Why Was Sonic Adventure So AWESOME?!

[@TheAuthorStudios]

Most Knuckles fans want the return the "Tough Guy" from SA2, the "Big Brother" from Heroes, even the "Straight Man" from Sonic X; But I think his contemplative and introspective personality in Adventure 1 is also a great take that should be brought back.

[@ElenStar3343]

O olá caro brasileiro.

[@jaredjadriel]

Yup, but unfortunately now he is characterized just as stupid, which is horrible

[@auctiongurl]

I want knuckles from sonic movie 2 but not as dumb, but I wouldn't mind if he was as dumb

[@ashtimbog]

@@auctiongurl I don't think he was very dumb, naïve definitely

[@MasterAlpha1000]

Hell no, those Adventure and Heroes traits sucks just like the games lmao

[@MattTOB618]

15:59 I agree completely. It's not about speed, it's about *momentum* - getting good at both the mechanics and the level design so you can build up - and *keep* - your speed.

[@Harbluia]

"Why Was Sonic Adventure So AWESOME?!" Because it's a good fucking game that's why :)

[@NoahGrill]

Adventure 1 is amazing and did so many good things for the series

[@edwardrobinson5470]

I agree

[@YNSShifty]

i always see you in his server lol

[@NoahGrill]

@@YNSShifty yea

[@rynobehnke8289]

@SGMD 8889 I mean to be fair you during a Sonic only play-through will unlock Gamma before Big (I believe only Tails can unlock Big before Gamma)

[@AGES1934]

Then sonic 06 came in and laughed in the face of sonic adventure 1 and 2

[@shonenbois]

Gamma’s story and theme still gives me the feels to this day. Without his story SA1,to me, wouldn’t have that much emotional Power to it.

[@scrubstrr]

I played adventure for the first time last year so I'm not clouded with nostalgia when I say it did age well. It's the most fun I've had playing a game in years.

[@thaddeuswilliammcchucklebe47]

Hmm...very strange. Some people seem to like Adventure trying it out the first time while others might not. I think there's something going on in our human nature where Sonic games, or games in general, might appeal to a certain audience compared to another.

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

@@thaddeuswilliammcchucklebe47 For me, I didn't play the Adventure games until I was a teenager in the 2010's, so I didn't have a whole lot of nostalgia for them. I actually started with the Classic games believe it or not around 2003, when I was a kid. I still enjoy aspects of the Adventure games, but I don't hold them in high regard either. I like Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles in SA1, and the Sonic and Shadow levels in SA2, but the rest of the gameplay styles are just kind of meh for me.

[@BlueNinja-pw1yt]

I didnt play the game but I watched a full gameplay of it and I gotta say it was very good. I was so wrong about Sonic Adventure the one on the dreamcast I was watching. the cutscene were a little poorly made but overall it was amazing just like the original games I played at the age of 13 like I said never played it just watched the full gameplay

[@chaomix]

Finally got around to watching this entire video. Straight facts bro, I agree with pretty much everything you said here. Especially how even though the dialogue is executed kind of weird, the interactions between the characters actually let you CARE for them and make you actually want to see what’s gonna happen next. Amazing video as always bro! 👌

[@thonkingkong8457]

Almost 50 minute video, yes I needed this

[@itzalexplayzyt7016]

i watched the whole thing no skips

[@lazymorris5293]

I honestly really love Sonic Adventure I have great memories with this game and I think it’s unfair how people judge this game for aging poorly but not other games around the same time. Great video!

[@SuperSonicMaster17]

It probably wouldn't be judged like that if it wasn't a Sonic game. If it was any other franchise, it wouldn't be judged as harshly.n

[@shitanotosaurus]

@@SuperSonicMaster17 its sad how true that is

[@SilverSpireZ]

I still love Sonic Adventure. Gameplay’s aged pretty darn well, even if some other aspects have not. Also, as for the Knuckles criticisms, I have a couple. One, the digging does not always work properly. Mapping it to A and B was bizarre, and it works way better in SA2. Also, Sky Deck is just not fun. The gravity switching makes it hard to control. Other than that, no real complaints.

[@Ryderboycolor9]

Well the Radar was better in Adventure 1

[@rynobehnke8289]

@SGMD 8889 I mean assuming we change nothing else about Cream couldn't adventures story have happened as it did with Cream simply because she speaks Chao and so would she and Cheese figure Chaos Backstory out way in advance meaning any many of Tikals cryptic revelations would have just been in detail been explained by Cream and things like having Sonic know much earlier in the story that Chaos is just a rage filled overgrown chao could have changed a lot. Never mind that Cream's bound with Chao would totally put Chaos assessment into perspective as she and cheese could properly talk him down especially given that the in universe reason for the Station Square Chao garden is to be a protective habitat for Chao showing that the dominate species did a 180 from Tikals time.

[@ravysaini127]

I hate dx and it's glitched so I play on dreamcast

[@DanielFahimi]

@@Ryderboycolor9 No it wasn't.

[@Ryderboycolor9]

@@DanielFahimi ?

[@whyshouldi9786]

So THIS was the video essay. SA1 is a great game that represents sonic in at his purest 3d momentum based physics with a great story to boot.

[@theminecraft2516]

I just wish the cutscenes were decent

[@Mima_the_vengeful_spirit]

@@theminecraft2516 well..the CGI ones are still neat even for a 23 yo game. as for in-game cutscenes, it was done the best they could during that time [especially as all meshes had to be moved one by one due to limitations)

[@mc-ate-bit3814]

"People who like Sonic adventure are just nostalgia blind" People who just bought the game and like it: Are we a joke to you

[@Sydney_Angelyt]

Me who bought the port on steam and liked it. Mate, are y’all on crack?

[@edwardrobinson5470]

Also people who played it long ago and still play it still to this day.

[@RandomCarfromNFS]

People who use the nostalgia blind fanboy argument are ignorant delusional id*ots.

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

Even as someone who doesn't like Adventure as the rest of the Sonic fanbase, that line is just dumb because with every product there will always be people who enjoy it.

[@demaunix2723]

"Unique style of gameplay that makes everyone's experience different" It's official! Every copy of Sonic Adventure is personalized!

[@fluffcake]

I really wish that the whole Slippy controls and weird graphics didn’t instantly mean bad game. This game has a whole lot of charm and it shouldn’t be ignored. It’s a product of it’s time.

[@sethmushambavanhu8391]

Well atleast in speed highway when you get on the roof at the beginning of the is a 1 up which means it was clearly intended or they'd be no 1 up

[@TheAuthorStudios]

The Coolness is in the kickass guitars and melodies The Wildness is in the many different emotions and settings the songs give a feel of The Groovyness is in the ever present funky basslines Adventure has what i believe is the perfect formula for a Sonic OST down: Be Cool, Be Wild, Be Groovy.

[@RosheenQuynh]

This comment made my day lol 😌

[@Anywaays]

Presumably how many people died when perfect chaos appeared

[@0sharkyshakes126]

i love the determination and love for this blue hedgehog in that game unlike forces

[@QueenOfRats13]

It’s nice to see that I wasn’t the only kid whose first ever video game was Sonic Adventure. It absolutely holds a special place in my heart to this day.

[@mar-je9ir]

this was my first sonic game and it's still my favorite :) i love tails' and amy's development in the story so much... it sucks that (especially in tails' case) they threw all their development out the window for the recent games

[@MasterAlpha1000]

It's because those characters suck lmao

[@theminecraft2516]

The graphics are better than Sword and Shield

[@cliffturbo2146]

And the characters has a lot more expression.

[@majinpride3893]

Adventure is amazing collison could be better but i still love adventure

[@deathray252]

It you’ve only played DX and ever want to play through it again, give the Dreamcast version a try! Its collision detection is bafflingly better, you have to work a lot harder to get out of bounds in it.

[@eronbardiqi5286]

Be cool, be wild and be groovy is probably the best piece of video game soundtrack ever created IN MY OPINION!

[@mlpfimguy]

Hey great video! It definately helped me see the game in a new light. When I played Sonic Adventure for the first time, I was young, impatient and was used to a higher quality standard in Sonic games after having played Unleashed (Ps2) and Heroes (I only played through Team Rose's story which is significantly easier than team dark and team sonic, therefore I avoided the frustrations that most people have with it). I decided one day to play Sonic Adventure DX, and played through the first boss, which was fun, laughed at the janky cutscenes and the monitor saying "if the camera gets stuck, just be patient, it does that sometimes". The first level was fun, but I remember struggling with the collision, cause it felt like if I went too fast, I might break something. After the level, I was thrown into the hub city and by messing around with the controls, I found that I could get some insane air, so I began messing around and looking for ways to glitch out of the map. Unfortunately this is where my fun with the game ended, I got lost trying to find my way to the next level after taking the train, then when I finally found the boss fight area I was really underwhelmed by it because of the time it took me to find it. After the fight, I had to find my way to the next area through the large hub area again. As I was young and had no patience, I just got bored and gave up and skipped to Sonic Adventure 2, which overall I thought was good, but not great. The cutscenes were a massive improvement and the opening level of Sonic and Shadow are amazing, but I felt that the levels go downhill slowly from there. All these years I assumed that by playing Adventure 2, I was experiencing the best that the Adventure series had to offer, thus my comment on your other video. It really doesn't help that the GameGrumps played it and pretty much bashed the whole thing, I think that may have also soured my perception of the game. After hearing the points you made here, however, I'm starting to think I might be wrong about everything and should probably give it another try. In the end though, I think I do agree with you about what the next Sonic game should be like. As this game is decades old at this point, I think almost all of my issues with the series would be solved if we were to get a remaster of this game or a new Adventure game. I think it would be great for myself and newcomers to experience the game the same way people felt while playing it for the first time back in the day. Thanks again for the video and for changing my perspective and congrats on the 6k subs!

[@Matthasnocuts]

Thanks man! I can't promise you that this game will be good for you. But next time you play it, try experimenting with the spin dash and maybe even doing some pretty cool skips within the level.

[@ultrairrelevantnobody1862]

Ruby of Blue would love this video.

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

His Sonic Adventure Remake video is how I want a remake of this game to be like.

[@electrodash27]

Adventure and Adventure 2 are definitely my favorite games in the series.

[@artistanthony1007]

There's one thing you're forgetting about Sonic's appearance, he's much more slimmer specifically the model you showed but I do see he's still pretty chubby in the model you use.

[@NeythonSaavedra]

I always hated that everyone said that this game aged poorly but they don't give any Shit to super Mario 64 and legend of Zelda.

[@rynobehnke8289]

​@Welp I thing you will have to explain this a bit more in detail. Mario 64 is just as buggy as SA1 with some of its worst bugs beating anything in adventure, many late game level feeling far less thoughtfully put together than early game ones and star missions start to repeat them self (beating Bullies, going to the end of the level a second time but this time with a slight twist) its presentation is even more dated (the story and context(and some times Stars) giving Toads first spawn in moments before you would touch them) and Collision detection could also often be a pain so at least for Mario 64 would you really have to give a good reason why its supposedly aged better even just Gameplay wise than Sonic Adventure. I have less to say about OOT as its level design did stand the test of time far better most of its issues come down to many technical problems that make otherwise easy task liking jumping over a fence with Epona a pain to name just one example.

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

I find that Super Mario 64 is more consistent in that it only focuses on one gameplay style, and it does that one gameplay style really well. Of course it has its own problems, like the camera and some courses, but I still like it. For Sonic Adventure 1, I can only say that I like about half of the game, that being Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, the rest I don't like or couldn't care for. Again, I usually prefer when games focus on one gameplay style than try to fit in a dozen different ideas that don't mesh well.

[@SNESJerry]

Someone said SA1 was a bad game but watching this made me happier.

[@undeadbatman9762]

Amazing game. Definitely one of the most fun sonic games.

[@lukemayes5007]

For anyone looking for more difficulty regarding Tails' gameplay, check out the Better Miles mod for SA2. It ports Tails' gameplay from SA1 to SA2 with certain level tweaks to make his stages playable. The result is actually quite enjoyable. The linear, controlled levels of SA2 allow the level to have an increased difficulty by forcing the player along certain paths (though there are still many ways one can exploit Tail's flight). Because of this, I think if Sonic Team were to dedicate levels to Tails in future Sonic games; with levels that transition between open areas, where one can exploit Tails' flight to the fullest potential, and linear segments, where the player's skill as Tails can be truly tested, would solve the issue of Tail's stages being too easy and short while still allowing the player to develop their own unique ways of traversing each stage.

[@lukemayes5007]

@360 Overdrive Totally agree. And I actually love the idea of Tails using a mech in his gameplay because it fits his character. He's supposed to be a genius and engineering different vehicles has already been established as one of his abilities. It makes perfect sense for him to construct a mech that allows him to destroy Eggman's robots more effectively, and beyond that the mech gameplay is also really good. My only complaint is that - in my opinion - the best mech levels are given to Eggman, and because of that I often don't replay Tails' levels in SA2 unless I'm playing through the story. I wouldn't say their bad levels, but the quality of Eggman's stages strongly overshadows Tails'. To expand upon my idea that Tails gameplay from SA1 could be improved by featuring levels with open and closed level design, Taild gameplay could also benefit from having him swap mid-stage or per-stage between mech-gameplay and SA1-Tails-gameplay. I think ultimately what held Tails back in SA1 and SA2 was not his gameplay, but instead the levels he was given. I'd say Speed Highway, and Eternal Engine are exceptions, but otherwise the levels Tails are given don't fully utilize his gameplay. Though, Windy Valley is still a great stage for Tails to me because it teaches the player just how much they can exploit his flight. Prison Lane is also a good tutorial level for Tails' mech gameplay because it forces you to destroy drones in order to progress, which forcefully introduces the player to how they can lock on to enemies in order to rack up points. However, while they are great tutorials, and do all a tutorial should, they don't fully utilize his gameplay. I won't go on about the other stages because none of Tails' other stages were particularly great to me, but they're all fine enough for a side character. However, at this point Tails' deserves better, and it's especially disgraceful given how he's been portrayed in later games (as you've already pointed out). On a side note: I actually like the gameplay in Sonic Heroes. I don't think it works for a full fledged game, but I wouldn't mind it returning for a couple stages in future games.

[@VioletaVolnutt]

Amazing vídeo Matt, thanks for all your hard work, i agree alot Stay well and good luck in your personal life

[@Matthasnocuts]

Thanks, I appreciate it a lot

[@AxisChurchDevotee]

Wait a minute this isn't The Act Man.

[@certifiedsonicfansince2016]

YOUR OPINION RULES! i really liked the adventure series! I wish they made sonic adventure 3 tho.

[@saiqa7130]

It's Sonic 06

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

@@saiqa7130 A GOOD Sonic Adventure 3!

[@GMDGeojumper2011-bl8sx]

@SoeedyBlur2000 Sonic Unleashed

[@nfstyles]

Lmao I LOVE the cutscenes! Hope if they remake it someday they keep the over the top animations or at least give it to us as an option :D

[@fonsales5373]

It's weird to come back to this video a year later and remember that you still had under ten thousand subs at the time. I probably wouldn't have found you without this video. But I'm still waiting for the Sonic Forces review to be redone.

[@aahiljcat]

I have just started playing sonic adventure and I just finished speed highway. The game is actually good.

[@stp_masterpoyo]

I’ve come to make an announcement Sonic Adventure is my third favorite Sonic game next to SA2, and S3&K and favorite video games in general even if it’s flawed for 20 years as I loved the gameplay, story, presentation, chao garden, music, and etc, it still holds me to my heart even if its flawed or hasn’t aged well, i still love this game. I would love to see a remake of Sonic Advenutre done right someday as a sonic dreamcast/adventure fan.

[@codymonfett6445]

Bro, just wanted to say you’re content and quality is amazing. So happy you reached the 5K mark and look forward to this channel growing more and more. Congrats man. And also great vid, SA1 was my first game also and I still love it.

[@littleguystar]

Friendly reminder that the Japanese cutscenes are a LOT better than the english ones as the script makes a lot more sense and the voice acting is arguably less cheesy

[@rynobehnke8289]

I mean there weren't any bigger script changes beside Eggman being called Robotnik in SA1 its properly one of the best translated scripts in the series to be honest. The only thing that is a lot better is the lip synchronicity

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

@@rynobehnke8289 Yeah, and there's nothing really wrong with the dialogue, it's just that the direction they gave to the voice actors was off and not very clear, which is why some lines sound cringe nowadays.

[@deathray252]

Thanks for setting the record straight on DX and that one pre-whale-loop collision emerald coast... I grew up playing the DC version and always ree inside when people condemn the game using glitches the original version never had!

[@Joshua-yc9cv]

Not surprised the Adventure are still good to this day.

[@lolgoodluck4093]

Miles "Tails" Prower was never meant to be in Sonic Adventure 2. However, due to the backlash from fans, they decided to copy over eggman's style & split the game between a hero story & dark story.

[@tntsonic7482]

Oh hey another dude named matt. Anyways honestly sa1 is my favorite game. It has so much to love and if I tried to explain my reasons Id be here for hours.

[@LeoHernandez.117]

Bruh i just bought this game like 2 weeks ago in steam and i don´t think that the game aged poorly that bad as some people says , i think it does what is meant to do, be fun to play even more than 20 years later

[@JustDtra]

Because one of the few good releases on the franchise

[@Vrabsher_-Supreme_Perhinther-]

Whats really good about the redesigns of the characters is that it shows the passage of time between the Classic and the Adventure games , like these people have changed alot since the last time we saw them .

[@bluedemon7723]

I swear I thought this was an Act Man video because of the title alone

[@kilochampion787]

They need to make a conjoined remaster of Adventure 1 & 2. It will give them a chance to improve upon some of the aspects of the games, such as having Adventure 1’s mechanics alongside Adventure 2’s power ups (and potentially some new ones). It would also be cool to remaster the cutscenes and have the current cast redo all the scenes.

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

Exactly! And as a slight hot take, I actually wouldn't mind the current cast reading the lines again.

[@ericgutierrezramos1007]

Matt with the long video? 😳

[@Pytatoon]

Yes its epic

[@chibie3384]

Sonic Adventure is in my top 3 favorite Sonic games

[@SupaDettol]

Yes 40 min video. Let's go matt

[@DintheAbary]

I feel like tails was tossed into a mech because it was easier to do that than design levels around him and sonic as they did in Adventure. I never liked tails in a mech, eggman and gamma however was really cool.

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

Tails was most likely added to Sonic Adventure 2 at the last minute to fill the game up with extra space. Which is why he is a Dr. Eggman clone.

[@Ryderboycolor9]

I list everything i like with this game the story is amazing and fun i love the characters all the characters are playable Tails in it and Amy too and Knuckles Gamma and Big... but all in all its a great sonic game that i will never forget and it had one of the best one off characters ever Chaos and i really like Tails theme in it and Knuckles and Amy i don't like open your heart that much but its still good well i like Sonic adventure 2 more this is an amazing game all in all and i hope adventure 3 happends one day and the Humens the Humens are amazing in it and the hub worlds and the voice acting and the look of the characters well i like DX more the Og adventure is still good and Eggmans voice and the story is amazing i could go on and on about how much i love adventure 1 its an amazing good sonic game :) 💙

[@emre8273]

I have almost all Missions except Mission 53 (the one with Sonic Skatebording in snow) and 54 (the one with Tails collecting every Flag in the snow level) they are just hell

[@MultiM6]

Mission 53 Ahaha. I dit it twice in my life and right after completing it, Sonic always went through the map and died because the game didn't expect I could be that "fast and high", and it finished into a void. LMAO

[@bashcatz]

There is no perfect human beings. But Its not a bad thing.

[@LiquaFusion]

well since you asked for it lol, I think my criticism for Knuckles' gameplay is not that it's too slow, but that there's no clear sense of direction and it feels more like a chore to me personally. like if the radar starts beeping, you head in a direction to find out the signal is lost. you head in another direction, you lose the signal again. I don't think any amount of speed could rectify the issue of "being lucky" and finding it right away :L

[@ScapeVEVO]

Another Adventure video essay, just what I needed

[@NitPickerYT]

Finally I knew I wasn't the only one who saw the greatness of Sonic Adventure's story, I love Froggy and Birdie's stories so much and I find them really charming I made a review on it on my channel so I'd be happy if you looked at it, me and you are in agreement about a lot of things

[@Someguyhere111]

I disagree with SA1 being the BEST Sonic has ever controlled, but it is definitely up there. And yeah, people saying SA1 aged poorly but Mario 64 aged well is just laughable. Speaking as somebody who never played M64 as a kid, trying to get into it now-a-days was just horrible. I just didn't enjoy the tank controls or the poor camera movement at all. I played SA1 as a kid but was terrible at it, playing it as an adult I was still bad but it didn't like it would be a pain to improve and get good enough to go for 130 Emblems, which I eventually got :) Also, the Light Dash is slow to charge, but I really like how it's able to along a trail of ring even if you have a Thunder Shield or if some rings have already been picked up. Ofc Shadow fixed that problem anyway with ghost rings. For Big I feel they should have made his levels normal platformers, but instead of a goal at the end, you have a small body of water that you cast your lure into. When Froggy bites down, the level ends. They could've had a fishing minigame outside of that, but for his main levels, they should've been platformers.

[@cliffturbo2146]

I can agree that this game has aged well, when it comes to gameplay, but not with the cutscenes. I have the PC version with the mods on to make the game overall better, but if that's exactly how the game was from the dreamcast, then it's super great, like the controls and the graphics. The story is also great, and yes it has these laughable cutscenes, but this isn't a game from our present time. In around 2012, this game and SA2 got an undeserved hate, thanks to a few who doesn't quite understand this game (or the fact that they played the Port-port-Port version). I, who doesn't have nostalgia with Adventure games, had great time playing them.

[@cliffturbo2146]

@Radioactive - I thought he praised the game. I remembered it was Adventure 2 that he disliked. But it wasn't just that, but plenty of others. Game Grumps for example, made it look like a terrible game, and then many jumped on board.

[@supermarioandsophiachannel2258]

This is a great review because it's by far my favorite and my first Sonic game I ever played I have played it alot as a kid and I still played today and I love this game to death

[@justadude274]

I blame ign man they make sonic look bad or something

[@BayScrilla510]

True, they definitely contribute

[@jdawson7877]

IGN is pathetic and worthless

[@EnderElectrics]

19:57 He really just forgot about Egg Fleet huh jokes aside this was a great video, I can practically smell the effort here lmfao keep it up!

[@maxblack2347]

This was a really good video! I appreciate the work, I'm glad this popped up on my home page (:

[@kaistudios5536]

*It Doesn't Matter* always helps when I need to stir up lost motivation.

[@yam9195]

BECAUSE IT IS!

[@lupinthenerd439]

easy answer: because You are blinded by nostalgia!

[@kalync.8232]

I know your supposed to finish Sonic levels ASAP, but playing in the stages was so fun. I swear I’d take forever to finish each stage because I wasn’t in a rush to leave. Now...👀 In recent games I don’t get much satisfaction from the stages. I just have this “Let’s get this over with” vibe.

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

That's what I like about the Classic Sonic games the most! You can spend as much time as you wanted (barring the time limit of course) and still find loads of secrets and surprises.

[@skyzin-9924]

" i dont expect hub worlds to come back " Sonic frontiers 1 year later: what did you say?

[@GMDGeojumper2011-bl8sx]

Shadow gens has a hub world, at least a better one than the of Sonic gens

[@Fungiarts]

17:53 my first time I played Sonic adventure was in 2018 on my dreamcast and it aged really great when it comes to the gameplay. So the nostalgia blind argument is just BS

[@EpicGamer-eg5tr]

The mother bird realizes its her kid and snaps out of it great story.

[@Ruben86Santos]

Hot take? I've yet to see anyone who would think the mech stages in Adventure 2 are better than Tails in Adventure 1. Tails' gameplay in Adventure 1 is amazing and it's as good as Sonic's if not even better because there's so much more you can do. Tails' gameplay in Adventure 2 had the biggest downgrade I've ever seen from a game to another.

[@jdawson7877]

I prefer tails stages in sa2 over tails stages in sa1

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

I may not be a fan of Sonic Adventure 1 but I know it’s a masterpiece no matter how it aged If you ask me whats my one of my favorite sonic games is Sonic Adventure 2 I have more but there’s too many to list 22:22 I love the Adventure 2 mechs 44:08 I can agree with you I have a lot of games I like to play but some are never the same again.

[@TDRR_Gamez]

The Act Man is finally talking about a Sonic game? No way, I have to check this o- wait, you're not Act Man?! EDIT: Also Tails being better in SA1 vs SA2 doesn't really sound like a hot take to me, like I don't know anyone who disagrees lol I think you're very right, it's just that in terms of challenge SA2's are a vast improvement. SA1's are much more fun, though. Knuckles... his levels are just too easy, again. I think SA2 got closer to getting them just perfect, but then gimped your radar to only track one piece (and heck, I think only one of them spawns at a time), which is an awful change with the MUCH larger levels. So you lose a lot of time going to the same place twice or thrice, but you only see it after picking up the others..

[@sayer4148]

Actually all 3 items on SA2 spawn at the same time. I can recall moments where I accidentally grabbed the second or third piece before the previous one

[@TDRR_Gamez]

@@sayer4148 Ah, okay. I must be blind then, lol.

[@philyhero33go]

We can’t say no to open your heart. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh aaaalllllright!!!!

[@matthewkalasky2891]

17:28 I noticed that secret Life there, so, getting there actually ISN'T a glitch, but more of an easter egg or something. So, at least that part in particular really IS how the creators wanted it.

[@tjgamer9713]

all im gonna say is if theres an item box there, sonic team knew you could get there and they intended for you to be able to get there

[@nibot2101]

Do aventure 2 Also great video

[@unwithering5313]

Mentions mods to fix the weird stuff that happened in the DX port Me: *Sweats in Gamecube version*

[@dylansurendranath3091]

Me: sweats in PS3 version

[@rynobehnke8289]

I mean you at least can experience a Tiny Chao Garden experience and to unlock Gamegear games can't even say that about the HDDX Console version owners.

[@unwithering5313]

@@rynobehnke8289 To be honest, that's actually the main reason I got the GameCube version; as well as the fact it was only version I could get at the time.

[@theminecraft2516]

11:48 Except Big Arms, that Boss’s theme makes the player feel weak

[@Sydney_Angelyt]

Maybe the original, but the remixes make me wanna kick ass.

[@Crow_Rising]

40 seconds into the video here, about to watch the rest, just wanted to point out something about people who trash on Sonic Adventure as a game that has aged poorly. 2006. That's the year Sonic 06 came out, and the year much of the Sonic fandom began their mass exodus out of the fandom, or at least started acting like everything after Sonic 3&K is unredeemable trash. Because the internet loves drama and dissenting opinions about anything really, these people began to be viewed as "the" voice of the Sonic community. Not only were Sonic's 3D games bad, but SEGA/Sonic Team was now bad and no longer worthy of any sort of praise. With this becoming the popular narrative, Sonic became the subject of incredibly harsh criticism, far harsher than the series really deserved. The opposite is true of fan projects, with most anything half-mediocre fans made from then on getting praised as "better than something SEGA can make!". That's been "the right opinion" to have about Sonic ever since. Everyone parrots the same bullshit, because it's safe to do so in most communities. Sonic was never good, or hasn't been since the 2D classics, and anything made by the fans instead deserves to be showered in praise while anything SEGA makes needs to be review bombed into the ground. Let's look over all the major releases and a few spinoffs for context: Sonic Adventure - Pretty good game, the first properly 3D Sonic game to come out. It had some issues, but overall it still holds up pretty well today. Sonic Adventure 2 - Also pretty good. Did some things worse than the first Adventure but also does some things better. Overall, aged pretty much the same. Sonic Heroes - Kinda mediocre, the physics are worse and the story is more simple, but it's still pretty fun and is still a fan favorite. Shadow the Hedgehog - Even more mediocre, starting to tip towards outright bad though imo still not there yet. Fixed the rail grinding physics, though the mission system is trash. Guns play fine, vehicles are usually pretty pointless. Overall, still something that can be fun in short bursts. Sonic 06 - Had some good ideas but got rushed and the final product is very buggy and unpolished. It's playable but is at best painfully mediocre. Sonic and the Secret Rings - More linear than previous games in the series and has a painfully slow start, but once you start picking up momentum progressing through this game it's actually really fun. Sonic Unleashed - A fantastic game. The Werehog was kinda a weird choice but even that can be pretty fun. It's plagued with other problems too but overall it's pretty great. Sonic and the Black Knight - Severely underrated. It's like Secret Rings but better in every single way, including the controls being fixed. I can't recommend this game enough. Sonic Colors - It's Unleashed but no Werehog and introduces the Wisps. It's more of a 2D game than a 3D one but it's still got some 3D sections here and there and it's incredibly fun. Sonic Generations - Overall pretty fantastic, though Classic Sonic feels slightly janky. The story feels rushed and unfinished, but everything else in this game reeks of polish. Heavy recommend. Sonic Lost World - Very mediocre but pretty fun nonetheless. It feels like what you'd get if you put Sonic Adventure, Sonic Colors, and Super Mario Galaxy in a blender and then gave Sonic parkour. Has some issues with the parkour and character personalities, but otherwise is a lot better than many people say. Sonic Mania - That one that only exists because of fan involvement, and so gets showered in praise. It's a really decent classic styled game, sure, but imo Sonic 3&K is still the better between the two. Nonetheless, anyone who enjoys the old 90's classics should play this, just don't expect it to be as absolutely mindblowing as people would have you believe. Sonic Forces - A painfully mediocre game that managed to make Classic Sonic even more jank than he was in Generations. It's not an outright bad game imo but it's damn close. Gets barraged with way more hate than it deserves, but still doesn't deserve much praise either. Despite almost all of those games being quite fun, many of these people who felt burned by Sonic Team back in 2006 would have you believe there's nothing of worth out of anything I listed aside from maybe Mania. They would go on to list all of the things every game I listed got wrong, many of these points being exaggerations, while barely talking about the positives and underselling many of them in the process. No doubt if the next big Sonic game to come out isn't fantastic in every way, they're going to review bomb it like Forces.

[@deathray252]

I felt like I was going insane for a few years when I noticed most of my gaming friends, and the gaming press despised this game. Most of the criticisms leveled at it are entirely valid and I experience them myself, but there’s just an overarching appeal for it I’m not able to describe very well. It seems like most of the things I enjoy out of its gameplay are perceived as glitches and unintended by my peers. People seem to be unwilling to accept that its massive fun factor is deliberately constructed from an array of admittedly janky parts that come together to be greater than the sum of themselves.

[@WaterKirby1994]

At least people didn't treat you like trash for preferring the Adventure games over Colors & Generations, which happened to me about 9 years ago. I was abused so much in the Sonic Community that my mind is messed up & it's even worse when combined with a bunch of other problems. I was told to commit suicide on more than 1 occasion by the Sonic Community. Being treated as insane by the people you interact with is a painful experience.

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

@@WaterKirby1994 Don't worry too much bro. As someone who actually prefers Colors and Generations to the Adventure games, those people were just trash human beings for doing that stuff to you.

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

They were also being childlike and had no moral high ground.

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

Every Sonic game has its fans nowadays, so don't feel too bad for yourself.

[@Shitposter55]

Tails in Sonic adventure 1 was definitely the best version of Tails in my opinion and definitely in my top 3 best Sonic characters

[@Kenzee]

Bro Its been 20 years and you just pointed it out

[@ghettokage6104]

The pfp makes it so much better XD

[@1upGaming1up]

Oh man Sonic Adventure, It was Christmas 1999 I was 6 years old and I wanted Sonic Adventure 1 with the Sega Dreamcast, I got it and I enjoyed the game. I had the Action Figures from Resaurus and *cough Toy Island cough* and sadly broke them because I was a little kid, I remember that one of My Friends would come over and played Sonic Adventure, As a grown adult I only go back to SA1 on PC and just play though Sonic, Tails and Knuckles' levels, didn't care for Amy's gameplay, Gamma's was alright and Big Sucks. Now I think Sonic Adventure 1 is better than Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes (if we're going by Dreamcast era) because it was a great way to start Sonic's 3D career after Sega struggled with Sega Saturn. Yes Sonic Adventure 1 has not aged good but it still had charm and is a very worth follow up to the Holy Grail of Sonic games Sonic 3 and Knuckles and I agree with SomecallmeJohnny's views on Sonic Adventure 1. Now if We got a remake of this game the charm of this game will be better.

[@TheBoneHeadClan]

So I'm only 13 minutes in and you just got to SONIC. This video is Packed Full of Content.

[@NavaraFonzie]

If they decide to remake this game Emi Jones could bring back Ryan Drummond to voice Sonic again for Sega briefly and refine his voice lines to be less cheesy/cringey, and she could voice Tails herself🤷🏼‍♂️😱

[@adny02]

I agree 1000% and just to add to your thoughts... what happened to Sonic powerups in modern games? The electric shield, the bubble shield? And what happened to the capsules (used to be tv monitors) that held rings and extra lives? And What happened to getting 100 rings to earn an extra life? I seriously miss the Yuji Naka era of Sonic games!

[@Lifeofchris06]

I always liked sa1 over sa2 and now I know why

[@Spider-Fan006]

If I play Adventure 1 more it could take Adventure 2 place as my favorite Sonic game cause personally I find it less frustrating with it's difficulty it's a perfect balance between casual and challenging and it has everything that Adventure 2 had minus the multiplayer and superior Chao Garden so yeah Adventure 1 has the chance to be my favorite Sonic game and my personal opinion to be the best Sonic game ever made.

[@einav2102]

Finally, someone talked about the character development in sa1. Imo, sa1 has the best character development in a sonic game, tails especially

[@demaunix2723]

11:51 Sonic Adventure was Doom Eternal before Doom Eternal

[@duo23288]

the sonic adventure series is underrated by fans and gets way too much hate

[@charliekahn4205]

I have one problem with SA1: How come Tails can roll but Amy can't? Amy is a hedgehog, so she should be able to, while Tails is a fox, an animal not able to curl into a ball.

[@edwardrobinson5470]

True. Also knuckles can roll as well in adventure 1

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

I wish every Sonic character could roll into a ball, because that was such a fun part of the Classics', being able to curl up into a ball and build up speed ridiculously fast.

[@James-ns5fp]

This game needs a remake

[@yxngen4708]

Chaos only using the negative energy and leaving the emeralds grey explains why after sonic became the werehog the emeralds were also left grey

[@jdawson7877]

I adore sonic adventure its perfect in my opinion colors may have been my first sonic game but it was adventure that truly introduced me to sonic and made me love sonic so much

[@Bawdashone]

Now this is what I call an EXHAUSTIVE INDEPTH REVIEW of Sonic Adventure all editions! 😎👏🤩👏😁👏🥳👏😋👏😅👏 This is what I appreciate...right here real fan reviews. 😎☝ No actual bias from (#IGN-orance) etc.

[@Sydney_Angelyt]

I disagree, loads of people are defending against the “aged poorly” stance