This is strangely a topic that isn't talked about a whole lot. Thanks for showing that "bad" games in this series have a side of good to them, Matt! :)
An overlooked detail that helps Sonic 3's story is the transition between acts and zones, in the previous games you just teleport one to another, but here every act and stage has a transition that explains how they connect to each other I know it's a minor detail but it improves the immersion, not even Mania has transition in every level and it took me out of the experience everytime it happened
My top 5: 1. Sonic Mania - Everything is perfect 2. Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Gameplay 3. Sonic Heroes - Combat Mechanics 4. Sonic Adventure 2 - Variety in Gameplay 5. Sonic Generations - Level Design
I love it when people put "every Sonic game" in their video titles, and ignore half the library. Even if we're only talking about proper Sonic platformers, not spinoff puzzle games or special appearances or whatever. The SMS 8-bit ones were main releases! People always forget that. And the handheld-exclusive ones definitely deserve a mention, especially in a list like this. Not picking on you in particular though. Everyone does this!
@@mbdg6810 but like I said, still not accurate. The 8-bit Master System games were main games. The 8-bit Game Gear ports of them were... ports of main games. I get that it was an unusual way of doing things, having two main versions seperately, but it is what Sega did.
Since its not on here the reason i personally enjoy the Shadow game is because i get to play and experience a sonic game the way i want. I even have replayed the game multiple times recently because i really enjoy that aspect of the game
The fangames like Sonic Time Twisted, Sonic and the Fallen Star and Sonic Triple Trouble 16 bit (which are all free to play) throws all the classic 2D sonic games out of the water imo
Kinda surprised the handhelds and Sonic racing games weren't mentioned but I guess this was more of an every main console Sonic game thing than an every Sonic game that exists thing.
I disagree with several points you make but you present them in a very entertaining way and it's always interesting to hear an alternate perspective especially a positive one.
"At least in Mania it does not have Sandopolis" Welp, actually it does, Oil Ocean, but unlike Sandopolis, its good and fun, which proofs why Mania is more consistent
Putting it into the historical context, I would've said about Sonic 1 that it was the first game of its kind, that it was revolutionary, a hit in gaming history and that's what made it stand out in the first place and one of the most acclaimed Sonic games of all time on the other hand, the game that everybody knows and have played at least once because, before 1991, we had never seen a platform game that combined speed and platforming in the style of Mario. The historical context is the unique aspect of Sonic's first game and I think that makes it one of the most (if not the most) important Sonic game in the last 31 years
I would put SA2 as the "Best use of the characters in the franchise" or "Best playable characters" and Sonic Unleashed as the "best Sonic game in overall quality" or "best Sonic story"
one of my favorite features of 06 is the level design it 06 probably has my favorite level design in the entire series i really like the more realistic look of the levels.
@@cakelayer I pretty much encountered every glitch in sonic story while playing. There was always that made me die in every stage, worst was definitely silver. I dropped the game after sonic story and never picked it up again
I looked at the title and it says every sonic game but there’s still some missing noticeable ones that come to mind being sonic and the black knight and Sonic and the secret rings.
Ok, you deffinetly missed a couple of sonic games (i think) like 3D blast & triple trouble for example, it would almost make me remove my like on this, but this video is JUST good enough to make up for not really talking about every sonic game (official only)
This is interesting cause Sonic is one of the series where almost every game has a lot of good ideas and cool parts no matter how bad the game itself is
What Are The BEST Features Of Every Main Line Sonic Games? Sonic The Hedgehog *(1991)* - The Most Simple Sonic Game [Some stages are quite easy and fast to complete well except Labyrinth Zone but it’s not the world worst stages in video game history, the gimmick of the stages is nice and a bit slow, the story is quite simple it’s only about Sonic saving the Flickies from Dr. Ivo Robotnik "Eggman" to use and transforming them into robots called Badniks to find the Chaos Emeralds to take over the world, And there is no Super Sonic in this game] Sonic The Hedgehog 2 *(1992)* - Linear Classic Level Design [The stages are quite more beautiful and amazing but the special thing about his how linear they are for exemple after Emerald Hill Zone it goes straight to Chemical Plant Zone, this is were the gimmick in this game get fast and complicated, the story is quite simple it’s about Sonic who got a friendship with Miles Prower also known as Tails and both of them work each other to stop Dr. Eggman to use the Chaos Emeralds to power is most powerful weapon the Death Egg which is a quite a copy of the Death Star from Star Wars, And this is the first Sonic game to introduce Super Sonic after collecting all Chaos Emeralds in each Special Stages and have 50 Rings in a normal stage]
Dude, I don’t know you and I was walking in with expectations that I don’t know if I’m right to have, so maybe that’s the reason of it, but I found this video so underwhelming. Sorry if it sounds harsh, but I opened the video with solid interest and expectation that you were going to use the knowledge of all the Sonic games that I feel you have, to analyze (in the way that you even said at the beginning of the video) how every single game interpreted the Sonic Formula, on what aspect of the game they put the most focus, what’s considerable a Sonic game solely basing on that game in the series and maybe even to interpret the many factions of the fandom and what games satisfy their specific need. Yeah, I know, sounds like really hard and time consuming, but I feel like everything was already there in this video. You already analyzed what works in every single game and tried to objectively understand where does the fandom agree about it (I say tried because you let very clearly your opinion influence some of this entries, but whatever, points for the effort). So you did everything, but just stopped at giving to every game a specific prize instead of analyzing the data you have gathered. That’s why I found it underwhelming and thought that I had to write this to you. Not to just criticize or click off from the video, but instead to tell you that you could have reached for more and created a very unique video. A useful analysis of the Sonic games, the Sonic 2D and 3D formula and the Sonic community, based on a knowledge I feel you clearly have. Sorry if it sounds picky or mean, but I felt I had to tell you. Good luck for your future videos!
Being a Sonic Heroes player, the main + of this game are : 1) Innovating stages 2) 3 playable characters 3) mid air kicks is really fun 4) Grand Metropolis yeah
You're really underselling Sonic 1. What separated Sonic 1 from other platformers at the time is the game just had a style all its own. This style is then approved upon with each game.
You forgot Sonic Rush 1 & 2 Sonic Rivals 1 & 2 Sonic and the black knight Sonic and the Secret Rings Sonic Chronicles Sonic Colors DS Sonic Generations 3DS Sonic R Sonic The Fighters All the Game gear games Sonic Jam GameCom Sonic boom 1&2 Sonic advance 1-3 Sonic battle Sonic riders 1-3 Sonic 4 I'm sure there's more, so I don't think the title works
This was great video to highlight the strong parts of each mainline title. My hope for ther series is the Sonic Team looks back at the strongest qualities of previous games and incorporate those qualities into Frontiers and future titles. Things like the open but linear level design that allowed for tons of replay value in games like 3&K, SA1, Generations and Mania, the focused ambition of Unleashed, a gimmick that flows well with the fundamentals of the series like Colors, the playable characters playing like Sonic but have different attributes like the 2D titles, the content of SA2 (emblems, level challenges, chao garden), etc. The list goes on, there's so much potential.
3:27 I would also argue that its the best Classic game when it comes to exploration. It balances Sonic CD's exploration and takes Sonic 1 platforming and Sonic 2 speedy Leveldesign and combine it into one beautiful package. Well that's atleast also what I see in this game.
@@addsullivan1300 "Guess I can't be the hero every time." That right there is one of the best character moments in the series as well as one of my favorite lines from the series.
It wasn't mediocre like the 2006 Sonic game. I did enjoy the feature of a custom character. Even though that plot was over the top and the gameplay was limited, I was intrigued and completed the game storyline. The end credits don't show what became of Eggman. It's for the better. I rented it and made some good avatar characters.
@@Steffo414 Man am I glad I don't have your taste in games have fun with your minority opinion that maybe 15 other people agree with. If you like games that play themselves good on you
I disagree with a few things here: - While I love Unleashed a lot. I don't think Unleashed is the most polished game at all. One of those things is due to the framerate alone, but also some controls could be better. It was absolutely the most polished Sonic when it came out, but If we're going for most polished, I'd have to give it to Colors or Generations. Those games cleaned up the boost formula with stuff like the homing attack being a separate button. I think you could've given Unleashed graphics instead, game looked amazing for 2008. - Best soundtrack should've absolutely gone to Unleashed IMO. 06 has a great soundtrack but I've almost never seen people call it the outright "best" of the series, since that's a pretty big title. Maybe I'm biased, but Unleashed has such a diverse soundtrack that fit the many cultures that the stages are based on, with excellent jazz themes for the night stages. It's probably the most high caliber Sonic OST, IMO. - I'd give Heroes the title of "best playable side characters". Controlling everyone in Heroes is really fun which is a huge difference from Adventure. Stage diversity is pretty good in that game, but I think many other Sonic games do that just as well. -I think saying the absolute best feature of Generations is "approachability" is doing it a disservice IMO. You could give the game so much more than that; for example, its best feature could easily be how well it brings back and recreates past elements from Sonic games. There's a lot there, idk, I think just saying approachability feels kinda lame for a game like Gens, even though I agree that it is the best. It's not really a "feature" -Same kind of goes for Mania. "Consistency" isn't a feature I don't mean to come off rude, this is just meant to be a critcism, I think it was a well made video, this is just my thoughts. I think you were a bit too worried about being "biased", it's all your opinion, so don't worry about it
In my opinion, the best part of Sonic Forces is the visual design. It’s a nice and clean mix of Lost World’s cartoonish art style, and Unleashed relative realism. Looking at levels from Forces you can tell it’s a Sonic game specifically, and not just some other platformer. Although the customization is good, I think it hasn’t been brought to its full potential and could be greatly improved on in the future if they don’t scrap it altogether
adding to this comment - the camera work for Forces is personally another highlight because even just watching the cutscenes or gameplay, it looks so cinematic.
Another thing Forces does masterfully is the atmosphere and sense of immersion you get in the game's setting. Every little detail from the menus, to the sound design, to the levels themselves makes you feel like you're apart of this larger than life conflict and in the middle of a battlefield. Which immersed me into the story and its moments more and it made it all feel so much fun.
@@DSmith3279 you know, I replayed the game a while back... and I will agree to this with how much detail they've put... I had my avatar wear one of the default glasses and on the final cutscene where Sonic sees you off , instead of just having the glass transparent like you would for a minor thing, they actually gave it that lens effect, there was a bit of blur just for that part while everything else looked normal - it blew me off
Forces was super ambitious imo and the graphics and story definitely reflect that, it just didn't translate well into actual gameplay. I think if customization hadn't had so much focus in development the game could have been a lot better.
I remember when I first played unleashed with 2 new things some werehog that you would physically beat up enemies with and some fast ass boost mechanic like the fastest we had been in a sonic game. but at that time it was just so fun to just boost through enemies and stuff
this video is incredibly reminiscent of the debate vids with premydaremy, twip, and sam procastinates. The funny thing is i literally watched those yesterday.
I prefer the music from Adventure more than 06, but both have great soundtracks. My favorite story in a Sonic game is Unleashed, and not seeing Rush in this video makes me sad :(
11:17 What you just said here, this can also apply to Crash Bandicoot players ironically enough. When it comes to Sonic and Crash, I can think of no other games that encourage you to learn the levels and master them through mistakes and experiences in order to get better. It’s kinda weird to say because, fundamentally, they’re very different franchises, but they are very similar in that single regard. You’re not gonna get it the first try, and the devs KNEW this. They WANTED you to get better on your own terms.
I love comparing Mario & Sonic to Crash & Spyro. In both cases, the generational jump correlates with the same directional shift on the color wheel (Blue to Purple, Red to orange), for one. Plus Spyro got incredibly inconsistent and a bit more gimmicky later on past the first few main games similarly to Sonic.
I am really happy to see somebody made this exact video. With a series as inconsistent and bizarre as Sonic it’s good to see somebody break down the appeal of each and every main game; really helps put things into perspective.
10:58 I've been using this same argument for so long, but nobody ever responds to it (because it's the ultimate argument, lol): Replay the levels repeatedly to learn new strategies for beating the levels faster, since Sonic is about speed and you should be replaying to beat your previous time. That there is the replay value for Sonic games. People gripe about Boost being too fast to react to anything, but learning the levels through replays can make Boost look really neat and spectacular when you get good at a level.
… Unleashed’s hub worlds were absolutely phenomenal. I want something very similar for the next 3D Sonic game; the idea of travelling between biomes and countries between foot and having these cute safe zones is deeply appealing to me.
I do notice you don't cover Shadow the Hedgehog (most ambitious story, seriously the branching story that drastically changes was ambitious), and Sonic Boom (best Tie-in TV Show)
You know if you ask me, I think that the level design in 06 is the best in the series, at least for what I'm looking for. In almost every part of the game, consistently, there are at least two paths to get where you're going, usually more. That's what I look for in Sonic level design.
@@sonic101official how is it not? You're dropped into Null Space and you hit the ground running and double boost to escape in 20 seconds or less. Sure there's more stage back in the real world to come when you escape, but given that the place was supposed to be inescapable it makes you wonder what was the point of it being there given how uneventful it was. Especially when you consider that 06 gave you actual stages in the ruined future, as well as gave time to wonder how is Sonic going get out of this one with establishing cutscenes after Eggman sent him and his friends there.
This is strangely a topic that isn't talked about a whole lot. Thanks for showing that "bad" games in this series have a side of good to them, Matt! :)
No shit lol
@@promiseomiponle810 Ok?
@@kyleclovey8030 lmfao you must be kidding right?🤣
@@promiseomiponle810 Yea, I haven't heard an opinion that different come from anyone, especially from someone whose played Sonic.
@@CSTH1 I didn't enjoy it as much as Sonic 2 personally.
I'm aware I'm in the minority here though.
An overlooked detail that helps Sonic 3's story is the transition between acts and zones, in the previous games you just teleport one to another, but here every act and stage has a transition that explains how they connect to each other
I know it's a minor detail but it improves the immersion, not even Mania has transition in every level and it took me out of the experience everytime it happened
Mania has transitions in every level since v1.04 patch (2018).
@@dgsf9444 Oh I didn't knew that, it has been ages since I've played Mania
@@ayrtonjoga They also changed the Metal Sonic fight
@@AkameGaKillfan777 and mighty ray
... That's very awesome detail!... You make an excellent point!!!
"No matter how you feel about these Sonic games, there's still something pretty cool to appreciate in all of them"
Me: You have my respect Stark
Nice
Sonic unleashed java phone smiles
Yup
1:37 sonic 2 did give sonic his classic sense of speed as he was much faster than the original and added the spin dash
My top 5:
1. Sonic Mania - Everything is perfect
2. Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Gameplay
3. Sonic Heroes - Combat Mechanics
4. Sonic Adventure 2 - Variety in Gameplay
5. Sonic Generations - Level Design
I would give sonic generations best boss fights
@@xtraexotic7421 except time eater
I love it when people put "every Sonic game" in their video titles, and ignore half the library. Even if we're only talking about proper Sonic platformers, not spinoff puzzle games or special appearances or whatever. The SMS 8-bit ones were main releases! People always forget that. And the handheld-exclusive ones definitely deserve a mention, especially in a list like this.
Not picking on you in particular though. Everyone does this!
Every main game would be more proper
@@mbdg6810 but like I said, still not accurate. The 8-bit Master System games were main games. The 8-bit Game Gear ports of them were... ports of main games. I get that it was an unusual way of doing things, having two main versions seperately, but it is what Sega did.
All Of Them Is Great, But I do Love Colors, And TSR, And Forces And S1 And 2 and all! ✨🙏💙🦔
Since its not on here the reason i personally enjoy the Shadow game is because i get to play and experience a sonic game the way i want. I even have replayed the game multiple times recently because i really enjoy that aspect of the game
"we don't want beach worlds and sand worlds, we need sonic environments"
Emerald Coast: Am i a joke to you?
The fangames like Sonic Time Twisted, Sonic and the Fallen Star and Sonic Triple Trouble 16 bit (which are all free to play) throws all the classic 2D sonic games out of the water imo
Kinda surprised the handhelds and Sonic racing games weren't mentioned but I guess this was more of an every main console Sonic game thing than an every Sonic game that exists thing.
I disagree with several points you make but you present them in a very entertaining way and it's always interesting to hear an alternate perspective especially a positive one.
I would say SA2 has the most complete or content filled Sonic game
-chao world
-2 players
-kart racing
-6 playable characters
-2 story modes (+1)
"At least in Mania it does not have Sandopolis"
Welp, actually it does, Oil Ocean, but unlike Sandopolis, its good and fun, which proofs why Mania is more consistent
Sandopolis is the reason I prefer 2 over 3. At least metropolis isn't slow asf for 99% of the level
Putting it into the historical context, I would've said about Sonic 1 that it was the first game of its kind, that it was revolutionary, a hit in gaming history and that's what made it stand out in the first place and one of the most acclaimed Sonic games of all time on the other hand, the game that everybody knows and have played at least once because, before 1991, we had never seen a platform game that combined speed and platforming in the style of Mario. The historical context is the unique aspect of Sonic's first game and I think that makes it one of the most (if not the most) important Sonic game in the last 31 years
Lost worlds is criminally underrated
I would put SA2 as the "Best use of the characters in the franchise" or "Best playable characters" and Sonic Unleashed as the "best Sonic game in overall quality" or "best Sonic story"
Sonic Unleashed gets the well polished award.
Me: That's awesome... But those QTE'S moments can go die in a fire.
He did not say that sonic 06 has the best soundtrack. It’s definitely sonic colors, one of the top sonic games
I Don't Know why, but every time I think in Sonic Unleashed, it become better and better. Nice vídeo, Sonic was always good
😂😂
@@kyleclovey8030 Yeah, Unleashed is not the perfect masterpiece people chalk it up to be.
@@kyleclovey8030 For quite awhile now.
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@@AkameGaKillfan777 I'm not saying that is perfect, but is a very good game :)
one of my favorite features of 06 is the level design it 06 probably has my favorite level design in the entire series i really like the more realistic look of the levels.
Good luck trying to go through a level without getting stuck to a wall or falling through the floor
@@requiem550 I came across 4 glitches in my entire playthrough
@@cakelayer I pretty much encountered every glitch in sonic story while playing. There was always that made me die in every stage, worst was definitely silver. I dropped the game after sonic story and never picked it up again
@@requiem550 i barley encounter glitches when playing 06
Best sonic soundtrack, lmao :D
crush 40 open your heart - is the best soundtrack dude thats why it's always being played on every anniversary
I would say sonic 3 is the most nostalgic sonic game
I remember picking up Sonic Unleashed and that first cutscene was just elite 👌🏼👌🏼
I looked at the title and it says every sonic game but there’s still some missing noticeable ones that come to mind being sonic and the black knight and Sonic and the secret rings.
Isn't there a specific 3D Sonic game you're missing? One featuring a specific ultimate lifeform as the title character?
i love how sonic 2 themovie is a reference to sonic 3 in the game
The best feature for shadow the hedgehog would probably be best sonic spin off or best trying something different like mission based gameplay or guns
Ok, you deffinetly missed a couple of sonic games (i think) like 3D blast & triple trouble for example, it would almost make me remove my like on this, but this video is JUST good enough to make up for not really talking about every sonic game (official only)
This is interesting cause Sonic is one of the series where almost every game has a lot of good ideas and cool parts no matter how bad the game itself is
13:03 Meanwhile Emerald Coast and Sand Hill: "I'am going to ignore that..."
don't know if I agree with the lost world take, but very good video either way
What Are The BEST Features Of Every Main Line Sonic Games?
Sonic The Hedgehog *(1991)* - The Most Simple Sonic Game [Some stages are quite easy and fast to complete well except Labyrinth Zone but it’s not the world worst stages in video game history, the gimmick of the stages is nice and a bit slow, the story is quite simple it’s only about Sonic saving the Flickies from Dr. Ivo Robotnik "Eggman" to use and transforming them into robots called Badniks to find the Chaos Emeralds to take over the world, And there is no Super Sonic in this game]
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 *(1992)* - Linear Classic Level Design [The stages are quite more beautiful and amazing but the special thing about his how linear they are for exemple after Emerald Hill Zone it goes straight to Chemical Plant Zone, this is were the gimmick in this game get fast and complicated, the story is quite simple it’s about Sonic who got a friendship with Miles Prower also known as Tails and both of them work each other to stop Dr. Eggman to use the Chaos Emeralds to power is most powerful weapon the Death Egg which is a quite a copy of the Death Star from Star Wars, And this is the first Sonic game to introduce Super Sonic after collecting all Chaos Emeralds in each Special Stages and have 50 Rings in a normal stage]
Dude, I don’t know you and I was walking in with expectations that I don’t know if I’m right to have, so maybe that’s the reason of it, but I found this video so underwhelming.
Sorry if it sounds harsh, but I opened the video with solid interest and expectation that you were going to use the knowledge of all the Sonic games that I feel you have, to analyze (in the way that you even said at the beginning of the video) how every single game interpreted the Sonic Formula, on what aspect of the game they put the most focus, what’s considerable a Sonic game solely basing on that game in the series and maybe even to interpret the many factions of the fandom and what games satisfy their specific need.
Yeah, I know, sounds like really hard and time consuming, but I feel like everything was already there in this video. You already analyzed what works in every single game and tried to objectively understand where does the fandom agree about it (I say tried because you let very clearly your opinion influence some of this entries, but whatever, points for the effort).
So you did everything, but just stopped at giving to every game a specific prize instead of analyzing the data you have gathered.
That’s why I found it underwhelming and thought that I had to write this to you. Not to just criticize or click off from the video, but instead to tell you that you could have reached for more and created a very unique video. A useful analysis of the Sonic games, the Sonic 2D and 3D formula and the Sonic community, based on a knowledge I feel you clearly have.
Sorry if it sounds picky or mean, but I felt I had to tell you. Good luck for your future videos!
Definitely giving polish to Lost World
2:36 and best soundtrack
Ayo, you forgot Shadow The Hedgehog!
Welcome to the Game Awards: Sonic Edition
him: one of the most inconsistent gaming franchises ever is sonic the hedgehog
Kirby: am I a joke to you?
I've only played the Wii version of Sonic Unleashed. How do you feel about that version?
Mattasnocut: adventure 1 has the best level design
Adventure 2: am I a joke to you
You can't say that only one Sonic game has a good Sonic soundtrack, bcuz literally every Sonic game has a banging soundtrack
Sonic colors shouldve got the "Sonic Game With The Best Music"
Hey, Sonic 2 has the best character sprite in the series, that’s something!
0:21 that Unleashed to generations transition was radical my guy
15:39 *dang* that one hurt
The best feature of forces is that you can complete it within 2 hours so you can refund it and get your money back
sonic cds best feature? that banging soundtrack
Shadow the hedgehog: best gun play😂😂
Hear me out hear me out!
Chao Garden.
So sonic 3 basically the story of the second sonic movie
For sonic frontiers it's probably best bosses
Everything is on point
Everyone is forgetting about sonic and the black night
Do the advance and rush series not count as main line sonic?
I treat every Sonic game equally, even the bad ones.
The Best Feature of Sonic Frontiers is the control its the best controlling sonic game in existence!
Generations has the best level design imo
lost world feels like rayman sometimes...
I was expecting generations to be the easiest to mod
SA2 is best soundtrack
Matt being ONLY positive about heroES??????????????????????
Where are the advance games and shadow?
Being a Sonic Heroes player, the main + of this game are :
1) Innovating stages
2) 3 playable characters
3) mid air kicks is really fun
4) Grand Metropolis yeah
why didn't you put sonic advanced games?
You're really underselling Sonic 1. What separated Sonic 1 from other platformers at the time is the game just had a style all its own. This style is then approved upon with each game.
The Boost feature from Sonic Unleashed was cool and so was werehog, in my opinion.
The werehog was alright but some stages
dragged on too long and the battle music was annoying
werehog ruins the game for me
@@TheBlackSamurai2708 yeah for sure
@@juschlora7249 nah
Boost came from Rush
You forgot
Sonic Rush 1 & 2
Sonic Rivals 1 & 2
Sonic and the black knight
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Sonic Chronicles
Sonic Colors DS
Sonic Generations 3DS
Sonic R
Sonic The Fighters
All the Game gear games
Sonic Jam GameCom
Sonic boom 1&2
Sonic advance 1-3
Sonic battle
Sonic riders 1-3
Sonic 4
I'm sure there's more, so I don't think the title works
Sonic Advance trilogy, I guess
Sonic riders tho
Sonic riders tho
@@ayrtonjoga oh my God how could I forget lol. Thank you
sonic 4 😠
In my opinion Sonic 06 has the best cutscenes of all the sonic games. If you put the cutscenes together, it feels like a movie.
This was great video to highlight the strong parts of each mainline title. My hope for ther series is the Sonic Team looks back at the strongest qualities of previous games and incorporate those qualities into Frontiers and future titles. Things like the open but linear level design that allowed for tons of replay value in games like 3&K, SA1, Generations and Mania, the focused ambition of Unleashed, a gimmick that flows well with the fundamentals of the series like Colors, the playable characters playing like Sonic but have different attributes like the 2D titles, the content of SA2 (emblems, level challenges, chao garden), etc. The list goes on, there's so much potential.
... Yeah... it's a shame they haven't figured it out so far!!!
3:27 I would also argue that its the best Classic game when it comes to exploration. It balances Sonic CD's exploration and takes Sonic 1 platforming and Sonic 2 speedy Leveldesign and combine it into one beautiful package. Well that's atleast also what I see in this game.
But the exploration is way too tedious, there are way too many paths to go through to find and destroy those robot generators
@@InsanityGrant this wasn't about CD. It's about sonic 3 & K but whatever...
@@Fungiarts sorry read it wrong
Sonic and the black knight has the best version oof sonic
Jason Griffith is my favorite as well.
Perfect Characterization, he’s not a goody two shoes or lame uncle.
@@Terminal_Apotos yup he is the villan and he knows that
@@addsullivan1300 "Guess I can't be the hero every time."
That right there is one of the best character moments in the series as well as one of my favorite lines from the series.
the best feature of sonic forces is the end credits
Absolutely
It wasn't mediocre like the 2006 Sonic game. I did enjoy the feature of a custom character. Even though that plot was over the top and the gameplay was limited, I was intrigued and completed the game storyline. The end credits don't show what became of Eggman. It's for the better. I rented it and made some good avatar characters.
@@Steffo414 Sonic Forces Fanboy spotted
@@Steffo414 Man am I glad I don't have your taste in games have fun with your minority opinion that maybe 15 other people agree with. If you like games that play themselves good on you
Not gonna lie the light of hope is actually really good
I disagree with a few things here:
- While I love Unleashed a lot. I don't think Unleashed is the most polished game at all. One of those things is due to the framerate alone, but also some controls could be better. It was absolutely the most polished Sonic when it came out, but If we're going for most polished, I'd have to give it to Colors or Generations. Those games cleaned up the boost formula with stuff like the homing attack being a separate button. I think you could've given Unleashed graphics instead, game looked amazing for 2008.
- Best soundtrack should've absolutely gone to Unleashed IMO. 06 has a great soundtrack but I've almost never seen people call it the outright "best" of the series, since that's a pretty big title. Maybe I'm biased, but Unleashed has such a diverse soundtrack that fit the many cultures that the stages are based on, with excellent jazz themes for the night stages. It's probably the most high caliber Sonic OST, IMO.
- I'd give Heroes the title of "best playable side characters". Controlling everyone in Heroes is really fun which is a huge difference from Adventure. Stage diversity is pretty good in that game, but I think many other Sonic games do that just as well.
-I think saying the absolute best feature of Generations is "approachability" is doing it a disservice IMO. You could give the game so much more than that; for example, its best feature could easily be how well it brings back and recreates past elements from Sonic games. There's a lot there, idk, I think just saying approachability feels kinda lame for a game like Gens, even though I agree that it is the best. It's not really a "feature"
-Same kind of goes for Mania. "Consistency" isn't a feature
I don't mean to come off rude, this is just meant to be a critcism, I think it was a well made video, this is just my thoughts. I think you were a bit too worried about being "biased", it's all your opinion, so don't worry about it
Dont worry bro xbox series x port kinda fixes the problems of the game
In my opinion, the best part of Sonic Forces is the visual design. It’s a nice and clean mix of Lost World’s cartoonish art style, and Unleashed relative realism. Looking at levels from Forces you can tell it’s a Sonic game specifically, and not just some other platformer. Although the customization is good, I think it hasn’t been brought to its full potential and could be greatly improved on in the future if they don’t scrap it altogether
adding to this comment - the camera work for Forces is personally another highlight because even just watching the cutscenes or gameplay, it looks so cinematic.
@@MikanookieAgreed, even if I think the game is bad.
Another thing Forces does masterfully is the atmosphere and sense of immersion you get in the game's setting. Every little detail from the menus, to the sound design, to the levels themselves makes you feel like you're apart of this larger than life conflict and in the middle of a battlefield. Which immersed me into the story and its moments more and it made it all feel so much fun.
@@DSmith3279 you know, I replayed the game a while back...
and I will agree to this with how much detail they've put...
I had my avatar wear one of the default glasses and on the final cutscene where Sonic sees you off , instead of just having the glass transparent like you would for a minor thing, they actually gave it that lens effect, there was a bit of blur just for that part while everything else looked normal - it blew me off
Forces was super ambitious imo and the graphics and story definitely reflect that, it just didn't translate well into actual gameplay. I think if customization hadn't had so much focus in development the game could have been a lot better.
This was a pretty good idea. Could you possibly do the same for the spinoffs?
Best feature: Chao Garden
I remember when I first played unleashed with 2 new things some werehog that you would physically beat up enemies with and some fast ass boost mechanic like the fastest we had been in a sonic game. but at that time it was just so fun to just boost through enemies and stuff
The boost games were always my favorite
They really make you feel like you’re fast
this video is incredibly reminiscent of the debate vids with premydaremy, twip, and sam procastinates. The funny thing is i literally watched those yesterday.
I prefer the music from Adventure more than 06, but both have great soundtracks. My favorite story in a Sonic game is Unleashed, and not seeing Rush in this video makes me sad :(
11:17 What you just said here, this can also apply to Crash Bandicoot players ironically enough. When it comes to Sonic and Crash, I can think of no other games that encourage you to learn the levels and master them through mistakes and experiences in order to get better. It’s kinda weird to say because, fundamentally, they’re very different franchises, but they are very similar in that single regard. You’re not gonna get it the first try, and the devs KNEW this. They WANTED you to get better on your own terms.
I love comparing Mario & Sonic to Crash & Spyro. In both cases, the generational jump correlates with the same directional shift on the color wheel (Blue to Purple, Red to orange), for one. Plus Spyro got incredibly inconsistent and a bit more gimmicky later on past the first few main games similarly to Sonic.
That’s right? The Zelda levels and Mario levels are the same way.
8:01 man you took me back to when I was a kid and I would watch those His World AMVS religiously good times
I am really happy to see somebody made this exact video. With a series as inconsistent and bizarre as Sonic it’s good to see somebody break down the appeal of each and every main game; really helps put things into perspective.
... I agree with you on that!!!
I just think that the gun agency is really underrated in the franchise. The solders look like they want to die every step of the way.
Yes. Sonic is good
Great, awesome, outstanding, amazing!
Sonic adventure is best control in my opinion
10:58 I've been using this same argument for so long, but nobody ever responds to it (because it's the ultimate argument, lol): Replay the levels repeatedly to learn new strategies for beating the levels faster, since Sonic is about speed and you should be replaying to beat your previous time. That there is the replay value for Sonic games.
People gripe about Boost being too fast to react to anything, but learning the levels through replays can make Boost look really neat and spectacular when you get good at a level.
This dude really called 06 garbage but adventure good? That’s straight up hypocrisy. Everything “wrong” with 06 was worse in adventure, ten fold.
Yeha but in 06 you can fly in a variety of unintended ways!
… Unleashed’s hub worlds were absolutely phenomenal. I want something very similar for the next 3D Sonic game; the idea of travelling between biomes and countries between foot and having these cute safe zones is deeply appealing to me.
I really love the idea of this video!
Unleashed is still all the way down there just to spite you btw
Do you genuinely despise Sonic Unleashed?
Unless it is the Wii game, no.
@@LunarBoo The Xbox 360/PS3 version is the best Sonic game of all-time IMHO. It's also the best platformer & brawler of all-time IMHO.
Sonic adventure feels as if they just added a dimension to Sonic 3 and Knuckles
Super unique and cool video idea matt. Also spreading some positivity, Loved it!!
I do notice you don't cover Shadow the Hedgehog (most ambitious story, seriously the branching story that drastically changes was ambitious), and Sonic Boom (best Tie-in TV Show)
In my opinion, sonic 06 is hated way too much, people always look at the bad things about it, not the good things. I personally enjoyed Sonic 06.
You know if you ask me, I think that the level design in 06 is the best in the series, at least for what I'm looking for.
In almost every part of the game, consistently, there are at least two paths to get where you're going, usually more. That's what I look for in Sonic level design.
Ah you mean like almost every other sonic platform game 😒😒
A real stupid reason that game is shit always was and still is
Apart from the customization in Forces, Forces was also a "pretty polished" game.
The game wasn't ambitious, but it was polished for what it was
A running simulator that plays itself
@@AkameGaKillfan777 Null Space is the literal definition of boost to win.
@@DemonDethchase not really
@@sonic101official how is it not? You're dropped into Null Space and you hit the ground running and double boost to escape in 20 seconds or less. Sure there's more stage back in the real world to come when you escape, but given that the place was supposed to be inescapable it makes you wonder what was the point of it being there given how uneventful it was. Especially when you consider that 06 gave you actual stages in the ruined future, as well as gave time to wonder how is Sonic going get out of this one with establishing cutscenes after Eggman sent him and his friends there.
@@DemonDethchase null space is one of the least boost to win levels in the game, that goes to luminous forest
Sonic 2 didn’t have any gravity manipulation, unless you’re talking about the physics.
You're goated for mentioning stormreddesert's amvs
8:07 those AMV videos are my JAM!