"Sonic is the most mismanaged franchise in history" Oh boy this video was 3 years before the Sonic movie trailer too.

@lanni5

5 жыл бұрын

This quote will never be outdated

@steel5897

5 жыл бұрын

Pokemon: hold my moomoo milk

@talaset6208

5 жыл бұрын

@@steel5897 please, stop.

@thesmilingknight4982

5 жыл бұрын

The remake of sonics modell better be fucking good

@GameStormerGX

4 жыл бұрын

And before Forces

"Anal bead level design" I laughed way more than I should've. It was completely out of the blue and caught me by surprise.

@MrJAG

7 жыл бұрын

I had to pause the video, couldn't stop laughing

@IkeOkerekeNews

7 жыл бұрын

Camerooni What shit?

@IkeOkerekeNews

7 жыл бұрын

*****​​ I am confused. The last two Sonic games that I consider bad were the first two Boom games.

@TheDiego908

7 жыл бұрын

When did he say that? I missed it

@ColeWolfsson

7 жыл бұрын

out of the blue and caught you by surprise? sounds like sonic

I will never understand why the 18 wheeler is wider than both sides of the street and both sidewalks combined.

@bigstinkygamer69

5 жыл бұрын

Me neither fam.

@Bluedemons213

5 жыл бұрын

I never understood why he didn't realise that in sonic colors you have to press a button to run, instead he decided to spindash

@Helperbot-2000

5 жыл бұрын

cause its da gun truck!! XD

@extantcadence2707

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but it’s really impressive how it turns without destroying all the buildings

@invisigrl

4 жыл бұрын

Because it's a ginormous cartoon truck meant to destroy?

The video in my recomended that has refused to go away for 3 years.

@kaio-k5781

4 жыл бұрын

Hoggington the Fourteenth same

1:00 THAT FUCKING CORNER. EVERY TIME.

@jolitero

8 жыл бұрын

Funny seeing you here -Starfox- Lythero

@CANiHAVEaCHIP1

8 жыл бұрын

+Lythero Finally someone who shares the pain.

You held my attention for 40 minutes! Fantastic video :-)

@iknowtrevsupahyup

8 жыл бұрын

+xisumavoid He usually holds my attention for half a playlist O.o

@Rossriders

8 жыл бұрын

+xisumavoid wait that was 40 minutes?...oh wow...it is 40 minutes. It didn't feel like 40 minutes to be honest. That must mean he's doing something right maybe...

@thomasdr08

5 жыл бұрын

holy... it's Xisuma

@stevie2.040

5 жыл бұрын

Fancy seeing you here ECKS-AHH-SOOMA-VOD

@imtheanamain7520

5 жыл бұрын

wait x i zuma void lmao

"If there is a low point of the sonic series, it is shadow the hedgehog." Sonic Boom: "Hold my beer."

@robynwolph3836

5 жыл бұрын

The general consensus seems to think so as well. People believe Shadow the Hedgehog started the 1st downfall of Sonic.

@Abdega

4 жыл бұрын

Shadow is the Poochie of Sonic He even goes into space

@supersquaboonthealmighty5670

4 жыл бұрын

@@Abdega You mean Pucci?

@Abdega

4 жыл бұрын

Supersquaboon The Almighty Technically that too, but I was talking about “Poochie” from the Simpsons

@martin0499

3 жыл бұрын

boom wasn't developed by sonic team

"Tutorial child fighting for audio dominance" still cracks me up to this day.

Watch this from beginning to end and never once got bored, very rarely can a youtuber manage to do that.

@rhrabar0004

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed. George is a great content creator

nice work, son.

@Bwethhh

8 жыл бұрын

+FartMaster69 I see you everywhere especially Mega64 videos

@Syngrafer

8 жыл бұрын

+NeoGunHero I think it's PressFartToContinue 2.

@Sonicfan1661

7 жыл бұрын

FartMaster69 ic

@stinkyeseses9368

6 жыл бұрын

ic

@braingrot

6 жыл бұрын

HHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😨😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😨😨😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😨😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😨😱😱

Lmfao. Pumpkin hill theme used for Knuckles in sonic boom. Also. The only good thing that came out of Boom is Amy's design and Sticks. And Eggman's mustache.

@waifu_png_pl6854

5 жыл бұрын

boom eggman is great

@helldog1048

5 жыл бұрын

The cartoon was pretty great.

@syg2278

5 жыл бұрын

I loved the disco-ey music in the Rouge levels in Sonic Adventure 2. They were a pain in the arse though.

@edcola6671

5 жыл бұрын

And Tails. Although everything he says is close to cringe.

@jainimaijainitai

5 жыл бұрын

And Knukles

The ear-destroying sound design is a problem that cropped up in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle for the GCN, and only got worse with further re-releases. On the Dreamcast, this problem almost doesn't exist. ...almost.

@jacobmonks3722

3 жыл бұрын

Actually the Gamecube version of Battle was just like the Dreamcast original. Oddly enough, it wasn't until the HD ports on PS3 and 360 where the sound got REALLY bad.

I'm surprised he didn't take note how Shadow pumped a full-auto foregrip like a shotgun.

@Vashetrockner

8 жыл бұрын

+Moses Cen Yeah, immediatly recognised this too =P

@plaguedoctor3782

8 жыл бұрын

+Moses Cen Let's get the obligatory Edge joke out of the way. Wake me up inside, Can't wake up. Featuring Dante from Devil May Cry.

@aromardu

8 жыл бұрын

+Moses Cen He's pumping up his testosterone level.

@_Snowflame

8 жыл бұрын

+Moses Cen Maybe it's the only way his gloved sausage fingers can operate the charging handle.

@MforMovesets

8 жыл бұрын

+Moses Cen Shadow the Hedgehog is the Sonic fandom in game form.

"Also the sound track is the DreamWorks of music...so let's fix that." *Turns on Pumpkin Hill* My comrade of African heritage.

@freezycastform99

5 жыл бұрын

interesting way of saying ni🅱🅱a

@justinfriedman2039

5 жыл бұрын

Literally came to comments to see who else caught that. SA2:B has the greatest soundtrack in Sonic history.

@Cavs191

5 жыл бұрын

Justin Friedman people actually like the rock pop music from the new sonic and sonic adventure games? I thought everyone hated their music

@justinfriedman2039

5 жыл бұрын

@@Cavs191 They're very well loved.

@thatonemanbehindthegarbage7126

5 жыл бұрын

@@Cavs191 4 months later but when the sonic franchise is being bashed on the only good thing they mention is the music. Not just from the classic times.

2D Sonic wasn’t about speed, it was about momentum. Speed was a reward for mastering the levels and avoiding the hazards to keep the momentum going.

@Mariodash23

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This misunderstanding about Sonics gameplay is why recent titles have had very hollow speed where SA1 & 2 had very meaty and rewarding speed. It’s like Style in DMC or E-Extreme stealth done perfectly in MGS.

@Kanic12341

4 жыл бұрын

mommentum = mass*velocity. Sonic's mass is static so if it's about mommentum then it's about speed. Checkmate

@kaexewires7531

4 жыл бұрын

Sonic 3 & knuckles managed that REALLY well in hydrocity zone and angel island zone!

@averyhepburn8092

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kanic12341 just because you have good momentum doesn't mean you're going fast. Sonic definitely is a game about speed but if you're good at the game you'll hardly have to slow down and platform.

@jd7337

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kanic12341 r/iamreallysmart

28:43 "This time the camera is far back enough to see" *Still misses all the rings*

@dmas7749

4 жыл бұрын

he didn't say he was good at it lol

would as many people hate sonic unleashed if they made the night time and day stages come in equal amounts, changed the werehog to knuckles, and called it "sonic and knuckles: return to angel island"?

@eyzmaster

8 жыл бұрын

Now that's a brilliant idea!

@drifter402

8 жыл бұрын

No.

@kasig2013

8 жыл бұрын

You should work at Sega. You actually know what the fuck you're doing.

@isosk1229

8 жыл бұрын

n

@vaiyt

8 жыл бұрын

maybe if the brawling portions weren't so sluggish and didn't play like ass, but then again it would amount to "if sonic unleashed was not sonic unleashed" at this point

nice work son

@gaysarebadscouts4013

8 жыл бұрын

+Jagh Haringenamn That's what my dad said when I leaked out the anal fluids before the cops arrived.

@spider-ball

8 жыл бұрын

+Jagh Haringenamn Decades from now on his deathbed Miles "Tails" Prower will say "-ic!"

@springbreezegaming4017

6 жыл бұрын

XD

Still cant believe he didnt know there was a run button in lost worlds

Sonic starts green hill zone: "Aw shit here we go again"

I thought I was the only one who liked Sonic Heros xD

@user-we7eh1lh2x

6 жыл бұрын

Roly that game was great

@zameeringram3628

6 жыл бұрын

Roly i like sonic heroes

@comradeweeble5317

6 жыл бұрын

I dont like it I LOVE IT

@pierzpressure7931

6 жыл бұрын

Yep

@diegosandovalr.4806

5 жыл бұрын

as long as you only play team sonic and call it a day

"If there's a low point of the series, it's Shadow." Video posted March, 2016 Oh, that explains a lot.

@spaghetmunch5729

6 жыл бұрын

royalscoot shadow the hedgehog really isn’t that bad. Sonic adventure and sonic heroes are miles worse than shadow.

@godrludwig4527

6 жыл бұрын

jimbojambo_2000 sonic heroes is way better than shadow

@spaghetmunch5729

6 жыл бұрын

Godr Ludwig it really isn’t. Shadow may be edgy but the only good level in sonic heroes is the first level. In shadow there’s a bunch of levels that are fun.

@mbdg6810

6 жыл бұрын

fun is opinion not factual

@spaghetmunch5729

6 жыл бұрын

mike thegamerguy24 prove it

ROLLING AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND! GOT PLACES TO GO GOTTA FOLLOW MY RAINBOW!

@jay_burd9462

3 жыл бұрын

can't stick around gotta keep moving on don't know what lies ahead only one way to find out

I could not stop laughing when chip dropped the ice cream then Sonics arm stretched but it was like cracks it is just to funny for me

So Sonic is basically the child that Sega raised solely and poorly to fight a family feud based on a competition. When they lost that competition, they literally found no other use for Sonic than to just be part of the family. They would support him as any parent would with just enough to keep it alive and thriving, at least within legal standards, but it would never suffice to support the child. After its angsty teen years, awkward phases, and shitty friends and fans come and go by, only when it turns around 19-20 does Sonic realize it can do better, and tries its best to bring itself into the public light again. Those dreams come crashing down when Sega makes it blatantly obvious that they never really cared, give it just enough money for rent at another developer, and kick it out of the house. I'm sorry, I need to go for a walk.

Also I really hope "anal bead level design" is a term that becomes more popular in the future.

@IkeOkerekeNews

7 жыл бұрын

THRILLHO No.

@creakingskull7008

6 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@fuzzydunlop1753

4 жыл бұрын

Balls

"The theme song is garbWHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN!

"The Edge is adorable." Not sure what to say about that...

@kaexewires7531

4 жыл бұрын

I couldn't help but just smile at that of how funny it was.

am i the only one that liked unleashed night levels

@commander_schnitzel

8 жыл бұрын

no ur not the werehog levels were really underrated imo

@jordanthomas1654

8 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed them more than the day time stages there awsome

@RVBMichaelJCaboose

8 жыл бұрын

+Commander_Schnitzel they're not bad, but i feel sonic team just pasted the werehog on kratos and made them. If you put a night stage side by side with god of war gameplay, you would think they were almost similar

@t-rekts913

8 жыл бұрын

Haedox likes them

@Krieklow

8 жыл бұрын

Instead of a weird werewolf gimmick they shouild've made Sonic and Knuckles 2, with speedy sonic levels and knuckles beat em up levels.

Sonic Heroes is my favorite Sonic game, honestly

@sirfullofhimself

7 жыл бұрын

I love the theme song...I'm surprised he thought it was bad.

@EternaMidnight

7 жыл бұрын

I like singing it but I know that it's super cheesy like All Hail Shadow

@Felik18

7 жыл бұрын

Lyrics are cringy but the song itself is pretty good indeed

@TheOriginalShadow18

7 жыл бұрын

EternaMidnight why not

@mrthick5450

6 жыл бұрын

That game was dope I spent hours getting to the true ending

The way this video essay ends gets me everytime i watch this.

sooooo basically the entire idea behind this video seems to be that Sonic "was always bad" because he is "too fast" and game developers just get tired of making enough stuff for him to do after they finish the first level of a game. like there's no planning at all. they just sit down one day and start making Green Hill zone, bit-by-bit, and it's fun at first, but then by the time they get to Marble Zone they get tired and things just kinda fall apart from there. whatever you say...

@crazycoot647

5 жыл бұрын

I'm with you

@greatsource5405

5 жыл бұрын

Like I find this video insulting to the game designers. And i don't know what they mean by "flow," to me Stardust Speedway, Flying Battery and Chemical Plant have more flow than the first levels of those games.

@BastosFC2

4 жыл бұрын

GreatSource Did you make/ take part in the making of one of these games ?

"Cacophony" CUH COUGH A KNEE

@robotore

5 жыл бұрын

PUG I was gonna have to point out if no one else did

@handlesarestupid154

5 жыл бұрын

I cringed tbh

@invisigrl

4 жыл бұрын

I wish you put a time stamp on this now I have to wait and watch the entire thing.

"NICE WORK SON-"

@creakingskull7008

6 жыл бұрын

IC

@sasquati13

6 жыл бұрын

The gap was the same

@puckie643

6 жыл бұрын

Airton Senna UNDERRATED COMMENT

I will concede Sonic adventure doesn't hold up that well today but I will say it absolutely blew my mind when I first saw it at a demo kiosk at Media Play in 98/99. Biggest 'next gen' feeling I ever had.

I love how EVERY sonic critics always miss the sonic games from the master system.

@handlesarestupid154

4 жыл бұрын

Because they're not worth remembering tbh

@GleamingGarmore

4 жыл бұрын

Alan Poppy imagine covering Sonic 4 AND Sonic Boom, but not covering the Rush trilogy and not even MENTIONING the Advance trilogy.

@gruntingskunk2237

4 жыл бұрын

GleamingGarmore imagine! Oh, oh my!

@GleamingGarmore

4 жыл бұрын

Grunting Skunk there is a CLEAR bias on display throughout this video. The successes of good levels are downplayed and many wonderful Sonic games are excluded all together. If Sonic Rush does not count, Sonic Boom should not count.

@GleamingGarmore

4 жыл бұрын

Grunting Skunk don’t worry, we’re cool!

I hope SomecallmeJohnny sees this.

@Jose-se9pu

8 жыл бұрын

+MrDrProfessor4 George is dead, then

@bucket9486

8 жыл бұрын

why?

@YuukitheMighty1

8 жыл бұрын

+MrDrProfessor4 Dude, that's exactly what I was thinking.

@Beagleman1996

8 жыл бұрын

+Bucketninja I think it's because of the way Super BunnyHop is more critical of a number of aspects of, particularly, the Adventure games that Johnny praised in his reviews (mainly the control and the level design ethos). However, it's just another way of thinking; I get the feeling this person is more of what Roger Van Der Weide described as "The Nintendo way of thinking", rather than "The Sega way of thinking". It doesn't make either person 'right', per se, it's just another angle on the matter.

@Jose-se9pu

8 жыл бұрын

+Bucketninja Johnny might be the biggest non-furry Sonic fan on KZread.

Nobody answered me when I asked aloud in my house, which might be cause nobody besides me is here, so I'll ask on this: Why the hell would you pump a sub-machine gun like a shotgun? Why?

@Mariodash23

4 жыл бұрын

Either because G.U.N created an MP5 with a pump cocking mechanism, or Sonic Team isn’t well versed in firearms.

How many times have I seen this video, and "anal bead level design" still catches me off-guard.

This is the first video of your that I watched. Although your videos never featured my beloved Sonic again, I’m still here for your high quality videos, even when (which is most of the time) when I’ve never been introduced to the content. Cheers, George! I can’t wait to see what the rest of the year looks like.

>Been under the flu >Wake up >40 minute superbunny hop You just made my day, thank you so much!

@generalskunk6876

8 жыл бұрын

same af

@AndalusianLuis

8 жыл бұрын

+Zusk >greentexting on youtube

@Domenicomn

8 жыл бұрын

holy coincidences, me too!! the fucking flu is fucking everywhere

@JustSkram

8 жыл бұрын

+AndalusianLuis >implying greentext

When I started watching, I was like "Jesus fuck. 39 minutes??" and by the end I was like "Aww, it's over already?"

@Pause4011

8 жыл бұрын

+Juan Cruz Nicolas Maciel Now I'm sad that we aren't in an alternate dimension where Sonic games worked out. Imagine a world with "Sonic-maker" and youtube videos of how Mario failed...

@JetJenkins

8 жыл бұрын

Pause4011 I do like the idea of Sonic Maker, though.

City Escape is the greatest 1st level in the entire franchise.

@diablovenator2893

5 жыл бұрын

angel island is really good too

@damongambuti

5 жыл бұрын

sega thinks its green hill apparently

@Nehzzie

5 жыл бұрын

I personally think either Emerald Hill or Leaf Storm. But that's just me.

@HGmolotov

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say it's the greatest, but I do like tropical resort

@kaexewires7531

4 жыл бұрын

sega: aaah no You guys must be having a snooze crooze! that's metal hill zone.

19:00 Oh so THAT’S what it is I remember spending nearly half an hour trying to find the last alien

i'm sure someone already pointed this out but i get the feeling you didn't realize lost world has a run button

great work super bunny

@lennyhallal1451

8 жыл бұрын

hop

@furyberserk

8 жыл бұрын

+ectofrost Wooow. Edgy. Spunky. Sassy. Good job there. You are up there with Sanic.

@ectofrost

8 жыл бұрын

furyberserk thank you

@Nojical

8 жыл бұрын

+Lenny Hallal Nice work SON

@lennyhallal1451

8 жыл бұрын

+Nojical thanks ma

Great video - didn't expect to watch through the whole thing, but did so, easily. Now I wanna check out Sonic Colors, lol.

this video has been following me for the whole year, I guess it's finally time to watch it

I actually think the characters in Unleashed looks the most fitting with a cartoon hedgehog.

@DeMomcalypseLive

6 жыл бұрын

Brimblam They kind of are, but the sonic characters and human characters look like they're made by two completely different concept artists. The humans look like they're from a kid friendly 1990 education game

@Knightgil

6 жыл бұрын

The whole artwork in Unleashed was great. Actually, let me rephrase that: The whole of Unleashed was great. Yes, even the werehog parts. It made the game varied and those were actually decently made. I find Generations, with its lack of gameplay variety (sorry guys, but classic Sonic is just pure nonsense. There was absolutely no need for it) to be much more boring and one-dimensional. Generations was nothing but a nostalgia trip.

@summerycast7936

6 жыл бұрын

Fernando Gil No, no, those damn human designs looked so painfully awful. The werehog sections, while it keeps things varied, over stay their welcome (there's actually more night stages than day time stages). It's platforming is barebones simplistic and the beat em' up is also uninteresting. It felt like I had to force myself to play through the night time stages. Honestly, the game is a mixed bag. I want to like it, but it's damn werehog stages just bore me out. Well, at least you enjoyed it.

@BrimBlam

6 жыл бұрын

They looked way better than anything done before. Realistic humans with cartoon animals look fucking bad. Cough SA 1 and 2 Cough

@summerycast7936

6 жыл бұрын

Brimblam ...Can't argue with that. Could had been done better though.

The last one I put any time into was Unleashed. The werehog stuff is rancid but, yep, the running bits were great - especially if you go for the speed runs. Turns it into a white-knuckle run of good timing, learning the levels, and high precision movement. More arcade racer than platformer and that's fine by me. I'll have to give Generations and Colors a go one day.

@Kao108

8 жыл бұрын

+Game Maker's Toolkit If you liked the running in unleashed i REALLY recommend generations at least, because it's all the good parts of unleashed but enhanced, and good level design in addition in a lot of levels, especially modern sonic which has like a lot of alternate routes. Story is mostly there as an excuse but most levels are great (except maybe for planet wisp but even it's frustrating aspects are at least somewhat entertaining...)

@SpartanWolf222

8 жыл бұрын

Go for PC version of Generations, then look up the Unleashed Project mod. Now you get all the good stuff of Unleashed and Generations.

Sure Sonic Adventure was an amateur show, but this was Sonic’s first exploration of 3D video games.

@TGHunter

5 жыл бұрын

It wasn't an amateur show tho, he just talks shit on the whole video... And don't even stick to his main point, to review the first level.

@caligulas430

5 жыл бұрын

Done horribly. Y'know, when you do something new, you have to do it good.

@TGHunter

5 жыл бұрын

@@caligulas430 have we played the same game?

@caligulas430

5 жыл бұрын

@@TGHunter I think so. It's ok to like a not good game, but don't put your point of view as objective.

@TGHunter

5 жыл бұрын

​@@caligulas430 No, its not point of view, and yea its ok to like a bad game. I know that, I like 06 afterall. But i can see a game without my opnions or point of view. Sonic Adventure is a good game, 7/10 i would say, and last time i checked, 7 is good. Not bad and not incredible, but good. Sonic Adventure tho had suffered with the ports, which SA2 didnt suffer that much. The ports for Adventure 1 are indeed bad, they break the game and make some stuff really bad and jarring. But if you, like me, has a dreamcast and knows how Sonic Adventure plays. Then i can assure you that it wasn't just a bad game or an amateur show, it was a shoot, like most games at the time. Some stuff really didn't aged well, like the motions in the cutscenes or even some missions requirements. But something that doesn't age well doesn't mean that its bad. And stuff like "Oh but the camera was bad" Well.. yea, DX port made the camera worse, but on the original game, the camera is pretty much normal, just some bad placements in some cases. But that even Mario 64 had. It was a new concept to 3d games.

Thank you for this. I thought I was the only one who felt like this. Much love!

You forgot the Sonic Advance games. Tsk tsk.

@SHSLRuby

8 жыл бұрын

Those were spin offs.

@apocalypseap

8 жыл бұрын

***** They're still Sonic games, though.

@SHSLRuby

8 жыл бұрын

apocalypseap He said he would do every main game first level.

@AAhmou

8 жыл бұрын

At least they were good sonic games.

@SHSLRuby

8 жыл бұрын

A. Ahmou Yes, but that's not the point, he said he would do the first level of every MAIN sonic game.

Praise holy mother of Mary, you're the only person who reviewed sonic heroes accurately. That game was hella fun, I don't see why everyone hates on it.

@ljpal18

8 жыл бұрын

only the first levels though. SONIC HEROES is a slog in the later game.

@ljpal18

8 жыл бұрын

only the first levels though. SONIC HEROES is a slog in the later game.

@superfan4

8 жыл бұрын

while i will admit playing 4 times and having to play them again getting a A rank or whatever takes fucking forever, its a really fun game and i like some of the later stages.

@TastelessHat

7 жыл бұрын

Rail Canyon, Mystic Mansion, Casino Park...

@TerrorOfTalos

7 жыл бұрын

the game is mediocre at best past the first level

I'm glad this video exists. The problems that haunt the sonic franchise is one that requires strong dissection to analyze the core of its existence

Little surprised y'all didn't go into Secret Rings, but my surprise is probably just because it was my introduction to the franchise as a whole.

Really objective and fair criticisms man, Didn't even realise I sat here for 40 minutes.

@mbdg6810

6 жыл бұрын

some criticisms were fair yes but this wasn't "really objective"

legends say knuckles is still pause jumping to this day

@user-xl8kb6oq5z

7 жыл бұрын

Voyager 3.

I stumbled across this video because of YT suggestions and I'm glad I did! Clear narration and transitions keep it interesting and those punchlines/edits keep it entertaining. Seriously I didn't even realize I watched 40min of Sonic levels lol About the topic. Great analysis both of the games themselves and the context behind them. I think it's really interesting to see how the saga (unconsistently) progressed (or regressed lol), besides all the jokes/memes on Sonic. (Even the fb/twitter pages are a meme, they're self-aware) This is a topic I recently talked about with my bf, too, and we were kinda sad to see how Sonic turned out and how it's such a waste of potential by Sega. :/ On a funnier note, I was really waiting for when you'd get to 2006 and I was NOT disappointed lmao. Laughed more than I should've. I wish you talked about the first level of Silver and Shadow, too (especially Silver and the telekinesis gimmicks), but you already said so much about the game I guess we really had to move on lol. Also, as someone else commented, I can't wait to see what you'll have to say about the Sonic movie 😂

I only just realised Mr Roboto is playing under the intro.

Sonic retrospectives on KZread are a dime a dozen nowadays. But I gotta say this is the best one I've ever seen.

@elroyscout

8 жыл бұрын

He committed

Uh... You know Lost World has a run button, right?

@milestorres2699

8 жыл бұрын

I know right? He didn't really take the time to learn the controls.

@solivagant7232

8 жыл бұрын

WAIT WHAT A RUN BUTTON I DON'T THINK IT'S SONIC

@bobbyblair5464

8 жыл бұрын

It's Sonic! It shouldn't NEED a run button!

@ChibiTails

8 жыл бұрын

Bobby Blair The Wii U gamepad has a touch screen, 2 analog sticks, a d-pad and twelve buttons. There's no reason they can't dedicate a single button to movement speed when people have been bitching for over a decade that Sonic games are too hard to control. I would have preferred a WALK button instead, but there's nothing wrong with the concept. After all, I never hear anyone complain about the boost or spin dash buttons, and they're more or less the same concept.

@bobbyblair5464

8 жыл бұрын

Um......

"With responsive inputs for once (in the whole series so far)" when talking about Sonic Heroes is to this day one of the craziest takes I've ever heard in my entire live.

@katakanatabro2048

2 жыл бұрын

and the sad part is, he's completely right about all of it.

@nviox5720

2 жыл бұрын

@@katakanatabro2048 You must be tripping.

14:39 i still can't believe that i actually exists

@demetriuskafkoulas5005

3 жыл бұрын

You mean 17:39

1:38 I think you missed the mark of what the first level really does... at least in many of the well-designed Sonic games. Sonic 1 admittedly did things differently, but it was the ONLY classic game to really fully lean into more linear puzzle-platforming, especially in Marble Zone. Being "skilled" at a good Sonic game all comes down to mastery of the physics and controls, and admittedly a lot of rote memorization, as well as experimentation to find what the best routes are. In the first level, you don't really NEED any of that. You can mostly just hold right and jump while EXHILARATING things happen, showing off how fantastic the engine, the momentum, and the speed all feel. This serves two purposes. For one, the first zone needs to get its hooks in you and make a good first impression. But also, it gives you a taste of what it FEELS like to be skilled. The game stops letting you breeze through it after that. But when you play enough and GET skilled, stages like Mystic Cave, Red Mountain, Final Rush, and Generations' Crisis City don't just match that initial feeling, they become way, WAY more exhilarating than Green Hill ever could be, because now, you're EARNING that speed. The point isn't just to get through the game, it's to play it enough that you blaze through it with this weird manic grace. There's no other platformer quite like it, and I think that contributes so much to Sonic's lasting appeal, even through all the ups and downs and all-arounds. EDIT: At least, that's how I play Sonic. Your mileage may vary, because ANOTHER part of the wider appeal of the classic games is that they can ALSO be played more experimentally, exploring all the different routes and gimmicks and looking for hidden stuff. Sonic 2's level design didn't push this as much, while CD's levels were MUCH more inclined toward exploration and 3&K struck a nice balance. If you're trying to collect the Chaos Emeralds, you'll tend to be doing more of this. George, from your description of Mushroom Hill, I think this may be more your style. EDIT 2: ...and it seems like by the time you got to Generations, you'd figured out exactly what I was trying to say here, and articulated it better than I did, anyway. xD

@benox50

6 жыл бұрын

Yea, with all its issues, I cant find that feeling in other platformers and thats why I call sonic like a subgenre of platformers. Its mostly because of slopes + physic + alot of gameplay elements in sonic games are just there for the spectacle of moving through it and some will require skills (mostly by moving faster in it) to use the thing to gain new heights. And the games start getting way more fun when you are good at it and start doing combo of gameplay elements with style. Its a good template with flaws that can be pushed farther and fixed.

@Da_Swifta

5 жыл бұрын

UP DOWN ALL-AROUND, DON'T KNOW QUITE WHAT TO DO, TO GET THROUGH!!

Reminder that Sonic Boom was made on CryEngine. You know, an engine that doesn't support the Wii U. What the hell.

@MarkKB

8 жыл бұрын

+DylanYoshi That's because originally Sonic Boom was designed for next-gen and PC, not for the Wii U. When Sega announced the Wii exclusivity deal with Nintendo, most of the game had already been completed. Big Red Button had to spend the time they usually would fixing and polishing the game to port CryEngine to the Wii U and implement Wii U-specific features (like gamepad support). So, yeah, another example of Sega's mismanagement of the franchise.

@DylanYoshi

8 жыл бұрын

***** You can easily blame Nintendo for being terrible with third parties, as evidenced by the lack of CryEngine support, and you wouldn't be wrong, but I do think Sega is far more to blame. If you're going to make a huge change to the product like this, the game should be delayed to allow for extra polish. This isn't rocket science, it's basic QA.

@MarkKB

8 жыл бұрын

+DylanYoshi Yeah, I completely agree, and that's what I was trying to convey. Sega absolutely should have given them more time to complete, or given them early warning that this deal was in the works, or negotiated that Sonic Boom wasn't part of the deal, or... there's a number of ways they could have mitigated this. Nintendo's really just an unfortunate bystander.

@UltimaKeyMaster

8 жыл бұрын

+DylanYoshi I'm still not sure how CryEngine apparently doesn't work when Crysis 3 managed to run on the system. It only didn't come out because EA threw a hissy fit over Origin being rejected by Nintendo.

@DylanYoshi

8 жыл бұрын

UltimaKeyMaster Cryengine CAN work on Wii U, the issue is that is has no native support for the Wii U. That means the developers have to port over the engine themselves, and that's a very bad thing for any game with a strict release schedule like Sonic Boom.

Dang, gotta love how the first Sonic game I ever played was Sonic 06 good job mom

@DammnDeejay

5 жыл бұрын

Mine was sonic Riders so dont feel bad

@stoopiosproductions3130

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure that was mine too...

@shadowboy2818

5 жыл бұрын

mine was sonic heroes

"we gotta move on." Well, I hope you go back and make that ten minute video of just the first level of Sonic 6 or whatever that "tire fire" level was

Are you considering making this a series? "The First Level of Every Halo" or "The First Level of Every Zelda"? I realize that some franchises are going to be harder to work with than others, but I think you're on to something with the whole first impressions matter angle.

@OlegUstimenko

8 жыл бұрын

+Christian Hansen i like this idea

Nice work, Super Bun

@Hepathos

8 жыл бұрын

+Klarden -ic

@hlary8320

8 жыл бұрын

.........................ny

This video is like a restaurant you always drive past, but decide to go in once

Watched the entire video, and as someone who was actually alive for the first sonic game and old enough to enjoy it, I loved this video. It's so true, and so sad that such a wonderful concept has never had a perfect iteration.

"The Sonic Heroes theme song is hot garbage" stopped watching, unsubscribed, reported to the FBI for international war crimes

@shouganai.

6 жыл бұрын

Also the fact that he used the Ocean Palace background music for Seaside Hill siadufaisdfgah

@bonni1019

6 жыл бұрын

don't forget him saying sonic adventure sucks

@MYG

6 жыл бұрын

The singing kind of sucks in it and the "SONIC HEROES" part is just plain awful.

@superknight9152

6 жыл бұрын

I used to have nightmares of that theme

@carrottoponcrak

6 жыл бұрын

This whole video is a "swing and a miss"

Sonic Adventure was made in 1999! Sure it hasn't aged that well, but knocking it for it's graphics, and bad voice acting is unfair. Sonic Adventure isn't that bad of a game, it just hasn't aged as well as Mario 64. Which is dated by the way. I'm sick of hearing people say that SA was the start of shitty Sonic games. Sure it laid SOME of the ground work that a lot of other shitty Sonic games followed, but it was a very good attempt at a 3D Sonic game, and nobody seems to see that

@vsauce_johnny2516

6 жыл бұрын

DomnoSaur yeah but tbh mario 64 also looks like shit today.

@100billionsubscriberswithn4

6 жыл бұрын

I'm not buying the "it's old" excuse when Crash Bandicoot and Mario 64 look better and generally had better design.

@naomiwade9432

6 жыл бұрын

shit that's what I keep telling people, its stupid. Then there are people that are like "Mario 64 looks better" all the time and its just dumb, thank you for typing out my point 9 months ago so I didn't have to hahah

@uxsvent1

5 жыл бұрын

i did not see nintendo having memory cards that doubled as handhelds. dream cast was ahead of its time. now every one is looking at retro gaming with pies and other emulator micro controllers but dream cast did it back then.let that sink in. sega had a handheld that could save game data and play mini games on or off the console if i recall they were 20$ the pie 20 yrs later is more. even the zero/ zero w is 10$ in 20 yrs if you were to remake the msu would still be about 30$.

@Mariodash23

4 жыл бұрын

Even when comparing SA1 to Mario 64, SA1 had much more ambition with the move to 3D. More story, a cooler overworld that was easy to navigate, multiple playable characters, and rewarding exploration with character upgrades. I’d rather replay SA1 than Mario 64 simply because it had so much more to it.

This video is still as good as it was 5 years ago.

14:16 "cacka phony" lol 33:20 did you... *miss* the run button?

Kackaphoney

@feldspar1000

8 жыл бұрын

Scrolled down to find that comment.

@r2micro373

8 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he said that on purpose? Probably not.

@NoobLord9001

8 жыл бұрын

Cacophony?

@qes2000

8 жыл бұрын

GammaWALLE I was mocking how he said it

@Bluemilk92

8 жыл бұрын

I hit the comments right after he said it because I knew someone would have said something

Sonic The Hedgehog is the Cleveland Browns of video game franchises.

@ViktarTheBarbarian

8 жыл бұрын

Cleveland Browns, as in the NFL franchise that is constantly trying to rebuild itself but is somehow always mediocre.

@PKBen1995

8 жыл бұрын

Oops

@cmbunit01

8 жыл бұрын

+Viktar The Barbarian You might be able to use the 76ers as another metaphor soon. They're a franchise headed for who knows what.

@maxpowr90

8 жыл бұрын

+Viktar The Barbarian So Sonic has a drinking problem and can't be bothered to show up?

@freeziboi3249

8 жыл бұрын

+Royston Joseph No you use them for a synonym for a franchise that's dead, like Megaman? God I miss Megaman. :(

... Did you intentionally mispronounce "cacophony?"

@fuzzydunlop1753

4 жыл бұрын

Lol nah he mispronounces stuff all the time.

This has been in my recommended list for ages. You win, KZread. You win.

You seem to talk about how bad or good the game is more than the stages

@MarioCorleone

8 жыл бұрын

Can't like this comment on phone but here take this comment as a "Like"

@MarioCorleone

7 жыл бұрын

+Poopa Scoop idk how

@linguicaguy

7 жыл бұрын

+Poopa Scoop I don't see no like button nowhere, so how exactly do *you* think you're supposed to like comments on mobile?

@ikagura

7 жыл бұрын

no it only marks answer or spam

@linguicaguy

7 жыл бұрын

***** Except the "Like" option doesn't even show up on the mobile app, dude...

Sega, could just port Vanquish to PC, instead of the billions of shit Sonic sequels.

@jamestobias5066

8 жыл бұрын

Man, that would be the shit. As much as I loved vanquish, it was damn hard to look at on consoles.

@heavilyaugmented5308

8 жыл бұрын

+Dexter Riley Don't forget about the Yakuza games. Those would sell like crazy!

@MariusUrucu

8 жыл бұрын

+Dexter Riley The original Bayonetta would be awesome. I don't own a Wii U or an XBox 360, and the PS3 version is just awful.

i never even played sonic and i watched the whole video. Nice work!

This is easily one of the best videos you've ever made

@captinsparklezremix

8 ай бұрын

He doesn't understand Sonic.

Hearing BunnyHop fucking destroy SA like that was glorious.

@benlink202forever

8 жыл бұрын

Well everyone has. But the best part of SA is the soundtrack.

@XanthinZarda

8 жыл бұрын

+TheArchsage74 My first exposure to Sonic Adventure was though TheRunawayGuy's LP of it, and to put it frankly, the game was broken when it came out, and it hasn't aged nicely at all. (I wasn't fond of the butt rock either so that was a redeeming factor out the door.) The fact that they focused an entire segment of the game around an attempt to sell a fishing peripheral I'm sure you've all heard of just shows how terribly unaware of what Sonic was about. (That, and the fact that you had to complete multiple divergent gameplay styles should have been telling they had no idea where to go with the franchise.)

SONIC CD: FIRST TIME SONIC MUSIC GOT GOOD NAH

@Lycanthromancer1

7 жыл бұрын

Sonic 2 (US) had one of my favorite soundtracks growing up, right under FFVI (FFIII US) and Chrono Trigger.

@sonicdoesfrontflips

7 жыл бұрын

CerealKiller Keep in mind, he didn't simply say that Sonic CD music was _better_ than the other games. He said it was the _first good music_ in the series. That would imply that Sonic 1 & 2 had BAD music. Which is simply false.

@sonicdoesfrontflips

7 жыл бұрын

And for the record, Sonic 1 in terms of music

@Lycanthromancer1

7 жыл бұрын

CerealKiller If "Sonic CD was the first in the series to have good music," then "does not think the other games had good music." That's logic for ya.

@Lycanthromancer1

7 жыл бұрын

CerealKiller Good > not good > bad. Objectively, the very definition of 'good' means...well, good. Not good is less good than good, and bad is worse than any of them. So his statement was, at minimum, that none of the Sonic games had good music before then. Whether 'not good' or 'bad' he doesn't say, but he definitely says they're 'not good.' He didn't like the music, but we're left to imagine whether that means he disliked it or just found it 'meh.' Obviously, some of us disagree with his assessment.

You really gotta love how he riffs on SA1 longer than he talks about the stage itself. I forgot the topic of the video. Bring back open world Sonic from SA1

Gotta love them first levels in Sonic.

"I still can't believe that I actually exist"

@IkeOkerekeNews

7 жыл бұрын

Demon maker So then diappear.

@playapiano666

6 жыл бұрын

Neither can George

After Sonic and Knuckles, he didn't even talk about the zones, but the game mechanics themselves.

@chancepaladin

5 жыл бұрын

he also misses at least half of the sonic games and NiGHTS. :/ with it being 40+ min long I at least wanted to see a few of the actually legit better sonic games instead of a clusterfk of vertigo that is the majority of the 3d games. and... doesn't even play "sonic boom" sonic boom sonic bewwwwwwwwwwm save the planet from disaster!

Sonic heroes intro theme, hot garbage? No way!

leak for those 8 years behind: 1 mid game and 4 superb games coming up

Didn't expect a 40 minute video on this franchise. I'll take it.

Sonic Heroes is one of my favorite Sonic games of all time, I never got all the hate for it.

@kingsacredsylon3713

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@BrunoSantos-li7jz

6 жыл бұрын

me too. love the game

@Junior13113

6 жыл бұрын

I don't hate SH, but there are flaws that keep me from wanting to replay it. Perhaps the biggest issue for me is the simple fact that you have to play the game 4 times in a row, with very little altering between each story/gameplay style (minus Chaotix). Another is just how slippery the characters are. I can't even tell you how many times I've fallen off a platform simply because my character wouldn't stop in time, or how many times I've come dangerously close to falling for the same reason. The boss battles are....alright, but the team battles are atrocious. They don't make the game altogether awful, but they feel so worthless, and they're terrible to play through. And the egg wave battles just drag on and on, especially the second one.

@if91100

6 жыл бұрын

Same here

@DarkRose658

6 жыл бұрын

Afro'd Avenger Music Reviews I loved the game but looking back at it now the story doesn't even make sense :/

"If there is a rock bottom, then this is it." Someone hasn't played Secret Rings.

@glockmadeboat110

4 жыл бұрын

Diamond The Hedgehog that game was sooooo difficult gonna try again to see if I can finish it now that I’m older 😂

@sandraweeks1726

4 жыл бұрын

reported this comment to fbi, this game was my childhood

@limon16025

4 жыл бұрын

Never played Secret Rings. Is it that bad?

@SomeBlokeOrWhatever

4 жыл бұрын

​@@limon16025 People hate it nowadays because everyone got collectively sick of motion controls in ~2008ish and thus every game that used the control scheme was retroactively dubbed 'bad'. Back then it was hailed as "the good one", as it came out at the same time as 06 -- And not only was it functional (a low bar, I know). It was actually fun and stimulating, something that Sonic games should always strive to be. There are a lot of shades of what we would see in the later Hedgehog Engine games encoded into SatSR, as it is a game all about managing speed and trying to keep going fast.

Man that "Mr. Roboto" remix song for your intro and talk was dope 🤣

Sonic Riders was amazing even though it wasn't a platforming game

@sirfullofhimself

7 жыл бұрын

It was amazing! A lot of the spin-offs are good. Spinball, Rush, Advance, 3D Blast, I loved them all.

@iregretsomeofmypreviouscom3284

7 жыл бұрын

I dont liked Spinball and Bean mean machine but yes, it haved great spin offs: Sonic 3D Blast (shut up i loved it), Knuckles Chaotix, Tails adventure, Sonic Advance (i dont know if its a spin off), Sonic Battle, Sonic Rush, and probably the most overrated the Sonic & Sega all star racing duo.

@butcherjsy8

7 жыл бұрын

Nah, imo the Sonic All Stars racing games are the best Sonic games since the Megadrive era. Sega and Sonic Team wish they could make something so good. All of the other spin offs were pretty awful imo, except maybe Sonic R, that was a flawed gem.

Watched this in 2x speed because I gotta... well, you know.

24:54 I had never expected this. It sounds like an ice cream cone breaking.

"nice little downhill jam" I SEE WUT U DID THAR