Author Topic: Sonic Mania PLUS ~ First Good SANIC In Decades (Read 28396 times)

Aw that's not fair, the first Sanic Racing was out in Feb '10 and Sony Smash was released late November '12! I have Outrun on my 360, it's good times, but of course a game full of known beloved characters is going to get more interest than a standard car racer, even if said car racer is a classic with a legendary brand license attached.

bork · « **Reply #256 on:** March 17, 2018, 08:52:26 PM »

Quote from: Spieler1 on March 17, 2018, 07:16:22 AM

I hate the look of Sonic racing, it reminds me of Sony Smash Bros.
But sadly people will buy that shit over a new Outrun

That's fuckin' ridiculous. Sonic Racing and Transformed are two excellent racers that blend Outrun 2 style drifting mechanics with cart racing. When it comes to the track designs and racing mechanics, they are way better games than Mario Kart, IMO.

paprikastaude · « **Reply #257 on:** March 18, 2018, 11:34:06 AM »

I can believe that, but I just couldn't stand how it looked

However, I read that this new racing title isn't a sequel anyway. I wish we could get a classic Kart game like old MK/Crash/Diddy Kong but with the art direction of Sonic Mania.

demi · « **Reply #258 on:** March 18, 2018, 03:06:09 PM »

Diddy Kong has the best single player content, and shits on MK

Mario Kart 9 needs to steal that shit immediately

Tasty · « **Reply #259 on:** March 18, 2018, 04:47:42 PM »

Look at all these petty bitches jealous of the Kart Racing King's attention and sales 💅🏻

CrazyDiamond · « **Reply #260 on:** March 18, 2018, 06:18:42 PM »

Quote from: Spieler1 on March 18, 2018, 11:34:06 AM

However, I read that this new racing title isn't a sequel anyway. I wish we could get a classic Kart game like old MK/Crash/Diddy Kong but with the art direction of Sonic Mania.

They did say it wasn't a sequel on the panel, but rumors and teaser are pointing to a Sonic kart game without the rest of Sega.

All-Star Transformed was fun, and I'm guessing this will follow a similar style, so it might be cool

Though if we're getting a Sonic racing game I'd rather they just ran on their feet for a change

bork · « **Reply #261 on:** March 19, 2018, 10:23:17 PM »

Quote from: Spieler1 on March 18, 2018, 11:34:06 AM

I can believe that, but I just couldn't stand how it looked

Yeah, looks terrible.

bork · « **Reply #262 on:** April 25, 2018, 09:40:05 AM »

Are we sure about the new levels? I saw people saying that wasn't true.

bork · « **Reply #263 on:** May 02, 2018, 08:44:08 AM »

I started playing this again. It kind of got pushed to the side with a bunch of other games last year. My save file was on the Flying Battery stage on Switch- Act 2 of this zone was the most frustrating thing ever for me. Tons of cheap, sometimes unavoidable deaths, and then there was one part when Sonic is auto-running through the outside/along the bottom of the ship and he would keep losing momentum and just fall and die. This was so fucking annoying until I remembered that you have to let go of the d-pad and just let him run by himself, lol. The spider-boss here wasn't really that hard, but also kind of frustrating initially. My favorite part was getting through Act 2 without dying and hitting up lots of secrets within the level, fighting Robotnik without taking a hit, and then...Sonic died. The time ran out.

Finished that shit and flew through the next couple of zones with ease. Dunno what was up with that.

Tasty · « **Reply #264 on:** May 22, 2018, 05:40:24 PM »

Fwiw there's now an option to turn off the piece of shit timer. Makes the game about 50% more playable.

bork · « **Reply #265 on:** July 20, 2018, 08:36:32 PM »

https://twitter.com/Axanery/status/1020427533546909696

Tasty · « **Reply #266 on:** July 20, 2018, 08:44:59 PM »

What is it? I'm not seeing or hearing much of a difference.

Tasty · « **Reply #267 on:** July 20, 2018, 08:54:08 PM »

Quote from: Exodust on July 20, 2018, 08:52:00 PM

It literally just slows down the music.

x 100000

Tasty · « **Reply #268 on:** July 20, 2018, 09:47:53 PM »

Quote from: Exodust on July 20, 2018, 09:39:34 PM

OK? just answered your question.

That wasn't at you but bork/the YouTubers. From the tweet and video title/thumbnail you'd think they found Luigi in Mario 64 or something.

Oh wow slow music mode

Boredfrom · « **Reply #269 on:** July 20, 2018, 10:01:18 PM »

I bought it mostly because having an actual physical version, because encore being underwhelming was not exactly unexpected for me.

Tasty · « **Reply #270 on:** July 20, 2018, 10:09:36 PM »

Might and Ray being physical only makes me so happy I stuck with the original digital version.

Trash characters...

Positive Touch · « **Reply #271 on:** July 21, 2018, 07:48:16 AM »

uh Ray is awesome wtf are you guys talking about

bork · « **Reply #272 on:** July 21, 2018, 11:19:32 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on July 20, 2018, 10:09:36 PM

Might and Ray being physical only makes me so happy I stuck with the original digital version.

Trash characters...

You can buy the Plus upgrade as DLC for $5. There's an additional game mode, too.

Quote from: Tasty Meat on July 20, 2018, 09:47:53 PM

Quote from: Exodust on July 20, 2018, 09:39:34 PM
OK? just answered your question.

That wasn't at you but bork/the YouTubers. From the tweet and video title/thumbnail you'd think they found Luigi in Mario 64 or something.

Oh wow slow music mode

People like vaporwave. I like the way that sounds.

bork · « **Reply #273 on:** July 21, 2018, 11:21:51 AM »

Quote from: Exodust on July 21, 2018, 08:48:56 AM

I always kinda liked mighty but his abilities suck here. Ray's gliding is legit cool but there's not really many situations it's applicable to.

Ray's ground pound works well and he can survive a fall on spikes. Works for me. Not a bad little extra bit of content for a couple of bucks.

Boredfrom · « **Reply #274 on:** July 22, 2018, 03:47:28 PM »

Mighty is okay gameplay wise, but he feels redundant ~~shitty friend~~ character wise if his personality is dumb muscle.

Tasty · « **Reply #275 on:** July 22, 2018, 07:42:24 PM »

bork · « **Reply #276 on:** July 22, 2018, 08:09:07 PM »

Info on the game and performance improvements. Pretty cool that they fixed everything on Switch. Didn't know that there was a new 3D pinball bonus stage!

Tasty · « **Reply #277 on:** July 22, 2018, 08:27:16 PM »

Are those improvements also in the base game? I did notice they finally fixed the Home button lag.

bork · « **Reply #278 on:** July 22, 2018, 08:37:32 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on July 22, 2018, 08:27:16 PM

Are those improvements also in the base game? I did notice they finally fixed the Home button lag.

Yup; performance improvements apply to the base game.

Tasty · « **Reply #279 on:** July 22, 2018, 08:57:30 PM »

Watched the video and it gave me the urge to fire it up again.

So happy they have an option to turn the timer off. Game is pretty good otherwise.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #280 on:** July 23, 2018, 02:42:52 AM »

Apparently the new DLC slows the PC version down a ton cause of stupid denuvo bs.

Tasty · « **Reply #281 on:** August 26, 2021, 02:32:46 PM »

I bought the Plus DLC and I've been doing my second run (solo Tails.) Adding an option to turn off the arbitrary 10 minute time limit fixes my biggest issue with the game.

I've been really enjoying my time this go around, there's pretty much zero downsides to this game. The spritework and music are phenomenal as everyone knows, too. In fact, I think I prefer Sonic's sprite in this game to all his other appearances.

Playing with my 8bitdo SNES pad too, would definitely recommend. Dunno if that's sacrilege.

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Author Topic: Sonic Mania PLUS ~ First Good SANIC In Decades (Read 28396 times)