Sonic Adventure 2's Ranking System Is Cool 

Treasure hunting in SA2 is sooo much better than in SA1 imo. It's so small and basically over in 30 seconds in SA1.

Great video! The ranking system is a huge reason why I love treasure hunting in Sonic Adventure 2 and prefer it to Knuckles in Sonic Adventure. In the first game, the hunting stages end up being kinda boring to me because I’m not thinking about deciphering hints or planning my route to the next piece, I’m just following the radar. There isn’t a drive to go fast outside one of the secondary missions.

Honestly, Mech stages can be analyzed pretty simply: Eggman levels: good Tails levels: not good Okay, maybe it’s not QUITE that simple, but Tails tends to run into some real bullshit, while Eggman is the one who throws the bullshit at people. I find it glorious fun to plow thru Eggman’s stages at lightning speed, using the Hover to cheese past slow platforming areas or to “Mary poppins” down as I rain destruction. Hell, I remember very briefly considering trying to seriously Speedrun Eggman’s stages Tails, by contrast, has levels with far fewer openings to let you cruise by, and far MORE situations where you get blindsided by enemies you couldn’t possibly have reacted to in time. Of his 4 stages, I only enjoy 1, while of Eggman’s 6, I enjoy ALL of them As far as Hard mode goes, I’m not a HUGE fan, simply because the flow is naturally a bit less polished than Missions 1 and 4, but for the Treasure Hunting stages, I do appreciate that they set aside RNG to create puzzles for you to solve. Yes, it becomes super easy to A rank once you’ve beaten them once, but I find that to be a nice reward in and of itself for having pushed thru mastering Treasure Hunting

My dude. That sonic mega collection music from the history section is hitting me right in the feels man

How does this video have so few views?? This is an amazing breakdown of the SA2 rank system and a really solid production all around. The ranking system is something that I have only recently come to appreciate in recent years after finally going for and getting all 180 emblems. The whole Score Attack aspect has given me a really fresh perspective on the game and is really the thing that ties the whole game together. Like straight up, I always found SA2 really overrated compared to SA1. I always liked the game, but I never truly loved it like the first Sonic Adventure. But after being forced to interact with the rank system for the A ranks, do the extra missions for each stage, and even raise chao, I can honestly say that SA2 is superior to SA1 as a complete package. I'll always hold that SA1 has the better level design, is a better conversion of the classics, has a more "adventurous" feel, etc. But SA2 is a more focused and robust game that just has so much more content. In my opinion, the rank system and Score aspect of SA2 raise the game beyond just "one of the best 3d sonic games" to "one of the best 3d platformers ever created." It is that much of a game changer.

absolutely great video i will always praise the ranking system for sa2 for the hunting stages, the limited radar makes sense due to the fact of the better mobility you have in the games and the hints as well. its nice being challenged with knowing your moveset and learning the best way to navigate the level such as the trick where you can maintain your acceleration and speed in your glide with knuckles and rouge by drilling down for just a second and jumping back to your altitude or using punches and combos to get to different places! the learning the level design is a pain (i remember spending almost half an hour on death chamber and mad space my first time playing them) but after you figure it out its really fun to play

The only Sonic game where I felt really rewarded by playing it well. Mastering the tricks is really tough, I could never pull off the rocket launch fast enough, so I resolved to get A rank without it. Surprisingly its possible. I never use the hints in treasure hunting stages. In fact I played these stages so much I often have a fifth sense about where the next piece is gonna be, because I think RNG generally favors distributing them evenly, for example after I get emerald up high, the next is probably in the middle. But sometimes Id judt get a feeling its hiding in a completely different location. That feeling is really cool, its like youre really a treasure hunter. Just circling the area and going up and down methodically youll get really good at it. Youre not trying to just find the emerald, youre learning the layout and get a feel of the level and how to cover the ground optimally. The monitors make you stop and interrupt that flow and I think it makes you think "wrong" about the level by focusing on one piece at a time. This is the reason I believe why people are so bothered by the locked emerald radar, and why I was never bothered by it because I would focus on my path and flow.

Fun fact, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle made it easier. 18,000 in City Escape is enough for an A rank in Battle, but in the Dreamcast version that only gets you a B rank. And all of the stages got this treatment in future ports.

I’ll be honest in the grand scheme of things I’m not really that interested in how this game works in its scoring system but this guy’s buttery smooth voice is the only real reason I stayed on this video after randomly getting auto played onto it

fantastic video of fantastic quality hope the algorithm picks you up

Dang, this is really good. Also I personally love the treasure hunting stages lol

This game is SO AWESOME! Very nice video btw! ^^

11:42 "Metal Bed" 💀

this guy needs more subs, great and amazing vid!

honestly i found myself in the same boat when i was younger where i felt as though i somehow had to do something unintended to continue each time because i couldn't figure out exactly what it wanted from me specifically until later on or after looking it up or something.

this video deserves so many more views!

3:13 Im sorry, im trying to pay attention but that Chaotix music is just ✨️😌👌✨️

I haven't even watched this yet, but YES! It's the only ranking system Sonic has ever had that I felt was properly challenging and felt good to master. I'd go so far as to say that the game doesn't even feel that good to play unless you're trying to achieve higher ranks since they force you to play stylishly

it's cool when I don't miss A Rank by 300 POINTS after feeling like I did a flawless run.

6:50 your pronunciation of epitome reminds me of Brian Regan. 17:40 onscreen text made me laugh

Sonic adventure 2 was the last 3d sonic game where the speed of the character felt like it was enough it matched the pace of the level..forever thankful for being able to experience this game

This video needs more exposure, good editing

I think the mission street spring is a leftover from Radical Highway's use of that same bridge prop, where that spring was used as a shortcut to the top of the bridge

Regarding the All Rings challenge, a lot of levels have a big cluster of rings at the level’s 0,0,0 point since any extra assets in the level were just turned into the default item (rings) and sent there. That’s another way tons of rings aren’t accessible

My comment keeps disappearing. Anybody else use the old Dreamcast web browser to get the A-rank tips on the website?

Never in all my years playing SA2 (even 100% completing the game twice) did I know about the Perfect Ring thing.

THIS VIDEO IS AWESOME I LOVE SONIC

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pls make more vids like this i wanna subscribe

B and A's are rare for me. but i DO gt them. WEEHEE YAAHOO

nope nope i call instant skill issue, because i played sonic heroes at only 2 and i mastered it by like 4 and 5, and it took till i was at least 6 i think to finally get the final emerald because for some reason the only skill issue i had was not being able to get a A rank on ocean palace, power plant (team rose) and struggled with the yellow emerald for some reason, which is weird because i was really good at the 7th and 6th emerald but not the 5th one....5th was yellow i think it might have been 3rd or 4th but i digress.

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Epitome is pronounced uh pi tuh mee not Epi tome

only ranking system I like. every other game s ranking system sucks

How do you have a thousand views but 84 subscribes?

I still hate the Knuckles and Rogues finding the little pieces of the emeralds, I often get E's when I take too long.

A ranking the game is to hard

I respectfully disagree. I feel like this was 1 of the worst ranking systems in the entire series