Sonic Origins Plus Review - Is It Good? 

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THANK YOU for mentioning SEGA's complete disregard of the Master System games! 👏

I like the fact that the new areas for knuckles have to be found. It makes sense for his character, especially keeping in mind what he's known for in sonic adventure

I really enjoyed this review. Lol Thank you for being directly honest about the issues that made this package so underwhelming over easy solutions… I was anticipating this for the free patch quality of life improvements. I appreciate Amy being playable, and I don’t hate the inclusion of the Game Gear titles. But I don’t care about those games. The diehards that covered Origins Plus have all made amazing points that hasn’t been addressed. You would think this compilation would be a home run definitive classic era collection.

18:35 “This should’ve been the easiest home run for Sega, but they stopped just short of finish line” And we’ve been saying that for like a decade now, it really is unfortunate

Tails Sky Patrol is pretty good. You go through the door when it’s flat and not moving. It’s an on rails shooter type game

I like to see a Sonic Advance Collection

My only wish is that Metal got a playable role in the games like Amy did, given how he’s shown with the others so prominently (Robotnik being the exception as the MAIN villain)

Nice review! I feel like Amy really carries Plus now, since she really can be broken lol

Thank God for the PC FAN versions. Sega doesnt care about classic Sonic games enough to put effort into them between them and Sonic Team. Mania and Superstars needed other developers to even work.

Origins+ is a ok way to play these games. But, nowhere near the best versions of these games. Use fan versions like sonic 1 forever, sonic 2 absolute, sonic 3 AIR, and thr official Sonic CD steam port, as well as emulate the game gear games (or the master system version) if you want the best experience.

So we got a patch for Origins Plus and well let’s just say a lot has been fixed.

That was a really good review covering all the good and bad with Sonic Origins Plus.

Something I kind of wished they did was have the lives be toggable in the anniversary mode. I think that would've reduced the issue with the coins by making them a little more scarce (since I'm assuming the coins just replace all the 1 up monitors).

I have Origins already, Amy is my favorite character, and I am happy to see her playable....but Superstars is coming out this year. I prefer to experience her in a new way, in a new game and new story. Thanks for letting us know about all these problems Sam. The only classic Sonic I played as a child was Sonic CD. So when Origins was announced, I was so happy to finally have a accessible way to experience the classic games. In a distance future, maybe when I feel the need to experience the classics again, then I will get the dlc.

I'm not a big fan of the game gear titles. Definitely would've preferred something else. Love that Amy is playable though. Sure hope SEGA decides to apply some updates/fixes where they are needed. Overall, great review!

So Sonic Mega Collection Plus is still the definitive Classic Sonic collection basically.

13:26 "and that was sonic Blast"☠️

Origins Plus genuinely makes me upset because it’s the definition of Potential Redemption Wasted: Sonic Team had the privilege to give Origins a second chance with what could’ve been this revamped expansion that adds enough content and improvements to truly make it live up to its name as “The Definitive Classic Sonic experience,” but ended up wasting it by just not fixing enough. I’m ecstatic that Amy is a part of the main Team Sonic now, and I’m grateful to have an official way to play ALL of the Game Gear games, but you can’t tell me that the Origins team can’t fix the blurry pixels, the muffled music in S3&K, and add proper save file systems for each game (like they already had in the mobile ports)-some of these being modded in within DAYS of Origins’ release date-when the Frontiers team is doing all that and more in less time for free updates. Sonic Team had a rare second chance, and they blew it. At least the Frontiers DLC is great.

I bought this game earlier today and I love it a lot so far ! The only version of sonic 3 and knuckles I ever played was the sonic classic collection on DS (which was everything but smooth). And playing as amy feels really good ! But I understand why people would think the game feels incomplete. To be more original they could've added the advance games instead of the game gear games that every one boot up once and get bored and never touch them ever again.

For the “Classic Mode” of these games… I think there’s an unfortunate explanation, and it’s all got to do with Sonic 3 and Knuckles. The reason why Sonic 3 and Knuckles was able ported onto the Mega Collection or the Wii Virtual Console is because they’re obviously just emulated, (which I think is a workaround with the music ordeal). But because Sonic Origins aims to have “remasters” as the main selling point… I guess they didn’t want to take the risk and emulate the game in it’s original form (music and all)… and it’s also affected the other mainline games for consistency’s sake. I don’t think a genuine “Classic Mode” would’ve been possible probably due to not having the original music in. I’m still not defending Sega, and I think Lives should’ve been a option that can be toggled on and off like Crash 4.

A couple things in 2 got fixed that was noticeable, and one was very glaring. Rotations to the boxes in Mystic Cave have been fixed to rotate like they do in the Genesis original. The gears/cogs in Metropolis work properly now. Before, you'd get animation locked if you the pegs on the gears and couldn't jump off them, but now you can! I still agree, they should've been there to begin with, but it's good nontheless!

Nice job team

A nice touch I don't see many talk about is the physical version's flippable cover. Being able to switch to a cover including the style of the original console is so cool, and it's even cooler that every region has their unique style of cover, as well as the genesis/mega drive name. Doesn't do anything to make the game better, but it's really neat imo.

new patch release fixed a few things you asked, Mostly Nearest Neighbour and fixed the game gears audio by adding mono! and fixed some sonic 3 bugs thats listed in the patch notes. the only thing needs to be fixed is: the music, oh and classic mode genesis games needing to be more emulated instead of cropped christain whitehead!

To me this game feels like "one step forward, one step backwards" Starting from the Denuvo every good thing this game offers feels not fully fleshed out 4 classic remakes? Blurry image, no multiple save files like in the mobile games, no lives and bugs Sonic 3 remake? Awful music Physical release? The PLUS content is a code Playable Amy? No superform, just glowing Game gear games? Poor audio and lag And if they wanted to charge $55 max. they could've added QOL improvements like for example act transitions, smooth rotation, online play, etc All of this ends up being very frustrating

I got Plus and other than Amy and Knuckles being in CD I feel that SEGA did jackshit to fix the big issues we all had. To be honest the reason I got this was to play Sonic on the Switch but on PC I recommend other fanmade options which are much better.

I am so disappointed that Origins Plus even exists. I didn't need playable Amy and I didn't need a bunch of 8 bit games that aren't even part of Sonic's origin. I wanted the bugs in the original release to be fixed, I wanted all the menus and options unified so every game acted the same, I wanted proper classic mode, I wanted lives in widescreen mode. SEGA didn't do that. So I'm still not interested in buying it. And if I did want the 8 bit games, I would have wanted the Master System versions wherever possible to avoid screen crunch. And they couldn't even do _that._ I've encountered some people who absolutely insist that the Game Gear versions are better because there's more colors, and while I couldn't disagree with them more, there's no reason SEGA couldn't include both versions.

Honestly, for as short as this collection falls, I'm just glad that SEGA decided to preserve the GG games right as they exited the market through the 3DS VC's closure. Sure, I would rather have the MS versions of 1, 2 and Chaos, but having the games conveniently available without having to dig out my aging GC, Wii or 3DS is nice.

There’s a game breaking oversight with Hyper Amy in Launch Base Zone Act 2 the area underwater you can throw a hammer to pop the enemy and open the door for Knuckles’ route, which locks you in place unable to progress and you need to restarts... also beating Knuckles in Hidden Palace Zone while transformed super/hyper still softlocks the level and you need to restart, here’s a video I made ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5ZczWxKh1G0.html They also didn’t fix Classic Blue Sphere it still plays only in 4:3 aspect ratio unless you use a cheat code, here’s a video I recorded ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bVwJSuaBaog.html

I’m never letting go of the fact they said “New Playable Characters” and only gave us one. Metal Sonic could’ve easily been added alongside Amy, especially since it was his 30th Anniversary too, not just Amy’s.

Everyone: Hey Sega could you use the music from the Sonic 3 Prototype? Sega: Of course! Coming right up! *Proceeds to use a way earlier version of the music from their archives for no reason instead of using the available prototype for the music*

Play Sonic Forever, Sonic 2 Absolute, and Sonic 3 AIR instead.

Adding insult to injury, when I used to play S3&K for PC back in the late 90s, I later got a Final Fantasy 7 port. With it, there was the option to install a Yamaha XG Sound Font. So, there was no way I was not going to try it out in Sonic S3&K. Coming through my Sound Blaster 16 at the time, it was AMAZING! I would play Marble Garden Zone just to hear the low funky bassline in ACT 2. It rivals A.I.R. At the time, I figured that the reason that those songs were changed back for PC, was because each of those songs used custom "instruments" that cannot be found in the 128 default midi instruments. Given the release of Sonic JAM was a few months later, it may not have been an issue, yet, but probably soon after.

its crazy how we have to pay for playable amy in origins meanwhile we are getting a ton of new content for frontiers for free (including amy too in update 3)

the way origins is being treated vs the way frontiers is being treated is genuinely night and day

My opinion on Origins: If you want Classic games on Consoles, get it. If you want Classic games on PC, dont.

Should also be noted that 3D Blast has a director’s cut that complete. Would’ve been neat

I think Sonic Origins Plus is fine but PAC-MAN Museum+ is way better IMO 6:31

It would be nice if they would move past the classic games and start re releasing the advanced and rush games.

It's frustrating that there are so many things holding Sonic Origins back because it really did have the potential to be one of the best, if not THE best Sonic collection out there. Origins is definitely not the worst collection either, however. There's still enjoyment to be had and it has a number of great things about it like the animated cutscenes, mission mode, playing as Amy and Knuckles in all 4 games (Even if Knuckles being playable in Sonic CD should've been there from the start), etc. I get the impression that this game does have soul. Just not enough of it. And it's a massive shame.

Amy being playable is great. Having knuckles playable in CD really made a difference. The game gear games it’s nice that they are there but they could have done a bit more to make them better.

Eh, screen crunch aside, Master System colors and it being so wire and empty looking makes them look a little uglier IMO. but no matter what, there's a compromise in both.

This collection is a complete joke. I don't know why I first bought origins full price when I literally could of pulled out my original xbox and played mega collection plus off of it.

Sonic drift 2 was great, you be hating.

I think I’m the only sonic fan out there that actually loves this title. Idk lol , just me.

Here for the algorithm boost 🎉

Don’t give your money to SEGA and make sure to Pirate these games guys. I recommend Vimms Lair for all your Rom needs :)

Id rather go back to ps2 mega collection plus 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I quite enjoy sonic origins plus. It's not perfect but still.

Hey sam just a remider sonic frontiers and orgins plus is nominated at the japan game awards this year

8:10 😂 16:12 it’s because of the Copyright Legal Issues I mean sure, they could have use the November 3, 1993 Prototype music

Is knuckles chaotix actually ported on to anything yet? Such an expensive game so would love an official port.

Great review!

16:13 I actually watched a video that had a thread about this. Apparently, CN and IC have weird voice/sound bank issues. CN's voice bank is quite lower than its former prototype, and IC Act 1's voice bank is switched for Act 2's voice bank (which I think sounds better imo), other than that its nearly identical. Or at least that's me paraphrasing. Basically, the problems with these tracks is way simpler than it sounds, which actually makes it worse in comparison to most people. Me personally, I just think these inconvenient voice bank issues are kinda lame... Anyways, go watch Nuclear [NUKELEDGE]'s video on this, since I don't actually know what I'm talking about :))

I haven't bought the originally game since it first came out because of all the issues, I was skeptical on plus till it came out to see if they fixed it, they kind of did, but they still left out some old problems and created new ones in it, I'm still waiting for this game to be called the definitive way to play these games, but since you and many others still say it's not there yet. I'll wait till you blow the trumpet from the mountain tops and scream, "THEY FIXED EVERYTHING SO NOW THIS IS THE DEFINITIVE WAY TO PLAY THESE GAMES, GO BUY IT NOW!!!" I'll be waiting, but only if Sega is willing to

Sonic Origins Plus: Powerful enough to have it all. Too weak to take it!

I bought the deluxe version last year, i feel as if me and others should have gotten this for free, period. They shouldn't ask me to pay 10 more dollars when i payed so much more for stuff that wasn't worth it to begin with. I genuinely hope this game gets updated to fix all of these problems that weren't fixed, even with plus, but knowing they haven't fixed the team sonic racing online servers, or sonic frontiers's pop-in, i genuinely think its unlikely, and that breaks my heart.

16:13 remember Jun introduces me with his branded exhaust muffler. Because this is how the music sound like in Sonic 3 & knuckles. And don't get me started with the super theme. It sounds like it was came out of Sonic 4 with the Genesis Gink instead of the Genesis Twang. Looking at you oil desert one. I've whenever I think about that drum samples from Sonic the hedgehog for I always think of oil desert 1. Countless ginking. Instead of countless twanging.

We need a sonic advanced collection they deserve more love

TIL sonic blast had a master system port

I bought it for switch just for the convenience. since we've been having a lot of power outages and my switch would be the only thing i can use in the meantime. edit: I might be in the minority here, but I don't mind the blurriness. I actually turned on the Antialiasing mode because I believe pixels should blend together and not stick out. edit edit: You can use roms you find on emulator sites to use in AIR, you don't need the steam versions. I did it myself.

Man SEGA fumbled the bag with this one. It could have been a really great collection but.....

Sonic Advance series: *exists* Sega: HERES THE SONIC GAME GEAR GAMES….AGAIN! Fans: *exhausted* Could you at least port the Master System versions for our bigger screens? Sega: NOPE! JUST GIVE US YOUR MONEY NOW!

13:00

I feel like the Sonic Mega Collection is still better version. The Mega Collection already had the Genesis Version of Spinball and Mean Bean Machine, the game gear versions are so inferior, plus not to mention the original Sonic 3 Music from Carnival Night, Ice Cap and Launch Base are also in the Mega Collection. Even the Mega Collection has Sonic 3D Blast. Before you ask, yes i actually still have the Sonic Mega Collection on GCN.

They already screw up by not including Amy, Knuckles, and the Game Gear games on the physical collection (instead those are just included as download code) so I doubt they'll care to fix anything. At the very least they need to dropped the price to $25 and maybe I would buy the physical collection. My other guess as to why they didn't include the Sega Master System versions were because most of those games are PAL region meaning they only ran in 50hz so those may not work well on an NTSC system.

THANK YOU SO MUCH SEGA FOR SONIC ORIGINS PLUS! :) I LOVE IT! :)

😂😂😂😂got my laughter today tails flipping the bird

Sonic Origins is fine for console gamers but for PC players you're better off using the Kega Fusion emulator.

They did fix ONE thing about Sonic 3's music: the special stage music properly speeds up now *sigh*

Honestly, the only song I have issues with is Carnival Night Act 1. The rest sound fine. I played the Sonic and Knuckles Collection as a kid, so I kinda got used to it. Although I'll say I'm not a fan of the Super Sonic theme since they keep forgetting that Sonic 3 doesn't use the old thok drums

Sonic origins plus is pretty good tbh. Kinda wish we got playable metal sonic and more extras though. Like the covers of the idw comics.

Nice job team 🤓👍

Great review!

"NICE JOB TEAM!" 🤓 LOL.

I’m gonna be honest I have no intention of buying this. Like Amy as a character is cool although I’m not even a big Amy fan. Like why not add Metal Sonic, Mighty, and Ray. Like they made entire move sets for Ray and Mighty for Mania and didn’t think it would be a good idea to add them to Origins. And for the people who are gonna say that wouldn’t make sense because of the story. Well Tails, Knuckles, and Amy playable in Sonic 1 doesn’t make any sense but nobody cares because it’s more playable characters. And I mean the prototype music is disappointing but like, am I the only one to find it ridiculous that Sega can’t get the rights to the Sonic 3 music. It’s like 3 songs, how much do you have to pay whoever you have to pay to get the rights back. I mean is Sega just going to ignore the fact that not only were these songs used in the og games, but they were also used in other collections. Like this is my thing man, Sega just doesn’t care. Not only are they extremely irresponsible but they rush out a collection of older games. ONLY SEGA could somehow put out an almost baked classic Sonic collection that they’ve done 100 times. How tf do you mess up a collection of games from the 90s. Look at all of the other gaming companies that do this every console generation. Like how many people have ever complained about a Megaman collection like it just doesn’t happen. This is another issue, Sonic Superstars is coming out. Brand new classic Sonic game. Oh little Jimmy wants to buy the old Sonic games because he liked Superstars. And this is the only thing he can buy. Now I still like Origins I mean it’s the first time I ever beaten Sonic 3&K and that game is a top 10 game for me of all time. But like Sonic is on such a high now, I mean his reputation now is fixed for the most part. Frontiers doing well, the movie doing well, Sonic Prime. And I’m thinking like Sega is lucky that Frontiers did so well for them. Because a lot of people kind of swept Sonic Origins problems under the rug (myself included) because Frontiers was a good game.

"Sonic Origins Plus - Review It's a Blast" would be a funny in-joke title for Sonic Fans but would lead to misinformation.

Most of these compliations have already been released before, if they would've added Sonic Adventure and Advance games, it would've been worth it but $40 for a compliation already released before is a bit too much.

Sega doesn't care about their customers, what a surprise wow... Now shut up and buy their next game release...

I think that Jim’s version of the prototype music can’t be fixed since I don’t think Jun would willingly redo the songs and Tee Lopes was busy with TMNT Shredder’s Revenge so this was the only thing they can do

Sonic Origins is a disappointment and a scam. Speaking as a buyer of Sonic Origins Plus

I bought the Plus DLC and I feel scammed

"Nice job team!"

Tails is sick of everybody's shit!🤣🤣🤣

Wait does the game gear version of Sonic 2 does not have the emeralds because if it doesn't then it's automatically the good ending because the mega drive you have to get all of the emeralds to rescue tails or else you don't rescue tails which is stupid.

When you mentioned Naka going to prison, I audibly laughed because I remember that even though I probably shouldn't have.

Biggest scam SEGA’s released since Colors Ultimate.

classic amy is adorable 😊

I get excited when I see a new game review in my feed from Sam Procrastinates! I always look forward to the funny edits and his brutally honest in-depth thoughts and opinions. Complaining to a company about what you don’t like about a game is the best thing to do to get better products.

I play Origins on the Switch and for that version alone, I think Origins and/or Plus is fairly decent. The blurriness (at least for me) isn't too noticeable in handheld mode due to the lower resolution and being able to play it on the go is great... and that's about it. Amy being added is great, Knuckles in CD is great but man was I hoping we'd get a bit more than just Game Gear games. For $61.40 Australian dollars, it's a hefty price tag for the solely digital base game and expansion pack. As someone who caved and bought the Digital deluxe version of Origins, yeah, I probably paid closer to $70 dollars for the game on Switch since getting Plus. The Master system versions (of the games that had one) really should've been used as you said and adding the games that aren't ported nearly as often would've justified the price a bit better. To date, I don't think Pocket Adventure has been ported once and it's a better game than many of the GG titles. 3D Blast would've done well on this collection with the ability to use analogue sticks instead of the D-Pad alone. It's still a bit slippery but it's far easier to control and again as you said, they have Flicky Island in the menu! For those playing on PC, I recommend getting the mobile version's APK files and running them on your computer for the best Sonic 1+2 experience. (I've done this on Android, I'm not sure what the process is for iOS) Far as I know, it's not an illegitimate way to play them as you're only moving the game files from one platform to another. There's videos on RU-vid on how to do it. You won't have the Drop dash but just about all the other issues aren't present. Same can be done for CD. RIP to Sonic 3air for having the base game removed from Steam. Thankfully, I bought that collection before the ROMs were removed so I have access to it and it's still the definitive way to play Sonic 3K. Hopefully Sega allows the ROMs to be available on Steam again so this fantastic project doesn't go to waste.

Oh! It's Sam Mastur- I mean, Procrastination Station! Good video!

I’m really glad that Amy’s finally getting more love this time around. I think she deserves it tbh she’s such an underrated character with so much potential.

I can’t believe it’s been a year holy cow and you did a very good job with the review but there is just one thing I gotta say to some up Sonic Origins Plus Nice Job Team 🤓

Don't worry, there was a patch that fixed the game gear audio with a switch to mono in settings and now all the games have nearest neighbor filter

Great video. I really hope people at SEGA somehow see this because I couldn't agree more, some small fixes would be SO significant but it just feels like SEGA didn't listen at all to the feedback. It's really frustrating.

the fact that they didn't update normal plus to have knuckles in cd is scummy

Sonic mega collection's museum is vastly superior and has more games at a lower cost

I think Amy should of been like her advanced counterpart. She couldve been hardmode. No spin dash, no ball form when jumping, and slower.

Lmao they’re reselling the Sonic Mega Collection + that was released for the PlayStation 2 back in the early 2000s check that out when you get the chance Literally the same games including the pinballs smfh