>he can't A rank Escape form the City
>>338344940
>city escape
>he can't escape the ape inside him
BOO DOO BOO DUM DA DOO DOO DA DOO DUM SCREE
WHOOOOooo
>he can't get Green Hill without cheating
What's your excuse?
>>338344940
>he doesn't roll around at the speed of sound
OH YEAH
>have to find a stupid Chao before I can get a chance to A rank it
Yeah I don't care.
>>338345071
>Ape Escape
>its actually about finding and capturing apes not escaping from them
>>338345071
Holy shit I kek'd way harder than I should've.
Well I don't show off don't criticize
>>338345501
anybody notice how this song is total bullshit as Sonic's theme?
Sonic shows off all the time and he criticizes Robotnik all the time too
>>338344940
>>338345097
>speed read how to unlock green hill
>thought you had to A rank all of sonic's stages
>spend a week going 2fast 24/7
>finally do it after crazy gadget hard kept taunting me with Bs
>nothing happens
>re-read and see I have to get literally everything
>mfw
>>338345751
It's really not that hard to do
>>338345751
The worst is probably the Chao Emblems.
>>338345751
I somehow managed to accomplish it.
I remember the racing ones being a real bitch to A Rank.
>>338344940
>he can't A rank Crazy Gadget
step it up famalam
>that mission where you collect 100 rings in eternal engine
>those blue chaos guys that hide and pop out when you get close
>have to get close to target them
>>338347909
CAN'T WAKE UP
>tails stages
I really want to fucking kill myself thinking about those abominations. I just want to play the Sonic/Knuckles stages and get fucking done with Tails' shitty mech stages.
>>338345281
>Ape Escape
>its about apes who escaped
>>338348252
I don't think tails's missions are any worse then knuckle's on average
in terms of mission quality
Sonic > Shadow >> Eggman > Knuckles = Tails >> Rouge IMO
god tier music coming through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx4DfHW0WtM
>gradually A ranking entire game
>any of Tails' stages
>MAD SPACE
>FUCKING MAD SPACE
>THE KART RACING
>THOSE INHUMAN CONTROLS AND PERFECT AI
RREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>338348252
Yeah, people hate on the Knuckles/Rouge levels but playing the mechs is annoying as fuck, especially on a replay when you can't skip over stuff with the hoverjets.
Really I only like the Sonic/Shadow stages, and the rest was stuff I put up with to get to those. Looking back this game was like 2/3s werehog.
Chao emblems are way worse than any A rank. Grinding those little fuckers up can take so long.
>>338350504
I like all the mission styles.
Most of rouge's stages are shit but other then that all of the other charatcer's are at least on average good.
there's no denying the speed ones are the best though
>>338350376
>those lyrics
Looking back, I love all of rouge's music.
>>338344940
how can you not get A? Its the easiest level
>>338350386
>full A ranking Tails and Rouge's kart levels
>>338345097
Honestly its pretty easy to A rank the game, shouldn't take more than 6-8hours.
The worst part get emblems for is the chao. Fuck that noise, I feel like I have ptsd from collecting those animals and chaos drives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGAvaUZOqXc
time to get spooky.
>people still have issues with the treasure hunting stages
You are just bad at a simple game if you cant do this shit.
Here take some simple footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i4B4Tor5Ag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR3bAr70e_0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5y-Qw7IsKo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjx6XwtzlGs
>>338351579
>kart racing
these are actually hard. only actual challenge in the game
>>338351751
>its pretty easy to A rank the game, shouldn't take more than 6-8hours
>180 Emblem world record is 9:30:00+
>>338344940
Embarrassingly enough it took me 2 years to get all 180 Emblems (counting days I wasn't playing the game) too much work, but as for the Chao Races I took the easy route on leveling up my Chao in the Tiny Chao Garden in Sonic Advance 1 & 2.
At the speed of the fucking sound.
Got places to go
Trust me when I say I want to escape from the city
>>338351867
The treasure hunting levels wouldn't be so fucking bad if the radar told you where more than one treasure is at a time. And if the hint system wasn't fucking useless.
>>338352471
I think the post is in the assumption of having completed the game before going to get all A's
>>338355572
>>338351867
The Treasure hunting stages aren't so bad, but what kills me is that the SA2 Treasure Hunting stages are a lot larger than the ones in Sonic Adventure yet in the first game you get the radar for any order, but in 2 you can only get one at a time
Why are there no mods for this shit yet
An easy way to get the crystals is remembering the common areas (I.E. Wild Canyon the head or the giant box on the corner)
And if you use the hints once for every shard and you're fast, you'll still have an A-Rank (Every use of the hint will give you less bonus points)
Btw I got the 180 emblems in 10 years because I was too young when I got it and then I've became a fucking casual
>>338344940
took me like 30 hours to A rank every level on the game, also was my first 3d sonic game, i also did a lot in the chao garden, so probably took me less than that.
WEAPONS BED
TIME TO SHUT THOSE NIGGERS DOWN
This game was good even without the chao garden.
hi NIGGER
>>338351751
kek. There was a glitch to reuse your animals/drives.
Easier with animals but you could max a chao out in no time.
>>338347909
>Marriage, not even once.jpg
>>338356935
FUCK
YOU
>>338356870
roughly 2/3rds of it was good.
Shooting stages should have died with gamma.
Or just have been only eggman, his themes were the shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WqybflzLww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anfMftthbHI
>>338345751
>do exactly that
>find out you have to get all the chao emblems
>fuck this
>go online on my Dreamcast
>find a website where you can just download saves onto your VMU
>get a 100% SA2 save and, since I'm already there, a 100% San Francisco Rush 2049 save
>spend 10 minutes playing Green Hill and an entire weekend playing SFR2049
>>338356195
I just got to a point where I knew every spawn point a shard could be at so I didn't even use the hints. Shard hunting wasn't the hardest part though. The fucking races where a single gaff can make a would be A become a B is the real bitch. Also the Final Stage unless you cheese it hard as fuck.
I shouldn't even need to give this image any context, but it's the core reason why no one does vs. mode.
>>338357629
JUST WAIT A MINUTE
>>338345097
>>338344940
One of the driving levels prevented me from getting all A ranks. I think it was Rouge's. There was one other level I couldn't get either, but I forget what it was. One of the harder ones though.
>>338344940
What a terrible game in hindsight. I feel bad for all the basement dwelling, energy drink chugging losers who got all of the emblems and A ranked everything by pouring precious hours into it that could have been spent playing baseball, riding a bike, or even just playing a better video game.
>>338357792
Alright tough guys, what are some games YOU like that you consider better?
>>338357792
I did it as a kid since you know it's a kids game but hey at least you tried
>>338357629
Is that the freeze time thing? i only played vs once but i dropped it real quick because of this. How that made it through i have no idea
>>338355716
Maybe for first missions only, noobs
>tfw you used to think the random powerups you could get by burrowing in the treasure-hunting stages were actually placed there
>>338357836
SA1 is better. that says a lot.
>>338357836
Alright. I'll even stick to the gamecube. star wars rogue squadron 2, metroid prime, super mario sunshine, pikmin, SSBM, wind waker, resident evil 4. All superior games that actually have good controls.
>>338357907
bad bait. try again.
>>338358157
Eh, well you're not wrong. Those are all better games but SA2:B is still fantastic. I even replayed it a year ago and it still held up.
>>338358157
>super mario sunshine
>no ttyd in there
>>338344940
The first adventure game had the better ranking system. The level was either complete or it wasn't, that was it.
Am I the only one who finds the Knuckles music cringey as fuck? It's a true shame we'll never see (good) instrumental versions of those tracks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tjq1iVYiiE
>>338358242
Your deeply rooted nostalgia doesn't make this game good.
>>338351579
I have no clue how I did it so relatively easily last time.
I'm totally gonna fucking do it again at some point but I'm NOT looking forward to it.
>>338358324
yep, shitter detected alright
>>338358376
It is quite cringeworthy. It's kid friendly rap. That's pretty much the definition of cringe.
>>338357629
>>338357998
Sonic Team's thinking:
>Amy is a girl, so girls are going to pick her most likely. Since girls are typically less skilled in competitive games, they're going to need a way to help even out the competition. This will ensure the game is fun for them.
The average autistic male player's thinking:
>Amy is so cute, CUTE!!!
or
>Winning is all that matters.
or
>I wish I was a little girl.
>>338358419
It can't be nostalgia if I replayed it not long ago, retard.
The ONLY flaws of this game were the shoddy camera and the fact your camera would suddenly shoot forward for no reason.
>>338358376
meh, It doesn't bother me too much
pumpkin hill also has an instrumental
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxtOsmUJSmc
>>338358657
many thanks.
>>338345097
>tfw you cleared every mission but didn't get all A ranks
>>338358480
Ranking in sonic games are either too easy or too bullshit and you need to be autistic as hell to keep on playing and max rank everything. No sonic game has ever found a nice balance so they should just get rid of the system entirely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGETZQRofio
>>338344940
>Playing SA2B for anything but the Chao Garden.
Jesus, are you people even autistic anymore?
>>338358376
Most people playing the game wouldn't listen to rap otherwise. So they're easily impressed by a black man going "uh... uh..." and speaking with attitude. It's really not the best example of rap music out there. But I still have to give them an A for effort. The influence the modeled their sound from was respectable. From when rap used to sample jazz music. And the lyricist would try to tell a story, or speak about something relevant.
>>338358780
>>338358657
>>338358376
got the wild canyon?
That one was great, but fuck those lyrics.
>>338358538
There's a few things behind it really:
>Everyone gets the 'Time Stop' option, yet Sonic, Shadow and Metal Sonic get their's at 50 rings, while Amy gets it earlier, at ( if I recall ) 30 rings.
>Amy was made the 'slowest' of the runners, and as such her time stop, both beaning cheaper, and longer ( everyone's at 10 seconds, hers is at fucking 20! ) was to make up for her flaw.
TOO FUCKING BAD IT MAKES IT SO ALL AMY DOES IS SPAM IT BACK TO BACK KEEPING YOU STUCK FOREVER.
>>338358809
>playing chao garden
It's garbage anon.
>>338358809
Chao are overrated
>>338358776
Sonic unleashed is the only one with a good ranking system. Adventure 2 requires you to do a bunch of tricks that might not always work and hit specific homing attack trails to get huge combo scores. Rush games is just spamming tricks on rails and in the air. Colors is the antithesis of sonic games and makes you explore and use powerups nonstop to cheese the point system and get an s rank. And yes, scoring in generations is WAY to easy.
Sonic unleashed finds the perfect balance between speed, special rings, ring count, and enemies killed. Its not extremely hard but you still have to make a solid effort to get an S, or even A rank.
>>338350376
>not pumpkin hill
c'mon now.
>>338358851
Sonic and shadow got it at 40, amy got it at 20, metal sonic had no specials.
>>338358945
>metal sonic had no specials
toppest of keks.
>>338358849
requesting dive into the mellow (aquatic ruins) as well.
>>338358941
Agreed. Getting S's in Unleashed felt very difficult, but fair as well.
I remember having to find all the little technical quirks in Adventure 2, for some of Sonic's scoring tricks to register properly. It's so fickle.
>>338358570
It "held up" for you because of your nostalgia. I bet you're younger than 25.
>>338344940
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHfRLg_JDsc
Carlos Santana meets James Bond meets Steel Drums.
>>338358872
>>338358914
How does having fewer than 180 emblems feel?
>>338359287
Fine
>>338359134
Yeah thats what i mean. Levels like metal harbor and sky rail suck for this because if you want to just blast through, youll get a c/d/e. And the shooting stages required you to hold b for a long time to get enough targets. Ironically i think the emerald hunting stages were the easiest to a rank because you got a lot of time to find a piece and get a perfect.
But in unleashed you can just blast through at any pace you want and usually at least get a B still. But if you go the extra mile, take the shortcuts, nail the QTEs, hit a few extra guys etc you will get an A or S. Those DLC stages really fucking kicked my ass but getting A/S felt fair because it required a lot of learning on my part to get the level down. Wish they went back to Unleasheds ranking system, fun, fair, not to technical but still had a bit of depth
>>338359287
Pretty good not wasting my time on that trash for a trash level.
>>338359074
>>338358849
I don't think wild canyon or aquatic mine have instrumentals, unfortunately
if they do then they're hard as fuck to find
>>338344940
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPH42HWs-Qs
>Donald Trump's favorite Sonic stage
>>338358657
Tell me, are you ready?
>>338359440
>>338359270
how could they get it so right in one area and fuck it up so bad literally everywhere else?
>All this poor taste in music this thread.
I guess it's nice someone appreciates the unpopular tracks. But Yeesh.
>>338359676
I bet you loop City Escape and Live and Learn, faggot.
![windmill-xb360[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/SV2P6Tw.png "windmill-xb360[1].png")
>>338359390
Also forgot to say, unleashed had those little incentives to git gud
You get a nice shiny sparkly S rank if you did good. And well...if you fucked up, you get treated with this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yODLkaF8F-Y
As if the grade falling apart and sonic dying wasnt bad enough, the game shits on you too with music. Great fucking touches and so many details this game had
>>338359826
Too bad werewolf stages exist.
>>338359774
There are a lot of good tracks in the game. I shouldn't have to list them off. Which is why it's noteworthy how out of all the great tracks there are, like 3 of the worst have been posted in this thread.
>>338359676
Agreed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hx3eIB7Ids
>>338359929
>I shouldn't have to list them off
Could you humor me, and five me three?
>>338359826
>They paid Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra to insult you for being shit at the game.
Love it.
>>338359926
Eh, kept the game from being 3 hours at least. Ive felt scammed by these recent sonic games. Beat them in afternoon and the day stages are nowhere near as impressive as Unleasheds. If those massive free running day stages come at cost, then i welcome it.
>>338360013
*list
How did I even type five?
>>338360013
five you three? is that like listing 3 groups of five? so fifteen. just listen to the damn soundtrack.
>>338360041
You just dont get those kinds of things any more
>>338359390
>Levels like metal harbor and sky rail suck for this because if you want to just blast through, youll get a c/d/e
I can't really remember sky rail but metal harbor you can blast through and get an A if you're good, the only reason it's a massive pain is because you HAVE to get the top of the rocket for the big points boost to get an A rank and if you die you have to start the whole level over again. Metal Harbor is still one of my favorite levels in the game so it doesn't bother me too much though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Ld5UAh-6w&index=29&list=RDrLxlkEWUdO8
Sonic Adventure 2 is probably my favorite 3D Sonic overall, but SA1 had the aesthetic and atmosphere.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Ld5UAh-6w&index=29&list=RDrLxlkEWUdO8
I remember playing Nights Pinball and accessing the warp to Nightopia and genuinely feeling like I just left the game I was originally playing.
SA1 isn't very big, but it conveys this idea of "scale" when levels keep going deeper and keep changing... it's a good feeling that many games seem to miss the mark.
>>338360318
I agree metal harbors great but i was just pointing it out. how you have to do a bunch of stuff like get the grind rails or the guys at the top near the start instead of just rushing through.
>>338360013
Someone named Wild Canyon, which has to be the worse Knuckles stage song in the game. Literally any other Knuckles stage has better music.
Someone name'd Pyramid Cave. Which, no one really cares for. But the anon also appears to be a fan of the KoF aesthetic, which just goes to show his aesthetic taste is shit all around. Literally any other Sonic song would have been better. City Escape, Green forest, Metal Harbour
And then someone posts fucking Cosmic Wall. Holy shit, is there a track more generic and repetitive than that one?
I don't know what's wrong with you guys.
>>338360497
I know exactly what you're talking about. Going into the Casino and playing the pinball games felt like you were really delving into something. That Nights track is fucking amazing.
>>338360578
>But the anon also appears to be a fan of the KoF aesthetic, which just goes to show his aesthetic taste is shit all around.
I don't care too much for pyramid cave's ost but that's over the line
>>338360578
I think eggman stages have the worst music in the game. Like theyre not bad but they just seem so bland and dont really stand out at all. I think cosmic wall stands out the most and is enhanced by the setting which is why its popular.
I think the locale choices in SA2 are what drag the game down the most. The desert and ark stages really fucking suck compared to the city, forest, harbor, pumpkin levels.
>>338345097
chao garden's emblems a shit
everything else was easy
>>338360770
No one taught the KoF artists what reflections are. It always bugs me that they're shaded from bright to dark, but never have any reflective light. It makes them look odd. Also, the their skin barely shows any color variation. So their skin looks lifeless.
Those are the major problems with the new game's aesthetic as well.
>>338360578
I agree with you on any Knuckles song, but
>Someone name'd Pyramid Cave. Which, no one really cares for
Speak for yourself, pleb.
>City Escape
>good
Fuck you and your meme shit.
>>338361137
>>338360828
>They think Pyramid Cave and Cosmic Wall are popular tracks.
Pause, and go look at the numbers they get on youtube. That tells you everything you need to know about their popularity.
>>338361316
I didnt say they were good. Cosmic wall feels like a lonely adventure battle through space and the song fits it. But its kind of bland as are all eggman stages. I think PC sucks ass, not only the music but the level itself too
>>338361316
I don't give a fuck about popularity, but to insinuate YouTube is a good standard for determining SA2 music popularity is outrageous.
On a side note, some good underrated tracks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tC0Vnj79Es
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2uaVKBoN3o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-2Jk7tMMps
>>338361489
Here's a deep cut that's rarely shared.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o88p4QXAzOc
Set me free
>Tails' gameplay was hella fuckin' fun in Sonic Adventure 1
>In 2, they give him the dumb mech
>E-102 Gamma controlled ten times smoother than Tails and Eggman did
>Knuckles and Rouge had awesome controls and skills, they felt genuinely fun to play as
>We got treasureshit instead of A-to-B stages
FUCK
How did they get so much right with this game but also so much wrong
I want some of this shit
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaQAeDeQG80
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7NHvBASqvE
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSKA2aslOT4
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUaD_ePLXJg
Everything about this game was solid as fuck except for the game mode bullshit, if all of the solo campaign played like vids related then I guarantee SA2 would be less widely mocked these days
