Review mentions the level select codes for 1 and 3K are the same as the original, but 2 does not have the options menu anymore, so the level select code for that game are currently a mystery?
Correct, as far as I can tell, there is no options menu of any kind for Sonic 2. Unless it's a hidden code simialr to Sonic 3, I don't know how to access it. This is likely the case sinc it seems the level select methods have been altered across the board. Sonic 1 is more or less the same, aside from the new options found in it. S3 & K seems easier to activate, I've never ever been able to do it, either on the original Mega Drive (PAL) or emulation on PC. Yet in Origins, I can do it 90% of the time with ease.
I just have to wonder what possessed them to look at ice cap and say "yeah this is fine. Just put the beta in verbatim" and then decide all the OTHER beta tracks needed to be remixed to sound worse.
Oh I'm surprised the S3 Alone code works at all. Figured it was the same as S3&K with the vines and pulleys.
I didn't post at the time but I was largely in agreement with you. I like Jun as a composer but was unsure if he could craft a convincing Genesis track. I do believe Katie that he put a lot of effort in. Just turned out badly.
Don't suppose you want to try any of the Sonic 2 prototype level select cheats or the one from Knuckles in Sonic 2?
Good review @MrMechanic Which level select code do you need to input in this new version of 3K? Is it the "Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up" from the original release of S3, or is it the grab a rope swing in Angel Island and press "Left, Left, Left, Right, Right, Right, Up, Up, Up" from vanilla 3K? Also can you play as Knuckles with Tails AI following in S1 (you could in the mobile remaster) and 3K?
Stray thought, but I wish we had gotten something like this for Ice Cap, something like this for Carnival Night (20 seconds onwards) and something like this for Launch Base.
Spoiler: Sonic 3 muic stuff. Like, this actually doens't sound too bad, I kinda like it. But then again, we got that weird thing with Carnival Night. And the fact the cutscene also use chiptune music AND IT SOUNDS AMAZING is confusing a lot. I would have ignored if the 2-player theme sound weird, but out of all themes, it was Carnival Night that had to suffer the most... my favorite song from the prototype. I'm very confused. I think I need to sit and think about this for a while.
Spoiler: Music -_- Can't believe they botched the CNZ proto music. It's garbage on S&KC, but it's a banger on the Genesis. What do they use? They S&KC version with the lower key. Sigh, what a disappointment. Yeah, I guess I'll skip buying this until its on sale. Not worth the 40 bucks for me, sorry. I'm glad the cinematics look good, though.
Regarding the Sonic 2 level select, has anyone tried the code from KiS2 (Up Up Up, Down Down Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A+Start)? I believe that was the code used for the mobile ports when a controller was plugged in.
Music stuff Spoiler This new music sounds like you're listening to the original prototype tracks while you're underwater
There are a lot of good gems in the image museum, but Spoiler like so much is missing when it comes to rare promo art. It would've been great having all the calendar, puzzles and Harmony cover artwork but seems like they just limited themselves to what was in the screensaver. They could've even reached out and used some of the art we have found and put it in there. Along with no S3 concept art from Rock the Rock are my biggest disappointments from this game.
In S2-2013, it's the Knuckles in Sonic 2 code (Up,Up,Up, Down,Down,Down, Left,Right,Left,Riight) on the title screen while the ocean and islands are visible. Does that not work in Origins anymore?
Yeah listening to this stuff again I feel that Spoiler Ice Cap Zone as a whole and Launch Base Act 1 should probably be fine, IC effectively sounds like Jun got the prototype version of the song in mind and kept it mostly the same besides changing the lead instrument for act 1 to be more like act 2's. Weird but okay. But Carnival Night did what the PC version did, turning the lead instruments into nasty blobs of 8-bit sound that don't match the rest of the soundtrack, and it sounds so shoed in while having off-tune notes and noises all over the place. LB act 2 is all sorts of volume issues, the backing tracks somehow got botched so hard that it devours the foreground audio. It feels like there was some effort but overall it got rushed out the door without any real refinement.
Listening better to the tracks currently available, I can say ICZ & LBZ aren't all that bad. The worst offender seems to be CNZ, the proto track sounds better to my ears.
I'm going to get some rest since, I've been awake a dangerously long length of time right now, but I'll try and remember to check this one tomorrow. Feel free to... I dunno kick me if I forget and I'll check.
At least the DLC is data that needs to be downloaded instead of just an unlock key. PS5 version is 2GB more than PS4 version. Animations in 4K, HDR? Higher resolution menu assets?
