The Sonic YT page posted a brand new remix/cover for Escape from the City earlier. You'll never guess who it's by! In fact you could say you'll never see it coming
Generations was kind of a disappointment to be honest, and the 3DS version was better than the console/pc version, so that's saying a lot.
With the 3DS version at least with online vs you had a reason to go back and replay it, specially since you needed a fuck-ton of points to get the highest rank on your card after you S-Ranked all the single player stages and cleared all the Missions you could unlock via street pass. it was fun battling other people, especialy if you were in a situation where both players are so good, you're practically neck and neck (you could actually see their shadow in the same screen). Finding all the shortcuts were fun as well. Also the 3DS version has Big Arms... nuff said.
On the console/pc versions, yea the stages themselves are better, but once you unlocked everything, what was left? Speedruns you can post online to see how you stack up with other people? Great, so a mode specifically for hardcores/trannies.
Even in Sonic3K, (and of course Mania) after you beat the game once, you had a bunch more save slots for other games so you could do it again with other characters. Don't want to get all the emeralds this time? Go for it. Want the best ending with Tails to see his super flickies help you? Knock yourself out. Want to play Knuckles & Knuckles on Mania? Enjoy.
I enjoyed Mania enough. But the suggestion that it suffered from Convention Bias always rang true to me. Once you got past the levels they demoed at trade shows, the general quality of the game dropped. Admittedly it wasn't as bad as Sonic Colors in this respect. But a lot of the newer Sonic games feel unevenly polished.
Mania was pretty underwhelming. only 4 new zones out of a new game which is unfortunate. I'd be ecstatic if they make another mania game and it all comes with new zones with interesting gimmicks.
Mania was pretty underwhelming. only 4 new zones out of a new game which is unfortunate. I'd be ecstatic if they make another mania game and it all comes with new zones with interesting gimmicks.
Do the Sumo Digital racing titles count? Even Team Sonic Racing is something I would consider as being a good game, if not a budget title like it was marked as. Now Transformed, that game could easily be debated as beating Mario Kart 8 as best racing title on Wii U.
Don't forget Phantasy Star, Vectorman, Ristar, Virtua Fighter, Comix Zone, OutRun, Shinobi, Skies of Arcadia......SEGA's list of dead franchises are almost as long as Ninty's, if not longer at this point.
