Grand Metropolis. 22:02 Nice save man!

[@KnuxSD]

Heroes was such a good game, was so proud when I saved up money to buy it for gamecube back then

[@PokGOT4N]

22:02 damn that save

[@BlueVivacity]

Yup, that was pretty close! 😅

[@234SuperSimi]

@@BlueVivacity nice heart

[@VongolaXZax]

@@BlueVivacity yea, I know how ya feel man!😂 I experience that several times in my games, I called it, The Last Ditch Effort. And shout yeah! When I made it.

[@charxtreme5942]

True that was the save of his life

[@sun-kanazamkniety3367]

BTW, same thing happens in og Sonic Heroes xD

[@The_OPN]

The Forces one was actually really cool. Like, the level was designed around Sonic's moveset, unlike in Forces

[@Gabografo]

it were the worst

[@thelookingcat]

Forces actually didn't have bad level design imo but I completely agree the forces mod was really cool

[@voidnova2797]

Stfu Forces Sucks

[@turtleman1012]

It shows how Sonic Forces could've been a good game.

[@JeremyBlue-z9k]

@@thelookingcat The level design was bad because the levels were too linear and only required boosting to beat them, compared to the more active levels of the previous Boost games.

[@justryan6480]

Sonic Heroes, to me, has such a nostalgic theme song. When i was really young i was always playing this, and Shadow of course, ask my parents XD I can still remember my dad walking into the "game room" (was actually my parents bedroom) and giving me Sonic Heroes. Ripped open the PS2 and pulled out NFSU2 and put Sonic in, the opening...*tears of joy runs down cheak* the best. Sorry for the random comment about my memory XD GREAT VIDEO BTW!

[@akrem9372]

Heroes and U2 are my entire childhood ... i kinda feel nostalgic and sad at the same time

[@jurrehuizinga7136]

What goes up must come down, and yet my feet don't touch the ground.

[@dreamcastdazia4753]

@@jurrehuizinga7136 See the world spinning upside down. A mighty crash without no sound (Is that it? That's what I have always heard)

[@saitamaonepunch8363]

“Leave it to me”. “GOT IT”. “Take this” 🥺😭 I miss the old days man

[@hanezutchins2786]

"Shit! Rock! Yeah!"~Knuckles

[@AliVe1234]

"WEE WEE WEE"

[@Morbius-Tension]

Here we go

[@spinceiling7442]

Grand Metropolis has an S tier theme

[@OrignalRecipe92]

"ILL TRY MY BEST" 'HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOO" -cream who says it 1000 times per level

[@turkeysandwich1703]

Sonic flying through the air as the Rookie runs on the wind behind him is so funny for some reason

[@flipside2086]

Ah Grand Metro when a 3D Sonic actually meant a fully 3D level, with no poorly controlled 2D sections

[@microphonejacket]

We need another Sonic Heroes game. Either remastered or a sequel.

[@chiefcream9277]

Microphone Jacket! I think Shadow The Hedgehog takes place after Sonic Heroes. But I don't think it's canon.

[@microphonejacket]

@@chiefcream9277 it is but it sucks. =/

[@hanezutchins2786]

Im still waiting on a fucking Silver The Hedgehog game. Like, come on Sega!

[@gavinwilson3707]

If they do... *please add the spindash for God's sake*

[@sonicthehedge]

@@chiefcream9277 Only the last story is canon. The 10 other ending aren't

[@Hedgehoginthetardis]

Woah that last engine was incredible. That is definitely how I want the next sonic game to be like. Sega seems to actually listen to the fans now, so somebody please show them that engine!

[@TheStormsChannel]

These roads increase our speed... Anyone still remember? :(

[@theotherfamousbryson2527]

ASG_102 I do my friend

[@saminaahkter]

How much could you possibly need?

[@carlito-sk8pn]

Guys stop, we gotta beat bots to proceed!

[@saminaahkter]

@@carlito-sk8pn *WOAH!* Tails: Watch your step, Sonic!

[@555elohwssa8]

Samina Ahkter more punching sounds like a hoot

[@selassieaspen9940]

"How low can he go?" *Then it just cuts to Eggman doing the limbo*

[@Koda_Akiyama]

This is amazing! How could anyone not like this... Keep up the good work Blue!

[@Morbius-Tension]

Who else Love's the sound Sonic makes when he uses rocket accell

[@redinahedge3073]

I like to think the Metropolis In Forces is the same Grand Metropolis from Heroes, but it got more advanced over time.

[@infiniteforce1097]

That may have been my intention 😉

[@redinahedge3073]

Infinite Force I was talking about the vanilla version, but your mod is still incredible!

[@Mister_Jay_Tee]

I'm pretty sure it is.

[@arthurgoes1994]

That's always been my impression, it hasn't been confirmed it?

[@cleanracerfoxboy]

Yeah, I don't know if it really is it but may be an reimagination or recreation idk, but I like to think that anyways

[@anarackWarriors]

hold on a second, this isnt a blue vivacity video at all!! this is just GRAAAAAND METROPOLIS!!!!!!

[@Neoniq41]

WEWEWEWEWOOWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@LuckiSir]

Not gonna lie, I love what he did with Sonic Forces stuff, way better than the game itself tbh. Edit: 21:57 That was *SICK*

[@tonyt1616]

It’s a good thing that I’m not the only one who knows how to Spin Dash in the Infinity Engine. Also Rail stepping is like Unleashed as in the quickstep buttons.

[@tonyt1616]

Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong Blue.

[@bestbechara8682]

I didn't really like using the control stick to jump between rails in generations. I prefer the quickstep buttons to. (Btw it's also like that in forces)

[@tonyt1616]

It’s strange how Sonic Colours’ control system began to dominate the boost formula, it broke the quickstep, changed the rail step, and mostly messed up the boost system(the Wisps were used in Colours to separate speed and Platforming, using that same system in Forces broke the design of the Colours system)

[@tonyt1616]

Anthony Bechara Honestly I don’t mind either system, but I do prefer Unleashed’s version.

[@bestbechara8682]

@@tonyt1616 unleashed and generations were the best boost formula games (in my opinion), the gameplay wasn't using slow gimmicks. Even classic sonic wasn't as much of a slow down as the wisps

[@Lugia33330]

6:42 lmao Tails ?

[@fabianugalde3789]

Tails just cant find a spot to land lol

[@averagelegobrickman6855]

Tails : "Look at all those Eggman's robots!" Me : Do you need a grammar lesson?

[@kurtisharen]

Visually, I think that the Infinity Engine looks the best. Generations had some blurry textures where they looked like the original was stretched out, and Forces had a bit of clashing between the Forces Metropolis objects and Grand Metropolis objects. Level Design, I'm pretty sure that Forces nailed it the best as far as adapting the stage to the Forces gameplay. However, I did notice that the level seemed to be split in half, with a Goal in the middle of the level that you had to edit around. From what I've heard, the engine in Forces isn't able to handle large levels, but you would think something based off of the GameCube would be low-poly enough to fit everything in, even with re-modeling a lot of content to be more detailed. Thing is, while the level design was reworked to fit in with Forces, I'm not a fan of just how much of the level is designed around launching Sonic through the air with the Boost while the level stretches out downhill to maximize your air-time. Yeah, it's rather cinematic and looks neat, but it gets tired pretty quickly. I think that a custom Generations level would be pretty cool if it took cues from the Forces version of the level, as well as maybe a bit of inspiration from Aquarium Park (A lot of the water and glass environments would fit with the Grand Metropolis textures with a bit of tinkering), and maybe something like Empire City since you're hurtling across rooftops. (Rooftop Run has a bit too much of a cultural flair to fit in well here.) Anyways, this would mainly be since you can make a decent length level without having to cut it like how Forces did. The Infinity Engine doesn't seem to work very well with these kinds of things at all, which is strange since you would think that something along the lines of Adventure or Heroes would be a natural fit.

[@spartanwar1185]

The Infinity engine one though literally has no textures for the energy roads, just a flat color

[@kurtisharen]

@@spartanwar1185 If you look really closely, there's a texture to it. A very faint one, but it's there. There's multiple parts to a texture. There's the obvious image that's plastered on like wallpaper, but there's also effects with how light hits it and scatters off, bump-mapping, parallax, etc. It's either missing the "wallpaper" image or is using a very faint one, but it does have the other components. They're very subtle, but if you look close it's there. Even so, I do admit that I'm more of a fan of the water-looking effect that the Generations one has. It's just that the Generations version still has some stretched and blurry textures that would really benefit from being run through one of the AI-Upscaling programs (I forget the name of it. Not Waifu2x, but the one used for the Final Fantasy 7 HD mod.), and a bit of a metallic effect applied to them.

[@oomi9030]

This is just, *GRAND METROPOLIS AGAIN!* This is just, *GRAND METROPOLIS AGAIN!* This is just, *GRAND METROPOLIS AGAIN!* This is just, *GRAND METROPOLIS AGAIN!* This is just, *GRAND METROPOLIS AGAIN!*

[@sonicuniverse7902]

i really love infinity engine !!!!!! they need to improve some things like the loops but i still love it !!!!!

[@kholdkhaos64ray11]

That's Forces mod was really well made. It's the best level I've seen out of the game so far.

[@VongolaXZax]

Tails, your running up and down a ramp, don't tell me you forgot your physics? 1:20

[@sonicthehedgehog5259]

G R A N D M E T R O P O L I S ! WoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO!

[@princessspyro7450]

Sonic The Hedgehog yes that is My favorite Zone and what is your favorite Zone

[@sonicthehedgehog5259]

@@princessspyro7450 Idk man

[@princessspyro7450]

Sonic The Hedgehog try to think of what is your favorite Zone okay Bro

[@aldeaovagabundo3482]

Seaside Denied..... Hill Zone is better

[@TheKaiser416]

This isnt Metropolis at all... this is just... GRAND METROPOLIS

[@Zipperskull_]

11:30 That was rude of tails lol XD

[@onynos781]

I LOVED somic heroes growing up and even today I love the way grand metropolis looks and sounds

[@alexthehedgehog1989]

The one for forces looks like if sega actually had ideas of null space levels.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa6173]

0:44 when there is only one KitKat bite left

[@setherfluous]

Once again, Sonic Forces with level design never ceases to amaze me.

[@MacDaddyYuunity]

Funny how in sonic heroes that stage you have specific characters that do walking animation in game while you slowly nudge your analog a little while others just make the character go into running animation

[@user-qv9ho1lj3z]

Who doesn’t love good old grand metropolis. It gives me so much nostalgia.

[@KirigayaOokami]

_If only forces was filled with stages like that... It would have been a great game!_

[@nzarbb]

no it wouldn't be im sorry, but in terms of game and level design sonic heroes is one of the worst entries in the franchise.

[@mynegaims]

@@nzarbb thank you. I see morons swearing up and down that it was one of the greatest Sonic games ever made even placing it above the adventure series

[@tbana2396]

@@mynegaims Yeah. I think just the aesthetics would be okay to carry over. Not everything is good.

[@KirigayaOokami]

@@nzarbb _But the remake of this stage in specific they did for forces is incredible. What I mean by _*_"If only forces was filled with stages like that..."_*_ , I mean that it could have stages that are just as enjoyable as this specific remake is, never said it should be filled with Heroes stages._

[@KirigayaOokami]

@@mynegaims _Never said that Heroes was any better than the adventure games and I do believe the adventure saga should be held higher than Heroes. Still, everyone's entitled to an opinion, and if people enjoy Heroes over the adventure games, then we have to respect it, judging them for it is just lame._

[@lks19]

SA1 Sonic grinding on rails? That's cool

[@paparon1251]

Ahhh how I miss Sonic Heroes , KZbin seems to be the only place where I can find other fans that really loved this game.

[@loganm.91]

Sonic Heroes, such an original game. I LOOOVE it. And this lvl is one of my fav :3

[@justanotherschmuck4149]

this isn't grand metropolis zone! this is... GRAND METROPOLIS ZONE!

[@Save_Train]

Grand Metropolis was one of my favorite songs on SONIC heroes! I love these remixes. Any clue where to get them to listen to?

[@mangotangogamez1278]

This doesn't look like grand metropolis This is "GRAND METROPOLIS" *Radical music kicks in*

[@carelesswhisker4155]

"I'm being propelled forward, now I can keep up with sonic!" I miss old tails so much this line is so sad OVA and SA2 tails are both so capable without him, building on the retroactive continuity from SA1. Knuckle's change from friendly rival to Good Buddy made sense for his SA2 development but it seems after that he's taken tails' role, so they've made him less capable and more dependent again. Maybe I'm honing too much into One Aspect of forces' larger narrative issues but comparing how tails reacts to sonic being missing to how he reacted to sonic's apparent death in SA2 feels like they did him extremely dirty :c

[@kayotic3842]

4:51 Are...are we not gonna talk about that?!

[@Genesis-XE]

Clipping through the floor lol

[@kayotic3842]

@@Genesis-XE this man running on thin air

[@cleanracerfoxboy]

A bit of a proof that Sonic Forces isn't meant to be Generations 2 but Heroes 2 want you or not lol It's like... They made a so great use of Sonics air boost in there... Principally in the end of act 1, something one I found just amazing seeing that part genuinely made me want totry to air boost all the way down towards that Square hole in the wall. You know, you can air boost but go slower in air if you want lol I really like Force's air boost, I find it fun ok? Ok👍

[@jonjoee6011]

Why does forces sonic look amazing and fit so well in grand metropolis

[@bakedpotato4229]

Sonic: *gets hit and loses rings* Sonic: Great!

[@tonytonychoppas]

Heroes will always remain the best and most nostalgic sonic game, please sega remaster it or make a sequel

[@shawnnwaubani6485]

I think Sonic's most unique ability is how he's able to freely control his momentum and velocity regardless of where he is

[@isamuokashii]

I'm not going to lie, despite the rather odd yet truthful version of grand metropolis for SADX, that was hella dope version and really makes me yearn for a SADX version of all sonic levels from each game. Retrofitted to match the gameplay style and mechanics of SADX of course.Also can we all appreciate the use of varied tricks?

[@malachiallen1517]

This isn't a recommendation, *THIS IS GRAND METROPOLIS!!!*

[@Dragokai180]

Notice how in Forces, the stage is split, which means that Forces stages are short by intentional design, and cannot be any bigger

[@koelement2017]

I think this stage has the aura to fit more in sonic adventure.

[@CoolPlayersVic]

Seeing SA1 Sonic grind is so cursed

[@___8241]

That forces one...holy shit the level design and wisp placements were seriously on point.

[@infiniteforce1097]

Inspiration: Arsenal Pyramid, and Null Space Also was testing a level design philosophy for a new gameplay style I am working on.

[@Progamer1013]

Probably a stupid question, is the Forces one a mod? If so, damn; that’s one of the best I have ever seen.

[@infiniteforce1097]

Yes, it is a mod

[@Sonicice24]

I really like this stage.

[@gokuisasaiyajin9360]

Infinity Sonic when does an Air Boost: UUUAAGHHRR

[@VongolaXZax]

We really need A remake of Heroes, and Adventure. #MakeTheDreamInToAReality

[@Syniy_kit]

And Shadow the hedgehog

[@Genesis-XE]

And Sonic 06

[@VongolaXZax]

@@Syniy_kit Yes

[@VongolaXZax]

@@Genesis-XE and yes

[@Ki_ngy]

Hedgehog 848 Honestly, I don’t think Shadow The Hedgehog is gonna happen. You know, the game was bad tbh. And as Shadow’s special, he wields a g u n.

[@memezabelle]

I love how the remixes sound like they were from the game

[@xudokai]

Bringing back all the good memories 😢

[@theamazingmaymay123]

My head cannon is that Grand Metropilis is where most of sonic riders take place

[@tailsfrontiers1224]

GUYS ! Imagine this stage as a Riders stage!!! it would be such a VIBE 😩

[@TyDaWize]

8:52 whaaa

[@Dragokai180]

22:02 We interrupt Infinity Engine to bring you Sonic 06

[@Glasheer]

17:09 WHEN THE HELL WAS THAT A THING!

[@The_Oasis_Podcast]

A level from one of my favorite Soinc game.

[@Whatnoww]

So as it turns out, sonic's ground movement is actually very good in the forces engine, allowing good speed and control when not moving at fast speeds.

[@mechanwhal6590]

The characters in Heroes look like they are made of latex, or rubber, or something really shiny.

[@near5148]

Sega should hire this guy

[@Billyblue98]

The two Forces levels together each are longer than 4 minutes I don't know why they're separated, but that's what they'd be if put together

[@TADSmart]

The generations one looks so real

[@spartanwar1185]

Ah shit man, the Sonic Heroes one just slammed memories into my head again Also i can't wait to see if someone recreates Grand Metropolis for the Project Hero thing That would be really cool

[@Ssj_tainaka]

Wait a minute! This isn’t grand metropolis, this is just... grand metropolis again?

[@khameronwright4265]

Whoever made the infinity engine should be incharge of making 3d sonic games

[@PenguinTunes_1]

Just want to know... Who's responsible for the Forces remix of Grand Metropolis?? That bass drop is slick tho.

[@saxon1963]

Mario and sonic grand metropolis is sick

[@_R11_]

*This is eggman's crypto mine that produces enough energy to power all station square or mint one NFT

[@ALegendaryBlueHedge]

Wait a sec, this isn't Grand Metropolis it's just GRAND METROPOLIS!!!! Ohooeoehoeeaoaah oahahaea ooaohea oaeaeao oeheoa hoahaoeha

[@sweetlitlbumblb]

would have been nice to see a grand metropolis as a real stage in sonic generations for classic and modern maybe if they make a sequal it could be there

[@letsgobigmike8488]

3D sonic with partners seems interesting.

[@itsjojohnnyyyy]

Wait this isn't a Blue vivacity video at all ... THIS IS JUST GRAND METROPOLIS *DUH DUH DUH DUH*

[@Sir.kendawg]

this and sonic unleash are the best sonic games

[@bluxpretion]

That outro though *W H A T I S I T ?*

[@thelookingcat]

Gens and forces are the most fun versions imo

[@ayanasheree_]

That was TIGHT!

[@Reilly444]

Wow the Adventure DX mod is such a weird juxtaposition of styles

[@SuperSaiyanMoses]

sonic heros still my fav sonic game

[@ElijahKMcCoy]

Man I miss Ryan Drummond!

[@gummy_soundboard]

What version was the last run through?

[@therealbite]

This is GRAND METROPOLIS!

[@BlackBlur2006]

21:16 ここかエナジープラネットか？なるほど、でも何か昔が思い出すぜ！（Due infinity Engine Using Japanese Voice） 24:11 おかしな。。。この場所はおもいでないような。

[@sonbuko229]

Guys I need help cuz when I download custom levels mods and that I put it into my mods folder sonic doesn't detect it

[@FastTheSonic]

Who else can't unhear radicalsoda's voice from the music?

[@DemX_HaX]

Ngl the forces mod seems to be the most fun.

[@Trone2]

that last one is a bit to much motion blur and shaky camera. It's fascinating to me to see other variations of one of my favourite stages.

[@lemonadesnake]

1:36 TAKE THIS TAKE THIS TAKE THIS TAKE THIS alright knucklehead slow down

[@steveluvscows2490]

If this is Grand Metropolis... ...then what the hell is THIS?!? WAIT, IT'S GRAND METROPOLIS AGAIN!!!!