What Are The BEST Features Of Every Sonic Game?
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- What do you think is the most important feature in a Sonic game?
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Sonic The Hedgehog: (0:44)
Sonic The Hedgehog 2: (1:32)
Sonic CD: (2:33)
Sonic The Hedgehog 3: (3:17)
Sonic Adventure: (4:30)
Sonic Adventure 2: (5:19)
Sonic Heroes: (6:08)
Sonic 06: (7:17)
Sonic Unleashed: (8:09)
Sonic Colors: (9:19)
Sonic Generations: (10:19)
Sonic Lost World: (11:57)
Sonic Mania: (13:25)
Sonic Forces: (14:38)
Conclusion: (15:22)
Outro: (16:05)
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#SonicTheHedgehog #SEGA #SonicMovie2 - Hry
"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
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.
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
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.
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!!!
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!!!
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 😠
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
The boost games were always my favorite
They really make you feel like you’re fast
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 video is incredibly reminiscent of the debate vids with premydaremy, twip, and sam procastinates. The funny thing is i literally watched those yesterday.
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!!!
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
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.
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 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
8:07 those AMV videos are my JAM!
This was a pretty good idea. Could you possibly do the same for the spinoffs?
Super unique and cool video idea matt. Also spreading some positivity, Loved it!!
… 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.
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.
You're goated for mentioning stormreddesert's amvs
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.
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.
Nice video! I agree with your points! I would love to see a sequel video about the good parts in the spinoff games as well!
Best feature: Chao Garden
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
All Of Them Is Great, But I do Love Colors, And TSR, And Forces And S1 And 2 and all! ✨🙏💙🦔
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.
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
For me one of the best things in forces is the HUD and the style of the menu, they are great
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.
And the best thing of your life is nothing
@@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
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
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 :(
I respect what you do. Keep it up. ✊🙌
I also like Sonic Heroes. It needed some polish with the gameplay but overall it’s a very good game I come back to from time to time.
This video perfectly highlights all the strengths each game had.
Shadow the Hedgehog - Best Combat: Say what you will about guns being in a Sonic game, but they were low-key super fun to use.
Sonic and the Secret Rings - Best Set Pieces: The one time you got to play the automated sections from previous Sonic games, and they were exhilarating.
Sonic and the Black Knight - Best Characterization: Sonic is at his absolute best in this game and constantly reminds me why I loved him so much in the first place.
Man I love these types of sonic videos
i feel like you should have mentioned sonic boom
disconsidering... pretty much everything... the animation and expressions in it is amazing
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.
8:46 Yo whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? I never knew that. I never thought that a game I’ve been playing for almost 10 years now can STILL surprise me to this day :0
Loved this, nice retrospective! Curious what your thoughts are on the handheld titles though!
another aspect about sonic heroes i Absolutely loved is metal sonics treatment where he feels like a fully fleshed out character with so much to em getting a kickass crush 40 song and an amazing neo form
Sad that you didn't talk about spinoff games, but still this video is well-done, good job!
Ur really underrated. I can tell u put a lot of work into these videos, and I appreciate that. Wish I could support u on patreon, but unfortunately I dont have any money.
Anyways, great video, keep up the good workl
Sonic adventure feels as if they just added a dimension to Sonic 3 and Knuckles
well done video and agree with most points
For Sonic Unleashed you should’ve chosen best cutscenes! That’s something everyone can agree on!
Sonic 06 had some of the best moments for Shadow
13:56 but there is a Oil Ocean with the Sandolpolis gimmick. With a pretty frustrating boss (especially since it has a lives system).
not including shadow is funny but I will say I was always impressed by the multiple branching paths and how it used sonics cast for each different area
The way you feel about Heroes is how I feel about Colors
0:21 that Unleashed to generations transition was radical my guy
The His World amv shoutouts hit hard
I love how Boom isn’t even mentioned
If Sonic R was on here, it would probably have the best out-of-place soundtrack
Sonic Unleashed Generation and Forces Are my favorite Sonic Games
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.
the best feature in this video is "The Funniest Matthasnocuts Voice"
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
How to play Sonic Adventure:
Can I get there?
Yes.
I really praise Unleashed for not only being my favorite game, but for having the best final boss in a recent game.
I used to LOVE Sonic-06, Only because I loved how we got S-S-S(Sonic Shadow Silver) Super forms, I hated Elis and etc but I just loved that last part, and I LOVED Shadow's story, And silver's story was FLAME!
I think Sonic and the Black Knight best feature is
The most badass design
Yes. Sonic is good
Great, awesome, outstanding, amazing!
Sonic Adventure's levels still blow my mind to this day. 23 years latter, still discovering things.
I love good level design and controls as the standards for a top tier platformer, Sonic Adventure definetly follows that lol. I like genesis or classic 2D style Sonic games, but it feels like i did a regression compared to Adventure. I can't choose between Sonic Adventure and Donkey Kong Country 2 as my favorite platformer, it's so hard.
honestly this video is so wholesome, there's no shit talk at all. Meaning every sonic game has at least one quality that can make it good.
I dare you to find the best part about Rise of Lyric 😅
Fantastic vid anyhow!
Shhhhh! Let's not talk about that game
This is a pretty good video what about black knight and the boom games?
"we don't want beach worlds and sand worlds, we need sonic environments"
Emerald Coast: Am i a joke to you?
I'd say for Sonic Rush, I'm between it having the best major character introduction/development (Blaze the Cat), or; its the best simple and linear modern sonic game, even though it was released in 2005, its more in the modern era but kinda in the middle.
I wouldn't forget the soundtrack either, the Rush OST is the epitome of Sonic's style of music, full of samples and chaotic energy that thrives of funky rhythm.
The Adventure and Boost formula and the Werehog from Sonic Unleashed (HD) were my favorite features, including its story.
To me personally the best thign about Unleashed was Sonic himself. I feel like he as a character peaked in this game.
Personally Sonic Unleashed is my favorite sonic game, that and tbh shadow the Rudy hog (in its one special ways) are my hit takes. Honestly I enjoy the Wearhogs combat and slow pace but I really in just eh fast action with modern sonic and the simple excellence of the boost.
Also Matthasnocuts, if you are reading this, I have been watching for channel for several months and I keep forgetting to piling he server, so I just did!
don't know if I agree with the lost world take, but very good video either way
I remember picking up Sonic Unleashed and that first cutscene was just elite 👌🏼👌🏼
Back when the first movie came out, I saw PLENTY of people online who watched the movie grow interested in the series, and asking about what games fans recommend they play to start. For the most part fans said 1-3, sa1+2, colors, generations, forces, and mania. The problem with that is you’re bombarding newcomers with WAY too many titles, all of them completely different than the next. So when you said generations is the most approachable game and the best for newcomers to enter, I’m 100% on board.
So for any fans watching this, if anyone ever asks you what game they should try first, definitely tell them generations. It’s basically an entry gate to plenty of Sonic’s past both in games that came out, and what made each game popular. From there, newcomers will decide what they’re interested in next.
I say play 1-3 and the adventure games. If you like those then give Unleashed, Colors, and Generations a shot.
Lost worlds is criminally underrated
_Bloody hell,_ thank you so much of reminding me of StormRedDesert! I loved seeing their AMVs in 2010-2012, and even revisiting them now!
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.
Potential hot take: Sonic 06’s story writing was very good.
you gave best story to both sonic 3 and sonic adventure 2
Sonic Boom has best Character Design in my opinion. It gives them more personality and makes animation easier to follow
Yes absolutely and it also has a god tier graphics 😒
adventure 2 is my favorite cause 1 the amount of memes and fan dubs by snapcube 2 introduced shadow 3 the level design 4 the story 5 it gave every character their time to shine 6 it better than adventure 1 cause their mouths dont move around that crazily and they dont have any big the cat levels i could go on
Wow good video I agree 👍
I’d say the other thing about sonic 2 that makes it unique is that it has a remake that adds a new zone.
Flying battery act 2 a giant gap that I have tried for months to get past totally consistent
I need more videos like this
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
Everything is on point
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.
@@kyleclovey8030 czcams.com/video/ufst0yuSQVg/video.html
@@AkameGaKillfan777 I'm not saying that is perfect, but is a very good game :)
I actually agree with you. Sonic may not be the most consistent game series, but there's always something about the games that we can appreciate(like the soundtrack for example). 😊 Personally, I'm not very choosey when it comes to Sonic. My only requirements are that it's fun, feels fast, looks approachable(meaning it's not too hard for me to beat) and it has an awesome soundtrack. 😊
Someone help, what's the outro music, the link does not work :'3
Shadow the Hedgehog had the best gimmicks with the weapons. That was the only sonic game where the gimmick didn’t completely alter or take anything away from the base gameplay style. The wisps and warehog aren’t optional. But 90% of the time you didn’t even need to pick up a gun outside of a few platforming obstacles or enemies. You play as regular shadow through the whole game and no weapon forces you to play a certain way or only use it for one ability that the character should probably already have
Did he just put a part of Stormreddesert's His World AMV?!
Wow you want me to cry man
For me, the best feature of Sonic frontier is that it has the best "character interaction" in the series. All the characters including the antagonists and side characters feel flesh out, they thought, they want to achieve goals, and actually act like a human person, not a cartoon character
(But that is my opinion)
You could probably also say best use of Super Sonic, best combat variety, best boss music or best boss fights overall.
Respectable opinion 👍
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 was actually thinking of getting Sonic Generations for my first 3d Sonic game.
Great.
I honestly wanna see a Sonic game where Sonic is driving a car (for some reason, Idk I mean there was sonic racing...) in a city, and I honestly wanna see how he handles something like driving or traffic. (maybe a funne car crash or two)