The Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Megathread

They use the same engine and are done by the same developer. That's why.

 

WHAT THE FUCK?! (Goes into cabinet....shoots self in head). What the Fuck else does that work for?!??!?! This is making me CRY! After nearly 20 years and I JUST NOW hear about this?! How the hell was anyone supposed to figure this out when ducking has never done SHIT for anything else?

I seriously cannot ponder the fact that I haven't known about this. This level of frustration beats anything the barrel of doom could EVER dish out.


I seriously doubt ducking would protect you from anything in Sonic 4. Hell, if I didn't know this, the developers probably never had a clue as well....especially considering their interpretation of rolling down a hill. This is the first time I remotely even considered killing myself over a Sonic game. SA2 got me close, but I just feel so neglected....like I was just told I had a twin that died at birth tragic.

 

This isn't the first time this has been posted in this thread. In fact, it's not even the second. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't the third.

And I'm sure it's the same people that react to it every single time.

EDIT: Okay, it's the first time it's been posted in this thread, but it's in the "Other" knowledge thread repeatedly.

 

I guess that's a glitch in Chemical Plant Zone then?? First time I've heard it and just tried it and it really does work. Sonic 2, the game that just keeps giving, even if it is random tid bits.

 

Not a glitch, since it doesn't work for Tails, who keeps his eyes open when ducking.

 

Nice logic.

It's a glitch.

 

It's a glitch? How can you be so sure? Why does it only affect Sonic? Why only this boss?

I'm serious, if you have reasoning behind that, or if someone more asm-friendly wants to check it out, go ahead and show me wrong.

 

It doesn't work for Knuckles either.

Ducking serves more purpose than you might think. It's also useful in Oil Ocean to avoid those spike-snake things that pop out of the oil during the boss.

 

I can't tell if you're supporting my argument or not, since he keeps his eyes open as well.

I didn't ask why ducking was purposeless, I asked why ducking only negates direct hits with this particular projectile, in this particular boss, with this particular character.

 

Oh.My.God.

What the hell?! I wish I knew that, that stupid boss was always so hard for me.

I doubt it's a glitch, it works too perfectly for Sonic.

Sonic's eyes are also open, I've observed his sprites up close. It's because hedgehogs curl up for protection, I think. Obviously Tails getting down on all fours like he's begging wouldn't work at all.

 

Okay:

1. SHIFT+F12 is a much better, and cleaner, way of taking a screenshot in Fusion.

2. Is this REALLY new to people?

3. Oh, hi, this is the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 4 thread.

 

Thank you, I didn't know that.

I've never seen it in the wiki (It's probably there but I never looked) and it's kind of obscure. Also, I just got here. :specialed:

Well it did relate to Sonic 4 at first, sorry.

I think having a secret like that in Sonic 4 would be awesome, but I doubt they'll put that in... If hardly anyone on this thread knew it existed, I doubt SEGA will, but I plan on looking for it anyway. (As well as the bouncing, and I did realize when I let go of the controls when playing that emulator, Sonic doesn't slow, I think that's so cool, I hope they do fix that...)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbGU95iCQak

My unabashed feelings towards Sonic 4.

Psy recorded it while I was playing the boss of Lost Labyrinth. Seriously, I went from 18 lives to 4 on that fucker.

 

Either this game is much harder than it looks, or you must really suck at it. Either way, I enjoyed watching that.

 

That actually looks like a pretty cool Boss fight, all things considered.

 

the solid liquid substance breaks behind Sonic's sprite, not over it as though his spikes broke it.

lol
that boss is totally not a rehash. but it looks like something a little patience can't deal with.

 

It's just that navigating around under water for a full minute or so just to get to a boss that's got some bullshit difficulty that takes FOURTEEN OF MY LIVES TO BEAT is just a tad bit irritating.

 

They gimped the boss fights too, I've noticed you can only hit the boss "when they want you to"

Even more forced gameplay crap. Why do they keep doing this? There's no freedom in sonic games anymore.

 

I'm pretty sure that that only applies to LLZ's boss in this game, and that's only to stop you from beating him in 5 seconds. You can jump spam attack the ones in SHZ and CSZ like never before.

 

You can't hit the SHZ boss until he's ready to attack you.