Oh, it’s definitely great fun, it’s just a bit frustrating that there are all these different ways to do runs now. Do you go no asterisks, turn on power boost and spindash, just do power boost, homing dash or not, etc. etc.? I just want to go into a stage and get the best time with what the game gives me, without needing to tweak things for specific stages. Like there’s a trick in the stage based on Sky Rail that is so much harder with air deceleration turned down, but other stages work better with it.
Lol the asterisks of shame. There are 4, Spin Dash, Homing Dash, and Power Boost I know, what’s the 4th one I seem to get regardless of what I do?
Jump deceleration settings. The amount of asterisks are hilarious, honestly. Just call me a cheater at that point lol
Anyone played this on Steam Deck yet? How does it run? Debating if I should get it for Deck while it's $30 rn.
It was horrendous at launch but the latest updates makes it playable. You can get a stable 45fps if you reduce settings and increase the power profile. I did all of the new content entirely on my deck and had a good time.
Melodically, Forces's music is not so good. Too many notes, not enough space. That lead synth is pretty harsh on the ears too. Lost World's music wasn't "bad," but it struck me as rather generic and uninteresting for Sonic. Maybe too happy-go-lucky.
Agreed, my favorite tracks are the first few Movements of any given Island theme as the more ambient spacious approach sounds really good. Kronos Island Mvmt 1 is gorgeous, hearing that type of music in a Sonic Game made my jaw drop my first playthrough because of how ambient and somber it is. It's probably the first time since Unleashed or Colors where I was really "wow'd" by a track from a Sonic game (Mania is still good but inherently derivative) The Cyberspace tracks are just more of the Avatar stage themes from Forces which I really did not like so those did very little for me here too but those moments where the game lets the soundtrack breathe and do something new (new for Sonic) I really appreciate.
I like Forces music, especially the 1st Infinite boss battle music. It gets a lot of love but I wasn't a big fan of Sonic Adv 2 music score myself but it was far from terrible.
I think the meleody in Sonic Forces music is good, even Faded Hill (the problem itself on this was the awful instrumentation execution). Sonic Adventure 2 instrumental-wise is good, but for me, definely not good as Sonic Adventure 1 or Sonic Heroes for example.
the issue I have with SA2 is that most individual songs are very good, but all of them put together while playing tends to be extremely samey as opposed to the larger variety of vibes and styles SA1 has. I'm extremely fond of the Frontiers OST. I didn't pick up Forces or Lost World on disc, but I imported the Frontiers OST immediately when it was available...the electronic is right up my alley as someone who listens to drum & bass and JP electronic (think Beatmania), while the island themes satisfy the wind ensemble part of me that likes a variety of percussion and instruments.
I finally unlocked the spindash a couple of days ago and it’s a lot of fun travelling the islands. It has also made S-Ranking those tough cyberspace challenges easier. It’s quite fun being able to fly over sections and learning to aim! Overall as a new dynamic I am happy with it! Now to collect all memory tokens, speak to all characters scattered along the map, and grab all the koko! Then maybe I’ll start a New Game+!
I finished everything 100% on hard, did the combat and level challenges S rank and I used my save file to start doing an extreme mode run. I know you can't upgrade rings, speed, attack or defense but if I were to use this extreme file in the future would it be locked out of all upgrades I got in my hard playthrough? I kept the old save backed up just in case. Doesn't Extreme render even more of the collecting worthless? Nothing is worth collecting except keys, gears and emeralds now. Is there anything special for achieving 100% in extreme? I hope not, I do not want to go icon hunting again, I'd like to just zoom to the last boss.
There is no reward for completing extreme difficulty period, 100% or not. All you'll get is self satisfaction and bragging rights.
Need a T-Shirt cosmetic with "I survived extreme difficulty and all I got was this stupid shirt" on it. Same vibe
I understand why people want to ditch the sliders in future, but I think there needs to be a lot of analytics and surveyance on SEGA's part first to determine what the right control scheme actually is in that scenario, because I can't go from Frontiers' turning back to what we had before now, it's too damn good.
Been trying to do the Kronos Island skip, I can reach the boss arena pretty reliably but he doesn't show up.
