Screen Critics Shaun picks out the top 10 best Sonic the Hedgehog games. From 2D to 3D - which was your favorite entry from the series?
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This week marks the seventh anniversary of Sonic Mania and although there are no announcements to go with it, the game's developer Christian Whitehead has taken to social media - sharing some trivia you might not have known about.
of course not, are u crazy? devs giving us what we want and like ? pfff
like, its easy money right? but. you know.
My theory is that Sonic Team were kind of annoyed how well received Mania was despite all their efforts in the past of doing a good Sonic game…it took a fan team to do it. Even the soundtrack is glorious.
So instead of doing Mania 2 they thought “nah we can do it better, let’s do Superstars…but let’s add something unnecessary like try to make it a a co-op game like the 2D Mario games since we can’t help ourselves”.
yeh, segas Obsession making sonic 3d is abit odd.
i didnt like superstars nearly ad mhch tbh
The dev team wanted to make their own original game, and they created Penny's Big Breakaway, which seems to have garnered a fair amount of praise. I have yet to play it though.
Sonic the Hedgehog has a long and turbulent history in videogames, but which are the best games featuring the blue bur?
Generations over Mania? Please… Generations doesnt have any new ideas in the levels/bosses.
Also a top 7 of Sonic games shouldn’t have any 3D crap and contain at least one of the 8-bit titles.
Sonic CD getting snubbed is weird. Number 1 is definitely interchangable between Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
Nothing wrong with putting Generations over Mania. Generations had a lot more to it. Mania was just a bit too short, despite how amazing it was. They're both top-tier Sonic games though.
I don't think mania was to short given 1,2,3, knuckles were between 1 and 3 hours long.
Mania was 5 hours roughly
However i say the originals feel more repayable because they are so short
The 8 bit games were pretty bad overall do you mean the 16 bit ones
Nope. Sonic 1 & 2 on the master system were great. Dont confuse these with the game gear versions either.
Top 7 for me
7 cd
6 mania
5 Frontiers
4 sonic 3
3 sonic 1
2 sonic and knuckles
1 sonic 2
Sometimes I feel like the Sonic Advanced games just didn’t exist with how much it’s always forgotten 😭
Even as a Sonic fan, I didn't really care for those games, and getting the Chaos Emeralds were freakin' horrible. Even with an emulator and save states, I didn't have the desire to try. I also didn't like most of the levels or bosses either. Unfortunately, DiMPs aren't good at making Sonic games.
Mine changes quite often,
In no order, mine include, Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Shuffle, Sonic Generations, Sonic Colours, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic Lost World, Sonic Forces.
Mine is;
10. Sonic Adventure
9. Sonic Rush
8. Sonic Colors
7. Sonic Advance
6. Sonic The Hedgehog (MD/Gen)
5. Sonic Advance 2
4. Sonic Generations
3. Sonic 2
2. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
1. Sonic Mania
I agree with most of the list, but I would remove Sonic CD from it. When I finally played it, I couldn't believe how bad it was. Level design was awful and the time traveling mechanic was so bad that I purposely slowed down when a time travel post appeared, and I cursed when i unintentionally activated one and had to endure the loading animation.
Sonic Unleashed is criminally underrated. Sure, it's not 100% perfect but once you get past the learning curve, there's a hidden gem beneath the surface. For years I avoided it because of the negative reviews. Recently I decided to give it a shot and almost rage quit immediately. Despite my frustrations, I powered through and I'm so glad I did. The game reminds me so much of Mario Odyssey. It's amazing how well this 9 year old game still holds up today!