How Sonic Heroes IS RUINED

[@rjante2236]

This is valid, but I see no issues with losing level-ups on death. If you want an A rank, you can't die anyways, so there's no difference to me.

[@Garganit]

Bro is an actual hater at this point 💀

[@Johnny300-]

In the full video he says he likes the game soooooo

[@Stuntmachine14]

​​@@Johnny300- "The game is horribly made, I like it." - this dude

[@woag4974]

yeah all these shorts just feel like he's farming interactions from the negativity.

[@Expresso52]

​@@Stuntmachine14Honestly makes sense. It's my favorite childhood game I still enjoy unironically, but I think it's still a broken mess lmao. Just not enough to ruin the entire thing for me

[@st2k27]

Bro let’s all agree sonic heroes is mid

[@cookiesontoast9981]

Been playing Sonic Heroes since I was like 5 years old and I have never even noticed that the levels had anything to do with anything at all other than Team Blast.

[@RevBombRR]

Damn you don't pay attention to anything then. You never noticed that your attacks are stronger and completely upgraded with each level and at level 3 the characters have a completely new finisher move? Do you only play the Speed character and try to run through the whole level? You've actually never noticed your speed character suddenly gaining momentum faster and acquiring a wind attribute or your Flying character gaining stun up to having full on electric attributes and the strength character gaining fire attribute? Omegas combo finisher is easily the best in the game at level 3 for dealing with hoards of enemies. That is wild that you never noticed that all these years.

[@Hman333]

@@RevBombRRHe just said no and my guy this is still a game for children all levels are still easy at level 1

[@IgnatiusBlaze4]

They also get fed into your point total helping you get A ranks.

[@mayishowyouhowigroove915]

@@RevBombRRhow will i notice as like an 8 year old lol idfk i just realized i got cool abilities randomly

[@RevBombRR]

@@mayishowyouhowigroove915 idk, I guess you just have to be a gamer. If you're just a casual player, you probably wouldn't. I was always keen on that kind of stuff. I knew at an early age that you should hold Y to run in most SNES game, so

[@brendandoesgamez3154]

Gaming journalist level gameplay

[@MittensDoesThings1991]

That sounds like a skill issue. Am I right, lads, or am I right, lads?

[@AccelerateHedge]

You are

[@fancyfrosty9879]

While heroes isnt perfect by any means half your complaints seem more like skill issues

[@pikabrook3724]

You must legit not have played the game properly then, because I’ve never seen someone screw up that bad, even when the game was new my 4 year old sister could play better on our glitchy x-box back in 2005

[@KaraiMorotĩ]

He's playing on the gamecube version, which is literally the worst version of this game to play. The xbox version is actually pretty good bug wise, but the game over all is still bad.

[@danturner1104]

the gamecube version is fine, ps2 and pc are the worst

[@zencyn4682]

​@KaraiMorotĩ I've 100% the gamecube version and I've never experienced anything as egregious as what these clips show

[@KaraiMorotĩ]

@danturner1104 you know what it was, ps you're right.

[@Lucas-pq8zn]

For me pc is the best. It has basically the same graphics as the game cube and the controls are good ​@@danturner1104

[@RandomVids0987]

Hasn’t been “ruined” all these years and is still a really good Sonic game to date. You’re trippin.

[@SmolMitee]

this game sucks

[@MysteryTuber0]

Actual skill issue. Like i was kicking this games ass as a 7 year old.

[@rivermartinez807]

as a kid i didnt realize it was glitches that prevented me from beating levels, looking back it all makes sense now

[@RosyRascal998]

If you hold the jump button after a homing attack you bounce higher and it helps to tilt the control stick in the direction you want to go :3

[@shawnjones5332]

I never had these problems. It is a skill issue.

[@TNTX23]

They are not necessary to always have they just help. like seriously The whole point of sonic games is replayability of these levels. It's so much rewarding when you mastered a stage and can do it without dying. This is worst arguement i have ever heard against this game.

[@RevBombRR]

As much as i really loved playing this game, this was MEGA annoying. Legit there were times where i would play for an hour or so and some bs death would happen because the speed character launched themselves way off the stage or didn't home in on an enemy and went off the stage and i would have to put the game down for days before i came back

[@egocentricblack3278]

This entire video is just him having skill issues. Bro sucks if he's complaining about if he dies he loses his power ups. Thats how powerups used to work back in the day 😂. Accessibility options is babying players too much.

[@arislimpapi]

glad i’m not the only one who thinks this kid is CRYING 💀💀💀

[@Bluesine_R]

I actually love that there is a proper punishment for dying in this game. And sliding to your death is, in reality, 99.5% of the time your own fault. Try not holding a direction on the analog stick when punching with Knuckles for example.

[@SmolMitee]

No like i literally just open up youtube after playing team dark bullet station, after dying 8 times to the light speed dash flinging me into a death pit and 5 times to getting flung off into a death pit after you get shot out of one of those cannons

[@blood-reaper]

The same for me

[@daneski3370]

Skill issue.

[@NoisePilled]

Try beating every level with an A-rank, then you can talk.

[@daneski3370]

@NoisePilled done it and beat superhero mode

[@NoisePilled]

@@daneski3370 There's only hard mode, so I doubt you actually beat it, or even played it.

[@daneski3370]

@@NoisePilled you got insta or snap?

[@daneski3370]

@NoisePilled got an insta or snap I can message you?

[@blackopskoopa6404]

“Fundamentally ruins the game” Aight bet now that game is on my wish list

[@MrMartellSincere]

Sonic Heroes need a remake/remaster badly

[@FreshSquild]

Skill issue my brother

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

It may take longer without level-ups, but it doesn't ruin the game.

[@cafequente8252]

I've noticed that the comments are very divided with both people relating to what the video stated and others saying "skill issue" or smtg among these lines. Something I wanted to clarify is that this is likely because the game is a lot more polished in certain versions then others - the xbox version is very well refined while the ps2 version is a glitch fest, for example - meaning people who played this game may have had varying experiences depending on where you played it Speaking from someone who has played the ps2 version, I can say that, weather you died a lot or just a few times, losing your levels once you die is still a problem. I remember restarting the level each time I died when I played the game, because running around at level 0 is TERRIBLE and it's tipically easier to level up at the start of the level. Because the ps2 version was so glitch and I kept clipping through the ground, having to restart the level so often was very triggering That said, I learned the ps2 version was a glitch fest after beating the game, so nowadays, I am looking forward to replaying the game on a better port ans perhaps love it as much as other people, since I really loved the concept of heroes when I played it, but didn't have the patience to deal with all the unfair deaths I suffered then

[@Jx_-]

The sheer irony of this VOD being uploaded while waiting for other, older VODs is immaculate

[@Jx_-]

Ain't no way I posted my comment on the wrong video 💀💀💀💀

[@Legenados-real]

Dude...(sigh). Thats unironicly just a skill issue. Nobody i have EVER, i repeat, EVER seen play heros. had the issues you had. Infact they still, to this DAY say it was the best designed sonic game to date. And a good few of them werent particularly sonic fans. Most of them were playing on their first try. And one said, "These mechanics were fun and great." Word for word.

[@xaviersejour9183]

No. Sonic heroes is a mixed opinion game. The most sold version is PlayStation 2 but the best functioning version is the game cube It’s practically unplayable if you’re not on GameCube.

[@xaviersejour9183]

You know speed runners can rocket excel through some doors ? If you can rocket through doors you better believe you can rock through the ground Is that a fair death? Skill issue made the mistake of going too fast in my sonic game. I need an A record. I might has well restart the level completely to save stage time

[@coolkidbear1165]

@xaviersejour9183 I never played sonic heroes before, but don't people normally say that Xbox is the best version?

[@Legenados-real]

@xaviersejour9183 ... 1. All players don't have to use glitches too play the game. 2. .....sonic heros is about teamwork within the groups. Not just. Go fast.

[@xaviersejour9183]

That doesn’t respond to anything that I said How about this You said that this is the best Designed Sonic game and I said that I just fall through the floor. This is a team base game on regards of I need to play as Knuckles to not die. from Clipping through the ground

[@bradleyrichardson3249]

Why are you playing so bad? I’ve played Sonic Heroes on PS2 (the worse version). And I never have this issue, only sometimes I fall off the edge or rails but other than that, I can manage.

[@Quickdrawingartist]

Same, dude. Never had a problem, and was playing it like a Sonic game. This is more than "skill issue".

[@Mrjohnny164]

Me too, and I was 7 years old... Sure, its not the smoothest game in the world but if you place yourself in a bad spot and then die from that how is that the games fault??

[@MegaManJake]

Oh, good. More people than just me grew up with the worst version of Heroes. XD Man, comparing the 2, PS2 version was crap compared to GC.

[@metalslug97]

As every other person had said here in the comments, i also don't agree. You're either trolling or have never played this game before. Levels were not that important to gameplay...

[@incredibil45]

i played this as a kid and apart from the canyon stages, i barely died.

[@mylezzpurhourr]

The game’s unrefinedness(by todays standards) is why this game is so memorable like I hella remember the metropolis and the blimps and airplanes that mess was dope to me as a kid and the spooky level was a vibe fr

[@HyperJonic]

(Sonic section)Sonic falling through the ghost for no reason even though their solid has given me PTSD, glad I'm not the only one that thought i was crazy

[@christopherjones8448]

I remember when I was a kid and discovered that flight characters can stun remove shields. At level 1. You have to do a bit more switching but the game is easily beatable without upgrades, this is a crazy over rection lol

[@Mojo1356]

Sonic Heroes has great level design- some of the best in the series for 3D titles. The problem lies with the controls for the power and especially speed characters. Every speed character just slips and slides everywhere because of how fast the acceleration is, and Knuckles and Omega slide everywhere when attacking on the ground, which will result in some deaths if the area doesn’t have some sort of barricade (thankfully the mook rush bosses have something like that even though it’s not obvious. It would have made A ranking then otherwise maddening for Teams Sonic and Dark). Rail grinding still uses the awkward balancing mechanic from SA2 and is somehow made even worse if you’re not a flying character (good luck trying to swap between rails. You have a good chance of simply flying off instead). Oh, and the light speed dash has its worse incarnation here. Not only is the problem of every action mapped to 1 button still here, it is now significantly worse because of the rocket accel move. For the love of god, do not attempt to use the light speed dash on the ground. Use it in the air so instead of racing off the cliff if the game decides to not let you use the light speed dash, you simply make a tornado in the air instead. And need I mention the special stages? They were arguably the worst at the time until Lost World 3DS came along. Oh, and the levels last way too long for Teams Dark and Chaotix.

[@8BallVJ]

All you have to do is the jump attack with power & flight combat. If you’re doing anything else and you die that’s on you

[@malachishaner690]

I really liked Heros as a kid. But honestly, the second I found out the sonic group could do 2 of the ultimate ability thingy, it got super boring and every other group sucked to play as. I had only beat the game as the Amy group before that, but then took the sonic group through and it was just trivial at like 8 years old. Meanwhile, the shadow team was impossible and had no fun bits besides the time stop (which wasn't fun tbh) and the chaotic team wasn't even the same game.

[@ObeliskDemon]

Like half of those deaths are just you not waiting a half second, a legitimate skill issue. But sure, it ALL because of "glitches and jank"

[@TheSM37]

Man I played this from age 4 and I’m 21 now, the mechanics are definitely flawed and slippery but still a skill issue. the only levels that are actually broken are the casino ones. Very annoying.

[@shotguntornado]

That third vine swinging backward instead of forward pissed me off so much when i saw it. It doesn't make sense from a design standpoint or intuitively! Why would it change the direction of your momentum like that???

[@grimrider744]

all moves are available from the start, they're just powering up with levels, you can still complete levels without upgrading characters without any additional troubles

[@tailedgates9]

I've always said it but Sonic Heroes would be perfect if the controls and physics were fixed. Lol

[@47northm]

The level system actually seems interesting and it would be fun if we got a hero’s 2

[@kolkagaming1234]

If sonic heroes ever has a remaster keep their Levels the same after every stage. Levelling them up is worse than Levelling up your Z Saber in Mega Man Zero

[@Cristian12905]

Yeah no it’s definitely a skill issue lol, sonic heroes is my fav sonic game of all time and I never had these type of issues

[@unparalleledaesthetics7346]

Half the rrason your homing attack doesnt work is down to timing. Even as a child i had no issues after slowing down and waiting to attack. Sonic doesnt always have to be fast.

[@MilsamFroste04]

Honestly, The only place where The Homing Attack don’t Works right Is in The speed Challenge at The end of Mystic Mansión. But yeah, Héroes have a really good control if You know how to Master it. Even a tiny thing like Hold Jump button later that You do a Homing Attack males a Big difference

[@kauanjos3199]

Exactly, people play games like Sonic Gens and expect the homing attack to have a lock in like in modern games, but just like sa2 in Sonic heroes you have to wait a bit until doing the next one

[@unparalleledaesthetics7346]

@kauanjos3199 it's not even a hard learning curve either. The only janky parts are sometimes it will just circle the enemy instead of homing in. I've only had that happen like twice though

[@MilsamFroste04]

@@kauanjos3199 well, The lock in Is pretty useful, we can’t deny that. The problem is that this guy don’t know how to use The Homing Attack to start. Yeah, Is true that The move can fail, but happens a few times only a Even Is a bit rare to happen compared to other Games like Shadow The Hedgehog

[@sb14andmore50]

​@@MilsamFroste04Not only that, it was also because this was during the Adventure Era, meaning the lock-on cursor for the homing attack wasn't a thing yet(not even SA1, SA2 and Shadow 05 had a lock-on cursor)I think the lock-on cursor started with 06(though, I'm probably wrong)

[@generaljf7233]

Massive skill issue omg

[@munklock6098]

Idk how, but I passed the game with no so much problem with 10 years old and don't experiment some of that

[@ChaoForlifet1t]

And when you fall and not die you can't switch your charter

[@Whispangle]

i love how everyones response to this is "erm!!! How dare you criticize my precious sonic game!! You suck!!!" Like this guy cant just dislike the game. im not sure if I honestly agree with all of these but I dont really care enough to really be annoying about it

[@MilsamFroste04]

Yeah, The problem is The way of how he play really xd. You don't have to be a genious to notice that many of The problems Is Only skill issue. I don’t have Any problems that he dislikes The Game, but, Is this vídeo is about the problems with the Game, but if many of the problems is because he don’t know how to play. There Is a problem.

[@Rabidsage]

It's not that he can't dislike the game personally. They're annoyed at how he makes assertions as if everyone thinks what he did when they're just his opinions

[@Ninetails2000]

Its not that he doesn't like it, it's that his words and the gameplay he displays shows that either he's I credibly bad at the game beyond what an average game player could be capable of or he's arguing from a place of bad faith.

[@builtvisions]

Nah bruh, it's a skill issue 💀

[@lilychatters]

you cant hate when sonic team was rushed to make an adventure sequel. they made an amazing game for the period of 14 months.

[@hippyhobo6285]

This is the biggest skill issue I've seen lmao

[@ethantheartistandgamer1513]

Well I found out that there might be a sonic heroes 2 next year

[@Alph4Falc0]

I’ve never seen more skill issues in 60 seconds until now

[@Vior9]

dude just say you dont want upgrades and want things to be handed to you

[@crushingon]

Nothing made me seethe quite as hard as a kid to be demanded by the game to chain Homing attacks at the end of Mystic Mansion only for the shitty targeting system sending me to my doom

[@AxionGaming2139]

Flaw combat I wouldn’t call heroes combat flawed I actually enjoyed the combat system I was different from jump jumping on enemies like every other game.

[@mrandrossguy9871]

Bro what with all the criticism of Heroes all the sudden 😅

[@beeforoni8727]

Nah this is a skill issue cuz I had no idea that was even a thing until now and I beaten the game multiple times as a kid.💀

[@arislimpapi]

yeah man…i hear you, i see what you’re saying. anyways, skill issue

[@xaviersejour9183]

When you play for long enough you just learn what obstacles you can just skip over Or Team Blast The hammer guys with the helmet And The shield and laser macs I just don’t even deal with them because they take too long to kill. Yeah they throw up a wall stopping you from progressing but at the same time there’s two cannons on the sides so you can just jump over the wall. you need to play a long time to learn this My main source of death is Literally clipping through fin floors Powerplant, bullet station, mystic mansion If you go too fast you die

[@Jabbaro123]

I remember playing this game when it first came out....such a fun game.

[@guumi2439]

I'm starting to think that the only reason Sonic Heroes gets hate is because of people who don't know how to play and want to blame the game for this. I had a really good time playing this game

[@HyperJonic]

For 6 months!! (speed challenge of mystic Mansion) I thought I was going mad!! Everyone was just praising the game I was so confused, I still have PTSD. I'm going to get the game again and beat it fair and square

[@AccelerateHedge]

​@@HyperJonic Mystic Mansion is just a bad level, even as someone who loves this game.

[@gsm4919]

As someone who’s has been 100% heroes the past couple days, 100% a skill issue. I used to think the rails were bullshit but there’s a way u can control them. The only part that won’t be your fault is the power character sliding u off

[@AccelerateHedge]

Even that's avoided by just not homing punching constantly. Use short jabs if you don't want to fall.

[@avrggamer69]

A simple remake would fix the bugs in this game

[@Diego-fy8nh]

L video, 8 year old me must clear you at sonic games cuz I didn't struggle with mechanics you mentioned at all. You're the type of guy that finds fromsoft games unenjoyable

[@the_shortski6053]

I don't think that this is a problem. You fail, you get a punishment, which encourages you to be careful. It may take longer to beat enemies, but you also have Team Blast to support you. One absolutely fundamental thing that needs changing and hurts the game is the camera being on the shoulder buttons. This may just be because of the time period and control schemes were still being tested and tweaked, but you didn't need the camera controls on the analogue stick and the shoulder buttons. You could have used these for character switching and whatever else, and you could have freed the two face buttons to do something else like the light speed dash. God knows the Light Speed Dash needed its own button. This game didn't really have that many functions. They just placed them awkwardly.

[@awakenmydarling]

sa 1 amd 2 have annoying segments but i also find myself dying alot because of the shitty homing attack

[@omeganappie]

Even if you suck, it feels like the game punishes you far more than say, the Adventure titles would. There's a lot the game won't tell you through its hints, and the learning curve can be far more aggravating because of how unintuitive some of the mechanics are. The game can be a blast when you're crushing every obstacle, but reused level assets towards the end, and the aforementioned learning curve can make it frustrating.

[@omarorihuela606]

As a literal 7yo I beat the game with no issue.

[@JAM609]

I just reset the stage. Going for A ranks anyway

[@jawnashun777]

I love sonic heros. It was the first video game i owned

[@joeyshadeslayer9792]

“Don’t have all their moves available” Bro, the only thing you don’t have access to is the Power character’s full combo. Why are you trying to make things sound worse than they are?

[@Cheeseballer3]

Imagine hating on sonic heroes in 2024

[@TheNemesis432]

In other news: game punishes you for playing bad. Levels are overrated anyway. Only Sonic desperately needs them to one shot enemies (so in Homing Attack section you keep the flow going) and Tails needs 1-2 levels to actually deal damage to flying enemies. Knuckles doesn't need levels at all. With power cores and checkpoint it's very easy to get level back. Sonic Heroes has only one actual flaw: Sonic Team went a little overboard with pits in that game. The entire level design is that you're on a platforms over a massive pit.

[@CHMernerner]

my biggest problem with heroes

[@steventheguitar5470]

Then don’t die.i had no problems with the game.

[@Kujaguy]

Dying has consequences that affect the player in a somewhat negative way for a few minutes? Curse you, video games!

[@mbdg6810]

That point was actually valid if you’re supposed to be powered up at the end of the levels but the game F’s you over when anything makes you die once, the design is flawed. A game should never be designed to be unforgiving after 1 fail if that’s not explicit to the player from the get go.

[@Kujaguy]

@@mbdg6810 None of the powerups are required to reach the end of the level, not even for an A rank. I know that you're trying to make a point, but I unironically have no idea what it is.

[@Mrjohnny164]

​@@mbdg6810you are not meant, in any way, to be powered up by the end of the stage Being powered up is a reward for clearing multiple checkpoints without dying, fighting and collecting power ups from fallen enemies and exploring, finding and hitting power up boxes Theyre a reward, not a requirement

[@sb14andmore50]

​@@mbdg6810You're not supposed to be powered up by the end of the stage because, as it's implied, they're just power ups, losing your power ups after dying once makes sense, but losing the special stage key after getting hit once is where I draw the line, that, as well as slippery controls are flaws I don't appreciate in a Sonic game

[@seg162]

I don't know about "fundamentally ruining the game"...

[@danturner1104]

unironic skill issue

[@Skeleton_stowner]

Ngl I had these situations happens 😅

[@SSBBFREAKg1]

So if you die, maybe, uh, RESTART THE STAGE?

[@Whispangle]

i don't really think you should need to restart a stage if you die lol

[@mbdg6810]

You’re excusing bad design. Although i agree this guy still plays heroes poorly compared to others

[@TheDinosaurtester]

You do realize that the stages can last over 10 minutes right?

[@TaylorMinecraftGaming]

​@@Whispangle You still have to in order to achieve the A Rank.

[@vishalaochar9266]

And i still enjoyed this Game 🤣 and completed all story i am at Peace ✌️ now

[@RandomGamer-gd5kn]

It's not a skill issue Just take your time and understand the momentum gameplay

[@dukedumastv2250]

Game cube version was the Superior

[@Ninetails2000]

Who the hell is usong Speed to attack flying enemies in the air? Running up to Egg Fighters and trying to Fire Dunk in their face? And half of those falls look staged. Either severe Skill Issue or severr bad faith arguments.

[@rjante2236]

You use the Speed characters because the enemies chain together to get you to higher places. It's designed that way to... speed things up. I do think the issue is exaggarated, though.

[@Ninetails2000]

@@rjante2236 Yeah but he's attacking a spiked enemy. Those aren't the designated Homing Attack stepping stone enemies and it's not in an area where you would need to hit it in the air. You hit it with Thunder Shoot to lock it up and then finish it off with Speed or Power on the ground.

[@rjante2236]

@@Ninetails2000 Tbh I use them as chain combos. You have a point, though.

[@michaeltate1776]

It’s definitely giving skill issue vibes

[@tyrecarmon20]

The younger me didnt give a fuck 😂😂. I beat the game multi times when i was a kid

[@CosmjcBurrito]

Dying is amost always the players fault unless you are trying to switch rails than thats the fames fault

[@TheDoctorofOdoIsland]

No it doesn't. There are zero games that deserve remasters. Remasters, re-releases, and remakes have ruined gaming. Game developers should actually develop new games and stop milking the labor of an older, more imaginative and experimental generation of devs because they think they can make some minor improvement.

[@chrisdam4027]

Sounds like nothing but 'Skill issue' to me. Sonic Heroes is NOT a challenging game.

[@mbdg6810]

It’s not an easy game either.

[@MilsamFroste04]

​@@mbdg6810is a normal Game. That's all xd

[@metal_pipe9764]

Level 0 only challenge?

[@JordXYZ]

BRUH WHAT?? 100% Skill issue. This game is GOATED I've been playing since it released, that's almost religiously for 20+ years ,so I will not tolerate unwarranted slander at all lol. This is my childhood and perhaps my favourite game of all time. 1million times better than colours or forces etc.. so do a short about them pieces of trash games, NOT THE GOAT "SONIC HEROES!"

[@pustulioyo]

Bro, I'm fully convinced you were forced to play the PC port of Sonic Heroes as a child and that's why you absolutely hate on the game for any reason whatsoever.

[@SuperMetalyrics]

8000000090000% agree with this

[@jaysteez2025]

It is an skill issue. Sonic Hero's isn't perfect by any means but this was my Sonic game as a kid and I was able to navigate alot of the jankiness you had in this short, you're playing bad on purpose and not being fair.

[@rammsteinrulz16]

go back and play mario. its all you can handle lol

[@owendinostudios1200]

bruh this kid just can’t cope with a fun game

[@LifeChangingHealth]

Wym thats the best part the glitches memories are golden😂

[@r-giireactions2235]

Ruining the game is a skill issue.

[@At_024]

1st off going to say like last one lol, try a different version of the game. I don't know which you're playing on, but PC is the best way to play, less bugs and stuff, vs me growing up on PS2 hell yeah a lot of bugs lol. I mean this is probably the one I agree with most (why do these keep popping up in my recommended lol). I'd say at the very least it'd make more sense to just lose 1 power core. On the other hand it is pointless regardless if you're going for A ranks, if you're a seasoned pro this is irrelivant, vs an experienced Sonic fan over all maaaybe it's annoying, like maybe you've played a Sonic game but you've never completed Heroes and are trying to, while a kid... probably doesn't care one way or another. Speaking from experience with frankly all 3 angles. As a kid I didn't notice or care about the level system. As a teen it was frustrating trying to complete my favorite 3d Sonic game, felt like a betrayal. As an adult... meh I'm either here for fun or I'm restarting anyways cause I just died. So even the system I mentioned, it wouldn't present a challenge and make A ranking too easy. Because the power core and levels get factored into your point total towards A ranks.