[corneliab]

Uh, Sonic 2 definitely. The stages aren't really much of a problem, but the special stages just... argh. I hate them.

[Solid SOAP]

Uh, Sonic 2 definitely. The stages aren't really much of a problem, but the special stages just... argh. I hate them.

This. I can do 'em all until the final one now though, but I have NEVER in my life got all 7 emeralds in that game.

[HighCaliburFun]

I played all the originals SO much, that I not only beat them, I pretty much memorized every act of every stage of every game. lol I beat Sonic 1, 2, 3, S&K, Sonic 3D Blast and Sonic Spinball. I got to the point where I pretty much ran through them in a breeze. I think the most frustrating moment for me was the Act 2 of the Chemical Plant Zone in Sonic 2. Thre was the one part where the chemical level started to raise and you had to hurry and rush to the top before you ran out of air. I use to suck really bad at getting past that. I eventually got to the point where I figured out how to completely by pass the whole part. lol I'm pretty much hard-wired for those games now.

This post has been edited by HighCaliburFun: 21 February 2010 - 12:54 AM

[8-Bit Dragon]

Sonic CD I guess. I lose my patience with some of the level designs plus I wasn't really much of a fan of it.

I can whiz through Sonic 2 as its the game which I played most of.

Level layout in Sonic CD was also my problem. There is just too much clutter which stops you from going to the past/future, and few straightaways. I always had to find some springs that bounce you back and forth because there was really no way to keep your speed up without running into some wall/block/badnik. Then to make matters worse, shit changes around when you do go past/future and then you're all "Well fuck, how do I get out of here now?".

[Zephyr]

Uh, Sonic 2 definitely. The stages aren't really much of a problem, but the special stages just... argh. I hate them.

This. I can do 'em all until the final one now though, but I have NEVER in my life got all 7 emeralds in that game.

To this day I have only ever been able to get the first 4.

[Turbo-Tails]

By: HighCaliburFun

I think the most frustrating moment for me was the Act 2 of the Chemical Plant Zone in Sonic 2. Thre was the one part where the chemical level started to raise and you had to hurry and rush to the top before you ran out of air. I use to suck really bad at getting past that. I eventually got to the point where I figured out how to completely by pass the whole part

Lemme guess, you figured out you could spindash at a downslope at the bottom of the underwater double helix, then let go and jump right at the top of the slope. That always works for me, though I don't have to. It would spring you so high if you did it, pushing you through the water and onto the floor.

[nineko]

Simple... If I don't like a game, I don't play it very much, and therefore I don't become skilled at it. So I'm not good at Sonic CD... I played it only as much as I needed to get the good ending (I had a goal to get the good ending in all the main Sonic games), but that's pretty much it.
For the same reason I'm better at Sonic 3 than I am at Sonic & Knuckles.
I still consider my overall playing skill to be over the average, though. I know some people who don't even know "how do u get yellow sonci?"

[Skyler]

Sonic CD. That game is why God created savestates.

[Chaos Knux]

Sonic CD I guess. I lose my patience with some of the level designs plus I wasn't really much of a fan of it.

This

For the classic 7 games, my skill ranks are K>2>3K>2K>3>1>CD.
I've put more time into S&K alone than all the other 6 options combined. But I played 2 as my first 16-bit game. The lack of a spindash still screws me up in the Original to this day, and I never owned a Sega CD/Mega CD, So I have near 0 practice in SCD.

[McGuirk]

Spinball, I utterly suck at Spinball. I've only beat The Machine once in my life, died at The Showdown (I believe it's called).

Runner up is 3D Blast. Never beaten it, and I suck at it as well.

[Aquaslash]

I can beat all of the games easily. However, Sonic CD's last three special stages are a pint in the arse. I have to use an analog controller for those, or I will fail miserably.

[BigJosh]

To be honest, the only games I would say I suck at are Tail's adventure and Eggmans mean bean machine. Im not sure when they were released, but all sonic games from 1991 to sonic 3 and knuckles I have no issue with, even the game gear ones.

[LordOfSquad]

If we're just talking the legacy titles (1, 2, 3K, CD), the only problem I have is beating Sonic 2 with Knuckles. What a pain in the ass.

[Phos]

Uh, Sonic 2 definitely. The stages aren't really much of a problem, but the special stages just... argh. I hate them.

This. I can do 'em all until the final one now though, but I have NEVER in my life got all 7 emeralds in that game.

The funny thing for me is the last one is actually pretty easy for me. It's the brown one that gives me the most trouble.

Out of the classics, Sonic 1 is probably the hardest for me because of Labyrinth Zone thanks to those spears that don't recede all the way into the walls.

This post has been edited by Phos: 21 February 2010 - 02:49 AM

[Iceguy]

You guys just suck at Sonic 2.

...though I'm bad at Sonic 2 as well. The difference is, the 8-bit one.