Sonic Adventure 2: Final Chase Mission #5 - Hard Mode - A Rank

[@d2rk__]

I don't know how much times I've died to the homing attack lockon sucking

[@GalaxyRoyal]

Those freaking aliens wanting a hug and spinning their heads while using lasers including those spikey balls were the scariest parts on Hard Mode and they are way too many meteorites compared to normal mode! :O

[@west-oak5192]

“Wanting a hug” You made my night. But yes, I’ve hated them before and I still do now. They really went all out for Shadow on his mission.

[@GalaxyRoyal]

@@west-oak5192 Yeah that's how I describe their hug attack when those aliens used their arms. XD I cleared hard mode on this stage back in the Gamecube days but I ended with a D rank. lol

[@NickMario1]

@@GalaxyRoyal lol same

[@th3SyLvEsTeR]

Those artificia Chaos bastards are more annoying in the mech missions with tails and eggman, I don't know what to do about them

[@GalaxyRoyal]

@@th3SyLvEsTeR I know right especially during floating for avoiding those spikey balls and getting screwed when those aliens used their hug attack. All I wanted was to clear the mission no matter the bad rank. 😂

[@DarknessXxMaster]

This stage got to me...It just triggers you so much. Especially Artificial Chaos Placements

[@thekylester]

Same, it was so hard

[@maoraharon21]

Seriously fuck those artificial chaos

[@thatdankguy5140]

They target you from like a mile away too, its BS

[@west-oak5192]

This is exactly why I steer away from them. Especially the fat ones. Towards the end of the level (3:50) , I always go to the lower right gravitational cylinders (?) because the one Artificial Chaos in the middle always fucks me up. I especially do not take the spring the launches you upwards towards the middle.

[@GalaxyRoyal]

Artificial Chaos using their hug attack and shooting lasers everywhere no seriously curse those aliens!

[@TheEmberer]

Don't even bother rushing through this level with how glitchy it is, just take it super slow, theres over 15,000 pts in enemies, extra lives and rings alone, dont stress about rushing through this mess of a level

[@orchideqvinox765]

Let's see, how many things can I remember dying from in my ≥ 1 hour trying to ace this? -Tried to jump off at 0:11 but did a "rail switch" instead -homingattack.exe has stopped working -Botched homing attacks onto vertical gravity cylinders/cylinders randomly letting go of Shadow -Botched homing attack on GUN robot at 3:35/glitching through wall while trying to somersault it instead -Enemies with seemingly unavoidable placement (like Artificial Chaos at 3:52) -Extremely unhelpful camera angle at 2:11 -Shadow being hard to see on the horizontal cylinders and thus easily running into the electric "gates" too many times at 3:22 (rings just fall right off the cylinder so no way you're getting those back)

[@AzaleusMSM]

Hard mode final chase: exists Artificial Chaos: allow us to introduce ourselves!

[@kingchaos9620]

Space: exists Artificial Chaos: do you believe in magiiic

[@Xx_FadedTurd_xX]

Ur fucking Reddit meme wasn't funny and never will be kid

[@teocahoreau8888]

Now I don't know how I feel about trying this mission...

[@finalhazard883]

Doesn't look nearly as annoying as Cannon's Core Hard Mode.

[@finalhazard883]

I tried it and beat it.

[@kingchaos9620]

It was hard, my hands are broken, last mission has to wait till tomorrow hopefully Crazy Gadget wont be hell

[@cjnewman7550]

@@kingchaos9620 How was it?

[@Michael_CDK]

It's the one mission I've yet to beat. I've got A on everything else.

[@thedraninjachronicles3693]

I feel bad for Shadow. Sonic has all these really fun action stages that still have me replaying them to this day, but Shadow stages aren't as fun. Sure they still do have the same speed element, but you don't get the same kick out of it as you do playing Sonic action stages. My favorite Sonic stage is Final Rush, with it being the climax and the end of the Hero Story, and it's so damn fun. I could've never thought that rail grinding at extreme speeds could be so fun. Ironically, Final Chase is the WORST Shadow stage. It's not even funny. You'd think this stage could at least be on par with Final Rush, but no, it sucks ass. I'm not even sure if you should call it Final Chase due to how slow you have to go in the stage so you don't die. The best Shadow stage in my opinion would probably Radical Highway, which is the FIRST stage of the game, and it's WAY better than Final Chase. Not only that, but Shadow has less stages than Sonic, so damn, F's in the chat for Shadow the Hedgehog. He really didn't deserve this.

[@senya1413]

well I guess White Jungle is great too, and it's much better than Green Forest. Final Chase is really annoying sometimes, but stage music is great, which makes this level at least decent. And yeah, Sky Rail is pretty fun level too

[@relentlessxasf8770]

Radical highway sky rail white jungle are king

[@DS-ol7fy]

I think Final Chase is better than Final Rush. The other Shadow's levels have better soundtrack than Sonic's (not in all cases). I think the reason they gave him less stages is to make him a mysterious character.

[@akin1989]

I agree. City escape > Radical highway Green forest > White jungle Metal harbour and pyramid Cave > Sky rail Final rush > Final chase. They did shadow dirty in this game. Most of his maps lack smooth and fast flow...

[@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565]

@@akin1989 Pyramid cave better than Sky rail? hell no.

[@Carlos.val1]

the amount of times I rage quit at this mission...

[@williamwhite2568]

Carlos Valdez I understand

[@tommylewis2013]

Same here bro

[@thekylester]

Same, until I finally beat it including a A rank

[@007psyren]

“Final rage”

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Anxiety: the stage.

[@Werten25]

3:40 Ouch. That must have sucked.

[@orlandofurioso7329]

Enemies in this game are really unfair, especially the tall chaos

[@Werten25]

I dunno. Those moments only happen occasionally. At least for me.

[@orlandofurioso7329]

@@Werten25 it depends for me as well, mostly with Eggman and Tails

[@Werten25]

When playing as Sonic, if I’m ever doing a run for rings I often try to use the Magic Hands.

[@505_chill_official]

Fuckin' glitched ass level with its gravity shit keeps making me die.

[@williamwhite2568]

Kahlin Hil hate this level

[@NameChecksOut]

I was about to cry when i finally beat this buggy, unfair, and nightmarish giant bottomless pit. It's that bad.

[@nathanielduggan1684]

Honestly missions #1-4 for this weren't that bad even with the broken glitchy gravity pillars, but the added enemies and slightly changed level design in #5 make it torture to get through. So many moments where you homing attack to your death because of enemy placement or you fall off a pillar and instantly die. Hardest speed missions in the game imo are this, Pyramid Cave #5, Crazy Gadget #5, and Radical Highway #4

[@funnyman4713]

The lowest points needed for an a rank. And the level before it has the highest points needed for an a rank

[@HandmadeGoose97]

Everyone here having trouble with the artificial chao but my enemy doing everything right and having the game deciding it just doesn't feeeeel like making the gravity cylinders work sometimes

[@peterswanson5383]

Hardest mission in the game for sure. Haven't had this much trouble with a stage since Eggmanland day in Unwiished.

[@AccelerateHedge]

*Egg Quarters Hard Mode intensifies*

[@west-oak5192]

Sometimes somersaulting helps to avoid the Artificial Chaos’ arm attacks. But only in certain areas. Stages like this one? I highly doubt it.

[@codigi66]

The section at 3:50 is just awful... the artificial chaos enemies here are a nightmare and one of the springs just sends you to your death.

[@Neo-Metal17]

I haven’t played the game in a while but I think if you aren’t holding a single button, the spring will take you to another path.

[@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565]

@@Neo-Metal17 No It doesnt work like that, holding the Button only makes you bounce higher, the spring still sends you to your doom even If you're holding It or not

[@Neo-Metal17]

@@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565 it worked for me, when I didn’t touch anything on that one spring, I always landed safely.

[@sillygoofygoofball]

Sometimes I would bounce off that last spring and just go nowhere and die… so frustrating. Even worse than it’s right at the end of the level

[@qspencer8137]

Thanks

[@ねず-x3v]

壁のすり抜けとかしてないプレイング好き

[@logansehy5677]

Fall through rails, homing attack the wrong way into the void, gravity tubes sometimes just don't work and you fall. This stage could be fun if it worked correctly all the time.

[@martinauld670]

lol I love how bat shit insane some of the hard mode levels are. Always my favorite missions

[@zacharrowood6178]

i’ve easily spent over 150 lives on this stupid fucking mission. and its all due to that rail at 2:15. if its not then, then its 4:00. im about to rip my skin off. this level is destroying me.

[@zacharrowood6178]

oh my god i finally just did it. i did it. this put me off of the game for weeks. its finally over.

[@akin1989]

@@zacharrowood6178 Lol. Wow some ptsd!

[@NameChecksOut]

I just homing attack over it and behind that fat chaos mf.

[@Danny-pt6kz]

Amazing runs GG, you can respect a top tier player but to see the rng of this game fucks everyone just adds to it

[@M03dRKWd]

Very nice!

[@TheOhKiz]

This mission is so annoying the almost of times I fall of the gravity bars is ridiculous

[@Cool-Blob]

I don't think there is a single person on planet earth who doesn't think that the artificial chaos in Sonic adventure 2 are annoying.

[@killamongoose387]

By far the biggest pain in the ass Aced it tho 👍🏼

[@Bepetoni]

Chaos Zero Chill :0

[@AgenteKatswell]

Awesome!

[@kevinclause4p55p5]

How'd ur emblems go up by 2?

[@yummygummi1137]

Having all A ranks in a character's stages nets you another Emblem

[@samuelplays918]

Ele fez isso na velocidade da luz eu não faço assim nunca eu pego anéis acabo com os inimigos e ganhemo

[@opticteadrop]

A really fun level. Probably my favourite in the game

[@Arcticgod3535]

This isn't that hard The Annoying thing for me is the Homing Attack missing when it should hit its mark I have a list of all the times the Homing Attack either Bounces off an Artificial Chaos or Shoot past a Spring he was meant to hit it and missing the Rails is triggering in itself I am glad newer sonic Games allow you to Homing Attack on to rails

[@maoraharon21]

What a glitchy mess of a level

[@TJZ243]

I swear artificial Chaos is way worse than all of the metropolis zone enemies combined

[@mimito6037]

I'm legitimately surprised on how losing your rings around the end didn't compromise your A rank

[@MysticClaws100]

Losing your rings doesn't make a difference in this game. You get points for picking up rings but you don't get any extra points for keeping them til the end of the level like in most Sonic games

[@thatdankguy5140]

IMO hardest mission in the game

[@K1RO.]

It’s not that hard

[@tatendamuwori7098]

Hard? try doing the final treasure stages on hard mode it's a pain in the ass

[@akin1989]

I found the racing maps the hardest. Especially Rouge's one. Avoiding the walls and avoiding the cars was a real pain

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@tatendamuwori7098 They're all in the same locations

[@tatendamuwori7098]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 OK personally hate the treasure stage and the good at speed stages both sonic and shadow but have more a ranks on shadow stages

[@Nelsonic92]

Muito difícil 😣

[@mayadeleon5486]

It's to hard

[@AdminDestroyer1]

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 HOW

[@HebiSnake]

i fucking hate this level on dreamcast version

[@LearnAndTeach101]

I beat you I beat you

[@thekylester]

But the question is what score

[@themenacingsloth]

Look at all the vast space & emptiness with random platforms, piss poorly programmed gravity cylinders & touchy feely blue guys 😃. Final Chase is TRULY a barren wasteland full of trash. Shit looks like a beta of the BETTER level Final Rush. Why they have to give Shadow, Rouge & Knuckles the shitty space levels 😒

[@akin1989]

Lol. Savage but true