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>>15929416

>edgier than that Shadow game

On what fucking planet? Forces tried to be edgy and failed miserably, there's still nothing in the series edgier than the Shadow game.

Sonic Generations on PC for the level mods. I personally love Unleashed but autists always screech about muh werehog when the real tragedy is the framerate issues in the most fun parts of the game.

Colors, Lost World and Forces are for Mare-io wannabe nerds with no taste.

>>15929416

>It finally nailed down how a blistering fast 3D Sonic game Should play like

>60% of the game is shitty, blocky 2D bullshit

>The other 40% is "3D" straight lines devoid of anything similar to the shitrag of a game that is PS2/Wii Unleashed

Coulda fooled me, Anon.

>>15930255

<Knuckles/Rouge stages are the utmost tedious and terrible

>not the Tails/Eggman stages

Sure the treasure hunting levels aren't fantastic, but I can't imagine how anyone can come away from SA2 thinking they're the standout awful gameplay style rather than the shooting levels. At least Knuckles and Rouge don't control like hot garbage.

>>15930283

Agreed. Give me mecha missions over shikon jewel bullshit, any day.

>>15930283

>but it's not as bad as trying to hunt around for treasure and trying to figuring out hints

I really enjoyed the exploration and investigating, though. Most of the levels are quick and easy to get around in thanks to the gliding and open level design, and I think it's great that with a good enough knowledge of the levels, you can figure out exactly where the shards are with the first hint alone. The music in those stages helps to make them more enjoyable, too. My only real problem with them is that A ranking them is horseshit, since the only way to get the maximum amount of points off a shard is to find them without any hints and do it fast as fuck. On the other hand, I could never get into the bog-standard platforming of the shooting stages. I like how you gain point multipliers from the number of enemies destroyed at once, but I don't think it's worth fucking up the controls while locking on so that Tails and Eggman start overshooting their turns for some reason.

>>15929367

Sonic Unleashed was pretty fun. It's not just the Werehog, it's also pretty comfy as the whole thing is a worldwide road trip and the NPCs are pretty engaging and charming to talk and interact with.

>>15930271

>Knuckles/Rouge stages are terrible.

I agree. However, you'd be surprised at how much of 180 in quality a PC mod can make. There's a hack that takes away the forced linear design where you had to find the emeralds in order. Finding the emeralds in any order turns the stages from a chore to something actually fun because the stages are pretty open world and fun to explore. For Tail's stages, I would change his physics to Gamma with a Physics mod which makes him slightly faster and less awkward to control. Really, I can't recommend the PC version of SA2 enough, because they turned the game from okay with warts, to actually a game that's able to stand on its own a bit more.

>>15929692

I used to just think Infinite was just an edgelord character until I saw his origins. Shadow kicked his ass once and he became evil. He's like the Sonic equivalent to a high school shooter. After Episode Shadow, I actually he's a better attempt than what Star Wars was trying to do with Kylo Ren, even if it was unintentional.

>>15929692

>>15929416

You see that's where your mistaken. Infinite's entire backstory is that he's butt hurt that Shadow is better then him.

Infinite is a try hard, Shadow is the true edgehog.

<The Shadow game

>The game starts with an all out invasion against humanity, Shadow doesn't give a shit. until Black Doom hints about his past.

>Shadow only cares about the goal of learning the secret of his past.

>Shadow is the deciding factor of the war between Humanity or the Black arms, given the fact the winners of the war with swing one way or the other based on only your actions

>Shadow can use any gun or swing-able object as a deadly weapon.

>Shadow can carry a Giant Chain Gun meant for a mech with one hand and fire it with no recoil.

>Shadow can unlock unlimited power with the Chaos emeralds

>Performing Good actions like putting out fires with your bare fists will fill Shadow with the power of Justice "Behold The Ultimate Power!" giving him access to Chaos Control which will either fly him at blazing speeds past all obstacles or Slow seconds to milliseconds during a boss encounter

>Performing Evil Action will fill Shadow with the power of Rage and contempt "Death To All Who Appose Me!" giving him access to Chaos Blast a Spherical Energy blast of Pure Destruction

>filling either the Good or Evil energy bars but choosing not to use there powers will result in Shadow having invincibility and unlimited Ammunition for any weapon for the duration of energy surge.

>There are 10 endings, all based on half truths.

<Shadow sees himself as a monster who has caused nothing but destruction he likely goes of to fucking kill himself

<Shadow sees the Space colony ark as Sacred and he living proof of the ultimate life from where he then shuts himself away from the rest of the world.

<Shadow decides only he knows what is best.

<Shadow See's himself as born to serve Black Doom and will turn the world into the Dark Empire.

<Shadow betrays Black Doom at the final second and conquer the universe.

<Shadow decided he was born to bring order and justice to the humans and destroys the Earth.

<Shadow turns on Sonic the last second for no reason other the shits and giggles and after defeating him vows he is The True Ultimate Invincible Hedgehog

<Shadow keeps his promise to Maria to defend the earth, and defeats the black arms

<Eggman tricks Shadow into thinking he's an Android one he decides he has surpassed the original Shadow,

<Another Android ending Shadow decides to rule the earth with an robot and Android empire

>3 of these ending Shadow straight up murders Eggman.

>After getting those 10 endings, you unlock last story and The True ending, where final has Shadow doesn't even give a fuck anymore and puts his past behind him after Destroying Black Doom and the rest of the Black Arms.

>There are 326 difference paths to reach the 10 endings all have individual and appropriately edgy titles

>getting the true ending unlocks the best gun in the game called the fucking Shadow Rifle.

I could go on and on, with shit like how Shadow was created because of a deal with "The Devil", and he was made from the Blood of Black Doom so he's the son of Alien Satan, and that makes all the good endings pretty much "Fuck You DAD!" or the level where your tasked by your Satan Dad to assassinate the president of the world.

There will never be a game more ambitiously edgy then Shadow the hedgehog.

>>15933984

Did Shadow seriously just cock that assault rifle like a shotgun?

>>15934527

>assault rifle

>>15935570

now i want a sonic game where you control GUN officers trying to take control of the city while defending yourself against demons and eggman's robots

>>15935615

They actually based the Nocturnus on all the Echidnas from the Archie comics, and

>Penders

tried to sue them over it. The case was thrown out almost immediately, but if Sega ever tries to use them again, Penders can reopen the lawsuit.

Colors easily. Dolphin runs it perfectly for me

I'v now gotten Shadow to run at a near perfect 60fps 1080p, the only thing that slows down the game are the dust partial effects from some explosions. so i'v just been playing this now constantly nearing getting all the A ranks like I did on my gamecube file.

I do legitimately think that from an A rank completion perspective Shadow is one of the most fun Sonic games from the adventure area, that is if you actually enjoyed the alternate play styles from Adventure 1 to Heroes. Shadow plays like an amalgamation almost every thing that came before. Neutral missions are your regular Speed stage, the gun combat is reminiscent of Gamma or Mech stages, and Hero or Dark missions can turn stages into Treasure Hunting/Chaotix stages forcing you to pay closer attention to the levels when you going though them.

The separate Hero and Dark scoring systems also have you prioritizes what mission you want to do and strategize accordingly , since one type of points will subtract from the other upon completing a Hero or Dark mission.

It's allot to take in the first time playing the game, but mastering each level is just as satisfying as it is in SA2 to me.

So, can someone tell me anything about those ones?

>>15937281

>>15937325

I literally just explained that I admire 06's ambition, as do plenty of fans that grew up with the adventure era. If you actually liked the story focus of that era then 06 was awesome in that aspect, save for the romance. many people who love 06 played it at an age where it's objective flaws just weren't issues for them.

>>15937350

>Fans of the adventure series games admire '06

>>15938346

I'm kind of glad the Storybook series bit the dust after Black Knight was a carbon copy of Secret Rings, but it would've been interesting to see how a third game would've turned out. Can you imagine an ancient Greece setting running on the Hedgehog Engine?

>>15938287

Admire what 06 was trying to do, not the fact it's an unfinished buggy mess.

06 has allot of good ideas just most of them are underdeveloped since the entire game is underdeveloped.

Sonic's gem system while broken is really fun to mess around with, and the mach speed sections are pretty cool once you master them, you can tell mach speed wasn't a bad idea because it evolved into boost Sonic, which tons of people now praise.

Shadow in 06 is pretty much prorated the best he's ever been since Adventure 2. Having him, Omega, and Rouge all become agents for GUN was the perfect direction for them, and knowing that the gun Commander and Shadow were now working together to make the world a safer place brought tons of closure to the events of the Shadow game and his entire arc as a character.

Silver all around is just a neat character, even if he is clearly inspired by future trunks, his gameplay style was the Force unleashed a whole 2 years before that game came out. His incredibly naive nature contrasted with his mission, so then it's pretty funny to have him earnestly help Amy look for Sonic when he has absolute no idea that's the same guy he's trying to kill.

There were 9 playable character and all of them pretty much got to go though regular action stages, with the more out their tasks that is meant to bring more variety being mostly relegated to side missions.

Pretty much my only real grips with 06 is that nobody cared about how Blaze as a character actually worked, since she's form another dimension and not the future, so you have to come up with a head canon for her being in 06 to make any sense.

Amy is given the worst line in her history "if I had to choose between the world and Sonic I would choose Sonic" which is a beyond retarded line that really doesn't help the Stalker Amy persona that Sonic team just keep pushing on her. When Silver says that Sonic is responsible for the destitution of the future her line should been something more like "I know Sonic better then anyone, and I know your wrong."

and the romance between Sonic and Elise for obvious reasons. taking out that part Elise wasn't even too bad of a character, she was fully willing to put herself at risk for the sake of her people.

Funny enough the romance between Sonic and Elise really just depicts Sonic as if he's completely asexual, since he never acknowledges or bats an eye at anything romantic going on. he simply cares about Elise's well being because he's a good person.

>>15929692

>Thinks Infinite is more edgy than Shadow.

>Infinite the faggot that watched his friends get killed by Shadow then gets his ass handed to him by said Shadow.

>Infinite starts to cry.

>Shadow decides he is too weak and not worth killing as Shadow only gives a warrior's death to those worthy of it.

>Shadow fucks off.

>Infinite cries some more.

WAIT THE FAGGOTRY CONTINUES!

>Infinite tries to kill Sonic via death by sun tan.

>Sonic's new best bud Rookie has magic factor 5 sunscreen gem.

>Infinite gets BTFO by Original Character Do Not Steal.

>Phantom Ruby thinks Infinite is a faggot.

>Phantom Ruby erases Infinite from existence and fucks off back to Sonic Mania.

>Phantom Ruby would rather be in a game with Ray the Flying Squirrel than hang out with that faggot Infinite.

>>15937000

Second one had a mario party clone that me and my sister really digged, oddly enough.

I shouldn't be embarassed just by looking at the cover art. I shouldn't but I am.

>>15937000

Oh and sorry for the double posting, but the first image one I found it pretty neat that the woman that is supposedly helping you backstabs you and then you have to gather with the bosses to beat her boss fight music for her was neat and the "boss fights you in a bizzare lsd dimension" thing was also nice

This shit just makes me embarassed, have any of you played this again and solidified that it's not just rose tinted glasses and the games are solid?

>>15937281

>moders are by nature are autism incarnate

>so autistic that they are still trying to fix 'O6

>the game is so shit that even rebuilding the engine from the ground up cant fix it

Bethesdo really screwed the pooch when they fucked over the moding """community""". People would be calling 76 game of the year if only they sonic unleaded the mod makers. Likewise Sega is fucking up by including Denuvo in everything. Mania would have done better if it didn't have Denuvo. Even Forces would have sold if not for Denuvo. Nintenjew is fucking over Rom sites to rent roms as a intensive for shitty online service nobody wants. Autist still buy Final Fantasy games because they actually liked FF10. All this is all enabled by autism. When will it end?

>>15938888

Checking these quads of truth

Oh the Shadow game is just the gift that keeps on giving for me.

After all these years I learned you can use a shovel for a weapon, which you only get during the android path to my knowledge and that pretty appropriate since that means you can dig Eggman's grave.

Pretty much all voiced characters have idle chatter which is unique depending on the level, including GUN soldiers, one said "Where's my bike… has anyone seen it?" the moment I drove past him on a bike.

Shadow fluffs his quills when idle, which I just find funny for some reason.

>>15940986

I just want to let you know that I appreciate you, shadow autist.

>>15941074

Thank you anon, I try my best.

>>15929672

They should just make Shadow commit a mass shooting or something, get it super ultra edgy.

Now I'm no speed runner, but i'm actually kind of proud of this since This is the most infamous level in the Shadow game, and take most people like half an hour to beat this level the first time, and I did it in 05:34:61

I actually wanted to prove a retardedly autistic point to myself, there is a mission in DmC: Devil May Cry where your forced into a walk and talk segment for 3 and a half mins, It's my most hated level in any game ever made just because of what it represents, it shows that clearly no one on the development team gave a single solitary fuck about replayablity, no one thought hey maybe we should give the player an option to skip this bullshit.

and I just wanted to prove to myself that the most cryptic and maze like mission in Shadow could still be beaten faster then that piece of shit level in DmC even when your on the mode were you can kill enemies in one hit.

It's funny how Shadow is one of my favorite games yet DmC is my most hated, when on the surface they seem so similar.

>>15941154

Your not familiar with the Terrorist city bombing or the Political assassination attempt, These are real missions in the Shadow game.

>>15945066

I wasn't expecting to actually start winning people over, I don't know how to feel about this.

This Fucking Game