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This Game Made Me Care About Sonic Again | Sonic x Shadow Generations
More like Ambition x Passion lol
Timestamps
0:00-Intro
2:26-Generations Remaster
11:29-Shadow Generations
36:12-Conclusion
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Sonic Generations was one of the first Sonic games I remember being really excited for. I got into the series with Unleashed and got Colors shortly after as a surprise birthday gift, so it was the first time I was really able to be cognizant of a new sonic game being on the horizon. I remember playing the Demo for Green Hill zone over and over again while waiting for the game. Back then I played most of my games through a mail-in rental service, and one day my dad walked in while I was playing the demo and said “Oh yeah, I think that game shipped a few days ago, it should be here tomorrow. I’m sure I was pretty insufferable for the next 24 hours. So needless to say, the original Generations is pretty special to me. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve played through this game, it’s one of the easier Sonic games for me to pop in and play pretty much whenever and have a good time. I had managed to play most if not all of the games that were featured as levels, so I was constantly freaking out at all the references and games that were represented, and coupled with the stellar level design I was hooked on the game for a long time. I really loved Generations, and it made me really excited for whatever was going to come next. And then Lost World happened.
In a lot of ways Generations marked the end of an era for Sonic. Its after this point that the series goes all in to the more Saturday morning cartoon approach with games like Lost World and especially Boom. It resulted in a series of games that, at least in my opinion, continued to stray further and further away from what I thought made Sonic special in the first place. So in that sense, I guess it's only fitting that a Generations remaster seems to signal the opposite. The Sonic series has seen a bit of a resurgence in the last few years. At first, I thought it was mostly thanks to the success of the live action movies, but the more time that passes the more I start to think that it’s the result of something else instead. Not that the movies didn’t have a massive impact on the franchise, it's kind of hard to deny that, but what I think has truly helped the franchise for the better is a change in direction. The way these games are approached has changed in the last few years, and I think that Frontiers, this Generations remaster, and especially the new Shadow Generation’s portion, are a prime example of that shift. So let’s take a deep dive into this collection, and see just how this one game has made me care about the franchise again.
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn
    @qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn 15 годин тому

    "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." - George Orwell 1984

  • @mftardiansyah4537
    @mftardiansyah4537 День тому

    I just wanna appreciate the editing of this video, I really like the way you explained the whole thing. Great video!

  • @corenv6022
    @corenv6022 День тому

    I’m so glad the title aged….we can go higher now

  • @Jondicce
    @Jondicce День тому

    Although I think it's important that the ranking system is challenging and fun, I could never bring myself to fully A rank SA2 because it's "challenge" for me came in the form of the light dash being unreliable and being mapped to the same button as the bounce, sometimes wonky collision detection while platforming, the nerfed radar, the bad camera, Tails/Eggman's controls, etc. Doesn't help that I'm essentially playing the same stage a minimum of 5 times with very minimal changes

  • @bradenwood1612
    @bradenwood1612 2 дні тому

    Link and Zelda going back in time together would have been GREAT, at least then you could have seen hyrule at its peak in this universe instead of all the ruins of a bygone era

  • @tanner2x439
    @tanner2x439 4 дні тому

    Imo, they stopped caring when they scrapped the chao gardens. Not that newer sonic games were bad, it is just missing a big piece the fans genuinely desire to this day. I dont think that is even arguable.

  • @OrlovYan
    @OrlovYan 4 дні тому

    As someone who was an innocent young kid when Unleashed was released, hoping it will finally be the game to break the Sonic cycle, hearing the words "Sonic Unleashed was my first Sonic game" really makes me notice the grey in my hair.

  • @W-2Forms
    @W-2Forms 5 днів тому

    Like you mentioned, I like the difficulty level of Unleashed and the length of the Day Stages. It’s disappointing how easy the following boost games feel. Forces being the biggest disappointment. And it’s telling when Arin Hanson, known terrible gamer (esp w/sonic games lmao), did good and got S ranks in their Sonic Forces Game Grumps playthrough

  • @romhackerplus6691
    @romhackerplus6691 6 днів тому

    You know, I wish this game got a PC port. Even if you want to do the irregular methods of emulation, you still can't play it.

  • @1ysirhc
    @1ysirhc 7 днів тому

    Warehog? 🤦‍♂️ nope, im out. This franchise died after sa2 for me. Going to give sonic x shadow generations a try. Last game i played was sonic 06 & have never touched the series since. Love the movies tho.

    • @shyguy85
      @shyguy85 6 днів тому

      Heroes was great. Shadow, despite the stupid story and guns, is actually pretty good.

    • @1ysirhc
      @1ysirhc 6 днів тому

      @shyguy85 nah shadows story was perfect in sa2, he should have never been brought back in my eyes. Hero's was ok but after the adventure games, hero's just felt to childish. I was only 10 at the time and thought this 🤣.

  • @wesmyone9562
    @wesmyone9562 7 днів тому

    Sonic Unleashed(the HD version)is still the best Sonic game of them all, if you ask me👌🏿. That said, I was hoping for Frontiers to dethrone it, but alas🤷🏿‍♂️

  • @pankelele8488
    @pankelele8488 8 днів тому

    I'm kinda confused, I had this game in PS2 but everything that you said about the Wii version it's what I experience in my childhood, it was a cheap pirated PS2 game that my mom bought for like one buck tho

  • @BurningScarlet-x6q
    @BurningScarlet-x6q 8 днів тому

    If they do a remastered version of Unleash and it’s good then take my money saga I want this game to be remastered

  • @Hyp3rSonic
    @Hyp3rSonic 8 днів тому

    Great video 👍

  • @killerkonh5487
    @killerkonh5487 9 днів тому

    Unleaded needs to have a remaster.

  • @Keaton-Farmer
    @Keaton-Farmer 12 днів тому

    Couldn’t have said it better. Unleashed just feels so special and cared for.

  • @reneromero8144
    @reneromero8144 12 днів тому

    i still cant pass eggmanland

  • @God-xd1wr
    @God-xd1wr 13 днів тому

    The thing Sonic Unleashed does really well that Ian Flynn still hasn’t shown to be able to do imo is that, with no references, no callbacks, no old or pre-established lore being explored, and no knowing smiles, it genuinely stands on its own as a good, well-structured story with authentic characterisation. This is what Sonic needs right now. Not fans who know the IP, professionals who know what to do with it.

  • @kmartrewards1429
    @kmartrewards1429 14 днів тому

    just finished p3r and couldnt move on to another game so i ended up buying the dlc. Made me realize that reload's main appeal was the characters with the voice, link episodes, and extra scenes. The dlc just shows that the gameplay is not strong enough to have 10+ hours of straight dungeon crawling. Tartarus was kind of boring and the abyss of time was worse. At least it made me not as attached to the game so I ended up getting what I want

  • @Ikram232
    @Ikram232 15 днів тому

    Excellent video, Sonic Unleashed is my favourite game in the franchise and stuff BUT YOUR PROFILE PICTURE HAHA THAT MADE ME LAUGH SO MUCH I NEEDED IT! Thank you XD Yoshiiii

  • @elismeeksa7590
    @elismeeksa7590 17 днів тому

    ill still standby that 06 is the best sonic game oat and it might be the reason i grew up really rageful

  • @elgatorojo1
    @elgatorojo1 17 днів тому

    4:57 That's the kind of code an idiot puts on his luggage!

  • @kaleidoscopicvoid
    @kaleidoscopicvoid 17 днів тому

    This is the one Sonic game i want a release of... unless some reason they decided to redo Sonic 06.... And All they gave us so far is Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations... Well i wouldn't mind the Adventure games either.

  • @denkaku-jn6eb
    @denkaku-jn6eb 18 днів тому

    It's crazy how the opening Cutscene looks better than the animation of sonic prime damn

  • @mrsir6112
    @mrsir6112 19 днів тому

    I really think this game would have been received so much better if all the night stages were played as knuckles, like people complain so much that this isn’t sonic and sonic is supposed to be fast but say absolutely nothing when you have to spend 20 minutes looking for emerald shards in SA2

  • @DuckDoesStuff_KY
    @DuckDoesStuff_KY 21 день тому

    Watch Sonic 3, that might change your opinion

  • @shadowdragon-whatif
    @shadowdragon-whatif 22 дні тому

    8:40 people were begging and asking for a new script of Sonic generations because how dull and boring the original was. Because a psycho wasn't budging to for the animations to be redone for the cutscenes though. Well mostly. We were unable to fully get a news and better story because of certain restrictions. And Flynn did his best trying to give us a proper and better story. And two I like it compared to the original. That one was just dull. All the jokes are the original dull boring laying flat. They were complete garbage.

  • @shadowdragon-whatif
    @shadowdragon-whatif 22 дні тому

    8:20 false those time posts are just a game mechanic. Seriously the same thing goes with the rings with supersonic and keeping you alive with spikes and lava or anything else that can damage Sonic.

  • @jesuspernia8031
    @jesuspernia8031 22 дні тому

    Tell my why the visuals on a 2008 game are this peak in 2024

  • @janaguirre4756
    @janaguirre4756 22 дні тому

    I gave up on it tbh. I tried to like it but............. it felt empty so i just watched the cut scenes.......i didn't miss anything

  • @JakeThehedgehog-m1x
    @JakeThehedgehog-m1x 25 днів тому

    29:14 nothing burger!? this game still has more story than unleashed in terms of scope you actually get some character arcs and solid character moments here and there (you don't get any of that in unleashed because other characters feels very insignificant to the story! Meanwhile frontiers utilized way better and characterization-wise)and a massive lore about the ancients and their origins etc..tou don't get any of that in unleashed because unleashed's story is even more simple and grounded just focuses on sonic and chip's relationship not that it's bad by any means i still think it's solid but frontiers just has more into it.

  • @BryanH.-me9db
    @BryanH.-me9db 26 днів тому

    Thank you for sticking with the N64 version. That 3DS version sucks. But widescreen? How in the hell?

    • @JP2427
      @JP2427 26 днів тому

      I played the fan PC decompilation. It allows for stuff like widescreen, extra button mappings and higher frame rates/resolutions

  • @Benjawin6671
    @Benjawin6671 27 днів тому

    Is this video a joke?

  • @blablagamerbr
    @blablagamerbr 28 днів тому

    Holy shit

  • @maverick12070
    @maverick12070 29 днів тому

    "The Last time SEGA cared". Meanwhile he forgets Black Knight was released the year after. lol

    • @RayMareach
      @RayMareach 7 днів тому

      Lol that game is garbage

  • @AntiRiku
    @AntiRiku 29 днів тому

    16:24 A bit interesting that the one time you decide to bring up the topic of censorship is the one time when you're able to present it in a positive light while not once mentioning the abundance of censorship that otherwise plagues these remakes

  • @Dalt1n999
    @Dalt1n999 Місяць тому

    The perfect version of Unleashed would be one with the hub world exploration of the PS360 version and with Mazuri and Empire City as full levels, but with the Gaia Temples, Werehog levels and progression system of the PS2Wii version

  • @hgmd3284
    @hgmd3284 Місяць тому

    you really didnt like frontires. i always feel like people did NOT like frontires, and every month my feelings get reinforced. i feel like im the only sonic fan in the world who likes frontires. so im gonna get as many people to see what i see, cause even black sheep need friends.

    • @xjamdoidst5167
      @xjamdoidst5167 17 днів тому

      Believe me frontiers is loved by many this is coming from an unleashed fan boy who knew the underserved hate it got at release it took sonic generations to release as it was practically the same game as unleashed for people to realise how good unleashed was frontiers is also loved a lot and of course their are some haters it’s to be expected

    • @hgmd3284
      @hgmd3284 17 днів тому

      @xjamdoidst5167 ah, that puts that into perspective

  • @Blue-blur-vr
    @Blue-blur-vr Місяць тому

    I’ve always been a Sonic fan since I was 3 bro fr

  • @andrewkkerr8435
    @andrewkkerr8435 Місяць тому

    I liked the answer in the original yukri was great they way they had to fight. in the new one it really sucked and how they changed yukri and I really didn't like the voice actress for her it was ok in reloaded not great but ok. In the answer she was horrible couldn't stand hearing her voice

  • @luki_2277
    @luki_2277 Місяць тому

    I also grew up playing Sonic Unleashed, in my case on a PlayStation 2, but my copy always froze after the first boss and I never got to play it entirely until last year, and even like that, it was my favorite game, even after playing some other Sonic games fully

  • @Mighto
    @Mighto Місяць тому

    Im just happy I can finally play this game. I played it when it was released on PS2 back in the days and it was far to hard. Was never able to see the end. Now finally with the new difficulty Settings its possible for me to see the end after so many Years of wondering how the Story ends.

  • @kaobunn
    @kaobunn Місяць тому

    i think they've always cared, but are constantly held back by sega's incessant attitude towards not allowing the team to have enough budget, manpower, and time to flesh out their passionate ideas some may say that frontiers isn't a project filled with any passion or care but to me it felt like there was plenty, it's just that it went through several development troubles and budgetary issues, not unlike many games in the franchise also fun fact about the classic sonic rescuing knuckles cutscene, ian stated classic's animation was supposed to be updated but it just wasnt for whatever reason, and i also think toning down amy's shove towards knuckles at the end was a better change since the original made knuckles look weak and like a joke

  • @SabeNo-rh7mb
    @SabeNo-rh7mb Місяць тому

    This one hit all the right notes for me.