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Dresh posted:I"m not sure if you've started recording the Last story yet or not, but hearing you talk in episode 15 about the power ups you missed I'd say the only one you should really worry about Knuckles' item in Aquatic Mine. Otherwise you may find yourselves missing those halcyon days of Crazy Gadget being the most difficult level. We have not yet! Considering it, though part of me is also debating letting us suffer and try to make it work, 'cause why the gently caress not. WE DESERVE THIS PAIN. Part 13: "Space Is Nice for Hedgehogs" | vs. Dr. Eggman, Final Rush, vs. Shadow the Hedgehog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4X3z3C_lEY And of course, now that Hero Side Story is over, it's time to flip the script and jump into the Dark Side Story! Which... seems to have way more egregious gaps in its storyline, but hey, 2001 was a different time. Part 14: "I Am the D.K." | Iron Gate, vs. B-3x HOT SHOT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ygixz7uGRQ Part 15: "Death Chamber, Death Chamber, Death Chamber" | Dry Lagoon, Sand Ocean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDkrqVGjQkk
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Holy poo poo, John is finally back with us! Only took bitching about him for a couple hours, but he made it. Part 16: "Drink Rings for Good Bones" | Radical Highway, Egg Quarters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HU6GPF7oGM Part 17: "The Ticket Problem" | Lost Colony, Weapons Bed, vs. Tails, Security Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0C37R3lkQM Part 18: "With Her Prehensile Boobs" | Security Hall, White Jungle, vs. Sonic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GfpbZPa6_A Gonna get us caught up later this afternoon, and uh... today's new video is one you won't want to miss.
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Out of curiosity, because I also love the Duane and Brand0 Sonic, I Googled to see if anyone wrote the lyrics up. Turns out it has its own Genius lyrics write-up, which is as thorough and spergy as they always are. Knuckles' Rap is still really good: code:
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Agreed, the rest of the Sonic rap is kinda hit or miss (I dropped a reference to it both in 2011 and 2016 when we got to Final Zone in those respective LPs, I think they're even titled "I'm Not Listening, Motherfucker!" and "Still Not Listening, Motherfucker!"), but the Knuckles verse is straight fire. The next bit from the Sonic 2 Special Stage is pretty great too, mm mm. I think it drops a Faith No More lyric in the mix, too. And as for the weird poo poo we got ourselves into... Part 19: "I've Got Chubs for You" | Route 280, Sky Rail, vs. Egg Golem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=139P3EMXZ1o Part 20: "A Movie About Fishfucking" | Mad Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx0N484TpFw Part 21: "Talking Over Other Lasers" | vs. Rouge the Bat, Cosmic Wall, Test Level https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AthIlYqlu8Q Sidebar, this thread is almost two years old, holy poo poo.
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Holy poo poo, I was not expecting you guys to get dropped into a debug level/test environment. That's insane. Any idea what happened there?
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They grabbed the chao key while the game was trying to despawn it due to it's distance from the camera. Which is why it stayed as the 3d model at the top of the screen rather than a chao head sprite. Then when they beat the game it tried to send them to the Chao garden but they didn't actually have the key so it sent them to levelid 0.
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Another interesting point is that the test stage is not on the Dreamcast disc. It's only present in the data for Battle which was used as the basis for all future ports.
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Kurieg posted:They grabbed the chao key while the game was trying to despawn it due to it's distance from the camera. Which is why it stayed as the 3d model at the top of the screen rather than a chao head sprite. Then when they beat the game it tried to send them to the Chao garden but they didn't actually have the key so it sent them to levelid 0. I'd love to see the source code to understand how something this dumb can happen.
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Seriously, it's stunning to me that the game A) has a maximum distance from the camera where an object that is about to change can originate from, and B) the next level flag is triggered correctly only when said object changes, and breaks down completely when it doesn't. Why they don't just have a single value that changes the moment you pick up the Chao Key, regardless of its visual appearance in the display, is completely beyond me. That said, I'm super pumped we got to stumble our dumb asses into the Test Level like that, never in a thousand years did I think we'd manage to do that accidentally with... well, any game. So uh, hey, let's finish off this storyline then, yeah? Part 22: "The Third-and-a-Halfth Wall" | Test Level, vs. Tails, Final Chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbbr0ElbvDU Part 23: "The Run and Fight Thing" | vs. Sonic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmXJW5WgK3k And that's it for the Dark Side Story! Just a little further to go to clear the final chunk and put Sonic Adventure 2 to rest.
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Dzhay posted:I'd love to see the source code to understand how something this dumb can happen. I have no idea how it happens, I just know that is what is happening, it's also much more common in the HD Version since the camera is futher away in the 16:9 releases. The other reliable ways of doing it involve getting the flying camera stuck on an object and landing on the key blind. The PC Version the "fixed" the problem by having you redirected to the chao garden whenever you try to enter the test level.
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In the latest video, it was Wanted you were thinking of.
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Thunderfinger posted:In the latest video, it was Wanted you were thinking of. IT WAS. Thank you!! Okay, so we've had a little bit of time away from Sonic thanks to a bit of a side trip that we'll be getting into on Saturday, but in the meantime, let's round out this second Sonic adventure. But first... sigh... we're gonna have to go back and get the Air Necklace after all. Part 24: "Continue Screaming" | Cannon's Core, Aquatic Mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVBTCGPnjS4 Part 25: "Suedo the Hedgehog" | vs. The Biolizard, vs. The Finalhazard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFH1TVRHUto
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By sheer dumb luck, we wound up taking a little while longer than normal to get to the third episode of Sonic Mania Adventures due to John being out of the state when it landed, and the fourth episode wound up being only three weeks later instead of the usual four to five (it seems they're shooting to put the last two out earlier so the whole series is complete in time for Sonic Mania Plus). So hey, two new D-Pad + Chill episodes! Part 3: "& Knuckles" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNOYDWDZL2E Part 4: "Mighty and Ray" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc5U8pm93nI
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There're still a few of the GBA sanics to get through first, I think.
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Ah yes, now that we've seen Biolizard I can finally share this https://twitter.com/SPEEPSHighway/status/995795163388809217 Also relevant as of today; https://twitter.com/SPEEPSHighway/status/1010317985934987264
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Dresh posted:Ah yes, now that we've seen Biolizard I can finally share this oh no. oh noooooo no no. GYAHHHHHHHHH Dresh posted:Also relevant as of today;  A bit late to match up with the big birthday, but better late than never! We could hardly finish Sonic Adventure 2 and move on without addressing the big orange elephant in the room: the collapse of the Dreamcast and the retirement of SEGA from the console hardware industry. But how far back does SEGA's misfortune go, and what if the Dreamcast was one of the only things SEGA did right? Downward Spiral: A Brief History of SEGA's Console War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNquEJXs4_U Happy 27th birthday to Sonic, happy 7th birthday to our channel, and happy 2nd birthday to The Super Sonic Let's Play (and this thread)! Oh, and while we were out at E3... Team Sonic Racing E3 Demo: "Powerful, Even By My Standards" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4xRzvvZnZE
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Ninja edit: It has come to my attention that I never posted our... honestly, pretty loving awful attempt at playing Chao Adventure 2 in here. Chao Adventure 2: "Limited Stamina" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd8huOHOKtA I'm very sorry for all of us now. And with THAT out of the way, we can move onto Sonic's cross-platform romps in the 21st century! Starting with one of my favorite games as a kid (despite its... rather shallow gameplay and almost zero replay value), Sonic Advance! Part 1: "I Liked a Thing" | Neo Green Hill Zone, Secret Base Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW01OWyDfvw
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So with Sonic Advance finally underway, it hits me again (like it did in 2001) just how much it feels like a soft reboot of the original Genesis game. Six Zones, collect the Chaos Emeralds, beat Dr. Robotnik... a few QOL updates (like saving Chaos Emeralds across playthroughs), but the spirit of the original seems alive and well here. Part 2: "Little Young to Be Kicking rear end" | Casino Paradise Zone, Ice Mountain Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkZ6FfwOidQ Part 3: "None of Us Are from California" | Angel Island Zone // Neo Green Hill Zone, Secret Base Zone, Casino Paradise Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N765hFMjfSQ
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Dang, that uh.. got kinda dark there, at the end.
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Dr. Bones posted:Dang, that uh.. got kinda dark there, at the end. Seems to be a bit of a running theme lately, I think the heat wave is crushing everybody more than a little bit... Speaking of which, jesus it is still hot as poo poo and I literally have three fans and an A/C keeping me from melting into a pile of probably not very good-smelling slop. In other news, THE GBA WAS FUN, RIGHT GUYS? Part 4: "If It's Not Gonna Matter" | Ice Mountain Zone, Angel Island Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHGWPKtl63w Part 5: "Almost Probably" | Neo Green Hill Zone, Secret Base Zone, Casino Paradise Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6hXZyTz2vk
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I gotta say, thank christ this game doesn't require you to get the Chaos Emeralds all in one go like you did in Sonic 1 and 2, because even just finding some of these Springs is a total nightmare... Part 6: "Bleeding from the Front" | Casino Paradise Zone, Ice Mountain Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhfOsmR4GvY Part 7: "Is It Nice or Is It gently caress You?" | Ice Mountain Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86p1PTaOEd0
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ricdesi posted:I gotta say, thank christ this game doesn't require you to get the Chaos Emeralds all in one go like you did in Sonic 1 and 2, because even just finding some of these Springs is a total nightmare... A voice echoes in the distance. Sonic advance three Chao keys.....
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Kurieg posted:A voice echoes in the distance. But why, papa??? Part 8: "Macaroni and Cheese Hill Zone" | Angel Island Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji50SifMTOI Part 9: "I Don't Give a poo poo About Shiloh" | Egg Rocket Zone, Cosmic Angel Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpZ2N8_hYKY
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ricdesi posted:But why, papa??? Because even though I love literally everything else about that game, including the special stages themselves. Actually unlocking them is a chore beyond measure.
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Alrighty, so we've got all seven Chaos Emeralds, and those are retained across playthroughs, so that's one requirement for the final Zone down. The other... is to beat the game with all four characters. So let's scratch two off the list. Part 10: "Please Do Cocaine" | Cosmic Angel Zone, X-Zone / Angel Island Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Eo4Hnrwttw Part 11: "Up There in the Ocean" | Angel Island Zone, Egg Rocket Zone, Cosmic Angel Zone, X-Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87BN7CVJtaw
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Man, this game seems much better now that I can actually see it.
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Advance 1 is some pretty looking technical jank on the level of Sonic Blast. Like everything that Blast did wrong, this replicates, down to the broken springs. And it's maybe the best of the Advance series. Kind of a primer on what Dimps will go on to make. God speed.
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Oh, it's gonna get real weird in no time flat. I keep forgetting that they were responsible for Sonic 4. God save us. There's something kind of endearing and neat in Amy's play style, if the levels were designed a bit closer to the Genesis ones in terms of multiple paths that are easier/harder based on selected character, there could have been a lot of room to explore making the characters "pop" a bit more. A fun trip but a little more shallow than I would have liked. Part 12: "More Disappointing Than Sonic '06" | Neo Green Hill Zone, Secret Base Zone, Casino Paradise Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0RpBrb4T48 Part 13: "Mario & Sonic at the Acrobatic Games" | Ice Mountain Zone, Angel Island Zone, Egg Rocket Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbJtu_UAOi0 Part 14: "Cuckolds the Echidna" | Egg Rocket Zone, Cosmic Angel Zone, X-Zone // Angel Island Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRppYFGw62g
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You mentioned in one of the videos that the special stages in Advance 3 were bad. They're not really, they're more or less the advance 1 special stages from a different perspective. It's getting to the special stages that's the problem. Also I believe you were looking for This Kurieg fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Jul 19, 2018 |
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Kurieg posted:Also I believe you were looking for This That's the one! And it does appear to be made be the same studio that brought us Eddie Lebron's renditions of Mega Man and Sonic. And in the final, brief "gently caress you", you have to beat X-Zone as Sonic once before you can beat X-Zone again to get to Moon Zone. Come on, game. Part 15: "Flipadoodle the Clown" | Egg Rocket Zone, Cosmic Angel Zone, X-Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWh6Cm7Y8fQ Part 16" "Corpse Re-Entry Burn" | X-Zone, Moon Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekrkKLc1JS0
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As is becoming tradition on the channel, a whole bunch of games are changing over at the same time, and the Super Sonic Let's Play is no exception! So first off, we get to see the stunning conclusion of Sonic Mania Adventures... Part 5: "Metal Mayhem" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7BAkdq6NmY ...and then we get to jump back into familiar territory with some new add-ons with Sonic Adventure 2 Battle! Wait, what? Sonic Adventure 2 Battle: "I Don't Remember the Gravity Zone" | Battle Mode, Chao Karate, Green Hill Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV9cdEMMxfo And after that little tease, we finally begin our journey through space and time once again with Sonic Mania Plus: Part 1: "Hangtime, Little Babies" | Angel Island Zone, Green Hill Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppJHFaQjGnQ
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A bit late, but isn't the missile metal Kunkles spits out in Sonic Adventure the same ones you have to hit in Studiopolis zone?
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They're just big fat versions of the missiles Robotnik uses in Doomsday Zone in sonic 3, which is probably what Mania is referencing as well.
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Dr. Bones posted:A bit late, but isn't the missile metal Kunkles spits out in Sonic Adventure the same ones you have to hit in Studiopolis zone? Kurieg posted:They're just big fat versions of the missiles Robotnik uses in Doomsday Zone in sonic 3, which is probably what Mania is referencing as well. Huh. Didn't even think about that, but they definitely could be referencing the same thing. That's pretty neat! Speaking of which, let's get through Studiopolis and keep the hunt for Giant Rings going! Part 2: "APALAUASA" | Chemical Plant Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1LuNz3I63c Part 3: "A Few Too Many of These Funnel Things" | Studiopolis Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJV9wOz9ArU
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Hey, good news! We found the Giant Ring that apparently everybody uses while trying to deal with the horrifically abusive Special Stages in Encore Mode! Part 4: "Shoulda Gone That Rings" | Flying Battery Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cSX4cjcue4 Part 5: "So Grateful to Not Be Nothing" | Press Garden Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWQdH_Lh-Z4
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So we didn't manage to get a full week out, but we knocked out another quarter of the game in one go, and at long last we're starting to make some progress on these bastard Chaos Emeralds. Part 6: "Expy Bros." | Stardust Speedway Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FfjVG6ZnhM Part 7: "Leprosy the Armadillo" | HydroCity Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX8yCDpE3ds Part 8: "Sonic, Who Is Basic" | Mirage Saloon Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5huwVkTZKlw
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Okay, real talk, guys. Is it just me, or is Oil Ocean Zone the absolute worst level out of the Genesis set of Sonic games? Every time I see it in Sonic 2, my heart falls out my rear end in a top hat and I have to clean the thing off before I can put it back in. Part 9: "Getting Screwed by Sonic" | Oil Ocean Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ4wBI90Ee4 Part 10: "Peanut Butter Jelly and Milk" | Lava Reef Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aHe1VngRwc
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ricdesi posted:Okay, real talk, guys. Is it just me, or is Oil Ocean Zone the absolute worst level out of the Genesis set of Sonic games? Those rear end in a top hat seahorses are a pain, yes. I can't confidently say it's the absolute worst level, though; it's a contender, but so are Sandopolis Zone Act 2, Labyrinth Zone Act 2, Sky Chase Zone (mainly because it's booooring), most of the Sonic CD levels (no flow at all)...
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