Let's Review - Metal Sonic Rebooted

[@redhotsonic]

Just a pinned update, but due to the new video, it makes sense to re-open my Discord server. Come on over! We look forward to seeing you :) discord.redhotsonic.com

[@UltraSonic920]

redhotsonic you get to play as METAL SONIC!!!!

[@TechBlade9000]

The link doesn't work.

[@redhotsonic]

If you're using a proxy, it won't work.

[@redhotsonic]

According to the official Discord site, they're currently having server issues. Try again shortly :)

[@HiiElectricHere]

redhotsonic Oh really?

[@Reayashin]

Loved the review from start to finished, and as a heads up, I'll be releasing v1.2 (actually final this time) at the start of next month. To clarify a few things, the way Metal absorbs rings a few frames later has to do with the extended ring animation, and Bosses don't flash when hit is because they share the same palette as Metal so having both the boss and player flash would be odd.

[@redhotsonic]

Ah, that makes sense about the boss flash now. I didn't actually notice any different ring animation so I must be blind, but thanks for clearing up some matters, and I look forward to version 1.2 :)

[@moist_burger4481]

i knew you were behind this hack. btw super cool hack

[@moist_burger4481]

also is there a lvl select and debug code? plz tell me

[@redhotsonic]

It's the same as the original Sonic 2 cheat code :)

[@moist_burger4481]

i tried but it didn't work

[@javianwilliams7463]

4:29 “I’m a poet and I didn’t know it.” redhotsonic, 2018

[@GloriousGandalf]

I don't know why you made this into a quote, this a very well known and well used common phrase.

[@spicy8461]

Thank you for coming back for another video! Even if your hiatus is still not done, this is still great for you to give us a new video after some wait! You always put a smile on my face!

[@dse763]

Seems that Lone Devil loved Hybrid Front. Was he in the Megamix team ?

[@SonicTweaker]

It does have a pretty killer soundtrack...

[@SuperStar-uh1ob]

Tweaker hi! I'm a huge fan of Sonic Megamix!

[@GottaBeFrank]

This hack looks amazing! Great review RHS.

[@neexy9669]

Imagine *metal sonic rebooted & Knukles

[@ihopkins4life]

@@neexy9669 Metal Sonic Rebooted & Metal Knuckles.

[@itsNikash.]

First of all, I like the thumbnail on the left hand side, which relates to the title of the video. Secondly, as I enjoy your comparison videos, live streams, and more, I'm sure I'll enjoy this. You'll always get the support from me. As always, I like how you structured this video with references, funny jokes, fair points, and more. My points: Visuals are fantastic with all the explosion effects, minus the lack of flash when hitting a boss from hit 1-7. Also the artwork is fresh and unique with some callbacks from other Sonic games. Music has a good variety, but only per level not act. The special stages are much harder with hardly any room for error. I do like how most of it has changed a lot, but the lack of turns and vertical scrolling (like in Sonic 2). I also enjoy the reverse path mechanic used in special stages which I've never seen before. The ring formula is fair for the most part (keeps the amount you obtained from a recent checkpoint or clearing an act), and losing 10 (in v1.1) is neat. However, managing ring count is a must when using special abilities. Level design is pretty good, with some being only average with Dark Jungle being my least favourite because of unexpected pits and tiny confusions for first runs. Took me a while to understand the time bonus, but is generally more. We all know 50k = Under 30s. 20k = 30-59s. 10k = 1:00-1:29. 8k = 1:30-1:59. 5k = 2:00-2:29 ... You'll see the pattern. Overall: I enjoy the variety Lone Devil used in terms of speed, platforming, multiple paths, and the way it was presented. Nothing is perfect, but is enjoyable. Looking forward to future streams and reviews.

[@Reayashin]

v1.2 is coming. (been planned since last week)

[@StylishSonic]

How to get as Knuckles? Title Screen:up,down,left,right,A Hold Start You Unlock Knuckles BRUH *Metal Sonic Rebooted & Knuckles Be like*

[@incoherentscreaming4912]

HE’S BACK BABY! BETTER THAN EVER!

[@kaexewires7531]

@Xavior Xman20 *:/ learn faces right.

[@mtndewzerosugar4072]

:/

[@Wimpyfox]

A sonic 1 hack that’s on fire? Caterkillers come to mind....

[@20thcenturydenzel_alt]

It's Sonic 2, not Sonic 1.

[@20thcenturydenzel_alt]

Wait...I wooshed on myself.

[@RealMysticalMan]

@@20thcenturydenzel_alt that does wooshed mean?

[@mypkamax]

@@RealMysticalMan "r/woosh" is when an Internet user fails to see the joke.

[@mechashadow]

It's more interesting hearing from the technical side of things as a fellow game dev.

[@olds86307]

Unused zone data: ID:01 this stage is a copy of the first stage,has glitched background,ring placements from the first stage,normal collision and has a knuckles life icon. ID:02 This stage is completely black and is most likely gonna be the first stage but with wood zones collision and palette that was removed. Also has a knuckles icon ID:03 same as 01 but with dust hill collision and normal icon. ID:06 was wing fortress zone in sonic 2 but was not used. Level from the first stage,Collision from the first stage,Has a glitched title card and different debug mode object set. ID:09 Same as 03 but with no title card. Hidden palace was used in the hack so that's why i didn't talk about it. 01=Labyrinth Zone leftovers 02=Wood Zone leftovers 03=Dust Hill Zone 09=Genocide City Zone

[@olds86307]

6:52 speaking of wood zone

[@olds86307]

no one cares, just make a video on it

[@mypkamax]

[4:27] _"Metal Sonic also leaves a trace"_ _"When going at a fast pace!"_ _"I'm a poet and I didn't know it!"_

[@Gamulous]

Great to see another video. A proper Redhotsonic review. Loved it from the start till the very end.

[@GeorgeRedDR]

whenever redhotsonic uploads i get happy

[@novametstli5348]

I dunno about you guys, but something that I noticed is that some of the sprites seem familiar of those of Sonic in Sonic Advance. The accelerating animation is the most noticeable example.

[@SBBFDlightoverlord]

Holy smokes! You're back! I did not see that coming, great review, most of the points you made mirror my own thoughts, aside from Dark Jungle and the few bugs I ran into this is one of my favourite hacks from the hacking contest. I think I'm leaning towards this a bit more than Hyperdrive. I am looking forward to your review on that Sonic 1 hack that's on fire. Great to have you back RHS

[@MicklePickle]

The reason it's the best is because metal is better than fur. :P

[@realroforb7676]

Based

[@kirbaran2039]

Bro just countered every furry in the world

[@someidiotontheinternet6932]

Welcome back red

[@sonicmeerkat]

does anyone know why this video got dislike bombed? youtube comments display stops loading after a while so i can't shift through them all.

[@wasdwazd]

This may just be for the updated version, but you can power up and turn red even without the chaos emeralds if you have 200 rings, though it drains them quickly and running out results in death.

[@autumn7]

I LITERALLY JUMPED WHEN I SAW THIS NOTIFICATION! You're uploading again :D

[@Pacca64]

This was a pretty entertaining review. Would love to see more :3

[@veldraws6444]

It's not permanent but it's still nice to see (hear) you again Red.

[@WakoDoodle]

spending rings for moves. This is how you give sonic all those skills without being overpowered. Super peelout, drop dash coming to mind. Imagine knuckles spending 10 rings to air walk like in the ova or tails able to super peelout underwater (sonic 4 style without sonic).

[@Creeps097]

FINNALY A NEW VIDEO AFTER 2 MONTHS

[@somedude1219]

Great to see you back! Hope you continue these, they look great so far!

[@noahmajor7616]

I like videos like this that show off what the sonic community is capable of and any video you make rhs good job 👍

[@glamrockbandit]

Omg yes I love seeing reviews on games and such, and this is a great sight! If more videos like this are to come, then man am I hyped! =}

[@UltraSonicHero]

Great review and also congratulations on 11,000 subscribers redhotsonic. 😃🎮👍

[@Dippy0615]

Yay, This was an awesome video! Please come back!

[@Oysterblade84]

Don't understand what's with all the dislikes? 218 dislikes? On a redhotsonic video? Ben's a god on youtube. Are the dislikes because people think the game is crap or they don't like the negative things redhotsonic brought up in the video? If it makes you feel better redhotsonic, I agree with you totally in this review, the positives, the negatives and the okays. The game does have a few bugs that need fixing like the title screen resetting back to the Sega logo and the random times the game decides to crash itself whenever you jump on a 1up monitor or spin the end of level panel or get a Chaos Emerald in the Special Stage. I believe it's the sound driver causing the crashes (Clownacy's Sonic 2 cloned SMPS V2 driver in 68k mode). Awesome review none the less and awesome game Lone Devil.

[@redhotsonic]

Have a look at this video I did a while back and this will explain (tl;dr, it's the same person using a dislike bot) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHK9kH9mnc96gdk

[@Oysterblade84]

+redhotsonic Oh yeah I remember that video, the stalker wished harm to your new born baby and it's a bad time for people to be making threats on the internet with all the stories on the news of kids committing suicide due to being cyber-bullied. Don't worry mate, stay strong and hang in there, you have the full support of thousands on here, that horrible person should be ashamed of themselves for making threats like that to someone like you who only wants to share great videos and reviews on classic video games. It's most likely jealousy, because they know you got the better life, a healthy baby, supporting wife and family and the support of us. I should have stalkers after me seeing as I seem to have a habit of rubbing people up the wrong way by accident.

[@ivorymerchant]

Well, when I played the game, I found a glitch, about when you get crushed, jump to the left.

[@d3-penguin954]

Man 2017? It felt like the contest was just yesterday. Time flies so fast.... This hack was so awesome btw.

[@0rderSol]

Wow, this is a major step up from the Metal Sonic a few years ago (All I remember from it was the first stage theme was from X5)

[@johntvs]

Fun Fact: If player 2 connects the controller, they can play as Bomb.

[@GenEric1305]

He’s baaaack! I missed u Redhotsonic!

[@harleysmarvellouschannelwh4245]

I think alone devil used The sonic CD jump sound because metal sonic made its first appearance in sonic CD

[@ThatHeatedBread]

Oh wow, re-branding this channel. This video's pretty professional if I may say, glad to see that you've returned, I hope you're here for some time.

[@overtorque]

In this game, Level Select: Options, Sound Test, 19, 65, 09, 17, Hold A and Press Start on the title screen Debug Mode: In the Level Select screen, Sound Test, 1, 9, 9, 2, 1, 1, 2, 4 Hold A on the Level you want and Press Start All Emeralds: In the Level Select sound Test, 4, 1, 2, 6. You will hear an Emerald Sound. Get 50+ rings and double jump for Super Metal Sonic. Also, these codes work in Metal Sonic Hyperdrive except with only 6 emeralds there is no super metal sonic. Fun fact: These codes are all from the original Sonic 2 game! Enjoy!

[@JambroYT]

Wait a second. Y-you're back!?! Wooo!

[@HavenOfOddities]

Nice video! It's good to see you back!

[@iggythefool4882]

Dark jungle uses the music from Kurama stage on Yu Yu Hakusho Sunset Fighters

[@t1gd]

So, what was the score out of 10? I didn't hear that.

[@CocaColaStar]

Welcome Back Red!

[@GatorRay]

Please do more of these reviews in the future.

[@froob_6897]

Loved this video, would be great to see more in the future! 👌🏼

[@NepNeptune_z]

How the hell is the final boss the RX-78-2

[@joyoustye2326]

btw this works on real hardware, although it crashed occasionally for me

[@redhotsonic]

I've tested it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4fbgpl3mdaHadk

[@SonicGlitchy4]

Would you mind if I use the red sonic

[@thewanderinggamer1369]

Would it be that hard to either -Remove Bomb from the special stages. Or -If Bomb touches the bombs, he doesn't lose your rings.

[@thememer3813]

Always thought metal sonic rebooted’s options background hinted metal sonic rebooted & knuckles.

[@IkesDaddelbox]

Will you play the recently released Sonic 3D Blast Director's Cut? Jon Burton (Traveller's Tales founder) added some major improvements to the game and changed some things here and there.

[@redhotsonic]

Already have (contents are in the description to find S3D DX) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHjElaGBaLqfn6M

[@fingas2010]

For some reason he never mentioned overclocked metal Sonic which is just like super metal Sonic but it drains rings WAYYY faster and if you run out of rings before the level finishes you die.

[@imamakeit5163]

Most of these soundtrack from a game called Cosmic carnage from sega 32x

[@arcaniacq]

Nice video! And this format suits you!

[@christianschmidt-ljmg2249]

YOURE BACK!!!

[@DomDomPop]

“IT’S A GUNDAM!!”

[@bouncytheboi8175]

WAS THIS VIDEO WAS ON SATERDAY

[@williamg1849]

I like the part where you said "He just saved the world from *switches to heroes* EGGMAN'S ROBOTS *back to Metal rebooted*"

[@ShockToYoSystem]

This is a good mod no lie, and the music fits a sonic game perfectly especially zone 1 and options music

[@ryansanders5362]

RHS HAS RETURNED

[@pokecam9677]

Welcome back!

[@SilviaFoxtrisPriv]

Oh boy! Another RHS video!

[@ThatLinuxDude]

Long time no see! :D

[@mondiefromroblox2738]

how do you Hack?

[@TheRealRustyIsHere]

It only GreenHotSonic was here... He’d be proud of this

[@LustigelGC]

Guess who's back... YOU!!

[@InteriorCrocodileAlligator86]

I still say Dragon Edition deserved to be Hack of the Year. Also, the heck do you have against the CD jump noise?

[@megasonic2156]

In the newest version of the game by doing the level select code from Sonic 1, then press start you can play as Knuckles

[@amandalackey4603]

Can you do more reviews?

[@redhotsonic]

I'm aiming to do 1 a month. I recently did this one with another coming in May kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIbFnHmhrNd6rqc

[@wojciechmosek8759]

I like this game so much thanks for making a review

[@jacopociregia9533]

You forgot this detail: If you input the Sonic 1 Level Select code you can unlock Knuckles as a playable character. Edit: i noticed that the version reviewed is the 1.0 wich probably hadn't that easter egg sorry for mistaking it😅.

[@annigram]

It doesn’t matter how good this game is, sonic 2 recreation will always be #1

[@gunma747j]

wait...did i just saw a rx 78?

[@jadeimusprime2158]

So as far as the story is concerned, Metal Sonic to a play out of Bass's playbook

[@tman9940]

are you back rhs?

[@letthatsinkin8569]

8:02 i think i saw Tails popping in

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

Something I didn’t like was the boost costed rings, even as super metal. Also I didn’t like that the bomb was basically required for special stages Although I did really like the special stages, beat em all first try, with the bomb of course

[@jameshutter8114]

Knuckles would like to have a word with you because you forgot he was in the game

[@vortexDZ674]

Hey red hot sonic good for you to be back 😃

[@heavypupper1219]

0:27

[@KimonoFlareonGX]

11:56 Sonic hackers _love_ their Hybrid Front, despite that game having yet to be translated.

[@dipron-dppt134]

what is a hiatus Btw the final boss is a GUNDAM?

[@horselover1830]

Who's metal's friend??? 😶

[@roshaningnam5792]

Dark jungle looks kinda like wood zone

[@windowsxp320]

Why not metal sonic hyperdrive that would be a good ideea

[@vampiriccottoncandy458]

I think its defintly one of the BEST rom hacks, especially when talking about original ones and not "upgrade" hacks like OFTEN with sonic 1, or sonic 3 complete. Its very original, I really like it!

[@maxieprimo2758]

It seems Super Metal Sonic's abilities are half price.

[@RefriedBeanie]

The music sounds like it was made by treasure. I love it!

[@robbiewalker2831]

11:20 - 11:27: If Metal Sonic Got Super Emeralds, then he would be called "Hyper Metal Sonic": kzbin.info/www/bejne/nV6XXpqCoatjq9k

[@deaththewolfofhellteenbrot7656]

I’m makeing my own sonic fan game similar to mania but sonic has all his skills added up in the years such as,super peel out insta shield ,spindash and super has a fly but for the amount of seconds that your ring amount is example I went super and have 20 rings I can fly for 20 seconds reminder it’s in a beta test

[@solarflare9078]

Is it me, or do I see an UNECESSARLY *HIGH* amount of dislikes on this video? It's either me or KZbin's already broken systems getting WORSE.

[@redhotsonic]

It's the same person I've talked about before spamming me. He uses a bot to mass dislike my videos from time to time.

[@solarflare9078]

Ah. I see. Reminds me of another KZbin channel from a friend that I know who gets spammed of dislikes as well. (NM Gaming. He's mainly a PvZ YTer and I contributed to some ideas to his channel as well)

[@faris7475]

You back yes

[@quintongray4218]

MIGHTY AND RAY ARE BACK!!!!!

[@crystalhawkins8450]

Metal Sonic's upward boost is simmalar to Mega Man's.

[@Cool_Kid95]

Can't believe this is from 2017. looks like it would be from 2007 XD

[@scottperry4101]

Do sonic kazoo cheat code

[@jadeimusprime2158]

GUNDAM FINAL BOSS IS TOTAL AWESOMENESS!!!!

[@mypkamax]

[7:56] RedHotSonic is allergic to foxes (and people who acts like foxes) apparently...