Sonic Advance 2: The WORST Of The Trilogy | Coop's Reviews

[@coopercastille]

What was your favorite Sonic Advance game?

[@josh6453]

The 3rd game.

[@Instylegamer59]

probably 2

[@PhantomHavok]

Advance 3 was the first game I remember playing, so I definitely have some fondness for it.

[@theunknown0887]

3

[@Darnsoda]

@@coopercastille Advance 3

[@playbossthebest936]

Believe it or not, this game is faster than sonic rush. You can't reach this level of speed with the boost

[@Ivan210bluboi]

That isn't really a good thing though, if anything it's better for Sonic to go at a more manageable speed so that you have more time to react, especially on such a small screen.

[@playbossthebest936]

@@Ivan210bluboi I never implied it was a good thing. Advance 2 fumbled the bag

[@Ivan210bluboi]

@@playbossthebest936 Sorry then.

[@archieakira4237]

You actually can but with an trick you must jump at the right time right before you finish a loop and you'll hit over the max speed of the game without boosting and if you boost while in that state you'll achieve insane speed it works for rush, rush adventure and even colors ds the only thing advance has is the more rings you have the faster you can enter boost state and controls become more snappy plus rush has a better camera view instead of crunching everything like advance 2 to make it appear you're moving faster it's kinda how people think unleashed is the faster sonic game when infact generations and frontiers smokes it unleashed just had more of a fisheye cinematic camera when boosting and your base running speed was slower than in gens

[@waypastcoolkid]

I HATED having to collect ALL the special stage rings to unlock the chance to play the Special stage. And you gotta get ALL the Chaos Emeralds with EVERYBODY to unlock Amy and the Tiny Chao Garden??? No thanks >_< I still haven’t 100%’d the game. It’s too much for me to finish on original hardware.

[@cliffturbo2146]

The unlocking requirement has always been the weakness of the Trilogy. No ordinary gamer would go through the length to get simple features.

[@waypastcoolkid]

@@cliffturbo2146 oh I actually liked the Special stage springs and the Chao hunting. Those stages encourage exploration. Advance 2 does not

[@ForrestFox626]

Yeah, that was bull

[@Yuli_Ban]

It's so ass backwards to me. Collect the Chaos Emeralds 4 times to play as Amy? Or maybe, silly little thought, that ought to unlock Super Sonic instead, and Amy is unlocked if you beat the final (final) boss

[@Brianycus]

The worst? Gameplay wise? No. COollection wise? YES. GOD YES

[@josh6453]

True, but much better than Crash 4’s.

[@jarmelatodyssechutminds126]

It sucks not so much for the gameplay I like the gameplay where I can go Stupid Fast. But collecting emeralds? slap the idealist's wrist with the ruler.

[@Brianycus]

@@jarmelatodyssechutminds126 YOU HAVE TO COLLECT ALL 7 FOR EVERY CHARACTER TO GET THE TRUE FINSL BOSS

[@jarmelatodyssechutminds126]

​@@Brianycus I don't think that's possible. The last time I checked, you had to get all chaos emeralds as Sonic to to unlock the true final boss. Getting all Chaos Emeralds for Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Cream to unlock Amy.

[@jarmelatodyssechutminds126]

Level themes are can be mix of Hit and miss. while the level design foreshadowing what Sonic 4 has become.

[@Yuli_Ban]

Honestly the biggest legacy of the Advance games + Battle has to be that whole generation of early/mid-2000s Sonic fangames that used its sprites. Could make for a good retrospective video if you played enough enough of them to have enough material.

[@cliffturbo2146]

Any kids around the 2000s would had played some fangames like Ultimate Flash Sonic or Sonic Final Fantasy X (or whatever it's called). And yeah, the sprites were new back then and was used sprite animation. The time were simple, yet sweet.

[@Yuli_Ban]

@@cliffturbo2146 Sonic Advance & Battle were the greatest gifts anyone gave to Newgrounds.

[@CeruleanHee-ho]

I've noticed that people have been speaking up about not liking Sonic Advance 2 in the more recent years, which is a bit validating since I find that I've agreed with what those people disliked about the game. Growing up, I had only played the original Sonic Advance, and to this day, I still think it's fantastic! I also grew up with Mega Collection, however, and that contained the Sonic Advance 2 promo video, which interested me. Somehow, I had never actually gotten around to playing Advance 2 or 3, yet I had been hyped up on the second, being told it was one of the best Sonic games. I did have a brief experience with it on an emulator at least a decade ago, but I don't remember much of it and didn't get far. Aside from that, my first expe actually playing Advance 2 (and Advance 3) was a few years ago. I was really excited to see what was so special about the game, but unfortunately, I really didn't like it. I actually hated it. I thought the first four zones were pretty much the same in terms of level design, and thought the fifth one was absolute bullshit. I could go on about this, but I basically don't like the whole reaction-based gameplay Advance 2 has. I don't really find any fun in having less than a second to react to hazards, which was an issue that got more prominent in the latter half of the game. The bosses just straight up sucked, and unlocking everything felt like a sick joke. Now because I'm very stupid, I actually did get all seven emeralds with all five characters. Oddly enough, I actually did enjoy it a little near the end. I don't know, addicted to the struggle? But yeah, I did everything the game had to offer and just couldn't see why people liked it. So this isn't really a story about how I grew to love this game, but what I will say is that I decided to do a casual run through the game again as Sonic out of curiosity about a year ago, and honestly, I thought it was decent. It was nothing too special to me, but it was an all right experience (the bosses were still the worst, though). All things considered, I actually did grow to enjoy the game a bit more than I did before. Honestly, I think the hype really killed my first playthrough of the game, and I find that that tends to be the case with a lot of popular games that I ended up playing late. This wasn't really meant to be much of a structured story or anything, I just wanted to share my experience with the game.

[@antdawgjr]

So no one is going to talk about how this is basically SA2 2D (Sonic Advance 2/Adventure 2, you get it) The level select map is similar to Adventure 2, it has a chao garden, rail grinding, homing attack, and linear level design. ALSO, DID I MENTION THE LEVEL SELECT MAP?

[@paulgilbert5278]

You can make that argument for all 3 Advance games with SA1-2 and Heroes

[@antdawgjr]

@@paulgilbert5278 Correct Sa1 you start off in a beach Sa3 you have team abilities

[@RealCaptainPingu]

@@antdawgjr But you don't have 3 team members, only 2, and you can't swap between them either

[@antdawgjr]

@@RealCaptainPingu You get the point though?

[@cassiedevereaux-smith3890]

Eggmanbotnik keeps convincing Knuckles to try to kick the football and pulls it away at the last second.

[@Surgemaster2012]

I know a lot will disagree, but out of the advance trilogy Advance 1 is my favorite simply because of Amy's gameplay. But I also feel of the three games, not only does it have the least amount of padding, but it also has the least BS in its design too. Sure, near the end of the game (Egg Rocket and Cosmic Angel) you start to see what people call the Dimps design creeping in on it, and yeah its a problem in those two levels for sure. But honestly, I think the feeling of the design varies depending on who you play. Since I play as Amy the most of any character in Advance 1 along with Tails these design issues don't bother me that much because they are the two with the most tools to get around these issues. However when it comes to Sonic (who I feel is the weakest link) It hits harder because the main issue with Sonic is he plays the game too honestly, that all the issues hit the worst. Sure, Advance 3 might have the better levels, better balance and variety with the two characters system and has the best special stages among the three games (it also has the best OST for that matter). I feel the cheapness in its level design makes it more annoying to play compared to Advance 1 for me. I hate the hit detection in advance 3, especially when it counts on things like getting crushed. Where just having a pixel of your character touch an edge on moving blocks counts as being crushed. I think Advance 3 is the better game, but I prefer Advance 1 because its the game of the two I get less frustrated with. And while this might be a take (I don't like doing those) I think Advance 1 has the best bosses, sure they are basic compared to Advance 3, but I feel Advance 3's bosses suffer too much from lack of eye frames and too many of them are cheap (Twinkle Snow). Like the first boss for instance, you have to wait between each individual hit for the boss, whereas in Advance 1 I can just keep hitting the boss as many times as I can as long as it is open for me to do so. If I attempt to land more hits than what the game intends I take damage in Advance 3 because of bosses lack of eye frames. I also find the hit detection rather annoying too. The one thing the bosses have over Advance 1 is there is more going on and mechanically have more to do. And for anyone asking, I am actually good at both games and even despite skill level I experience these problems. Tbh I feel Cosmic Angel is the only bad level in Advance 1. (the boss of that also sucks too) Advance 2 tho? It sucks, like even once you get better at the game because every character plays the same way with almost no variation makes enjoying the characters not fun. You're just playing skins with almost no difference. It feels as if the game was specifically designed around Cream, which isn't really good design. The level design is bad because it is either very passive with little in the way of actual movement experimenting, or cheap levels with bottomless pits and cheap enemy placement. All bosses are approached the same way. It also has the worst 100% of any Sonic game honestly, and reason being isn't just because of the requirement (which is a problem) its because all of the rewards are the exact same things you had in Advance 1 from the start. For me, nothing is more insulting about 100% than just giving what you already had before.

[@hmmmp]

Literally the best game in the trilogy lmao, what the hell are you on about

[@Ryusagi]

Consider laying off the drugs

[@Ivan210bluboi]

Nah bro the level design is literally just a big downwards slope, the new gameplay mechanics are cool ideas, but they whould be more fun to use in better designed levels. Sonic Advance 3 is way better in fact.

[@qsdaee-m4z]

You really didn't watch the video did you?

[@jeremybriggs6951]

​@@qsdaee-m4z I'm going to have to say no

[@goldminer4495]

Here is the thing, first, insta death pits. Sure I'm pretty sure the other two had them as well, but I just can't get over them in advance 2. Second, chaos emeralds, unlike the other 2 games where it's shared, you have to get the emeralds, INDIVIDUALLY. At least the special stages are easier, but third, getting the special stages are literally so hard that you probably need a guide. I recommend watching Nathaniel Bandys 2d sonic marathon on how he thought that sonic advance 2 was the worst game he played during that marathon. All in all, Sonic Advance 2 for the Gameboy Advance is a really good game, but it has flaws to where it's the worst of the Advance Trilogy.

[@marleyfett6569]

I noticed in 16:58, you called Hot Crater "Hot Shelter". This very much could just be an accident as both names do sound similar.

[@coopercastille]

Crap 😭

[@marleyfett6569]

@@coopercastille It's fine. I doubt anyone else would notice.

[@SSKO2]

This title is such a lie lmao. I mean the collecting of Special Rings yes, it’s bad but the game itself was overall good

[@SaddieMoon]

Kinda funny how back when Somecallmejohnny’s video on the Advance games came out, most people agreed that it was either Advance 1 or 2 that was the best, and barely anyone likes 3. Now, I way more often see people not like Advance 2 and praise Advance 3. Btw, Advance 3 is one of my favorite Sonic games.

[@cliffturbo2146]

*Well, we are Sonic fans* I sort of like them equally, but Advance 3 has always been the best for me. It's a "Jack of all trade" kind of game.

[@smashmaster521]

We can all agree Advance 1 is the best of the trilogy. With 2 and 3, it's a matter of taste.

[@SaddieMoon]

@@smashmaster521 Me who likes Advance 3 more than Advance 1: Woops, I forgot to not exist again. Bye! /silly

[@Bron275G]

Sonic Advance 3 actually getting some love. Mad respect.

[@paulgilbert5278]

The Sonic + Cream tag Team was so much fun to use

[@xNeroGamerPL]

Somehow, especially since is one of the worst games out there.

[@paulgilbert5278]

Get real. SA3 isn’t anywhere close to worst. It’s better than most 3D Sonic games

[@xNeroGamerPL]

It's better than Secret Rings and that's it.

[@lafbkhope5391]

@@xNeroGamerPL Good joke.

[@JamoXeno]

I’ve never really thought about how much of a pain this game could be if you’re not as familiar with it. This is the Advance game I played the most growing up so maintaining the speed for as long as possible has become second nature to me. I like the memorization and replayability it offers. I treat it like a time trials I guess? I do hate the special stage entry method though. Fuck that shit. Although there is a mod that came out semi recently called Sonic Advance 2 SP that lowers the requirements to 5 as well as adds more Special Rings in a stage. I feel like it makes way more sense with the level design being the way it is so it’s a lot more enjoyable to play when starting a new file. Really enjoyed the review and I look forward to more!

[@coopercastille]

Actually, adding more Special Rings would've seriously solved the problem and could've made them kinda fun collectibles, having ONLY seven per act just makes collecting them more time consuming. I'll have to look into that mod in the future!

[@xavierreallyplaysgames]

@@coopercastillemost acts actually have way more than 7.

[@qsdaee-m4z]

​@@xavierreallyplaysgames which one?

[@xavierreallyplaysgames]

@@qsdaee-m4z you know what my bad, I mis remembered

[@kingpikmin6361]

The Sonic Advance games are very interesting to me-it’s always felt like they get somewhat overshadowed by the other 2D Sonic games. Regardless, it was fun getting to hear your thoughts! Sonic Advance 2 looks like one of those games you need a lot of patience for. I can’t ever imagine myself attempting 100% completion. I don’t blame you for hacking. Looking forward to your next video, Cooper! This was a fun one.

[@andykishore]

3:05 Man, way to make me feel old.

[@FirstLast-mn4re]

I think Cream was playable in that Apple Arcade exclusive 3D sonic game that came out like last year (just looked it up the title is Sonic Dream Team). But she basically just played like a clone of Tails.

[@minhadmahmud2500]

The complaints about the air tricks make no sense There's only 4 buttons on a gba Do you people not try pressing buttons and see what happens? Plus the game forms rings in the shape of an arrow to let you know which air trick to do

[@Gnidel]

If you press R after jump or on ground nothing happens. Why should I suddenly try to use it after spring or ramp?

[@qsdaee-m4z]

It doesn't counter his point. Even the opposite, they don't tell there's tricks in anyway(except the controls option that no one ever cares about) and the only way not to die in the segments where you have to use them is to try everything and figure it out on your own and that can take several lives and game over for many players not understanding why they're dying.

[@321cheeseman]

The real answer is they expect you to read the manual. Tons of old games expected you to read these things, rather than doing in-game tutorials. It's only really a problem now when people are emulating, or buying just the cart by itself used, and have the expectation that every game will tell you everything in an in-game tutorial since that's what modern games do.

[@ethanwayne6973]

​@@qsdaee-m4zdon't expect to know the controls on a 2d game you didn't read the controls for. Even Mario's run button did this and I don't see anybody complaining, Punch-Out did the same thing too. This is bs

[@ethanwayne6973]

​@@321cheesemanexactly that shit don't fit on a cartridge

[@pinkiepeachypie]

Worst game in the series only because Amy's my favorite character and you have to complete the game like 4 times to unlock her

[@SaddieMoon]

6:31 Vanilla also appears as an NPC in Sonic Speed Simulator, and cameos in one Sonic Forces Speed Battle announcement. Where she is taking a picture Drummer Cream. Not so special.

[@Isotropic_Phoenix]

I prefer Advance 3. Not just the music, the characters, the backgrounds. Everything. This game I got as a gift from my cousin 17 years ago right after I was adopted, and this game was what made me fall in love with the series. Even if I wasn't good at the game at all, I connected with the music. It was inspiring to the point that two years ago I started my very own Music Enhancement Project, as I believed there wasn't enough love towards this collection in particular. And while I did have to teach myself how everything went together, It felt exhilarating just seeing the passion that went towards this handheld collection. All in all though, yeah, Sonic Advance 2 is dumb, yeah, the music slaps. Yeah, the visuals slap as well. But it DOESN'T top Sonic Advance 3 being the BEST game of the trilogy. Not by a long shot. Ik ppl love this game, but I have a rebuttal. SPECIAL STAGES.

[@CaptainFordo21]

You seem to have inverted 3 & 1. Advance 1 is better. No worries, fixed it for you!

[@Isotropic_Phoenix]

@ lol based! 👍

[@MrEmpoleon2010]

8:49 You’re in luck because Cream is playable in Sonic Dream Team that was released last year. Granted it’s currently an Apple Arcade exclusive but it’s a 3D Sonic game nonetheless.

[@hamzamohamed6774]

Yeah but they kinda nerved her there

[@SonicStation]

Hey I wonder, where did you get the footage from 6:48 ? I noticed my game ending section in Cream's story looked different in a recent playthrough I did

[@WillieCorley]

Sonic Advance 2 is one of my favorite Sonic games. I got an original copy of the game when it was a brand new game 21 years ago.

[@Gnidel]

I love this game. Nostalgia plays a big part because it was my introduction to 2D Sonic along with first Advance. But I preferred Advance 2.

[@jarmelatodyssechutminds126]

22:00 which is definitely the biggest reason I hate about this game how to get the chaos emeralds and how to get to the special stages. I think I'd rather have a fighting chance of getting all this chaos emeralds in Sonic 2.

[@mediamuncher69]

You may not like Sonic Advance 2 but you have to admit Coop.... *VANILLA IS HOT.* 👏🥵

[@Mr.Cronic]

This was my favorite one and I still play it at least once a year lol. 3 is my least favorite if I’m being honest, but hey that’s what makes people interesting, we’re allowed to have different opinions:P

[@Konic64]

I emulated this back in the pandemic, and this game was single handedly responsible for destroying the Right dpad button on my PS4 controller. I have since then never played a platformer with the dpad on any controller.

[@User-h1r1y]

Sonic Advance 2, for me, it's not bad, but it's the weakest of the advance trilogy and one of the weakest Sonic games. Sonic Advance 2 looks like New Super Mario Bros. 2, but the defects are done in reverse. Sorry, I'm from Brazil.

[@jarmelatodyssechutminds126]

21:21 J's Review's worst nightmare. I totally sense the Mega Man Boss Rush PTSD kicking in in him. I pity the soul.

[@Zachx]

Advanced 3 was my first Advanced game so maybe I'm a little partial.

[@ahmedseen]

It's really cute that I found this channel twice, once by the SA1 iceberg, and once again by the SOAD live retrospectives. I never thought I'd find a channel that caters to those two specific interests of mine at once

[@Megaman.ExE7]

Yes! Coop. I have waited 2 years for this review lol! I'm glad that you're in a better place in life and can review this game with a sound mine. RIP your pet bird!!! 💖🕊

[@qsdaee-m4z]

On the gameplay and level design i would give it a little point that it's the game that kinda rewards you the most by knowing the mechanics and the levels

[@gamedestroyer112]

10:00 something i wanna add since I have been playing it. The level design is also too vertical and too insisting on responding way too fast to something that can't be timed... specifically the boost ramps and how the grind Rails work. Also the zones can be completed without tricks btw. I did it with sky canyon but it's hard as hell to do. So yeah. I also hate the ice zone and space station. And music zone is... odd. As for the bosses... the ice zone boss is hell and the second to final boss is very confusing and the wheel boss is... odd feeling. And I HATE the special ring to get the chaos emeralds... their placed weirdly and there is no hint on getting them or even how many to get... I'd prefer Sonic the Hedgehog 2 way of getting special stages. That should be the standard imo for accessing the special stages. The hidden big rings from sonic 3K are rarely handled correctly. And the final XX boss was just a death egg boss. Again.

[@chicxulubb_]

I misread as sonic ADVENTURE 2 and had a heart attack 😅

[@CupofJoe_93]

My memory of SAD2 was having a used a copy that had everything unlocked but resets after turning the game off. It came it and went between plays.

[@LeeKanDraw]

Yeah, it kinda kills the "gotta go fast" thing since u have to find the little "special rings" all over the place. But I use to play Sonic Advance 3 all the time on a game emulator. Either way, the Advance series is great.

[@azimuddin1890]

(2:38) Ahh, that flash game, I remembered playing it again 2 years ago. (4:03) I remember that you can run on that long wall with just Sonic alone, the dash pads really weren’t required.

[@Easmodx]

Thank you. I thought I was the only one who preferred Advance 3 and thought 2 was the least good because of all the flaws you listed. SPECIALLY the special stages system. And you have to do it with all characters (so 35 times assuming you don't lose once) as oppossed to having emeralds count for everyone. The special stages are without a doubt the most fatal flaw of Advance 2 and what makes me like it the least. Yet everyone seems to think 3 is the worst.

[@RamuneRabbit]

Also, regarding the "boost" mechanic of this game, the more rings you carry, the easier it is to go "fast" and reach top speed.

[@gabrielamin5337]

Advance 3 was my favorite, with Advance 1 and 2 tied for second.

[@paulgilbert5278]

Same

[@Urastinker]

Sonic also has an air dash if you double tap the d pad forward, giving him crazy speed, there's also a secret rail trick you can do with sonic and amy if you jump off the rail at the right time giving you extra height

[@kingstarscream320]

Later levels have difficult moments, and will be frustrating on the first few runs, but all of the stages become satisfying to master with practice. One-and-done games won’t enjoy Sonic Advance 2: it’s built for repeat playthroughs.

[@CoolPlayersVic]

I keep seeing people say this is the worst one, but this game was my favorite. Had so much fun with this one.

[@edmpunkfire7793]

Advance 2 doesn't seem that bad

[@personita2.733]

AMY IS IN SONIC ADVANCE 2???? I'VE BEEN LIVING MY WHOLE LIFE THINKING SHE WAS JUST MISSING OMG

[@redanglerfish]

I remember in 2nd grade playing Sonic advance 1 and 2 with like 5 other kids on the playground.. it was like a big deal at the time in my circle lol. I really hope all 3 games gets ported.. preferably in a collection on Xbox :p

[@MarcinSzkodziski-xe2qp]

I never add Shadow generatioms tis song

[@Brian-bw9fh]

Advance 2 is literally the fastest 2D game of the series while still maintaining momentum based gameplay. Level design was created for players to GID GUD. Best of the trilogy EASILY

[@CaptainFordo21]

nope, 1st one is easily leagues ahead, cope harder 🤣🤣🤣

[@Brian-bw9fh]

@@CaptainFordo21 seems I struck a nerve. Someone couldn't get all 7 chaos emeralds. Advance 2 is the undisputed GOAT

[@shizuwolf]

Have you tried the SP rom hack?

[@SaddieMoon]

15:14 I remember hearing Act 2 a lot when playing a Sonic Scene Creator fan game.

[@kingstarscream320]

Typically, casual Sonic fans hate Advance 2 whereas a lot of the more skilled gamers adore it. The bosses initially frustrated me as a kid but then I learned to Git gud.

[@CaptainFordo21]

Nice fallacy. 1st one is better btw.

[@apagan0075]

Bottomless pits aren't a unique thing in Dimps Sonic games. The have a common placement in other platformers made by Dimps alongside trial and error platforming.

[@tylerensminger]

I respect the view and honestly you raise very good points

[@Cosmicfallsr]

Do you plan on re-reviewing Advance 1?

[@coopercastille]

Nope

[@Pharcydeyt]

i dislike advance 3 the most but i wont say that getting the emeralds in advance 2 is obnoxious and i definitely use codes for getting the true ending. I liked the idea of the team up mechanic but honestly none of the combos ever beat just running sonic and tails the whole game since u can use the super jump to skip platforming sections. Advance 1 does take the crown for me as the best but 2 and 3 are not far behind. Definitely the best portable trilogy.

[@Vaffle_1231]

Honestly I like Sonic Advance 2 But Sonic Advance 3 is my favorite Sonic Advance game

[@tombruncker7013]

I’ve never played sonic advance 2 or sonic advance 3 but I have noticed something and I could be very wrong with this but people who love sonic advance 2 tend to hate advance 3 and vice versa

[@borgarwoag]

me when the hot take is based and real

[@Duoliss]

I feel so validated rn bc i always thought this game was the weakest and that 3 was the best in the trilogy

[@ivanzoneBR24]

From the little I had played, its WAY BETTER than Sonic Advance 1.

[@EWOODJ]

Pressing right and going fast for that short period of playtime would definitely have people *THINK* that.

[@blackestyang7528]

wtf is this production value with < 20k subs btw Sky Canyon feels slow because there are many points where it's easy to get turned around. It needs a lot of precision to get through quickly for such a fast game

[@LazyGardenGamer]

3:11 oh my god I forgot about this. You are correct. Dug up an old memory for sure. Fuck I'm old.

[@ShockToYoSystem]

I say 3 my least fave because getting lost in hub worlds for hours as a yout⚡️

[@Mikeystar45]

18:56 "How did they make levels that are supposed to be designed around moving super fast, feel like they're taking forever?!" The answer is simple: The level is annoying, not fun, and badly designed 😂

[@shawn6306]

i competely disagree i think sonic advanced 2 is the best great game to me i love that game so much

[@SonicTTSanimations]

dang you guys hate creams appearance so much

[@jarmelatodyssechutminds126]

18:19 worst Sonic Canyon-themed level. Tear it all down.

[@rakeguy7703]

The hell? absolutelly not the worst. That would be the 3rd one.

[@EWOODJ]

Ha!

[@andrestapia1493]

That's an odd way to say 3

[@paulgilbert5278]

Nah 2 was my go to but he ain’t wrong. After Zone 4 the game starts flinging you into pits

[@JoseGregorioValeroVillarroel]

Nope! You read that right. He thinks Advance 2 is the worst of the trilogy. After all, let's not forget that once you get to Zone 4, the game betrays you with some of the worst level and boss design in the series. I mean, in previous entries, traps felt like a punishment for being absent minded. Whereas in Advance 2, you get tons of bottomless pits, gimmicks everywhere and horrible designed bosses(Especially the Sky Canyon one with its insta-kill hand). Which is one of the main reasons I prefer Advance 3. The other one? At least, that game is honest from the beginning and it's more forgivable for me. Dude, I will take spikes that get you from nowhere and crushing blocks over being betrayed by a game that contradics itself once you get to Zone 4(Is Advance 2 a speed game or a exploration game? Considerating its Special Stage accessing method.)!

[@EWOODJ]

3 isn’t the worst

[@lukeluke1894]

game has pretty colors and the boost mode after images so I can’t be critical of it 😭

[@KINGGEORGEIO]

This was the best game hands down

[@Hedgehogfanatic2006]

You just had to say that.

[@RM2011ish]

You pretty much summed up my entire beef with Sonic Advance 2. The speed is great but the level design is basically "Hold Right to Win". The best Sonic games combine both speed and precise platforming.

[@Tramway-i8f]

sonic advance 3 exists you know

[@kingbash6466]

I don't hate Advance 2, but it's definitely the weakest game in the trilogy for me. I think the higher emphasis on speed, while cool initially, sorta gets shallow by the end, and when you reach Sky Canyon, a lot of Dimps' bad habits with designing Sonic stages really shows their ugly heads. Don't even get me started on the Chaos Emerald collecting bs.

[@raptros]

I actually like 2 more than 3 lol

[@SnowyUwU]

26:43 I respect it 🫡

[@DrGrosso]

23:36 nice Sonic Colors reference.

[@supersonicsaga]

It's my favorite out of the 3. 😢

[@juancamilogomez8091]

Maybe but its the coolest one.

[@existential_narwal9257]

BASED???

[@supershadixboom4040]

Sorry butt ur wrong buddy

[@coopercastille]

lmao butt

[@xNeroGamerPL]

The worst one? I thought we are talking about Advance 2, not Advance 3.

[@JoseGregorioValeroVillarroel]

Nope! You read that right! He thinks Advance 2 is the worst of the trilogy. After all, let's not forget that once you get to Zone 4, the game betrays you with some of the worst level and boss design in the series! I mean, in previous games, traps felt like a punishment for being absent-minded. Whereas in Advance 2, you get tons of leaps of faith, gimmicks everywhere and horrible designed bosses(Especially the Sky Canyon one with its insta-kill hand)!

[@xNeroGamerPL]

Still sounds like Advance 3.

[@SaddieMoon]

17:32 Ultimate Flash Sonic had the better level design.

[@Iexecutioner]

*3

[@JoseGregorioValeroVillarroel]

Dude, just fucking accept opinions! Just because this dude hates Advance 2 doesn't mean he's objectively right, you can like it whatever you want. But don't correct a different opinion.

[@Karianysu]

Advance 2 and Rush are both as badly designed, just saying

[@ethanwayne6973]

Naw, you didn't just say Tush is badly designed. Wtf you sippin

[@paulgilbert5278]

Rush is better by a bit, Rush Adventure is better by a lot

[@ethanwayne6973]

@@paulgilbert5278 Rush Adventure the game, or the level design?

[@paulgilbert5278]

The level design. Too bad the watercraft minigames bogged it down

[@ethanwayne6973]

@@paulgilbert5278 and replaying each level 30 times for parts

[@ZeiZei990]

*best

[@JoseGregorioValeroVillarroel]

Dude, just fucking accept opinions! It's ok if you like it, but don't try to correct an different opinion.

[@ZeiZei990]

@@JoseGregorioValeroVillarroel when its objectively wrong and told in CAPITAL LETTERS in the title of the video i get eenypeeny offended

[@CaptainFordo21]

@@ZeiZei990 you do not know what objectivity is.

[@Buhhhdy]

26:35 I feel like they did that to try and give the game replayability, but utterly failed with the amount of badly placed level design, along with the general idea of putting Sonic in a Metroid situation with the way they designed the levels and it working like Blaster Master when you lose all the items you've collected, except instead of getting hurt it's losing the special stage. 31:43 *_A S K I G N_*

[@Instylegamer59]

cool video

[@springbonnidreamer87]

Bad enemy placement, bad level design, fighting three of the worst bosses multiple times, getting the special rings in one shot, and the amount of retries for the special stages are all of my issues from the game. I will appreciate for having Cream and Vanilla into the franchise, but honestly they should’ve been in a better game to start off I haven’t played Advance 3, but I hope I don’t have to use cheats to play the game all the way to the end (and hopefully a boss doesn’t kill you even if you have god mode on)

[@xavierreallyplaysgames]

You are unfortunately having a skill issue

[@Amit7.]

Cope harder

[@Ivan210bluboi]

Getting better at the game doesn't change the fact that the level design is very bland and just has you running forward the whole time. There's barely even any platforming. Not really the kind of Sonic game for me imo.

[@xavierreallyplaysgames]

@@Ivan210bluboi it really does because I am better at the game and don't think anything like that. You and Coop don't have to like it personally, but saying it's a bad game is just wrong.

[@Ivan210bluboi]

@@xavierreallyplaysgames I don't think it's a bad game, far from it, I actually quite enjoy it, but I still think there's not that many times where there's anything interesting to do with the level design, making it rather basic. But I guess I just don't really understand it.

[@croc6105]

​​@@Ivan210bluboiIf you do nothing but run forward you'll most likely get severely punished for it, platforming comes mainly from avoiding pasivity traps that lead to worse situations. Unlike a speed focused game like Sonic 2, this one actually holds the player accountable, it's not eye-candy, it's spectacle as bait.

[@BahGawdHass]

2>1>>>>>3. I never finished Advanced 3. That's how much I hated it.

[@yusifudo46]

Not based. Skill issue

[@BahGawdHass]

@@yusifudo46 Or just shitty game design.

[@yusifudo46]

@@BahGawdHass No. You clearly have a skill issue. Stop making excuses

[@BahGawdHass]

@@yusifudo46 No excuse. Just a shit game.

[@yusifudo46]

@@BahGawdHass More like sh*t gamer. No excuses

[@SnowyUwU]

3>2>1 imo

[@CaptainFordo21]

other way around.

[@LucasDanielCab5]

Me when I'm wrong

[@BlinksAwakening]

What an awful awful take. SA2 was easily the most fun entry of the Advance Trilogy. Won't be checking out your takes again, that's for sure.

[@qsdaee-m4z]

Listen at least what he's saying before opening your mouth(or keyboard)

[@BlinksAwakening]

@qsdaee-m4z or, how about I've played all 3 thoroughly, watched this awful video and made my informed conmment based on all of that?! Next time ask a few questions of me before being so ignorant.

[@EWOODJ]

I 100% all three games multiple times myself and I completely disagree with you.

[@CaptainFordo21]

lmao poor crybabys feelings got hurt and now hes offended

[@demash6215]

Haven't watched the video and already thumbs down. After i watch this, im reporting.

[@qsdaee-m4z]

@@demash6215 rage bait, grow up