Sonic X Shadow Generations Keeps Exceeding My Expectations

[@SonicTheBlueBlur15]

I hate how people are comparing this to forces when they should compare this to unleashed and gens first level, its literally act 1 of the first level and its already so long and so good and has so many multiple paths and such and some secret ones too! Ngl this game is peak straight up controls like sa2 with boost, I think their ready for sa3 and adventure remakes tbh

[@megapulsar9244]

The only common point between this and Forces is the engine and the gameplay I guess, like obviously it's not the same as in Unleashed. But then again, I'd compare it more to Frontiers, even though I feel like Frontiers' speed levels are much slower than this.

[@EduardoBalmaceda]

even unleashed and generation wish to have this kind of quality for the very first level

[@YasserBendamia-od7lp]

like what matthasnocuts said . sonic fans have forces ptsd so people will first try to compare it to forces before anything else

[@YasserBendamia-od7lp]

@@EduardoBalmaceda perfect comment , unleashed first level cant even hold a candle to this

[@SonicTheBlueBlur15]

I just heard that the game is being made by unleashed and gens developers so its guaranteed peak

[@michawhite7613]

6:20 "finally learning how to make good level design" Or rather, re-learning, since they seemed to do a decent job with Sonic Unleashed

[@MatheusSilva-lg5oo]

10:50 look at those fancy DNA sequences twirling and flying around to spawn Biolizard thats one epic spawn animation!!

[@shaulov10]

Sonic team has always been very good at special effects

[@superturkishdelight]

This game feels unreal. With Sonic games there's always a catch. Either it's unpolished, or has massive design issues. This game represents such a massive jump in quality in everyway. I'm fully hyped.

[@SonicTheBlueBlur15]

11:38 wait that drop dash could be useful in those airdash sections, wow this could be even beyond peak, SOMEONE MAKE A WORD THATS MORE THAN PEAK

[@IFFB714]

Epic! Or Rad to the max.

[@crowkid5553]

Good great awesome outstanding amazing

[@gluteusmaximus09]

peachy

[@NoNamex1412]

Also the cutscene to gameplay transitions are way too clean, they remind me of ratchet and clank rift apart to some extent

[@shaulov10]

Bro we’re finally getting high quality animation

[@NoNamex1412]

@@shaulov10 we're gonna get the sonic unleashed opening but in game if they keep this up

[@TheOneAndOnlyJanitor.]

You know who else keeps exceeding your expectations?

[@Terminal_Apotos]

Oh no bro…

[@shaulov10]

Muscle man is in my comments now

[@NoNamex1412]

Who's this broad?

[@Dat_Guy-IsCool]

mAI MAWM!!1!!1

[@suns3t_t0wn]

If you say your mother YOU'RE FIRED

[@ZechOfTheWest]

You mention DLC and i agree. 3DS Gens levels, Rush levels, more classic levels, more bosses, heck they could even add a whole 'nother campaign like xSilver or xBlaze. Then again, maybe im *too* optimistic there...

[@lpfan4491]

Episode Shadow 2: Crazy Improvement

[@ThisisTheUltimate]

More info that wasn't mentioned in the video (probably the video was made before that): Fadel did another gameplay where he takes a really optimal route, and that gameplay shows how cool the level design in this game looks and how many alternate paths there are Today, SEGA of Japan released a bit more of information regarding the Hub World saying that in there you'll "do objectives, missions, talk to characters, etc.", which is so cool And although Iizuka confirmed that there will be no Chao Garden in this game, we've seen Midori saying for we to look bright to the future of Chao, and that Sonic x Shadow Generations and Sonic Rumble was only the beggining for them, probably they're re-introducing them slowly, first as missions like SA2, then we'll have the Chao Garden Mobile Game for Netflix, maybe who knows in the next mainline games we'll actually have the Chao Garden back! 11:45 Oh, and one thing I just noticed while watching the video, it looks like they changed the Homing Attack in Generations from the Jump Button twice to Jump and then boost button? Like in Unleashed and Frontiers? Huh... Anyway, the game looks SO COOL in EVERY aspect, I'm more hyped about it than any other recent Sonic game, even if I liked most of them from 2011-now

[@shaulov10]

Yeah this is a bunch of new stuff. Man we getting to much info 💀

[@afhamdanish1957]

The fact this is a fricking first act it's wild like damn they really cooking here

[@shaulov10]

It can only get better from here

[@bogoreemer9999]

If the first act looks and plays that fucking good, I can only imagine the second act

[@afhamdanish1957]

@@bogoreemer9999 that's true can't wait for the release man

[@bogoreemer9999]

@@afhamdanish1957 It's gonna be so damn fire! Hell maybe even GOTY level XD

[@afhamdanish1957]

@@bogoreemer9999 YESSIR!?

[@lordx8844]

Whoever thinks this is forces level quality needs to get a reality check. And I’m surprised no one noticed the Parry move.

[@NoNamex1412]

Genuine question this time, do you think that the chaos abilities in sonic omens gameplay might have had something to do with shadow having playable chaos abilities in shadow gens? Because the chaos control and spear work quite similarly

[@Terminal_Apotos]

They definitely have at least seen them considering it’s infamy.

[@shaulov10]

It’s a non 0% chance but they 100% did it better. You can actually use chaos spear while moving

[@NoNamex1412]

@@Terminal_Apotos definitely, which makes me wonder if they at least took some inspo from it

[@NoNamex1412]

@@shaulov10 you could do that in omens too 💀

[@StarForce99]

It's funny how Sonic fans say that this looks like Forces when this one level and boss fight has a lot more depth than Forces will ever have lol

[@KyndlingStoneCB]

Alot of people are like “they’re not confident enough to release this on their own” Nintendo did this with Bowser’s Fury and this shit is still screaming confidence.

[@shaulov10]

Like literally, this game has more polish than any sonic game. I’ve seen in the past five years maybe even longer.

[@Chaos-X-editz]

This is literally the definition of, "you never cease to suprise me" ur a W fan if you got the SA2 reference

[@shaulov10]

Bro that scene before they fight is so goated

[@Chaos-X-editz]

@@shaulov10 ong 🗣

[@thelightningangel4959]

Apparently base gens has the control scheme of frontiers, so yknow, different button homing attack, Right trigger boost, etc... That just...doesn't sound right to me but I'll adapt to it

[@shaulov10]

Don’t worry. There’s gonna be a legacy control scheme so you can switch to that if you want the original controls

[@thelightningangel4959]

@@shaulov10 Yo real shit? Well I guess nevermind, crisis averted lmao

[@spencermaley4390]

The only thing I can think that they could possibly do to improve the game even further would be implementing something along the lines of Showin’s Classic Sonic Improvement Mod to give us momentum-based physics for Classic Sonic.

[@Terminal_Apotos]

The Level Design is not as Bad as Forces but I do see a lot of Forces DNA. It seems to be very dependent on Homing Attacks instead of Player Dependent Platforming. An example would be the First Inside section with the Ramps, once you launch yourself to take the Upper Path all you do is homing attack some springs, if you take the Lower Path all you do is Homing Attack Gun Beetles. Which brings me to the “Alternate Pathways” that reconnect to the Main Path in less than 10 Seconds and are often only SLIGHTLY different. An example is that First Tube, Run in a Straight Line on the Inside or Grind in a Straight Line on the Outside. This brings me to the biggest point of comparison, the long stretches of Road where you do nothing. The most blatant example being the Radical Highway Section. All you do is Boost Forward for nearly a Minute, those “Alternate Pathways” you mention consist of the Same Thing, Boosting Forward. The Best thing I could say is I’m glad we’re finally getting stages longer than 2 Minutes but this Level Design really isn’t surpassing the standard. Hopefully the later level drastically improve in complexity and difficulty.

[@shaulov10]

I know you don’t have Twitter but fadel posted a video of him taking the most optimal routes in the stage and it is so much more than anything forces has done. The paths actually have purpose and require player agency. The chaos abilities alone give the level that extra bit of style. And the fact that most ramps have no splash panels and require you to actually use speed gets me excited for the future levels

[@Terminal_Apotos]

@@shaulov10 I do have Twitter, that gameplay only reinforced my thoughts. The Ramps not having Dash Panels doesn’t matter since using the Boost alone gives you the necessary momentum to reach the top. The alternate paths were really small deviations that consisted of more homing attacks, the only meaningful one was the one where you skip the second box room with ramps but that was also just homing attacks.

[@BasicUser1772]

Bro loves forces so much he wrote a whole essay about it 💀

[@Terminal_Apotos]

@@BasicUser1772 You just hate Sonic! Stop Whining!

[@BasicUser1772]

@@Terminal_Apotos sorry bro I know you love forces a lot but we ain’t getting it back 😂

[@marcxworld5708]

So happy that sonic team can finally do their open zone idea, they've been wanting to do that since 06 lol 🤣

[@akiplay312]

Hedgehog Engine 2 is incredible ngl game looks really good especially those cutscenes and gameplay transitions.

[@OMR3333]

Wait... MODERN SONIC GETS A DROP DASH TOO???? THAT'S SO COOL I wonder if Shadow has one as well, could be possible Maybe there's an unlockable spin dash? I'm way too excited for this game

[@Mrbones999]

Having the boost button on trigger and homing attack on X/Square/Y and a bad drop dash for modern sonic has not exceeded my expectations

[@funnylookingseal]

I went from "oh I'm just gonna buy this for the generations part" to "oh I'm just gonna buy this for the Shadow part"

[@majidsoprano93]

Not to mention this is a FULLY 3D LEVEL

[@Tfprime84]

What’s crazy is this is confirmed to be the tutorial. If that is true this will be the best tutorial level in the franchise.

[@Temijr2025]

I feel like they got inspired from sonic omen’s shadow levels design fr

[@SonicSpeedaholic]

I cant wait to see what SEGA has in store for futures games, this is only the beginning and it'll get better. Also, shadows movement is so fluid i can't believe it! Also nice video as always👍

[@Tazmain.]

When I was a little kid, I would always watch videos of sonic generations, praying that one day I’ll get to play it. Thank you Sega.

[@shaulov10]

You never played gens?

[@Tazmain.]

@@shaulov10 nah bruh

[@Tazmain.]

@@shaulov10 I’ve never played a lot of sonic games

[@johnjackson9751]

Shadow speaks elegantly in this game this time

[@nintony2994]

just hope the rest of the game is also like this too :)

[@Pasta-P]

God, I want a public demo for the eShop sooner or later.

[@finalthoughts3622]

is anyone going to question how Shadow did a bounce?

[@FanicTheHedgehogYT]

The Thumbnail... IGN is that your rating Metacritic is that your rating Too?

[@tkain61]

Why are there review score emblems in the thumbnail? The game isn't even close to being out, so no reviews have been published.

[@shaulov10]

It’s supposed to represent how I feel about the game

[@Tfprime84]

Also Fidel posted a video taking the most optimal route

[@shaulov10]

Yeah that was late at night, already made the vid. Wish I could put it in here

[@vilhovarelius1164]

Sonic forces damage the hool fandom

[@bluestreaksthehedgehog.]

Facts

[@shaulov10]

True

[@Dork_000]

The wings are so over the top edgy and i love it

[@shaulov10]

We are so back to the 2005 edgy era

[@cole6843]

And it makes sonadow canon!

[@A_dude_obsessed_with_rabbits]

No it does not make sonadow canon!

[@RatchetClankFan112]

I’m excited for this game

[@nourthepr]

Sonic game Testers can make a god teir game a f at best💀🙏🙏🙏 same thing happened with frontiers ☠️

[@shaulov10]

But on that, same merit they can also improve the game because if you remember sonic frontiers was not gonna have any platforming. Originally it was just going to be you running around doing some puzzles and Combat until the play tester said it was boring and then they added all the platforming into the game. They just have to get the right play testers.

[@user-rbyee]

🎉🎉 9:43

[@junerummy2462]

If it doesn't look or play like SM, I'm skeptical. I'll wait for reviews from non-biased Sonic fans.

[@Sonic-VA-]

(When Sonic Twitter when they see Grind Rails) SONIC FORCES LEVEL DESIGN (Actual Sonic fan) bruh. This game ain't like Forces

[@gabrieliuszalp7974]

Sonic team got budget?

[@makhaiwilbert2716]

This game make me think a lot about the 2005 game rather than forces

[@ShadowsCrawlDown]

It feels like Sega knew their games were mid, so they’re going back to a beloved game and studying that for future projects

[@shaulov10]

Or maybe sonic team finally got to make a game with proper budget and resources

[@agrilsunil1]

@@shaulov10 I knew they could beg SEGA hard enough!

[@ChibiSteak]

13:53 fin.

[@SuperZeve]

I have one fear, this is the only good level.

[@NoNamex1412]

Then we'll keep replaying this level I guess

[@RaiginAnimator]

Fairs.

[@RaiginAnimator]

But tbf each first level of the boosts game is a simplified version of the later stages In unleashed it was react quickly to oncoming obsctacles to master the stage For gens it was similar but encouraged deviating from the path to find your own shortcuts For Forces it was Linear gameplay that was mainly boosting with tons of automation. And For this game Pathfind the best way through each stage yourself With its abundance of alternate paths. But not as many reaction gimmicks like The other boost games

[@shaulov10]

I see. But I doubt they only have one good level

[@SonicTheBlueBlur15]

@@RaiginAnimatorEXACTLY! IF THIS IS ONLY ACT 1 OF SPACE COLONY ARK, WHATS COMING NEXT IS PEAK

[@JF-xm6tu]

Please please have super shadow in it

[@Drslouchy1469]

Man I can’t wait for those sonic fans to complain about Sonic x shadow generations and say that it’s yet again another disaster of a Sonic and that we’ll never ever get a good sonic game ever again. Although in MY opinion this game looks fantastic and I’m definitely going to pick this game up day 1.

[@KoreanNinja96]

Does it got chaos world if not didnt meet expectations miss tht shit from sonic adventures 2

[@LegacySonic358]

I love what they did with shadow and the stages but they could’ve done better for sonic and classic sonic stages not gonna lie doesn’t fit right this my opinion, but they could’ve just gave sonic and classic sonic the same hedgehog engine 2 what they did with shadow and sonic frontiers but yeah, they could’ve done more better with sonic and classic sonic

[@chaphidoesstuff]

ok

[@kaozspartan9289]

I bope QTEs can be reactivated on reruns

[@Biahaz]

shadow dont have drift ability 😢

[@victoralanhernandez6894]

Chat I fully dug my wallets grave it's 24 ft underground also fire video 😅

[@shaulov10]

Bro I got Sparking zero, Black ops 6 and sonic. I’m finished

[@victoralanhernandez6894]

@@shaulov10 want me to make another grave for your wallet? 🪦

[@thedredayshow9246]

400th like. I feel honored.

[@thegoatishere5079]

Can you run my ones on tekken

[@marcxworld5708]

So happy that sonic team can finally do their open zone idea, they've been wanting to do that since 06 lol 🤣