Gotta say as a 29 year old guy who's last sonic videogame he completed was Generations. I was very disappointed when I didn't hear "It's like a roller coaster" in this vid.

@gameyfirebro9645

7 ай бұрын

:(

"First time we've seen the chaos emeralds change someone so drastically" Perfect Chaos: Forgetting someone?

@justafan9399

6 ай бұрын

Are the other characters malleable water beasts, though?

@autobotstarscream765

6 ай бұрын

​@@justafan9399That malleable water beast used to be _a Chao._ I think that counts. 🤯

@widerekxxanimations6842

3 ай бұрын

​@@autobotstarscream765 and chao's used to be the acinets from frontiers

The water power will also let you survive getting crushed by flat objects. Spiked objects still kill you though.

@NinetailsNinetales5TimesFast

7 ай бұрын

Real?

@shyguygaming5397

7 ай бұрын

@@NinetailsNinetales5TimesFast yeah, I found that out by accident.

@Zero-ontheleft

7 ай бұрын

its probably unintencional

@shyguygaming5397

7 ай бұрын

@@Zero-ontheleft no, they have a unique animation for it that shows you getting crushed and then reforming.

@Zero-ontheleft

7 ай бұрын

@@shyguygaming5397 That is weirdly polished for this game

I’m amazed Arzest still gets hired for anything.

@jordanwhite352

7 ай бұрын

Arzest, should be Arrest as in they should be arrested for crimes against gaming.

@Salnax

7 ай бұрын

Apparently they have a good rep within the industry for not going over time or budget.

@lemmoncellogaming

7 ай бұрын

​@@SalnaxThe reason Sega probably hired them

@SkorpTS

7 ай бұрын

@@Salnax Apparently they accomplish this by not doing any bugfixing whatsoever...

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

They made Blinx, don't shit on that!

I have never played a sonic game in my entire life but I have been so invested in these videos for years now. I could listen to radicalsoda talk about anything and have a blast, these videos are a treat and I appreciate them so much

@randompolygon8401

7 ай бұрын

You and me both lmao

@definitelynotashark1799

7 ай бұрын

Same here.

@aegis9292

7 ай бұрын

same

@Sakaki_mp4

7 ай бұрын

You are loosing on a banger of a franchise lol

@posteriorpepperoni

7 ай бұрын

With each day that goes by i start wishing more and more that that were me

This channel is how I find out about 90% of Sonic games.

@MrSpartan993

7 ай бұрын

Better than playing them!

@dice_block

7 ай бұрын

@@MrSpartan993wrong

@TORXINYUEXAVIERSTUDENT

7 ай бұрын

@@MrSpartan993 not wrong, some are hella expensive but don’t tell me you actually think that ALL games are bad, or WRONG

@LinkRammer

6 ай бұрын

Who's right? A *spartan* or a dice block ?

@commanderknee3821

6 ай бұрын

@@MrSpartan993 wrong, but actually correct if you think about it...

I think they needed to work more on this game, the majority of the problems I'm seeing in the game is that it isn't polished enough. They really need to stop rushing the polishing stage of development

@dawk7

7 ай бұрын

I feel like I've heard this about a Sonic game before... a thousand times. orz

@betlergaen5757

7 ай бұрын

@@dawk7 yes, unfortunatelly its not a new problem, and it always screws the game over. I don't know why SEGA keeps rushing their developers. Its this attitude that made so many talented people leave SEGA for Nintendo

@GwyndolinOwO

7 ай бұрын

honestly, I think that's my biggest issue with a lot of Sonic games. The ideas themselves aren't bad, I'd say in most games they've made I can see how they could be really fun. But something about it usually turns out to be a huge letdown. I bought Frontiers a while after it came out and while I can see why people like it, I also think that game is missing a ton of polish. It also makes me feel so torn because I could see myself having some fun with Superstars but the lack of polish makes playing games like this boring and/or frustrating sometimes. I also notice that studios besides sega are rushing games and it sucks to wait and see if a game gets fixed or not, because not all of them get decent patches.

@betlergaen5757

7 ай бұрын

@@GwyndolinOwO yeah I have the same sentiment. Frontiers at launch was very unpolished, lucky for us, they added the updates to the game and it gave the game more polish, mainly in the movement, its one of my favorite sonic controls in 3d now. But, to reach this, it took 1 whole year to give us things that *should've* been there at launch. And even then, the last update was unpolished as well and its clear that it needs an update too (which is coming according to the steam page). Just because SEGA could get away with it before (with the classic era), doesn't mean that they can now, nor they should. I would gladly wait more for a more polished experience. If SEGA didn't rush their developers, and didn't made their lives so awful (Iizuka almost losing his job just to delay Frontiers comes to mind), they wouldn't have lost so many talented people as well

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

Consumers and Developers alike have been asking SEGA to stop rushing things for 30 years, it's a fool's errand at this point.

Its so weird to think that SEGA manages to look at Sonic, their most famous series, and just not really give a shit about it all that much.

The sound effect at 7:11 is from Sonic Unleashed. It's the sound effect used for a Chaos Emerald being restored in the cutscenes where Sonic is in the Gaia temples after bosses.

@ashddyo

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s in Forces too

@Fractorification

7 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! It was driving me nuts not remembering where that was from.

@oh_ok_I_guess_Im_lost

6 ай бұрын

Might be wrong but isn't it also used for the menus in generations?

@Onaterdem

6 ай бұрын

Isn't it also in Colors?

@birb4302

6 ай бұрын

This effect has been used in someway in every 3d game past 06

By contract of the Sonic brand they have to make a game as fast as possible.

@eddiejonesiii6254

7 ай бұрын

Took the quote "Gotta go fast!" a _little_ too literally...

@Hollow_Tim

6 ай бұрын

I almost wouldn't be surprised if that's actually what they were doing, how else do they still release games in these terrible states.

@SkarletOctaviaMUSIC

4 ай бұрын

Royal Harmonica from newgrounds? DrunkGecko has found you lol

following you for so many years, ever since your Sonic Colors days, has been such a journey. As someone that also draws a lot, it has been so amazing to follow the development of yours artstyle. I love the thumbnail!

Really disappointing that the super forms for Tails and Knuckles are gone. :( Everyone should be allowed to turn Super!

@TORXINYUEXAVIERSTUDENT

7 ай бұрын

They are able to transform wdym

@okagron

7 ай бұрын

@@TORXINYUEXAVIERSTUDENTWhere's Tail's flicky army of death though?

@thecubeman381

6 ай бұрын

Yup... Do I need to even bring up Sonic Heroes and those bubble things?

@scientistservant

6 ай бұрын

@@thecubeman381 Oh god, I love Sonic Heroes but that decision... 😓

@auralunaprettycure

6 ай бұрын

B-but, isn’t it “if everyone’s super... no one is” Jk jk this game is filled with weird choices

Hey, Rad, i found out wayyyy too late, but you can use L and R to rotate through your emerald powers wheel.

@Hackstr_

7 ай бұрын

Game doesn't teach you that, or if it does we didn't notice it

@flashthemonkey6032

7 ай бұрын

@@Hackstr_ true, but if it’s there, it’s worth mentioning.

@vazazell5967

7 ай бұрын

@@Hackstr_ but that's intuitive, why wouldn't you try that

@dantetouchdown9030

7 ай бұрын

​@@vazazell5967the first thing i do in a game is try all the buttons, gamers today seem to not do anything unless the game tells them so

@slyp5409

7 ай бұрын

You can also use the right stick to select one assuming you remember which direction it is, with no need to press any other buttons aside from the activate button

Every SonicHater67 video is a blessing.

@PotatoKing86

7 ай бұрын

Fr. Sonic fans hate sonic

@SpudChickenSaltedChips

7 ай бұрын

"Don't fuck with us Sonic fans, we hate Sonic just as much as you do." - Some guy in the comment section, 2018

@TORXINYUEXAVIERSTUDENT

7 ай бұрын

“Sonic fans, hating our favourite games for petty things more than Nintendo fans since Sonic ‘06 (we refuse to forget about a game made 17 years ago even though it was not that bad)”

@PotatoKing86

7 ай бұрын

@@TORXINYUEXAVIERSTUDENT real

@okagron

7 ай бұрын

@@TORXINYUEXAVIERSTUDENTIs this comment seriously trying to imply Sonic 06 "was not that bad"? Yeah, one of the worst games ever made is "not that bad". Sure.

Can we just take a moment and congratulate Rob on making a video that’s less than 2 hours long? I knew you could do it if you really put your mind to it!

@HOTD108_

6 ай бұрын

Who's Rob? Is she related to RadicalSoda?

@zemchia

6 ай бұрын

@@HOTD108_ "Rob" is RadicalSoda's real name.

"This game cost me 100 dollars" is the most relatable thing when playing sonic superstars

@jettdunkley

7 ай бұрын

So much regret

@NintendanGX

6 ай бұрын

Definitely true if you're buying the game at launch on two different platforms. I was lucky enough to get it for £38, and even then I feel robbed.

The fact people were trying to put this game head to head with Mario Wonder is so funny now.

@seacliff217

7 ай бұрын

The quality of the outsourced game didn't compete with the game developer internally at Nintendo EPD. I'm surprised anyone thought it would.

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

@@seacliff217 Because Sonic team is SO COMPETENT at making 2D sonic games lately... Reminder that all of the GBA and DS sonic games were outsourced to Dimps (the same devs as Sonic Pocket Adventure) with Sonic Team "supervising".

@akiradkcn

7 ай бұрын

​@@warbossgegguz679the gba and ds sonic games were good tho (except Brotherhood)

@Batterskull

7 ай бұрын

I mean SEGA did to themselves when they priced this obviously cheaply made game at a $60 premium and released it in the same week as Mario Wonder, a game with a lot more care an imagination behind it. Even without the Mario comparison why should anyone buy Superstars when Mania is a MUCH better game and is only 1/3 of the price? SEGA has and continues to shoot themselves in the foot when it comes to Sonic. Despite it being their freaking mascot they refuse to put in the resources and time to make a truly great game. They dumped the gifted and passionate team behind their biggest critical success in over a decade (Mania) to instead go to the lowest bidder they could find and it shows.

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

@@Batterskull SEGA!? Mismanaging a project and crippling it for the sake of short-term profitability?! PREPOSTEROUS!

“first time we have seen the chaos emeralds change a character quite so drastically “ poor Chaos, he is crying in the background

Note: You don't actually have to wait for the menu to close when selecting a power if you do so via the right stick. The game doesn't tell you this. I found it out by accident, but it's there.

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

It told me it, so maybe you guys missed it? The L and R power switching I had no idea about, but it shows you that during the power demos and settings.

@HydraBread

7 ай бұрын

I didn’t even know about the L and R switching, just the joystick thing

I really like the rival dynamic they seem to be pushing for Fang and Trip. Really hope they expand on that in future titles. Or, you know, they could just drop it like they do most other interesting character dynamics they seem to be building up. Also, in all of my attempts I only saw Amy and Trip appear during the Black Dragon ONCE. They fly in on a mega flicky and drop entire ring containers for you.

I find it weird that when it came to my playthrough of Superstars, I found none of the glitches on my own. It doesn't mean I think that anyone's glitchy experiences are invalid, just... Feels weird cuz it feels like when I want to try the glitches, I'm trying to force it at that point.

@treechenho

7 ай бұрын

I was about to say this. I encountered *very* few glitches during my playthrough, outside of the average amount I'd find in any game nowadays. And I played on the switch, which some claim would likely be the buggiest port

@broom673

7 ай бұрын

The game was a glitchy disaster if you played before the day one patch.

@unnamed12346

7 ай бұрын

@@broom673 Bro, I was a Day One Adopter

@broom673

7 ай бұрын

@rcbmaverickhunterpolarity1544 Yes, but this was like the midnight release. I played it the moment it came out. They fixed it the next morning. Lagoon City Act A had atrocious graphical glitches with Amy and Trip's textures flickering like crazy before the patch, and the overworld would teleport me to the final zone where I would fall into a black void whenever you went to the shop when prompted to do so. The shop glitch still exists, but it happened everytime prepatch.

@unnamed12346

7 ай бұрын

@@broom673 Yet again, so did I. I played through the midnight release, and yet I was still weirdly without extensive glitches. Kind of just played the game and didn't have any problems. I did admittedly replay the first stage, so I didn't get past Speed Jungle, so I imagine any patches would have fixed my experiences, since at that point the only glitches would be ones I invoke, like the Non-Drain Super.

One thing I noticed was that all of the reptile characters (at least in the classic games) have a special spinball animation, with Espio’s top spin and vector and trip’s donut spin, and they all also have some kind of wall climb ability, with only vector being locked to walls only. The wall climb thing is probably just a coincidence, but I could see the spinball idea possibly being intentional, or at least something that could be revisited later. If only the modern games didn’t lock everyone to the standard ball.

I can't believe it's possible for Epic Games to shoehorn itself into Steam.

This guy I love how he critisises Sonic and points out his flaws in such a funny way I love it.

Ah yes, I distinctly remember all those times Shadow summoned giant beanstalks with that damn green Chaos Emerald. He was all about those beanstalks. ... Seriously, they were that pressed for emerald power ideas, and they still didn't include teleportation? You know, basically the only power we've ever seen from an individual Chaos Emerald? Chaos Control?

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

This is an extremely "Chrischan-eque" complaint about this. Also, this is the Classic continuity, Shadow doesn't exist (that we know of).

@zjzr08

7 ай бұрын

​@warbossgegguz679 Aren't they trying to fix that as of late and did rescind that statement...that being said teleportation does kinda save the time just waiting for the vine to get you to a point.

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

@@zjzr08 I would LOVE if they stopped the whole "Classic sonic and modern sonic are 2 sperate universes" thing but idk. It's one of the many things Forces introduced that's extremely stupid, despite Generations making it clear it was a time travel thing. I figured they used vines because it would make the mechanic still involve platforming and not just totally break movement by giving you the ability to literally warp anywhere in any direction. I said what I said because even if you disagree with that, arguing about it on the basis of "canon" is extremely autistic.

@MastaGambit

7 ай бұрын

@@warbossgegguz679 how in the fuck is this "chrischan-esque" complaint and also what the fuck does that even mean

@zjzr08

7 ай бұрын

@warbossgegguz679 I'm not sure what autism has to do with that idea, but adding what was already known abilities of the Chaos Emerald, does make it feel that it's more connected with the series a bit, adding a sense of continuity and consistency to build on, which many long franchise fans usually want.

That very beginning moment... I've never seen a subocean in a 2d platformer

16:52 Amy and Trip can show up but only if you don't take damage for like a minute or two. They actually give alot of rings, 4 ring monitors to be exact.

@user-mq8mo9zi4q

7 ай бұрын

THANK YOU 🙏 I NEEDED THIS INFO FOR SO LONG (well, I have already beaten it so it's useless but still)

The whole "No one hates X more than the fans" is especially true of Sonic.

I'm honestly impressed that sonic fans have been abused so badly for so long, but are still hopeful each and every time a new game comes out.

Imagine if they made Frontiers into Knuckles Frontiers. Instead of going super for every boss, they gave Knuckles unique Chaos Emerald abilities like they do in this game to combat bosses. Then you could turn them into smaller versions to combat enemies / mini-bosses as a reward for playing with the story attempting to explain that using them as a massive boost for the Titans drained them and they need to recharge, or something. Would make more sense then Sonic just losing the emeralds every time the plot needed him too.

@Glisten456

5 ай бұрын

Sonic Frontiers, & Knuckles

kind of crazy they took their time with Frontiers and it turned out really good and then followed it up by not finishing a game before release. i mean its like 90% finished, but damn. this was supposed to be a real return to form to show they can make more than one good finished game within a decade...

Your drawing of Poppy cosplaying as Trip is rather cute.

The farther we go down the Sonic game timeline, the hornier the thumbnails become This is inevitable

You know what’s hilarious, during the first phase of the cyber world boss fight, eggman’s laser doesn’t even hurt you.

I didn't know it was possible to make a Sonic boss fight feel like purgatory, but here we are.

@LordArikado

Ай бұрын

Someone clearly hasn't fought the Iblis worm in Sonic '06.

Super Knuckles with a hat was probably the most needed thing ive never thought of

Ok so what happened at the very start shows I’m not the only one who encountered this. I quit out of a level once and it spawned me in the final boss area, I then proceeded to fall through the floor collision. It was so funny I filmed it lol

Man, this game had so much potential

@okagron

7 ай бұрын

Like most of the bad Sonic games. I also don't understand why they released this like a year after Frontiers. I know it was made by a different team, but couldn't they have released this in the next year? An extra year would allow for more polish.

@Butwhythough881

7 ай бұрын

Sadly Sonic Fans will still eat it up and say “SONIC IS IN A GREAT SPOT RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE PAST 15 YEARS!” When in reality the only real successes were the movies and Sonic Frontiers. I guess Murder of Sonic as well but that’s not a mainline game.

@robertwyatt3912

7 ай бұрын

At least it controls pretty well. If only we could have the 3D games control well.

@JeskidoYT

7 ай бұрын

​@@okagronsonic team loves releasing yearly games

@castform7

7 ай бұрын

​@@Butwhythough881We're Sonic fans, we hold onto any victory no matter how small and hold it up like Simba at the beginning of The Lion King.

Seeing Sonic super stars release RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME as Super Mario Wonder was hilarious

I just had to think about the second dicvision Manager of Sega wanting Sonic to "surpass Mario". Yeah, looking at this that's not going to happen soon I'd suppose.

@LordArikado

Ай бұрын

Sega wants Sonic to surpass Mario, but refuses to give any of the games the time and resources they need to accomplish that.

The emerald power selection is much better if you use the right analog stick, it works like a weapon wheel in a modern FPS and it's so much faster. Personally I like all the emerald powers because of how much the levels open up with new routes when you go to replay them, it's like a better version of the Wisps.

It was obviously rushed, most likely in an attempt to compete with Mario wonder

Being Soft locked makes this game a true Sonic game.

Sega didn't treat Headcannon particularly well during Origins development it's said, so we're not getting any more Mania goodness any time soon. Not under a Sega IP, anyway (good luck, Penny’s Big Breakaway!) But let's not be too cruel Arzest, they're a co-dev at best, even on this one. Balan wasn't their brainchild.

You guys remember when Mario vs. Sonic was a serious competition? Now Mario's doing backflips while Sonic's in the hospital.

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

The competition was never in Sonics favor if you look at sales figures TBH. Sonic got popular in the US, not so much in Japan, but nowhere near as popular as mario in either.

@JoseGregorioValeroVillarroel

2 ай бұрын

​@@warbossgegguz679Nah, Mario is more popular!

I dont think that there's ever a good time to rush a game out, but this has to be one of the worst times for them to rush a sonic release. Right next to mario wonder? Right before Spider-man? Like c'mon sega you are contractually obligated to at least PRETEND how your sonic games perform.

@akiradkcn

7 ай бұрын

It was a coincidence

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

@@akiradkcn I don't really think so. Late October to mid-December is considered the holiday season and is the end of the fiscal year, so they probably rushed it to end on a high note. Also why they released Like a Dragon Gaiden within weeks of it. Gotta make as much bank as possible for the yearly reports. Not even being cynical, this is just a standard practice in the toy and video game industry. It's when you sacrifice the quality of said product for the sake of meeting that deadline (as was clearly done here with the patch that's 2/3 the size of the game itself) that I take issue.

while we have a lot of the same complaints, i found myself really enjoying the game. i didn’t encounter many bugs, mostly just small visual/audio ones. the bad boss fights are definitely my biggest complaint. i like what it does, and would recommend it-on sale of course-but i understand your complaints

I swear, Sonic Superstars is probably THE MOST divisive game I’ve ever seen. Seems like you either love it or hate it, with no in-between.

18:43 Funnily enough, I did the same thing with RadicalSoda's VODs for Sonic Superstars... and skipped to him standing on water.

feels like getting gaslit seeing all these glitches and running into literally not a single one in my playthru

Frontiers was amazing and then we have this. Oh well, the only *real* possitive of this entire mess of a game is that it finally revived RadicalSoda...once again.

It’s my theory that Tee Lopes was too busy with TMNT and it’s DLC to 100% work on the games soundtrack, so they had to bring Jun in to help pick up the slack

What the hell version did you play for these consistent bugs and glitches? I run it on Steam and only encountered one of them, and only once at that. (The infinite fall at the start of the video)

@nixter3196

7 ай бұрын

That's kind of the nature of bugs. They wouldn't have gotten past testing if everyone got them equally

@GameAW1

7 ай бұрын

@@nixter3196 Yeah but the vid implies (and even shows) it approaching Sonic 06 levels of bugs and glitches while I've barely had any in my runs and I haven't found many videos with other bugs like this. I just find it odd that this one person in particular gets the buggy mess while most other players get a stable version.

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

From the look of his menus it seems to be the PS version... which I have no idea why THAT would be so bad unless it was prepatch. I played this on Ryujinx and had no glitches to my recollection, so IDK what the hell happened with the PS5 port where an EMULATED SWITCH VERSION is more stable.

@floatsyourgoats6200

7 ай бұрын

I played on base PS4 and only encountered the music cutting out glitch. Numerous times at that. I guess Superstars is pretty similar to Mania when you think about it.

The opinions I’ve seen on this game seem conflicting, people love it and hate it

@ChrisStoneinator

7 ай бұрын

It’s a fucking turd, but it’s a 2D sonic game so 35 year old virgins eat it up and hail it as a return to form.

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

It's Alright. If you're looking for Mania 2, no. If you're looking for a decent 2D sonic, it's fine. Sort of like the Advance games imo. Like 7/10. above average, but not "amazing". Also WAY over priced. Didn't have the same amount of gliches when I played it on Ryujinx but idk. I think rob played the PS5 version so maybe avoid that one?

@nerodoesart5886

7 ай бұрын

I didn't get the game and thinks it looks bad since launch date and had a feeling there was a catch. I don't think it's that good to be worth a 7 or more from just looking at the game since Rob already showed a lot of the same issues that I saw from other people even me strongly agreeing when he talked about the level themes.

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

@@nerodoesart5886 "I love going on message boards and complaining about games I've never played" I like how more than half of this comment section seems to be people that just assumed it was going to be trash and came here for confirmation bias. I'm not saying it's high art, it's not Mania 2 or even Advance 4/Rush 3 and I also emulated it, but the amount of people openly admitting they didn't play it before proceeding to say it's bad is honestly comical.

@nerodoesart5886

7 ай бұрын

​@@warbossgegguz679 Yeah, of course. I didn't get it since I didn't think it was worth getting and I watched some people that I actually trust playing the games and I didn't buy it. It's common sense and honestly it's the best way for me to know if the game is good. I barely even complain about any game that I never played. This was the first. I don't have to play the game to tell if it's bad or not... I just know. I thought frontiers wasn't going to be good, I then saw a lot of praise and bought it out of curiosity then I hated it and even the fandom more for giving it a pass and blocking any critique from anyone without them on there knees and saying "don't get me wrong the game is still good, but..." excuse. I saw Superstars thought it didn't look good and it feel into my predictions, concerns, what I possibly thought was going to happen then it HAPPENED. So, of course I didn't buy and I'm going to buy something that I believe is a bad game. I listened to many people's impressions and from my own observation to give myself a full thought about it. I then noticed that it fell into line of my concerns about it then I didn't buy it, it's simple.

The fact that Sega launched this game almost at the same time as Super Mario Wonder is comedy gold.

cant say the bugs are consistent on every platform tho. never experience close to this at all

I want to like this game i really do. I genuinely think that a good chunk of the gimmicks are genuinely good. Yes they are older ideas, but they try to change up the core foundation of these gimmicks and while some of them i don't like some _i really like_ like egg station act 2, speed jungle act 3's dark level, people tend to hate but i love the aesthetically variant areas in the dark areas, cyber Station is just good, and golden capital act 2 is actually a fun challenge minus the automation. Which turn leads to.. the bosses. How do you somehow make a worse boss lineup than the original _sonic rush_

It's rushed and buggy, but i enjoyed my time with it well enough. It shouldn't have been full price though.

The “super powers” thing, you do remember Super Tails, Super Knuckles, and Super Amy aren’t canon, right? They won’t be canon for a LONG time. Knuckles only said something about it in Frontiers as him boasting, I believe

I like the thumbnail, really cool looking. It's always fun sittjng down, relaxing and then watching Radical soda.

I'm honestly surprised that he didn't make a bigger deal about the fact that classic Sonic was rendered in 3d given that in a prior Video he said "I never want to see classic Sonic rendered in 3d ever again"

I love the same game that a new character gets a crazy unique super form, SEGA also elects to reduce Knuckles Tails and Amy's super forms to just "super powers" and Knuckles doesn't even get to be pink (except in the CREDITS?) Also thanks once again to Iizuka, who's responsible for the 3D graphics because be doesn't think sprite graphics have a place anymore

@joaquindiaz3621

7 ай бұрын

I mean, some people say manía was an overglorified fan game so

@marxxplaysgames

7 ай бұрын

​@@joaquindiaz3621the same people who think Forces is good?

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

???? I think the visuals are one of the things this game nailed, unless you want to assert that the Rush games and Colors on the DS is inherently ugly purely because they're 2.5D Compared to the classic sections in Generations and Forces, these are extremely lively, animated, and saturated.

@joaquindiaz3621

7 ай бұрын

@@warbossgegguz679 i don't agree with those people, but i Saw some saying that manía IS an overglorified fangame

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

@@joaquindiaz3621 Well those people suck. Both this and mania look fantastic imo, just in different ways. Mania's main sell is just how animated it is, but that's also easier to do in 2D rather than 3D at the cost of stuff like scaling difficulties and other issues. As a fan of SNK I fully understand the appeal of SUPER ANIMATED and detailed sprite work, but the problem is that's very rare in a lot of small/indie games unless they take the minimalist approach (which then kind of defeats the point).

At least the KZread ads for the game were only 5 seconds long.

I was super unsure about this game for awhile but I am super glad a passionate Sonic fan like you informed me of your issues with it. Thank you for all you suffer through, Rad.

@AniGaAG

7 ай бұрын

Played through this game seven times, I know for a fact that calling this game "a hot mess" is factually untrue. I'm not a "Sonic apologist", I don't have to be, it's just untrue. It's not perfect, obviously, nothing is - but claiming it's "a hot mess" is just absolutely crazy.

@jaydenc367

7 ай бұрын

@@AniGaAG It does seem weirldy bugged though

@AniGaAG

7 ай бұрын

@@jaydenc367 Had two bugs in seven playthroughs. One crash, and one time the camera was stuck elsewhere on the hub. That's it. Playing since release day.

@NeroV1L3

7 ай бұрын

​@AniGaAG it's definitely a hot mess, not just glitches. It's just so painfully average at best and terrible at worst

@jaydenc367

7 ай бұрын

@@NeroV1L3 Not really. Nah at best it's pretty good and fun.

if for you this game is already expensive for it's content, imagine here on brazil were the game costs 289 reais ("real or reais" in plural is the money from here)

@antonn.mp4

7 ай бұрын

WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK NEARLY 300 DOLLARS FOR THIS?

@retrodeveloper9156

7 ай бұрын

@@antonn.mp4 Well, when I say 289, it's 289 reais (the money from here isn't valorized like It was before for some reason, and now SEGA made the prices of the games on Brazilian Steam go with 3 times the original price, EVEN SONIC ADVENTURE DX now it's more expensive than It was before

@antonn.mp4

7 ай бұрын

@@retrodeveloper9156 that’s insanity bro

@retrodeveloper9156

7 ай бұрын

@@antonn.mp4 and that is Why here alot of people Pirates Pc games or downloads pirated games, Because the prices are high as hell

Legit I barely even *used* the emerald powers outside of when they were prompted, besides the avatar and bullet abilities (and sometimes the slow ability). They just felt *really* situational for the most part (funny how the only two that are really useful are the first two you get in the game). Also, it's a serious pet peeve of mine that SEGA's been trying to erase the existence of super forms from any character that isn't a male hedgehog (freaking *"super-powers"* are you kidding me?!). Like, i can live with other characters only having a lighter hue (honestly Super Amy's lighter pink actually looks kinda neat imo), but *why* are they just NOT allowed to have super forms, *period?*

7:10 I think that sound effect plays during the Time Eater fight in the 3DS version of Generations whenever the Time Eater would fire lasers at Classic Sonic during the 2D parts of the fight.

Soda, you've expressed the unforgivable..... an opinion (GASPPPP) Your punishment is eternal comments of Sonic stans at your throat god help your soul fr though, bruh it's his opinion yall need to calm tf down.

you know,considering the whole motto of "gotta go fast",its quite ironic that these games have such rushed development

Legitimately felt scammed out of $60 buying this game.

@aspookyladmusic4954

7 ай бұрын

That's how I felt about Mario golf super Rush.

@nixter3196

7 ай бұрын

How i felt with frontiers. With this honestly there weren't expectations to begin with so it didn't hit as hard for me. Pour one out for innovative sonic game ideas

@RaveDX

7 ай бұрын

I'll just wait till it's 40 then lol.

@Goremize

7 ай бұрын

@@nixter3196 At least with Frontiers now you have those 3 more DLC's and if on PC a lot of mods to play around with

@PancakesTsuki

7 ай бұрын

And not even a Amy x trip yuri scene wats even the point of this game smh 😔 Rlly might wait for this to go on a HUGE sale I suggest everyone to do the same!

Was it at least better than Sonic 4?

@jimmybob5541

2 ай бұрын

Sonic 4 is a much faster and easier game so if you want to suffer less I’d actually say it’s more enjoyable but superstars is certainly more original and has more “content”

My biggest dislike for this game is the 'Superpowers' thing. We have pre-established Super forms. *WHERE ARE THEY?*

Trip's dragon form looks like something from Spyro.

I feel some ppl are too harsh with the Zone themes. I thought the criticism was on literally reusing Green Hill or cloning Green Hill (and other stages), not that we never want to see staples like Casino-adjacent zones anymore? Pinball Carnival is about as fun a variation of it as Carnival Night or Bingo Highway were. I also think asking for only original themes that have not been done before in Sonic would stifle creativity more than encourage it because most of the broad strokes have been done before in some form or another anyway. Even Cyber Station's theme was done in Sonic Advance 2 and 3 and Shadow The Hedgehog, and it's not lesser for that.

@okagron

7 ай бұрын

There's ton of themes that haven't been done yet, what you are talking about? The fact that you think so shows how overall creativity is in the toilet right now.

@RaeSig

7 ай бұрын

if they find more original themes then awesome! but the "everyone wanted *only* original themes" criticism I don't understand or agree with. I have never once thought that Sonic should ditch quintissential Sonicy aesthetics like casinolike stages, just because I want them to stop literally reusing Green Hill and Chemical Plant or making zones that are identical to old zones in everything but name.

With how much RadicalSoda likes Sonic, it makes me wanna see what he thinks of the Spark The Electric Jester series.

I wouldn't call Superstars a mess as such but for the love of all that is holy the bosses in this game are just TERRIBLE.

It's like the bare minimum of a video game

@sahaprocks7751

7 ай бұрын

Hmm just like most Sonic games…

Honestly Trip's "story" made me appreciate the emerald powers more, but the final boss for it is so infuriating between the wait and the OHKOs Water is such a weird one though, mostly because I managed to glitch it into working *out* of the water a couple of times, not to mention I realised the controls for the cyber jellyfish were the same I'll definitely be using that transformation glitch to cheese the final boss though, I still haven't finished it and don't feel like putting any more hours into it

Knuckles levitating was canon as of Sonic Boom.

Sonic has had a rough transition into... well, competent platformer design in general. but You gotta give Sega a break; they've only been at it for 31 years.

When we needed him the most he came back!

I just wish we finally got Super Amy.

My take on this is that it's... fine? Solid? Not as good as Mania or the Dimps Sonic games, but far from bad. It's no Sonic Blast. ... But I also played this on Ryujinx for free because SEGA hates their PC audience and I am very willing to reciprocate that sentiment. the minute I read you could buy it on Steam but still needed EGS and an Epic Account to PLAY THE GAME YOU ALREADY PURCHASED, they lost my money.

@321cheeseman

7 ай бұрын

Not to excuse Epic being required on Steam in any form, but you can play the game, you just can't do online multiplayer stuff.

@Knuxfan24

7 ай бұрын

> still needed EGS and an Epic Account to PLAY THE GAME YOU ALREADY PURCHASED While it did ask for an Epic login on boot, you could dismiss it and play fine.

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

@@321cheesemanBut even then it's got Denuvo, which is just instant disgust. Add to that the fact the Switch NSP leaked several days before official PC launch and yeah. ... Allow me to put SEGA pretending they're OK with romhacks, fangames, and emulation (as long as it's sonic and NOTHING ELSE) to the test :^)

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

@@Knuxfan24 I mean, I didn't buy it, I went off steam reviews. Either way it's stupid.

@321cheeseman

7 ай бұрын

@@warbossgegguz679 I don't disagree that they botched the release, especially on PC. Sega always finds some way to sabotage anything Sonic.

7:11 i believe this noise was used in sonic generations specifically on the title screen when you press start

Played this game on release and didn't have a single issue with it, the amount of glitches showcased here really surprised me! That said, I don't get the hate for the soundtrack, even the Jun tracks. I love the genesis soundfont's character, and I think it's very "classic sonic" personally

Could you make a video describing how you would want a 3-D sonic game to be? With the story level design, etc.

You know, someone on twitter tried to say the bugs in Spider-man 2 was worse then the bugs in this game.....

@antonn.mp4

7 ай бұрын

The worst bug i had in SM2 was a crash and some models not loading (cube glitch) but compared to this game, in the words of radicalsoda it take the cake and shits on it

7:11 it's the metal sonic boss fight in generations when he does his spin attack

Where's my superstars revie- oh here it is

@nixter3196

7 ай бұрын

@islandman7694 You don't know how far down i scrolled

I think it is a good base for a Sonic series like New Super Mario Bros or Donkey Kong Country Returns. Sonic Team/Sega tend to jump from idea to idea without really allowing time for polish and improvement. If they take the time to make a sequel to this, it could be great. As it stands, it's a fun game. I had a good time with it.

@sahaprocks7751

7 ай бұрын

It’s more like the New Super Mario Bros series tbh. The more basic art style and 4 player multiplayer make that comparison bigger

@warbossgegguz679

7 ай бұрын

@@sahaprocks7751I think the visuals of this SMOKE NSMB, but I would more so agree because I feel exactly the same about this as I do NSMB: It's not AMAZING or really equal to stuff like Mania or the GBA/DS games, but it's still solid enough and fun enough that I can't be like "NEVER TOUCH IT!" or say it's shit. The only real issue is the price tag and lack of polish technically, but those are more of a Sega thing than anything else.

@sahaprocks7751

7 ай бұрын

@@warbossgegguz679 yeah. It’s not a bad game but 60?

the press factory hub glitch happened to my friend and i in our play through. we were laughing so hard at it. i actually loved this game though.

"first time the emeralds have changed a character quite so drastically" but my good sir, the funny water boi chaos

I played through the whole normal story mode as mainly Tails or Amy and the only major thing that I had a problem with was the bosses. I honestly don't know if it's a good thing you can't BS your way to victory like most of Sonic 2's bosses or bad that some of them overstay their welcome. Maybe a bit of both. Anyway, I don't think I encountered any gamebreaking glitches in my playthrough. I did play the Steam version and I have no idea how it stacks up to the other versions in terms of polish. Still better than Sonic Advance 2. Nothing can be more bullshit than that game.

Can't believe I was considering getting this instead of mario wonder

8:50 The big idea from what i can remember, is that super forms got retconned so that only male hedgehogs can use them or something stupid like that, atleast canonically.

@lunar6239

6 ай бұрын

ok nvm just got to trips super form idk what the fuck sega is smokin

7:12 I think that's used a few times in Sonic colors like when you press start. It's probably used in a few other places too

am i the only one who hasn't encountered that many glitches in the game? heck i ran into two or 3 of them , and none of them killed or softlocked me. also i have to say this because i know for a fact it's wrong , to use the emerald powers , all you have to do is flick the right stick in the direction of the power u want , just flick and let go, at least that's how i did it. otherwise great video as usual radical soda

@Kujaguy

7 ай бұрын

I haven't run into a single glitch, he's playing it up for the video lol Edit: Just remembered one, and it was a music glitch that happened when you went into a boss fight as super-it played the stage music instead of the super music. No other ones happened to me, though.

@fredtheboss7653

7 ай бұрын

@@Kujaguy no i actually watched his stream , he ran into most of those glitches if not all . also what? how did that happen? cuz usually they take you out of your super form when enter a boss arena

@Kujaguy

7 ай бұрын

@@fredtheboss7653 Yeah, if you get taken out of super while entering a boss arena, you lose your super form. But the regular zone music plays instead of the boss music. It's happened with every boss I've tried. IDK how RadicalSoda kept finding all these bugs, I'd have to be a bug tester to try and find HALF the stuff he's run into, lol.

@fredtheboss7653

7 ай бұрын

@@Kujaguy i know right? the guy's a bug magnet . your bug never happened to me before, i had a similar bug where the music stooped playing after i got hit while i had a power active but then i activated another power and it fixed it

@Kujaguy

7 ай бұрын

@@fredtheboss7653 Every copy of Sonic Superstars is personalized 🤣

This is the game made by the people who made Balan Wonderworld of all time.

7:12 it's from sonic generations. iirc, it's a sound effect that plays when you start to load into a stage. the loading screen for stages is what i mean.

Even As somone who really does love this game and has put many hours into replaying it this video was still a super fun watch and I absolutely agree on the bosses dear god the bosses