You complain alot instead of praising the bad games for what good they have, and your voice all whiney and constantly bitching all monotone makes me wanna fast forward your videos. Horrible review
you mean sonic 2,the sonic 2 special stages take practice to be good at and don't bother they only add flowers to the background and if Eggman taunts you its ok cause he is missing one as well
A fun fact about Sonic Colors DS' Special stage: If you knock balls for your next run off, they won't be there when you need them. It's a fun and interesting dynamic about Colors DS Special Stages that make them great to burn through.
I didn’t learn that until the 6th or 7th Special Stage (which are their own stories) and while they were still easy, it was a bit interesting realizing I’d just jeopardized a good run.
I played Sonic CD on MegaCD and on PS2 and it was great, but frame-rate was inconsistent, but it was changed on Sonic CD Mobile Version, I give it 9/10.
Blue Spheres is probably my favourite, but I understand why you'd grow tired of it in Mania. It's best enjoyed as something you get an Emerald for. It loses its luster as a basic bonus stage IMO.
I don't like sonic manias special stages it's too hard and encore mode reverses the special stage order and I hate starting the first special stage with a difficulty hard
"This is the best special stage on the 32x" It's the only special stage on the 32x. "This is the best special stage on the Sega CD" It's the only special stage on the Sega CD too. At least you're technically right XD
Sonic 1s speed up and slow down buttons have a good reason to them, speeding up makes it less likely to fall into a pit and slow down makes it much easier to chip away to get the emeralds. Plus you can get continues which are worth 3 lives for 50 rings iirc so regardless if your are trying to clear it you should go for the rings first.
Honestly, I’d love to see a 2 player race mod for sonic mania special stages. That would be a cool throwback to how sonic heroes 2 player mode did for their special races.
I wish more bonus levels took inspiration to everything Knuckles Chaotix did with them. Time is creative as you dont get kicked out for failing, but for not getting dissappearing rings.
Mania’s special stages are well designed for sure but the fact that they’re actually fun and I look forward to playing them really goes to show how amazing of a game Sonic Mani truly is.
Nah, you aren't. For all of the problems that they have, I actually really enjoy the Special Stages more than most. I still wouldn't say that it's in the top tier of Stages by a long shot, but there's something about it that I always found so... honestly, I don't know how to describe it. It's definitely *loads* better than the one from _Sonic 4: Episode 1._
2:52 it could have been worse they were thinking about adding a tile that kills you or tiles that warp you to certain Zones (could be bad if you hit one that sends you back a Zone)
Fun Fact! Did you know? You don't have to press any buttons for the first 2 or 3 special stages for Sonic 3D blast on PC. You will always get enough rings to pass. I don't know how they did it but the special stages are somehow even easier then the Mega Drive version.
My personal favorite is blue sphere. The controls are far more precise. The level of challenge always seems fair. You get a better chance to retrace your steps. No time limit. I guess I'm a little biased because I spent hours and hours getting good at blue sphere.
I can’t believe this man forgot about gameland from Sonic Colors on the wii. I agree with this list, but I feel like the whole sonic simulator thing would’ve taken top spot.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Rush up there! I recently tried to play the Sonic Advance special stages, and I thought I was a complete idiot or something, trying to grab the rings. Will try again with the trick manouvre!
My favorite touch is the Sonic 3D Blast PC special stages being absolutely littered with coins to the point of being impossible to lose because the developers knew that it was impossible to control
I noticed that the footage from the Sonic 1 GG special stages is from the remake, where the way you obtain the Emeralds is switched up a bit. In the original, the emeralds are hidden throughout the levels and the special stages are more bonus stages.
So do the special stages in Sonic Lost World Deadly Six Bonus Edition on the Wii U not count? I was just curious to see where they'd rank. Anyways I've subscribed.
The Sonic Mania special stages are PHENOMINAL, amazing masterpieces, they are just so much fun to the point where i wouldnt mind the special stages being their own little mode in SM (sonic mania)
i actually really enjoyed lost world's special stages, whenever i was outside or at home i wouldve enjoyed controlling it. obviously it wasnt very fun when you were playing in a car
I've always had a lot of troubles with Advance 2's special stages, maybe it was because of the ordeal that was required to enter them, but the controls just felt weird to me
Personally I'd put it at number 1 and boot mania out of the top 10 completely, I honestly don't like how Mania handles special stages and would have preferred more new blue sphere stages.
@@AkariEnderwolf Mania special stages are kind of difficult tbh. On the other hand the most amount of Chaos Emeralds I've ever collected it's 4 so it might just be me
@@Gapsx1eGewehr Most I've been able to get is 2, the third one keeps getting away. I honestly prefer the special stage style of "collect X of an item" to the chase style ones. Sonic Heroes was ok, for some reason in that I could easily get every emerald as Team Chaotix. But I've honestly never liked "chase the emerald" stages.
@@Gapsx1eGewehr It's just not as fun as the feeling of actually earning the emerald by completing a stage where you collected the orbs and receive the emerald for getting the right number of them. SRB2 has imo some of the best special stages, and it's a fan game with NiGHTS levels for special stages.
I absolutely love the genesis version of the Sonic 3D blast special stage, its Sonic 2's special stage but 5 times better, mostly because you have more reaction time and you can take small breaks when you hit one of the walls
to people struggling with sonic heroes special stages here is a tip always use power formation, you have a bigger hitbox to get the energy spheres and better way to control yourself
The Sonic CD special stages are way to hard, as a kid I failed on them constantly and you just ha e to restart the game if you fail because they happen at the end and it will be significantly harder to finish levels with 50 rings at the end to this day I have done it 4 times and I ha e replied the game hundreds probably
Normally I would say something about how he forgot LEGO dimensions, but that doesn’t count as you get the emeralds no matter what (except if you somehow die)
I’m not gonna discuss every point but there’s three I wanted to talk about so here we go. 1. I haven’t really played the Lost World stages and in the normal context of playing a 3DS game it is awkward. However if I have a swivel chair I think I would actually have some fun with them. I like weird motion controlled things. 2. Sonic CD’s would probably be close the bottom for me. I’m talking like bottom five. Even after beating them all I’ve never felt confident in how the control or feel. Remake or not. I find them absolutely dreadful and find searching for the generators to be way more satisfying. 3. Mania does have the best. Such fun stages to zip through. Fun video! I enjoying seeing opinions on Sonic things because opinions can vary so drastically unlike with a lot of other franchises.
I'd put Sonic Lost World 3DS somewhere between 10 and 13. It actually does a really good job at showing off the 3DS's gyroscope, and there's a bit of challenge in the later stages. Plus, Sonic doesn't accelerate automatically, so steering is really easy. But it's the easier difficulty that kinda places it lower for me. Not the easiest, but it's still a bit too easy. But hey, at least in the 3DS, you have to earn the Emeralds, unlike the WiiU version.
I agree that Sonic 1 Special Stages (MD) are difficult, yet I've managed to get all six Chaos Emeralds over time. I'd put this in at no. 2. The half-pipe Special Stages of Sonic 2 (MD) are the easiest to get through, although Stages 5, 6 and 7 are a bit trickier with getting enough rings. I've managed to get all seven emeralds nevertheless. It just takes practice and a good knack I've gained over the years. Aside from this, Sonic 2 Mega Drive Special Stages are top of the heap with me at no. 1. The Sphere Stages with Sonic 3 plus Sonic & Knuckles (add Sonic Mania) are by far some of the worst ever created. For Master System, Sonic 1 Special Stages share top spot with Sonic 2's MD half-pipes, while Sonic Chaos Special Stages are as bad as the Sphere ones. I could only complete Sonic Chaos with Tails, as he doesn't get them.
"show my bias for rush adventure" There is no bias here. The waveboarding gameplay is just the halfpipe except without the turns that blind you and more exciting, so turning it into a race is awesome. I also love rush adventure lol.
By far the best Sonic special stages are the ones in the Saturn version of Sonic 3D. They're super underrated because nobody has played them. But gameplay wise it's some of the best Sonic gameplay ever and those stages are so much more interesting than any other special stage levels. You're actually running uphill and downhill and jumping here and there and it's everything that you want from Sonic gameplay. Even the Mania special stages feel flat compared to that.
Knuckles Chaotix has always been my favorite. Music aside I feel like they could have done much more with the whole tube concept if they had expanded it.
I remember about 4 years ago, when I was in a restaurant with my 3ds, I was playing Lost World with the gyroscope and all of a sudden everything went to crap.
Never forget Sonic Mania I have the game though it is just like Sonic CD special stages there is two types of special stages that was so crazy I barely got any Chaos Emeralds
excuse me, Mr. BillehBawb. if you played a Mario maker 2 course by the name of "New Super Mario World: Episode 8", i would personally like to say thank you because I was the one that made that course.
Fun fact, in sonic heroes, if you switch to the power character, hold the boost button, and collect orbs, you can get each emerald within 10-20 seconds.
