Honestly I think that’s why Black Doom keeps bringing Shadow to this place in the game, throughout the story Black Doom wants to put Shadow under his control by using his rage and Radical Highway was when his hate for humanity was at an all time high.
I love how this contrasts the original version of Radical Highway “Vengeance Is Mine”. That version feels chaotic; filled with hatred and burning anger. But this version sounds more like pure determination. Nothing, not even being back in the place where he was at his lowest, will make Shadow turn his back on humanity. He WILL stop Black Doom. That alone makes me love this version.
I might be reading too much into it, but the cylinder with springs making Shadow ascend rather than descend like in the original cements that he's rising above his past.
@@ThatMetroidGuy Also, the final Corkscrew for Radical highway in Act 1 also does something interesting: for Both SA2 and the Frontiers version of Radical highway, the corkscrew ends at the bottom, launching Shadow upwards toward the goal ring. But for this version, the Corkscrew ends at the top, upside down, sending him downward. This Twisted version of the Radical highway retains a lot of elements of the original but the changes might actually mean something.
The difference between the original and the remixed acts is quite interesting. The original for obvious reasons felt angry at everything. These remixes sound more like Shadow responding: "People keep asking if I'm back. Yeah, I'm thinking I'm back!"
Hearing this in a full stage after the entire game shows radical highway is basically the devil(from the bible)'s lair, and finally taking the fight to him is CINEMA
@@Sonicfalcon16oh no I meant like Generations has 6 types of radical highways including the 3ds version because we have the little segments in some of the stages in Shadow Generations and then the actual level
Tbh this music feels so good as a final level like it is in the game they portray it as so well as a finale in this game even the way how cutscenes builds up to the final stage especially since it’s called vengeance is mine
While this stage doesn't mean much to Shadow as Radical Highway was a means of evading G.U.N in SA2, to us, this level was Shadow's playable debut. To the players, it is iconic to Shadow. Now, it is his final level/obstacle as he makes his way through this mindscape and confronts Black Doom once more
I mean, Radical Highway was also where we see Shadow declare his vengeance on humanity. This is where we see Shadow more or less at his worst, and Black Doom's use of Radical Highway could be seen as him trying to get Shadow back into that kind of headspace.
It’s sorta poetic the devil uses radical highway as the place to face shadow as it was the stage where his revenge phase was at his highest. Doom uses this stage to remember him of his uncontrolled hatred. But then you get final phase Radical Highway and the theme doesn’t sound angry or distorted like the previous versions, it sounds upbeat, determined. Final. Shadow has gained control of his power and is not willing to be controlled by anyone anymore.
Anyone here played the whole Like A Dragon series up to 7 and loved how it felt to end that game with the Millennium Tower? That's what it feels like ending this game with Radical Highway. It's hard to describe how the atmosphere felt with this song playing but it's the highlight of the game for me.
I was just expecting the final boss fight when I jumped into the portal, gasped when this started playing and Shadow was grinding down that bridge rail. So iconic
@@aneess there's less than 2 seconds of Amen sampled in this track. It's in the very beginning as it transitions into the main beat with the bass synth. the rest is typical DnB one-shots. It's fucking excellent but it's not really using breaks. in DnB, at least contemporary DnB, you don't hear breaks being used as the main skeleton of a beat. I'm not an expert on this so if anyone wants to correct me, go ahead, but that's a lot more common in Jungle, a sub genre of DnB. If you listen to stuff like Ape Escape or Bomberman 64/Hero you can hear that. Also just so you know, One-Shots are basically samples of just single drum hits and you can put them in a rack and play them like a drum machine. You can slice individual parts of a break (meaning a 3-6 second recording of a drummer playing) and make them sound like one-shots but I don't think that's what they did here. Go check out some Jungle, Breakbeat and DnB. They're really fun genres and especially with Jungle, you'll find some very PS1 sounding music in it.
one thing i really like about this version is the riff is incomplete for the majority of the song - bits of silence or techno placed where guitar would be, before finally completing itself, before disassembling again - there's a lot of other bits alongside that, but i really like the distinct feel of it - i personally interpret it like black doom's will breaching shadow's mind again and again - attempting to rekindle that flame of vengeance once so bright in his first appearance that's just my opinion though, at the end of the day its just a hard asf remix of radical highway
Bad news for you: "Enemy Territory" from sonic forces is a mashup of both Radical Highway and Westopolis. which subtly hints that these two levels are in the same area. and when you think about it, they're aesthetically similar.
@@jinxyjangleit is absolutely a mashup lol, Westopolis is certainly the base of Enemy Territory but it uses the main riff of Radical Highway throughout and the echoing part before the climax of ET is just the beginning section of Radical highway
I was relieved when I saw Radical Highway got a full 2 acts instead of being awkwardly interjected in other levels. The problem with those other parts was that the visuals didn't remind me of Radical Highway at all aside from the red bridge and the patterns on the road.
Part of me wonders why Black Doom is so obsessed with this stage instead of Lethal Highway. They basically turned Radical Highway into Lethal Highway, considering the whole premise of the stage being that the highway is broken up and overrun with the Black Arms. Really, the biggest gameplay difference to how Radical Highway would look in Generations, at least in my mind, would be the music track they chose. And maybe Shadow using a motorbike instead of sliding during those tube sections... Also, if it is Radical Highway, wouldn't Gens 3DS Sonic have seen this?
The best explanation I can come up with is that Radical Highway was where Shadow was at his most hate-filled (had just been released, hadn't met Rouge yet, entirely focused on blowing up the planet); perhaps it was Black Doom's attempt to relapse him into his lowest point? Though by the time Shadow gets here, he's obviously finished his character arc. It won't work on him.
Black Doom’s actually done this thing with stages once before, with The Doom in Shadow’s own game, where he warped the Ark into a strange version of itself to get into Shadow’s head to control him. The deal with Radical Highway is basically him kicking that ability into overdrive, and very nearly succeeding given how angry Shadow got after the third encounter
@@thatrandomgamer6278 yeah but i think the sorta electric instrumentation and feel to this one makes it kinda hard to listen too over and over sometimes iykwim
@@Mr.WheeIer I get it, this style of music isn’t for everyone. It does make me sad that not everyone is enjoying all of the OST like I am but it is what it is.
This is Shadow style, not Sonic, Shadow always had "distorded" songs, it always have been like that in sa2. Aren't you one of that persons that say adventure 2 it's so good but never played it?
![Tokyo (Westopolis RMX) / Sonic x Shadow Generations [Sonic Movie 3 DLC] OST](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/xW86bjYSUCA/mqdefault.jpg)
Radical Highway in 2001: Shadow is at the most vengeful point in his life, don’t stop now
Radical Highway in 2024: Shadow is at his prime, go nuts
Honestly I think that’s why Black Doom keeps bringing Shadow to this place in the game, throughout the story Black Doom wants to put Shadow under his control by using his rage and Radical Highway was when his hate for humanity was at an all time high.
@@furious_pie466That's such a cool idea, that's probably why he always brought him back there
@@furious_pie466this actually became canon in the recent twitter takeover
I love how this contrasts the original version of Radical Highway “Vengeance Is Mine”. That version feels chaotic; filled with hatred and burning anger. But this version sounds more like pure determination. Nothing, not even being back in the place where he was at his lowest, will make Shadow turn his back on humanity. He WILL stop Black Doom. That alone makes me love this version.
I might be reading too much into it, but the cylinder with springs making Shadow ascend rather than descend like in the original cements that he's rising above his past.
@@ThatMetroidGuy Also, the final Corkscrew for Radical highway in Act 1 also does something interesting:
for Both SA2 and the Frontiers version of Radical highway, the corkscrew ends at the bottom, launching Shadow upwards toward the goal ring.
But for this version, the Corkscrew ends at the top, upside down, sending him downward.
This Twisted version of the Radical highway retains a lot of elements of the original
but the changes might actually mean something.
I like this in the context it plays. It feels like a triumphant build up as Shadow makes his way to the final battle with black doom.
_”I’ll overcome every obstacle with this power!”_
-Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic X Shadow Generations (2024)
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHH, FINALLY WE GOT FULL VERSION OF THIS MASTERPIECE.
Is that a Biboo pfp? Could it be a fellow Pebble?
@@s0urcl0ut Maybe)
The difference between the original and the remixed acts is quite interesting.
The original for obvious reasons felt angry at everything.
These remixes sound more like Shadow responding: "People keep asking if I'm back. Yeah, I'm thinking I'm back!"
Hearing this in a full stage after the entire game shows radical highway is basically the devil(from the bible)'s lair, and finally taking the fight to him is CINEMA
(from the bible)
El beat esta hermoso
Hermoso NO… lo siguiente.
Perfecto diría yo ❤
he just likes radical highway
Can't blame him.
Radical highway is like a green hill for shadow
So, this is the one remix that played in the trailer of this game.
the fact that radical highway has 6 appearances in just this one game(if you wanna count generations 3ds)
sa2, gens 3ds, what are the other 4? Also I'm glad it got a proper HD console version because I felt the 3ds was limited the potential of the level
@@Sonicfalcon16oh no I meant like
Generations has 6 types of radical highways including the 3ds version
because we have the little segments in some of the stages in Shadow Generations and then the actual level
If you're counting 3ds, there would be 7 appearances.
3ds Radical Highway Act 1
3ds Radical Highway Act 2
Shadow Generations Radical Highway segment in Space Colony Ark Act 1
Shadow Generations Radical Highway segment in Rail Canyon Act 1
Shadow Generations Radical Highway segment in Sunset Heights Act 1
Shadow Generations Radical Highway Act 1
Shadow Generations Radical Highway Act 2
@@nickmustayyou forgot the shadow rival battle in gens3ds
@@bingobo2551 I absolutely did
"Gee Sonic Adventure 2, how come Shadow Generations lets you represent TWO levels?"
Including Sonic’s side of the story, make it 3.
Cuz sa2 is the best sanic evar
-Shadow 2005
@@kingstarscream320 nah Shadow 05 is
@virtualashez shadow is the second best after SA2 plus it's just grand theft shadow the hedgehog
Tbh this music feels so good as a final level like it is in the game they portray it as so well as a finale in this game even the way how cutscenes builds up to the final stage especially since it’s called vengeance is mine
While this stage doesn't mean much to Shadow as Radical Highway was a means of evading G.U.N in SA2, to us, this level was Shadow's playable debut. To the players, it is iconic to Shadow. Now, it is his final level/obstacle as he makes his way through this mindscape and confronts Black Doom once more
I mean, Radical Highway was also where we see Shadow declare his vengeance on humanity.
This is where we see Shadow more or less at his worst, and Black Doom's use of Radical Highway could be seen as him trying to get Shadow back into that kind of headspace.
@raddreokami6892 This has been a pretty good point that I've seen around UA-cam. I do agree with it. If only I realized it myself
“I’ll overcome every obstacle with this power!”
Heard that more than 50 times yesterday trying to get the S rank. Granted I haven't played many 3D Sonic games before so I suck pretty badly.
It’s sorta poetic the devil uses radical highway as the place to face shadow as it was the stage where his revenge phase was at his highest. Doom uses this stage to remember him of his uncontrolled hatred. But then you get final phase Radical Highway and the theme doesn’t sound angry or distorted like the previous versions, it sounds upbeat, determined. Final. Shadow has gained control of his power and is not willing to be controlled by anyone anymore.
Anyone here played the whole Like A Dragon series up to 7 and loved how it felt to end that game with the Millennium Tower?
That's what it feels like ending this game with Radical Highway. It's hard to describe how the atmosphere felt with this song playing but it's the highlight of the game for me.
I'LL OVERCOME EVERY OBSTACLE, WITH THIS POWER!
I was just expecting the final boss fight when I jumped into the portal, gasped when this started playing and Shadow was grinding down that bridge rail. So iconic
THE AMEN BREAKS IN THIS ARE SO AWESOME
OH YEAH THIS IS EFFIN HAPPENNING
Amen break go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
woah these are amen breaks?
@@aneess there's less than 2 seconds of Amen sampled in this track.
It's in the very beginning as it transitions into the main beat with the bass synth.
the rest is typical DnB one-shots. It's fucking excellent but it's not really using breaks.
in DnB, at least contemporary DnB, you don't hear breaks being used as the main skeleton of a beat.
I'm not an expert on this so if anyone wants to correct me, go ahead, but that's a lot more common in Jungle, a sub genre of DnB.
If you listen to stuff like Ape Escape or Bomberman 64/Hero you can hear that.
Also just so you know, One-Shots are basically samples of just single drum hits and you can put them in a rack and play them like a drum machine.
You can slice individual parts of a break (meaning a 3-6 second recording of a drummer playing) and make them sound like one-shots but I don't think that's what they did here.
Go check out some Jungle, Breakbeat and DnB. They're really fun genres and especially with Jungle, you'll find some very PS1 sounding music in it.
Putting in perspective, it's like they make City Escape as Sonic's final stage in Generations, and I couldn't be happier.
This song is what I imagine Shadow would play if he was a spin class instructor
Certified booty banger
They made EDM Radical Highway work!!!
dnb*
@regretchoices what about the generations remix from act 2? Same composer but definitely feels different
Cash Cash remix in 2011:
one thing i really like about this version is the riff is incomplete for the majority of the song - bits of silence or techno placed where guitar would be, before finally completing itself, before disassembling again - there's a lot of other bits alongside that, but i really like the distinct feel of it - i personally interpret it like black doom's will breaching shadow's mind again and again - attempting to rekindle that flame of vengeance once so bright in his first appearance
that's just my opinion though, at the end of the day its just a hard asf remix of radical highway
honestly, wish this stage was Westopolis or maybe a mix between Westopolis and Radical Highway
Bad news for you: "Enemy Territory" from sonic forces is a mashup of both Radical Highway and Westopolis.
which subtly hints that these two levels are in the same area.
and when you think about it, they're aesthetically similar.
@ it’s not a mashup? it’s a remix of Westopolis.
@@jinxyjangleit is absolutely a mashup lol, Westopolis is certainly the base of Enemy Territory but it uses the main riff of Radical Highway throughout and the echoing part before the climax of ET is just the beginning section of Radical highway
Hicintme Ultimate Spider-Man vibes with some of the synth choices
1:06 suena como OST de Dragón ball Raging Blast
No se nada de sonic, solo que este tema esta buenisimo!
So wait is there an actual radical highway stage in addition to the radical highway sections in the other levels?
2 acts, but yeah. Radical Highway is the last stage before the final boss
@@nikucabj97 oh cool, not the first game to tease the final level/area throughout the game, I like that honestly
@@Supersonicspyroit’s also the only stage that has 2 fully 3D acts
@@thatrandomgamer6278 neat
maybe you should play the game
Favorite stage and song in the game.
I was relieved when I saw Radical Highway got a full 2 acts instead of being awkwardly interjected in other levels. The problem with those other parts was that the visuals didn't remind me of Radical Highway at all aside from the red bridge and the patterns on the road.
2:18 THE DROP
Act 1 theme: Determination and Purpose
Act 2 theme: Chaos and Control (lol)
Part of me wonders why Black Doom is so obsessed with this stage instead of Lethal Highway. They basically turned Radical Highway into Lethal Highway, considering the whole premise of the stage being that the highway is broken up and overrun with the Black Arms. Really, the biggest gameplay difference to how Radical Highway would look in Generations, at least in my mind, would be the music track they chose. And maybe Shadow using a motorbike instead of sliding during those tube sections...
Also, if it is Radical Highway, wouldn't Gens 3DS Sonic have seen this?
The best explanation I can come up with is that Radical Highway was where Shadow was at his most hate-filled (had just been released, hadn't met Rouge yet, entirely focused on blowing up the planet); perhaps it was Black Doom's attempt to relapse him into his lowest point? Though by the time Shadow gets here, he's obviously finished his character arc. It won't work on him.
@@Nel_Annette That, and it's his Green Hill.
Black Doom’s actually done this thing with stages once before, with The Doom in Shadow’s own game, where he warped the Ark into a strange version of itself to get into Shadow’s head to control him. The deal with Radical Highway is basically him kicking that ability into overdrive, and very nearly succeeding given how angry Shadow got after the third encounter
YES!!!
Idk how i feel about it. Ive listened to the trailer version for so long parts if it seem jarring. Like the silent parts in the middle
after letting the song marinate for a bit. I like it
@@SanSanFTWact 2 is literally like an rave no joke lol but I love it
The calm before the storm
Attempting the S Rank Wingless, Is a nightmare.
Sounds like run 3, at the first part
(Black Doom Evil Laugh)
(Luz) You. You serviced.
YEAHHHHHHHGHHHHFJ
best Radical Highway remix i have heard
True 🔥💯
I dont know how i feel. It seems very repetitive and takes too long to get to the main parts. Its more of a sound affect then a song really
The original Radical Highway is pretty repetitive too.
@@thatrandomgamer6278 yeah but i think the sorta electric instrumentation and feel to this one makes it kinda hard to listen too over and over sometimes iykwim
@@Mr.WheeIer I get it, this style of music isn’t for everyone. It does make me sad that not everyone is enjoying all of the OST like I am but it is what it is.
@@thatrandomgamer6278 Well i do enjoy this kinda music and i think most of this soundtrack is really good, i just dont enjoy this as much as others yk
@@Mr.WheeIer Completely fair. Sometimes a track just doesn’t hit.
kind of a waste to use the better radical highway remixes on anything BUT the actual stage
Man I love this remix 🤣 but you’re right the other ones are fire you can change it I think
I like the 3DS remix better.
Which one
@HealingVoice39 Radical Highway act 2.
@@GemsofEarthBro WHAT
You mean the worst sonic track at all time? Holy shit opinions can be so wrong
@vadim_65rus Well let's put it like this. This is my least favorite remix not saying it's bad. The 3DS versions just pretty decent.
Just like how City Escape Classic is done by CashCash
Radical highway 2D is also done by them.
man. I hate post-Forces Sonic music
No one forced you to listen to them, did they?
This good tf you mean?
This is Shadow style, not Sonic, Shadow always had "distorded" songs, it always have been like that in sa2.
Aren't you one of that persons that say adventure 2 it's so good but never played it?