![]() ![]() The music is epic and the graphics are so good. At one point, you play mean bean machine or see a character from a handheld game and those things resonate big with me but my son won’t get that.Īll that said, this game play great. My son will see these references and won’t know what the big deal is. I love them because I have the frame of reference. These nostalgia moments in Sonic Mania are the best and worse. I don’t want to spoil anything but one fight you get to turn the tables on Robotnik and fly his ship. Sonic Mania bosses are easy but they are soooo much fun if you have previous Sonic games as a reference point. The first boss stage fight is a smaller easier fight and the second stage fight is the BIG one that makes you think. Sonic Mania doubles down on Boss Fights giving you one at the end of every stage (2 stages per level). I love the aesthetic of Sonic bosses but normally they are so easy the boss fight is a waste OR they are so obtuse that you can’t figure out where to hit them. Mario seemed to understand boss fights better than Sonic. I would argue that Sonic has never had great boss fights. Sonic Mania took that level and added an amazing gimmick with some better boss fights. It’s confusing, and there is fire everywhere. It’s too long, the gimmick of going in and out doors sucks. It is the level that keeps me from finishing Sonic 3 & Knuckles to this day. Side note, Flying Battery Zone is the worst fucking stage. They took some previous Sonic levels I hate, such as Flying Battery Zone and made them awesome. A lot of the levels in Mania are remixed original levels with some new levels in the game as well. You can play as Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. I wonder how non-fans of Sonic feel about this game….Playing through this game it takes me back to my childhood in a really neat way. I disagree and love 3D Sonic but 2D is a staple. So with that said, why does this game exist? Who is it for? Ironically, it exists for super fans who never stopped loving Sonic and the game exist for people who thought 2D Sonic was the only Sonic we ever needed. Personally, this game is an enigma for me. Let’s look at this game not as a great comeback for Sonic but as a moment that truly shows what the pinnacle of vintage 2D sonic can be. Sonic Generations was very good and Sonic Lost World was not a bad game. Sonic has been kicking ass non-stop on handhelds for decades and Sonic Colors was a masterpiece. I am not one of those people who believe in the Sonic cycle, or that Sonic has sucked since Sonic 3 & Knuckles. The blue hedgehog has RUN parallel to my life in so many ways.
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