Amateur moments playing Sonic games

This isn't me, but it always bothers me when newcomers play Sonic and painstakingly try to collect all the rings.

When I was a wee lad playing Sonic 3, I could never beat the fourth special stage (blue Chaos Emerald).

 

When recording a Launch Base playthrough not long ago to test Wii/GC game recording on an HDPVR 2, I had a few amateur moments...one being jumping RIGHT into the first Orbinaut and forgetting to Insta-shield it.

 

The 3 spheres with the lines of bumpers in-between them always used to give me trouble. I actually had a really really hard time with the special stages, mainly because I didn't have a manual or box to go with my copies of the games so I didn't realize for a while that you could surround the spheres to make them turn into rings. Made it a hell of a lot easier, and my first success with the green emerald was also one which I got a perfect on.

 

Sonic 3D Blast was my first Sonic game. I got it for PC when I was about 5. I didn't know you needed to collect the Flickies. I would run around the first section of GGZ Act 1 for an hour trying to figure out where to go next.

 

I guess my biggest amateur moment would be those sliding block platforms near the end of Chemical Plant Act 2. I was six years old and barely had a grip on the controls, so yeah, I drowned a lot in that flooded section. =P And without a save feature, I was stuck repeating it dozens of times. I'm super fast at getting through it now though!

Still do the exact same thing man, every time! XD

 

The only time I ever had problems with a Sonic game was Marble Zone act 3 when I was a kid, I'd always get lost.

My first Sonic game was Sonic 2 when I was 7 years old way back when it was released. I then moved onto S3 + K and Sonic Spinball.

Although Sonic 1 was the first Sonic game I ever played it was the Arcade version and I never got through Green Hill. So when I finally got a copy of Sonic 1 I found it to be far more difficult than the sequels which I'd become accustomed to.

These days I can breeze through every game without barely looking, something which onlookers seemed amazed by, but it's merely the result of years of practice.

 

I think my amateur moment (other than random Chemical Plant mess ups as a 5 year old) was in Sonic Generations. I had beaten the game, and was randomly doing missions for the sake of it. I had also been playing Sonic 4 Episode 2 recently. I played the Tails: Toxic Skies mission in Chemical Plant, and kept messing up because I keep forgetting you have to be on the ground to call Tails. I kept jumping into the air then pressing the button. I think I died once as well -.-

 

It's challenging, but not impossible. You have to make some pretty precise jumps to do it (Getting past some of the spears without getting hit means you have to take a very specific jumping arc to get by it, unless you want to wait and slow down).

It's such a rush being able to pull it off! But it's probably the hardest thing you can do in Sonic 1.

As for amateur moments in Sonic games, I think BSC's run of S3&K pretty much defines what this topic is asking for :v:

 

For the longest time, I had no clue that the bubbles in water stages give you air. Every time I touched the water I ran to the exit in fear of drowning. It wasn't until watching a commentary online sometime last year that I realized the bubbles' purpose. Since I'm so relieved, I can tolerate water levels so much more than others.

 

This isn't really a derp moment as much as a major gameplay element I was totally ignorant about for years.

For the longest time, I had no idea that air bubbles actually did something. My entire life, I tried desperately to avoid the water, and when I did fall into it, I was in a race against time to get out before the countdown begins. A little less than a year ago, I found out that they save you some time. Let me just say, I find water levels a lot more tolerable now. I can even say that I just ADORE Aquatic Ruin Zone, and even don't mind the underwater sections so much.

I think I should be handed the crown for being the most oblivious Sonic player of all time.

 

Here's something that isn't too important to Unleashed (HD Version, but it does work). I found this out while I was derping around. If you get a decent amount of speed (doesn't work at a standstill), pressing the slide/crouch button and pressing the Control Stick left or right will cause you to drift. I think that's how it works in the SD version (but IDK, havent played).