Favorite Sonic the Hedgehog game on Genesis?

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I never understood Sonic 2's popularity. A lot of people really seem to single it out as something special, but even when I played in circa 1992, I found the level design to be even more unvaried than Sonic 1.

Sonic 1, even though it had six levels, a lack of a spindash and half of the memory, seemed to mix it up more with it's level design.

Sonic 2 just felt like it swapped the wallpaper on each level.

I just read an interview with Yuji Naka on 1up.com and he claims Sonic 2 was heavily focus tested for maximum mediocrity, so this explains a lot.

Sonic 3 & Knuckles is cool, but overkill.


Sonic 1 is the best game. Even though it, too, was designed by committee, right down to the colour of sonic's shoe, it was simply the most fun of them all. No shitty friends, no excess. Just pure fun,
 
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3 and knuckles is probably my favorite. that ends up being one long ass game and its a decent challenge trying to get all the chaos emeralds in one play through.

surprised no ones tried to mention sonic cd. its like everything that makes sonic 1 good and more.
 
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Honestly, I tend to enjoy about all of them about the same, though I do think I've played Sonic 2 more than the others and it definitely has the most nostalgic value for me.

A lot of people seem to dislike Sonic 3, but I liked the direction it took with the more varied, maze-like stages, lots of mid bosses, and the soundtrack was killer.

I don't think I could ever get tired Genesis Sonic titles.
 
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To this day I have still never beaten 1. Always, ALWAYS die on the water zone.

Great game, though.
 
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not sonic said:
3 and knuckles is probably my favorite. that ends up being one long ass game and its a decent challenge trying to get all the chaos emeralds in one play through.

surprised no ones tried to mention sonic cd. its like everything that makes sonic 1 good and more.
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Fuck off about Sonic CD being good it is utter shit. its the worst out of the 4 and saying its better then one is just silly.

Also, Sonic 1 on Mastersystem is one amazing game, really worth getting the machine just for that one game.
 
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Counting the add-ons:
1. Sonic CD
2. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
3. Sonic the Hedgehog
4. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
5. Sonic and Knuckles
6. Knuckles' Chaotix
7. Sonic Spinball
8. Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
9. Sonic 3D Blast (much, much better on Saturn with 3D controller)

Sonic is probably my third favorite series of all time, right behind The Legend of Zelda and Virtua Fighter.

Sonic 4, Sonic Colors Wii, and Sonic Colors DS are all looking pretty fucking awesome so far.
 
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Sonic 3 w/Knuckles for the complete experience as I like how the story picks up from the Death Egg crashing into the volcano from Launch Base Zone.
 
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Sonic CD is ever so slightly shitty.

Maybe it was too avant garde for me, but I always felt it was a gimmicky game that falls apart after the third level.

It feels like one of those Sonic 1 rom hacks you can get on the net with a nice CD soundtrack(JPN) and some cool cinemas.
 
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Clarence Boddicker said:
Sonic CD is ever so slightly shitty.

Maybe it was too avant garde for me, but I always felt it was a gimmicky game that falls apart after the third level.

It feels like one of those Sonic 1 rom hacks you can get on the net with a nice CD soundtrack(JPN) and some cool cinemas.
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I can't tell whether you like or hate Sonic games when reading your posts in this thread.
 
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Clessy said:
Totally the best when you have those 2 carts linked into each other. However most Sonic Fags will pretend that 2 is somehow better than the vastly longer Sonic 3 + Knuckles.
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Ironically that may be partly the reason. I start to get bored with Sonic 3 + Knuckles after the Casino-like stage, but you get into the thick of Sonic 2 quick because the first stages are so easy to breeze through. I'm sure nostalgia and familiarity play big roles too. Sonic 2 was packaged with my genesis and was pretty much the only game I played for a long while. Did they ever package sonic 3 with the genesis?
 
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2 had a great challenge, wasn't overly long, and Tails was fine in this game as your lackey. 1 hasn't aged well IMO, and 3 just goes on forever.
 
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First Sonic is hands down my favorite. I used to be able to one life this game with all the emeralds no problem.

I really like Sonic 2, but it's too glitchy. Nothing like flying through a level at break neck speeds and then just fly through a solid wall or the floor for no apparent raisin. Also it seems some things will "squish death" you even when your just beside them sometimes. Still fun though.

Sonic 3 / Knuckles...... just didn't do it for me. Loved me some CD back in the day.


Fuck I miss the days of good Sonic games.

Edit: another thing I disliked about 2 was having to turn tails off. I hated how he would hit a boss and sonic would end up passing through it or getting hit. I HAVE to turn tails off to play it. He's a fuck.
 
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i dont really like aquatic ruin or oil ocean, and hill top is mediocre.

even though casino night and metropolis are awesome whenever i think of 2 i think of the stages i dont like.


everywhere people typically say they like sonic cd the best. this is one of the first threads with posts actively against it. who knows. 1, 2, 3, k, and cd are all good.
 
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I'm the oddball here, I guess. My favorites are Sonic And Knuckles + Sonic 3 and Knuckles Chaotix. Knuckles had some bad character design, but some fantastic level design.
 
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Actually, I take back what I said. I loved playing Sonic Spinball, and still do at times.
 
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I enjoy 2 & 3. I won't try and say either are amazing or hold up nowadays but at the time of release they were at least impressive. I also enjoy the NGPC one also.

Plus one time a friend and I ate a bunch of acid and played the casino zone in 2 for like 4 hours straight.

The STs are pretty swank as well.
 
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