Sonic Colors: Ultimate Is a DESPICABLE ''Remaster''
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- With past disasters like Sonic '06, Sonic Genesis and Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric attributed to their name, one would assume Sega's top priority going forward is ensuring that all releases for their iconic mascot receive the proper care and attention they deserve. Unfortunately, Sonic Colors: Ultimate can be added to the list above for horribly mismanaged games, and in this video I explain why. #SEGA #SonicTheHedgehog #30thAnniversary
0:00 - Intro
1:45 - Visuals
12:28 - Audio
16:39 - Gameplay
23:46 - Conclusion
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If Sega can’t even rerelease an 11 year old wii game properly then I am terrified for the sonic game next year
Especially when they have already openly said that they think they revealed it too early. After forces, I don't think I am alone in saying that the new game is the last chance I am willing to give the series.
@@joshwaterfield2483 I'm already done with it after this remaster. They focus too much on rushing everything.
Looks like im not getting sonic origins after this shitshow
Here's the rule of thumb I'm using for this pathetic joke of a franchise going forward, and I suggest y'all start adopting it yourselves: If the fans haven't had some form of direct involvement, it's going to be garbage. Full stop, no debate, end of discussion. Apparently the last dregs of talent left the dev team after Generations, because other than Mania (again, a _fan-developed_ game), we haven't had a single decent Sonic game since then.
@@RobbertRobbert12345 pun intended?
There are Nintendo and Criware development tools that have never been available to the public before packed inside the game files. Modders will be quite thankful for this release
Wait seriously?
NO WAY WHAT
So between the epilepsy visuals with no warning, the use of Nintendo owned lighting code in the files, and releasing someone else's product to the public, this game could face some legal trouble.
Also, the original Tails model used in pre-rendered cutscenes is in the files too. (I can't wait until someone uploads that to Models Resource.)
@@Scroteydada ooh this could well go the way of 06
20:46 METAL SONIC PASSES YOU THE BOOF.
Do you accept?
X - Yes O - No
I want more memes of this
My first thought as well lmao
O
Y E S
hell yeah
You know, for the longest time I always thought SEGA's problem with Sonic was some crazy incompetence. But having learned on the production of a few Sonic game, I see now that it's GREED.
They know Sonic games will sell well on franchise name alone, so what do they do? Produce the games as quick and cheap as possible to maximize profits, who cares about quality? As long as it has SONIC written on the cover it shall sell. In the end It's all about the money. Don't you just love corporations?
Greed is our enemy once it starts you will always want more
-Tikal 1999?
@@InternetFanatic 1998
The dreamcast was released in 1999, so OKs right.
Also it's probably just a round up
@@hsartrei 1998 in Japan. But the English dub was 1999. Then again, Sonic's _canonical_ main language is English, so who TF can say?
> SEGA "Taking more time to assure quality"
> Sonic games coming slower than ever, still on release being as/more broken than during the 2000s where games came almost yearly
The worst of both worlds, long waits for bad products. I hate this company lol
@@Soniman001 we all have SEGA stockholm.
It turns out that they were actually only talking about their non-Sonic IPs, which have been pretty consistently top tier for the last decade, especially after acquiring Atlus.
I really hope this is just an early fluke and this era of Sonic is not going to be the worst one yet. Unless they actually want to prove the people saying "There is no way people will want to return to the modern era, most of the games are creatively bankrupt" wrong.
@@lpfan4491 I mean, Mania and Forces weren't buggy messes at all, neither was Team Sonic Racing. Hopefully the next Sonic game won't be like Colors Ultimate.
The fact that people are adamantly trying to downplay this just because they never encountered some of these glitches or because patches will eventually be coming in speaks volumes of how desperate some are to try and paint this in a better light. Neither of those are good excuses when this remaster was made available to the public in the state that it was in, and it fails to surpass the original, a 480p 30fps Wii game in 2010.
Ye, it was kind of odd to hear people saying “Oh these bugs are faked!!” I don’t know anyone who has enough time or patience to fake bugs, and even then, if so many people can replicate a bug, then how is it being faked?
I think you underestimate the amount of people who hunt for these things to dig on Sonic. There is a pretty sizable hate club for him these days. Colors is a well loved Sonic game and there are some very bored people who want nothing more than to say 'This makes Sonic 06 look good!' Just review this comment section lol.
they truly f...ed it over. Man did they f...ck over planet wisps it's music. One of the best tracks on the wii now sounds like shit.
Oh boo hoo, you encountered bugs in a game.
Cry some more about it.
The bugs in this game weren't even that bad.
Shut the fuck up, and let people enjoy the game.
@@MyNamesNoah Would you say this for any other game?
It's a shame, because a Colors remaster could have improved the original work.
Why didn't Sega just delay the remaster's release? Didn't they learn from their past mistakes?
This is Sega we are talking about. They almost never learn from their mistakes. Especially with Sonic.
They cheaped out should have used unreal 4 and a competent studio thus is the same team that ruined the bioshock remaster and even me 1 launched with bugs they introduced and it has some questionable lighting changes
Sniff sniff it smells like 2006 in here
Gross
They never do
@@23yyyy Sega may not have learned from their mistakes, but it seems that neither have those who keep falling for the same scam over and over and over again. The rule of thumb I'm using for the Sonic series as a whole going forward is this: if the fans haven't had some form of direct involvement, it's going to be garbage. Full stop, no debate, end of discussion. Kinda sad when a franchise's own developers have become so woefully inept that the fans have to step in to make anything decent, isn't it?
I think what’s the worst part is that ultimate only has one save slot, while the original had SEVERAL.
Now I have to use alt accounts
The worst part about this remaster is that some great extras were cut. According to promotional matiral and other things, there was going to be a ghost race mode where you competed against the ghost of other players to beat their times and go up the leader boards, you could unlock metal sonic according to some text left in the code, there was going to be online multi-player, etc... It's so sad to see many cool and better extras than the ones we got not making the cut.
Considering the state of the game as it is, those extras likely would have turned out half-baked and dysfunctional
Wow
This game could've been kinda neat if they did that
And I'm someone that dislikes regular colors
Smh
@@heavygunner4039 my guess is that the game got rushed, like 90% of the sonic games, even sonic mania got rushed
@@RaphielShiraha64 At least mania ran good and was enjoyable for me...
@@smolderingawesome never said the game was bad just that it was rushed
Thanks for acknowledging that the issues are not just exclusive to the Switch version. People are a little too switch-centric these days.
It's really weird how the switch version turn out like this, it just doesn't make sense, it's were most of sonic fans (especially younger ones) are. The ps4 and Xbox one are in their way out, it's really hard to get a ps5 or Xbox series X or S so it leaved the switch as the sweet spot but no the decided to focus in the other versions less people will play.
@@sillysnail2223 sweet spot lol? It's the worst version even without the glitches
@@richardfranklin6003 Yeah, it looks a little worse but I guarantee you it was the best selling console version
I mean I played the console version (on Xbox One) and didn't experience ANY of these issues (glitch/bug wise anyway). So take that with a grain of salt, I don't know many people who had any issues with the PS4/Xbox One versions
@@isaac-li4bs Well then you just didn't see them - in which case you aren't particularly useful as a bug tester - no offence - I am guessing the QA team for this game were about as observant. Because some of the issues are there no matter what on every person's version. Every single version has issues with the sound mixing. Every single version has glitches like the fish flickering in and out. Every version has horrible lighting. Every version has the jade ghost wisp getting into invisible wall areas. I myself have not run into the seizure effects yet. But the smaller issues are starting to stack up. Especially the sound effects being a complete mess in relation to the music and playing out of one ear at times.
If Colors Ultimate remains in this state, it's entirely possible that several years from now, it's going to seriously damage Colors' reputation. It happened to Sonic Adventure. To this day SA1 and SADX are commonly mentioned interchangeably, as if they're the same product. The same thing will happen to Colors.
well yes but actually no? because you can pick up a copy the original colours for cheaper than ultimate you just have to already own a wii so i doubt colours reputation will be tarnished as much because of this.
This is entirely true, people playing sadx on pc end up with the "how did this ever get popular" feeling. Bad remasters ruin the legacy of games.
It already has, from what I've seen. Sad how cheap, rushed remasters like these can tarnish a game so much. :(
"If it remains in this state" as if Sega would actually care enough to fix it
Wait what? Are you seriosly saying SADX has glithes like these? I completed it 100% and never encountered them?
when the seizure-inducing shenanigans started up i actually said "oh no" out loud out of pure horror
Say what you want about 06 or Rise of Lyric, but if a game genuinely puts you in physical distress when playing it (the epilepsy stuff), then that's absolutely inexcusable and bottom of the line for me.
At least Rise of Lyric had the excuse of Sega not giving Big Red Button the time needed to make it good, let alone time to figure out how the Wii U worked.
@Sarim He wasn't the only one either just the most recent (not even being a dick about it). Sega sometimes just can't stop being Sega.
@Sarim can't wait for the wha happun!
06 really wasn’t that bad, yes it had game breaking bugs but that was because it was released *unfinished*
People tend to gloss over that. This game got gold lit and it’s still broken. Two different circumstances.
@@lewisjones9623 Well 06 had alot more problems than just bugs but I get what you are saying
Sad. Such a disappointment for Sonic fans. Such a disappointment for Emulator and Rom Archive enthusiasts. Such a blemish on Sega. Such a Blemish on remasters.
*remasters
@@reubensalter8125 Are you saying I don't enjoy Sonic Colors? Just because the game itself is good doesn't mean the remastered version did its job. Stop being a mean guy on the webs and accept that this is so bad they are giving refunds!
Seems like HD remasters are a low priority for a lot of game companies which is sad because that version is usually going to be the most assessable version
I hate how some companies treat Remasters as a way to just slap something together and think “fans will like it anyways, the grass is now in 720p”. I’m just relieved that remasters like Kingdom Hearts and DMC3 (shoutout to the Switch port for freestyle mode) were treated with respect.
@@reubensalter8125 if its such a good remaster, then you would adore bethesda
What did he say @@MakenaForest?
Why do I have a feeling that copies of Sonic Color Wii are going to spike in price after the incompetent disaster that is this “””Remaster”””
Most likely its just how it goes and after this game and even after cyberpunk I grow scared for other franchises to get so low to a point where they are borderline unplayable
@@copingflower1909 Yeah. It's also dangerous for the industry if this becomes a common practice.
One of the reasons for the crash that almost took out the console market decades ago was due to poorly made games causing a distrust in consumers. It's not a good idea for companies to head down that direction and companies needs to go back to quality checking before release.
Yeah it probably will. It is the definitive version now. High quality with no need for an update.
Glad I still have my copy.
I just looked on Amazon and they're charging the OG for $100!!
@@Shinepikavee Unfortunately with the general public being exposed to video games more and more I doubt most game companies will even care about quality anymore since their main target nowadays is the naive general public that have no clue about the intricacies of shitty business practices in the gaming industry
Remember the Simpson’s episode where Homer was putting together a grill? This may as well be accurate for Sonic fans seeing Sega serve them a bad port.
"Ah, that's one fine-looking barbeque pit...*lowers the picture on the box* WHY DOESN'T MINE LOOK LIKE THAT?!"
I literally just saw that episode earlier today lmao
What the fuck is The Simpsons? Some show that was good over twenty years ago?
@@reubensalter8125 how dare you spam the comments section?
@EmFi, I don't mind him spamming the comments section. It increases engagement and potentially exposure for the video, and he's not convincing anybody. :)
So this is Sega's response to Balan Wonderworld? Impressive.
Or sonic one on the gameboy
Long story short. The Wii original release of Sonic Colors is way more polished than the Sonic Colors Ultimate. The fact that Sega rushed it with Blind Squirrel's development of the remaster and the Poor QA decisions that happened before release makes even Sonic 06 a more playable game than a port of pretty solid Sonic game from the Nintendo Wii. This is the kind of nonsense that happened before that I was worried about back in my high school days, which is Sega rushing their games to meet deadlines, even after things have been pointed out even before release that the game in discussion is not yet ready. I'm beyond tired of such inept and poor decisions by whoever is running Sega overseeing their games. All this means is that I'm better off sticking with my Wii Sonic Colors copy for now, because all these problems need to be fixed before I even consider touching the Sonic Colors: Ultimate video game. Sonic has not been having some good days, and our iconic character has been made into memes and jokes of some of his games. Heck Sonic: Lost World is a more polished game than that of Sonic Colors Ultimate, and it was divisive over the fact of the gameplay changes to Sonic's movements and other actions, and that it takes cue from Super Mario Galaxy. Yet that game you never have to worry about glitches much. Furthermore, if this kind of shoddy work gets sent out by Sega in such a disrespectful way, then it's making me worry about Sonic Rangers, and after this, it may be the make or break for Sonic as a franchise series. The only Sonic game still worth more fun is Sonic Mania (Plus). And that was mostly done by people who are still fans of Sonic.
This is unacceptable and Sega should have known better than to make the same mistakes as they did with their previous games, Sonic 06 still being a prime example.
Sonic 06 never got a patch to fix anything. I’m sure this will get some fixes
@@trapez77 No patches, but Sega tried to get that game out for the holidays. I checked their gameplay trailer back then and it looked like it needed more time. Some people have said otherwise, but if I'm being honest, it was a hypothetical circumstance people were speaking about in what ifs, but I was positive in this thinking that had Sega allow their development time to iron out the game, Sonic 06 wouldn't have become the true black sheep of the series in the state it was released in.
@@leon4000 or they could have just patched it but they added a hard mode in a patch instead of fixing glitches. I still love sonic 06. Getting past the glitches can be a fun challenge
@@trapez77 I can't see them fixing this. It needs to go back in the oven for at least 6 months.
@@reubensalter8125 I'm good as of today. But sometimes you've got to know when put your foot down. And considering the multiple times Sega has done this, it was one coming. Don't worry too much about people. Let them do what they got to do. Good day.
Patch 1.04 released for the Switch and exclusively fixes the seizure glitches.
Patch 1.04 for the other platforms also released, and doesn't seem to fix any of the visual issues. Audio seems slightly improved in terms of volume level? But panning issues and music failing to play still exists. The game still crashes, as well.
The game's been out for a month now, and by and large it is still unfixed. What a shameful display by Sega and Blind Squirrel.
Good. Lol
Omg good I thought they killed my childhood but I’m just going to buy the wii vision again
Oh goody. That means I can play Sonic Colors Ultimate without fear of giving myself a seizure. Still shouldn't have happened in the first place, but that's good to know.
I'm still not customizing Sonic any further. The blue shoes from Smash 4 and Smash Ultimate are all my Sonic needs, really.
Thx 4 the updates
Even Sonic 06 doesn't give those rainbow blobby graphics-card-dying seizures. They butchered it; Sonic Colors brrr edition.
It always looked pretty barebones at best. Dunno why so many people gushed over it pre-release. I also used to think that it was pretty disappointing that they didn't try to port Unleashed and Generations (especially since people have been clamoring for an Unleashed remaster for years at this point). I guess we dodged the bullet, eh?
You know, I think Sonic is in a pretty weird position these days, I wouldn't be surprised if the series ended up becoming Sega's equivalent of Pac-Man - still highly marketable, but mostly riding on nostalgia with no "proper" new games to speak of (aside from re-releases and occasional low-budget game). I know the series is still "active", but I feel like the games themselves aren't the main priority for Sega anymore.
We were hyped because nobody expected poor audio mixing and glitches.
Never understood why Sega went with colors over unleashed
I personally don't like either game but unleashed seemed like it had more going on
@@KaiserMattTygore927 I think remastering Colors makes sense due to its console exclusivity on Wii. It is the most rough game graphically speaking. And Colors was the only game out of the 3 currently not being sold on modern platforms in any capacity (until this remaster). Unleashed still looks and plays reasonably well despite being a 2008 title. This remaster could have been a banger, but they really messed up with this conversion.
Edit: Not gonna lie, remastered Unleashed is a good idea. But if the end product would turn out to be something like this, it's not worth it.
I wasn't fooled. I'm already well-versed in the tens of thousands of way SEGA just loves to botch everything they get their grubby little mitts on. I already had the sinking feeling this was going to be hot garbage the moment the trailer dropped. That's how abysmal SEGA's track record is these days.
@@hollowknightfan2.563 but the thing is, I saw it and it just sort of looked more or less upscaled in resolution and i guess a higher framerate? Still barebones and as someone who really liked colors and has a ps4, I wasn't interested in getting it
If Sonic Generations gets a re-release, I hope Sega just does a straight up port. No changes, no extras, just a straight port. And Generations isn't the most stable game out there either, but if Colours Ultimate is telling me anything, it's that I can't seem to trust them to just put out a straight port.
That's actually what they did with the Steam port, and it turned out pretty great.
they are gonna patch it
This was made by Blind Squirrel. Anyways, Sonic Forces wasn't great and I can't trust SEGA on their upcoming 2022 Sonic game and I know for sure it's going to end up as a dumpster fire as well.
@@mmmm9208ghgg why do us sonic fans always have to settle with an ‘ok’ game
Why can’t be get something that’s amazing or a masterpiece.
@@moledojapao5298 But a game shouldn't even be in this state upon release.
This was very disappointing. I was 8 years old when the original came out and it’s very sad to see a terrible remaster of a game that I spent so much time on as a child.
10/11, and I’m right there with you.
They made an inferior version of an 11 year old game, and called it “Ultimate”.
Wow Sega, hilariously bad.
Looking forward to that new game…
Sad part is like any Wii games remastered could've looked on par or plays better than the original. Look at Super Mario Galaxy & Zelda: Skyward Sword. They still played very well and looks perfectly well compared to the Wii counterpart. What's this game excuse?
@@jaretco6423 fax, Mario Galaxy looks beautiful on switch. Matter of fact, I need to open that game again..
Can we all agree we need to blame sega on this one everytime theirs a bad game the Devs take all the abuse blame sega not their tired employees
It's more SEGA's fault than anyone here. They're the ones who pressured the devs to push the game out in the state it was in, which is most definitely something the people over at Blind Squirrel absolutely did not want to do. The only real thing you could kind of blame BS for is some of the aesthetic changes to the graphics or music, but that's honestly pretty minor compared to everything else SEGA's responsible for.
What gets me mad is the fact so many developers and companies have been taught not to do this and a prime example of this is with cyberpunk 2077 even to this day the game is still a mess it's playable yea but it's still a mess because it was rushed same story here the game on the surface looks ok but when you consider the visual bugs and down grades from the original game it is laughably bad
Also this is a consistent trend of miss management on Sega's end after looking at Sonic 06, Secret Rings, and Sonic Boom Rise of Lyrics development.
@Federal Bureau of Investigation Sega definitely holds more fault here. I'm sure Blind Squirrel didn't want to release a broken game, but you can't focus on bugs if the game ships in a week or two.
So as of right now when I'm posting this some of the glitches in the switch version have been proven false but that doesn't mean the other glitches are false its a real shame that we have to prove our glitches are real, now the community is in this state of confusion over what to do now without ultimate. Also the fact that sonic 06 is more stable than ultimate right now is just a big disappointment
06 being more stable and having a good fan made remake while colors crashes and burns is poetic justice
Crazy how at the same time Project 06 released the Shadow build after a year and that has some NICE ass polish and exciting upgrades to what was already there
It's remarkably ironic
@@KaiserMattTygore927 isn't it???
2:18 the Frenzy Wisp is supposed to stutter like that its eating whats in the way and growing size.. The thing is if you look at Colors Ultimate they removed effects and animations making the game look worse
@@reubensalter8125 dude, your defending a company who literally has not cared about making a good sonic game *SINCE* colors. it says a lot that the last good sonic game was made by fans, and that continues even today.
yea, OG frenzy wisp feels a heck ton more satisfying to use than ultimate's judging from the clip.
I thought the Frenzy Wisp looked off in Colors Ultimate, so I’m glad it was just me.
I don't care what anyone says about it, I thoroughly enjoyed Lost World except for being forced to use the GamePad.
I think he meant a general slowdown while it was eating, as opposed to the growing effect. It looked to me like it was having lag-induced slowdown.
I feel like Sega executives forced Blind Squirrel to rush the remaster out, this could’ve used a few more months of development and it’s clearly unfinished (if the cutscene assets in the base install are anything to go by, because there’s no reason to have those assets there if that isn’t the case).
Just like big red button, Sega should own up to their failure to QA
Say what you want about Nintendo but their own games are of a higher quality than most other developers
@@haruhisuzumiya6650 Nintendo games are just as lazy... and greedy.
@@manuelpatino7863 not even true, and game freak doesn't count, monolith soft and next level games do however.
@@haruhisuzumiya6650 I don't care who makes them. They're just as lazy. Well, edit: As crap as that 3D All-Stars game was, at least works better than this. I guess?
@@manuelpatino7863 even then, this is still Segas fault, and Game freak for how lazy they are with Pokemon are trying with Pokemon legends arceus
Sonic team failed to notify Sega that colors port was in peril or it's Sega executive oversight that failed
And a note with 3d all stars Mario Galaxy was polished to a shine and recommended on Wii and switch
It’s sad that a game that was impressive on the Wii was made even WORSE than anyone thought it could be
How do you make a Wii game look technically better than a PS4 (playing on PS5) port of that same Wii game?
@@titansparrow64 ultimate looks better tho (outside of the switch version)
@@ctpp64 Ultimate looks worse on all platforms. Literally looks like Vaseline was smeared all over the screen. It only “looks” better to you because you’re comparing 480p to 2160p. Blind squirrel shat all over Sonic Team original art direction
@@captinsparklezremix i really dont agree. even comparing it wish upres mods, i still think ultimate looks a lot better in most areas. the "vaseline" thing only applies in starlight carnival
Sad thing is other Wii titles like Super Mario Galaxy & Zelda: Skyward Sword still manage to play & look good when they were ported on the Switch compared to there original counterpart. What's this game's excuse?
That seizure inducing footage actually hurt my eyes, dear god, how did they release something like that? What were they thinking? It’s like how balan wonderland had to get a day 1 patch for some seizure related incident during the final boss(It was a few months ago I’m not 100% on the details)
i don't have light-induced seizures (i do have a different kind of seizure; suffering from epilepsy) but even just looking at sonic games (especially this one) makes me not want to watch it ever again. SEGA is certainly a pathetic company to not even look at how it plays out before giving it to nintendo, playstation, and xbox for how it'll turn out.
I'm so glad to see such an unbiased look into this release. This is not acceptable, and more people need to be aware of what this port is like.
Yea like come on all this will do to Sega is make the sonic as a franchise look bad this most certainly won't be a final nail in the coffin for sonic sure but all it is doing is keeping new fans who just got into the franchise most likely from the movie and wanting to play these games stay far away from this remake because of the negatives surrounding it
I wouldn't worry about people not knowing, I haven't seen a single positive review of this game (which kind of makes me regret pre ordering it)
STOP COMPLAINING!!!!!!! SEGA ARE GOING TO FIX THIS WITH A DAY 1 PATCH!!!!!!! OH WAIT THE GAME IS OFFICIALLY OUT!!!!!! THEY WILL FIX IT WITH A DAY 2 PATCH!!!!!!!!!
You just gotta wait till 2057 and then will fix it, HAVe pATIENCE!!
Still looking forward to that Month 4 patch.
SEGA IS TRYING THEIR BEST
to alienate their customers
Y’all are overreacting 🤣 played and still own the Wii version. Got the ps4 and I know the switch is a bigger mess but they know that and they’re working on fixing it. Go touch grass please
@@thehero20001 if they know that the game they released is in questionable condition, then why the hell did they not delay the game until it is in a finished state? I’d assume it’s a fair expectation for a game to be a finished experience from the moment you buy the game and you shouldn’t have to wait weeks or months for the game to be in an acceptable condition
I love how the most replayed part of this video is the timestamp the video warns you about in the very beginning
I once did a tropical resort rival rush, and when I changed a rail, it teleported me to a platform before the rails
Sega: *another mediocre game for my collection*
What baffles me the most is that out of all the possibilities this was almost foolproof to be a good product and Sega still screwed it up
Mediocre? This is a trash fire
Given that Sonic Genesis is a part of their legacy, it's not the first time
It’s colors while also being a bad remaster ? Just throw it all in the fire 💀💀💀💀💀 cringe sonic and tails cringe glitches and all
@@apathy2454 there's more to a game than the cutscenes
@@Scroteydada yeah and In SCU case it’s the glitches and bugs 💀
This is unacceptable! The day one patch is twice the size of the original file size and it fixed nothing! 12.34 GB for a port of a Wii game?! This is absolutely evil!
I remember seeing the PC minimum req and it needs 8GB of RAM. Okayu HD is more than half of that.
Thank you for subjecting yourself to more of “The Sonic.” Puts into words everything I feel watching one of my favorite games get butchered and remembered for being a technical disaster that it never was… Until they “updated and enhanced” it. Sure hope Sega learns their lesson, this is not acceptable, period.
But SEGA won't. As long as there are plenty of suckers still rolling up, ready to fork over their money for another generous helping of steaming excrement, why should they up their standards?
You also have a keen eye like KingK's review. You deserve more viewers on your content. I can tell you but alot of time and effort into all your work. Another great video.
Because he copied kingk lmao
@@truthseeker9833 And your evidence is...?. What people will say sorely to throw shade on somebody else.
@@truthseeker9833 we were both working on our videos at the same time in the same discord server lmao
No offense, King, but I hadn't even watched your video yet since I was so occupied getting my own out, lol.
headcanon: Colors Ultimate is just Sonic drugged out of his mind, reliving the events of Colors but with trippy, psychedelic visuals.
“This is your brain on Wisps *shows Sonic Colors Ultimate* , any questions?”
@@titansparrow64 Sonic: "The colors feel so right."
"I'm gonna go smoke some weed now."
- Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) | Real-Time Fandub Games
@@titansparrow64 DOES ANYONE ELSE FEEL LIKE A FRIED EGG?!
Sonic overdosed on ketamine
It’s interesting. Blind Squirrel Games are a great company. This leads to one conclusion… the game was rushed! Yaaay!
What other games have they made
@@millerkarageanes1562 they’ve made a lot of a good ports, like XCOM to XBox for example
@@liamsgreatbitgaming so how did they screw this up
@@millerkarageanes1562 the game was probably rushed.
@@liamsgreatbitgaming of course
When a game looks like a LSD high, something almost certainly went wrong. Usually with executives forcing the game out without enough time to iron out bugs. Not even Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing was this bad.
Well, what a surprise... Sega went full Sega again and released a rushed product. This is disrespectful not only to the consumers but also to the developers because they are the ones that end up taking all the hate. Sega's management has been a complete shit show since... forever, pretty much. They have been doing this sort of shit since the 90s. Bad decision after bad decision that led to a ton of flawed games, cancellations and bad products (like the 32X). I grew up with a Genesis/Mega Drive and i admired the company but now i know that they are some of the worst out there. They mostly go under the radar because EA, Activision Blizzard, 2K and others are more open about their terrible practices.
I have been disconnected from the franchise since 2017 when Sonic Forces turned out to be a disaster. I had high hopes for that game but it ended up as the most disappointing game of the previous decade for me. I decided to always keep my expectations at the lowest possible level after that. Now, i know i was right. I don't expect anything at all from the next main title for next year. It will probably be another case of Sonic Forces: three or so years just for developing the engine and pre-production and only a year into actually making the game. I'm already expecting the worst.
Forces was not helped by Mania right before it. The fact that the game made by fans was some much better in quality than the game made by the main developers should of been a wake up call, and yet it hasn’t, nothing has changed.
I’ve been disconnected since colors started
You can't really compare SEGA to companies like Activision and EA. Those companies are just flat-out evil, greedy, and corrupt, whereas SEGA's just grossly incompetent. It's kind of like putting the village idiot at the same level of heinousness as the CEO of PollutionCorp.
I stop trusting Sega after Generations because it just seems that they didn't learn there mistakes from around the 2000's when Shadow, Sonic 06 & other bad Sonic games was around. And since Colors, they were getting back up pretty good and with how great Generations was, I thought it would Sega's last attempt for Sonic. But nope. They still make another one and it gotten screwed over again with Lost World, Boom & Forces. The only reason Mania was successful is because it was made by fans and they put alot of effort into it.
it was bsg s fault, sega gave them 2 years, and they were lazy and fucked up the whole game
Jesus that memory leak issue is so disgusting for them to leave in.
The ghost wisp and Tails literally break the game. I've seen people get similar glitches from the ghost wisp as from Tails.
That why old games are better left as it is.
Agreed
I am genuinely happy that you made this video, the amount of blind Sonic fans making up excuses and even lies as an attempt to try to hide the truth is baffling and this video was very important for that reason alone and hopefully will stop the misinformation from spreading.
I guarantee you we are more disappointed than you are at what we got.
@@cornpop2630 I've been a Sonic fan since I was a kid thing is I hate the side of the Sonic fandom that is awful to people just for having simple opinions just like with Sonic Colors Ultimate, I know more about this community then you want to think I do.
@@cornpop2630 there literally are and I've gotten into it with them several times this week
@@cornpop2630 nah, they were definitely making excuses on Twitter trying to blame the company SEGA hired.
Agreed
Adventure 2 was flawed, but full of effort. Shadow was bad, but full of effort. '06 was a disaster, but full of effort.
... Lost World cynically apes Mario Galaxy. Forces is soullessly mediocre. Colors Ultimate is cynically rushed and priced. Origins is cynically rushed and priced, and they took the separate games off stores.
There was always effort and heart that made me hope confidently for a better next game. That is now gone.
Bad, Awful, Horrible, Insignificant, DESPICABLE!
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@@RetropolisZone lets be honest, this is grus favourite sonic game if its despicable
Boy did they cuck this up. Sonic rangers has no chance. Sega hates sonic.
Dammit guys i was so pumped for this and there goes my faith in sonic team
Hire the modders, they're honestly doing better
I sure hope modders do the same thing they did with Sonic adventure DX. Can’t wait to see a Wii Conversion mod or something like that.
@@leustachiusedits1829 I think a downright Wii conversion is unlikely because the visual changes are pretty subjective. But people are already on it with fixing, managed to already fix the major black popin in aquarium park for example.
@@lpfan4491 That’s great!
This almost reminds me of the situation with Cyberpunk 2077 I mean not even Sonic 06 had glitches this bad and seizure inducing. It's funny that people say that Sega won't use hyper sonic anymore because of the seizures yet they allow glitches like that to happening
I get that we're trashing on this game, but let's not pretend sonic 06 isn't one of the glitchiest messes of all time
@@handlesarestupid154 Sonic 06 never corrupted your save data though.
Sonic 06 isn’t glitchy. It’s janky.
@@calistusjay60 whatever you say buddy
@@handlesarestupid154 I mean it is but that doesn't make SCU any less bad.
Another victim of SEGA Sammy's apathy towards videogames.
For those of you that don't know, SEGA Sammy is SEGA's parent company who bought SEGA simply to use its name to rebrand itself after becoming one of Japan's most hated companies for their Pachinko business which prey on people with problems with gambling addictions.
On Shareholders meeting, they even admitted to not caring about videogames and were responsible for the bad rereleases (giving the remasters to very small developers plus tight deadlines) and other poor business choices SEGA has made lately.
Fun Fact this game is made with the Godot Engine. A Free Game Engine
It's also a 2D and 3D engine. Hopefully SEGA could get more used to the 3D for Sonic 2022
Definitely needs more AURA POWER!
Don’t use this to put down the Godot engine. It is free and opensource to give people a chance to make a good quality game when they don’t have money to license other engines.
I don’t think op intended to put down Godot in anyway but it can read that way though and I just want to clear that up.
Sure, but fantastic games like Hollow Knight were made on a free game engine, so I don't think that has to do with the game's quality.
@@talkinghoorse6936 I know I use Godot Engine. That's how I knew it was made with it. It's a pretty easy engine imo.
This is all a real shame. At least a kind of proper HD remaster of this game exists on Dolphin if you increase the internal resolution, apply the 60fps hack (although there are a few glitches if you enable that hack), and apply HD textures. Really, this is inexcusable!
Hopefully this could all be cleaned up with patches. Nearly everything that you mentioned sounds like something that could be fixed up with some updates, although who knows if Sega will properly patch the game. Even is Sega does properly patch the game, it was not okay to release the game in this state in the first place.
Damn, Sega really trying to ruin the reputation of even the games people unanimously liked. Can't wait for next year's Generations remaster to give the "the classics are the only good ones" people even more ammo!
Oh, don't even joke. I never played the console version of Generations, and I don't want it to be through a Sonic Generations Ultimate remaster.
"Unanimously" yeah.... No
I can attest to being among those that don't like colors even back when
@UCDmGYRXb0SoMt9iKCn4CIQA Shut the fuck up my dude
I rather just play Generations on PC.
21:40 this actually made me laugh when I saw it. Ive only seen such a thing happen *once* and it was when I ran a game from 2002 on my modern computer. The fact that nearly 2 decades later Sonic Team did the same thing is as hilarious as it is pathetic.
Kiryu is Sega's iconic character now🐉🌚
I bet SEGA thinks the word "Delay" means a type of computer.
Oh boy... the audio section cracked me up, and the gameplay section had me in utter shock. You did an amazing job here showcasing the game compared to the original! I sincerely can't believe some of these issues exist LOL
I'm glad you are still making reviews, these put a smile on my face :) Keep it up!
Finally a honest review. Anyway, a few things from me:
- is it just me or does the Ready? UI in Rival Rush mode seems like straight up from Sonic Unleashed Wii?
- I agree with the patch thing, I do not like this modern trend of the industry at all - half-assed games fixed after with gigabytes upon gigabytes of patches
Also, these seem like Sonic 06’s levels of bugs, and the fact that people give it a pass whereas in 06, if it had all of these bugs, they wouldn’t, is irritating
This makes Forces even better than this!
Forces may be boring and bad, but at least you don’t have to worry about the treat of a seizure. HOW DO YOU MESS UP THIS BAD WHERE I THINK FORCES IS BETTER!?
I wouldn’t go that far tbh, though that’s probably cause I had close to no (a small amount) of issues.
@@titansparrow64 I mean if you get seizures you shouldn’t really be playing SCU o r the wii version, they both have seizure warnings
@@Arsarossa Thats like saying you shouldnt play cyberpunk 2077 if you get seizures.
This remake/remaster is embarrassing. How does a company struggle to re-release their old game. Sega has been pulling off this stunt with Sonic Adventure DX (not a bad re-release, but not as good as the Dreamcast), Sonic Genesis on the GBA and finally now with this game. I was excited for this one, but hey the original is always available.
Sonic Adventure DX shouldn't be let off easy either. The Gamecube port isn't offensively bad, but every port after that just got more unacceptable in quality. They're legitimately part of the reason Sonic Adventure is so hated now.
Honestly, I think gamecube SADX on a whole actually *is* offensive. While it isn't downright broken like its ports and I like a few changes, 90% of it are new bugs or downgrades that prove why the release should not have happened in the first place.
@@lpfan4491 That is true. I mostly meant in comparison to the later ports, but yeah.
At this point, just don't buy any Sonic ports/remasters from Sega anymore
I finally tried out Sonic Adventure DX on the GameCube, and I can confirm it doesn't feel as polished as the Dreamcast original. Sonic Adventure isn't the most polished 3D platformer I've played, even on original hardware, but the collision was more stable, the framerate more consistent, and the control was more fluent and accurate. Playing the game on original hardware nowadays is very difficult, so you're better off with the PC version with a fairly recent mod that brings it as close as it can to its Dreamcast roots.
Why are people on Twitter still defending this game?
Because they're absolutely desperate for Sonic to have a widely acclaimed game or something, I am too but it just isn't happening and rangers won't be either 😔
@@dippykimbus6894 The last good 3D Sonic game was Generations from a whole decade ago. Jeez I feel old!
@@Nathan-rb3qp man when I think about it yeah that's true- my gosh
@@Nathan-rb3qp Unleashed and Generations was the last time Sonic had a GOOD mainline game holy shit I also feel old
@@James-sc9wb Mania is technically mainline and Sonic 4 Episode II is a very underrated gem, but neither were developed by Sonic Team.
Remember, Sega had been warned many years ago “When will you learn , That your actions have consequences “
Thank you for giving a definitive look at all aspects of the game and not just the bugs. It really puts the whole game in perspective.
Excellent video! This game deserves far better and you did a great job explaining everything that's wrong with this remaster.
Back in 2006, a release this broken was enough to damage SEGA as a company for years to come.
Today, we are so used to _expecting_ broken garbage from big AAA companies that Colors: Ultimate was pretty much mostly forgotten just a month or a few later.
And (not all, but) most of the great stuff, meanwhile, we get from smaller indie and mid-tier studios. Weird times...
Being a fan of SEGA is weird, it almost feels like the death of their consoles killed their love and desire to make better games
Not to say games haven't been good since the dreamcast and Gamecube era- but they definitely lost their passion and ambition
Look at the Adventures, those were ambitious main titles that pushed the limits of their hardware and storytelling abilities. Then the Dreamcast dies and they tone things down with heroes, keeping some themes of Adventure while turning the tone more kid friendly. Time goes on and Sonic gets progressively squeakier over time, and the criticisms get harsher and harsher not only as the quality of their games decline but as the fanbase gets viewed more toxically especially with the rise of Chris Chan and Sonichu and the Game Grumps lets plays. With more criticism from people viewing sonic from the outside, it almost feels like SEGAs overall moral dropped an they don't put as much love into the games they make. They turn their characters into the caricatures the internet made them out to be, widdle down sonics cast in the games and never let any character that isn't sonic be playable again. Play things safe with the racing games and put them back in karts, people didn't like our riders games right? (wrong u just didn't teach the mechanics well in the first game and butcherd the sequels, give it another go hoverboards and sonic go together like pencil and paper)
Which is a fuckin shame bc looking at the games before their crash, they had so much potential. So much passion and style put into their games. Do their games have flaws? Ofc. Have you ever made something you were passionate about? You focus on trying to get the vision out and you get it mostly there but due to limitations, you couldn't get it quite there? That's what SEGA's games always felt like to me. Like what drawbacks there were were because of limitations not their own incompetence
Meanwhile their recent titles very much feel incomplete due to incompetence, this being the newest prime example. Which again is such a fkin shame bc imagine if they had the same ambition as they did in the late 90s early 00s. The same drive to *really* make sonic the coolest
This game is scary bad, and i's honestly really really hate to see SEGA continue down this path
Sega fails Sonic again.. sigh.
Yeah, this is very disappointing. Just when I thought Sega would learn from their past mistakes. It doesn't bolster our faith in that they'll try to finish other future titles properly. It's really a shame.
I love how after this video the game was never patched again. So it’s still for sale despite being so despicably bad.
Wow this is disappointing for those who didn't play this game during its original release, but I expected the typical sega shenanigans and even going as far is to turn this into a cash grab and a buggy mess.
I'm worried for Sonic 2022.
So now this is the norm for video game companies, release awful "remasters" of older beloved titles. Blizzard did it with Warcraft 3, Atlus did it with SMT 3: Nocturne, and now Sega makes this.
@@stevedoidoultimate4815 It's not as terrible as this or Warcraft 3: Reforged, but it's extremely bare bones, has resolution issues, and quite a few glitches that weren't present in the original, overall it's not awful, but I'd rather play the original, which defeats the point of a remaster.
If you think about it, Nocturne is technically a SEGA game now since they own Atlus
I’m a little sad how the Nocturne remaster turned out. However, if there’s one thing they add I really appreciate is the ability to choose what abilities to inherit when fusing demons (which had to patched in and not be in the game day 1)
9:34 you completely missed the oportunity to say "I take one step foward and two steps back"
Also does not inspire any confidence at all in the new Sonic game if this is what Sega deems acceptable as a release.
Came from KingK’s recommendation at Twitter. Very well done video
What a King that KingK.
Sega never learns.
This port is a fucking dumpster fire.
15 years after 06 and we STILL have this problem.
at this point, if they just ported the wii version to PC with no remaster treatment, the backlash would be considerably smaller
Many of these instances aren’t actually
Pop in, they are actually meant to appear and disappear for the original aspect ratio of the Nintendo wii, sega just didn’t adjust this for this new version which is an even bigger issue my opinion
they lost the code so they rebuild the game in godot with the wii version
the wii version supported 480p Widescreen so no, it isn't the same kind of pop-in.
The Wii supports 16:9 widescreen what are you talking about?
Still technically pop-in, my dude.
Sega doesn't know what to do with the franchise. It's sad but my hype is inexistent for the new game.
in 14:00 you click on "new game" and it asks you if you want to delete your previous save file. does that mean this version has only 1 save file? it sounds weird and I Cant find anything online
Yeah, only one save slot.
@@RetropolisZone :O
why?
That's very weird considering the fact the original had 6 save files
Now there's no hope the next sonic game will have save files, if they go out of their way to remove them from a game that had them
I got this video on recommended and I gotta say it's concise and precise. Will definitely be looking at more videos of you when I got time
I don't remember sonic 06 having any seizure inducing glitches soooooooooo 06 is better!!!
Bruh when you make 06 look better on a technical perspective
06 isn’t glitchy at all compared to this game.
I shouldn’t of bought this game. I believed sega when they said they would stop doing this.
Next time with anything sonic related and I'm meaning to say this to not only you but for you to also tell other fellow sonic fans to stop pre ordering these games until you know that it isn't a mess of an experience cause the next sonic game is coming out next year and if it's anything like forces or this remaster the games as we know it are just dead in the water
Don’t believe any corporation
@@copingflower1909 to be frank the early reviews like ign gave this game a good score. My game from Amazon got delivered a day early and I couldn’t cancel it.
I think I'll stick to Mania at this point cause it seems fans are doing better maken an Sonic game than Sega & Sonic Team been doing.
Reasons why I’m not excited for Sonic Frontiers until we see gameplay
12:28 my theory is they somehow left the audio in some kind of "surround sound" mode... And when the audio is buggy its supposed to play in one of the back/center speakers. But you only get the left/right audio.
The clips from 12:45 to 13:07 sound to me like the misuse of an audio listener attached to either Sonic or the camera, though I'm thinking it's the former case. This would explain why the audio for certain sound effects fade out as you quickly blaze past them, rather than completely just cutting/clipping out. This would also explain why the sound effects from the trick ramp are very inconsistent. As the camera changes angles, the camera is gets closer/further from the listener (since it's attached to Sonic rather than the camera itself) for different angles of the action leading to the audio issues.
I seriously wonder why some devs just won't understand that some sounds should be global sounds instead of relative sounds.
I ended up glitching one of the stages with the hover wisp because it let me move in 3d in a 2d section, and no matter how many times I killed myself it wouldn't fix itself. Had to redo the whole stage. I just asked for a refund(and got it) so I could put that money towards something else. Very disappointing. Hopefully they fix this up, I'd love to come back and give it another shot.
I guess Sonic has failed us again :(
Not surprised at this point
15:27 NO WAY THE AERO CHASERS HAVE THE SAME EXHAUST PROBLEM AS METAL SONIC I ALMOST SPAT MY WATER OUT
I played through it on the series S over the last few weeks and the only bugs I noticed were one random invisible rail high in the sky on planet wisp, and the fact that the terminal velocity/aquarium park miniboss lasers don't light up before they shoot. I think they fixed most of the issues now, on xbox at least.
Another great video, RZ! Probably won't be picking this one up. I may use Dolphin, I ain't never played Colors
if you have a wii you can get colours for pretty cheap MUCH cheaper than ultimate (in the 10-20 $ range) and its also the best way to play this awesome game.
Yall hyped this game up for no reason since it was announced. Ignoring all the obvious problems shown in gameplays. Lmfao
Colors Ultimate - $40 ($45 for digital deluxe)
Colors Wii - I got it for $13
I’m almost certain QA found most if not all of the switch glitches since they were so huge and obvious and easy to trigger, but I’m also almost certain that with Sega breathing down the developer’s neck constantly remaining them the game comes out in 2 weeks, theu ignored everything that wasn’t a crash or worse, and only focused on making the game play at all, just like what happened with Sonic 06. Sega need to fix their rushing problems and stop launching terrible stuff like this.
Guess what I'm not buying.
As a long time fan of sonic, I can't continue to support this anymore, I love the blue blur and the fact that Sega manages to screw this up, I just can't anymore, anything past sonic generation is my ending point since after that has been nothing but failures, except mania but even that was just one game out of many
I see no lies
20:50 - Don't lie, you never got those. Although, I believe you at 20:54 =P
23:15 - I forget which level but in my stream, I completed an act with all 5 red rings but I accidentally hit "retry" (and it didn't confirm if that's what I wanted to do or not). When realising what I did, I exited the level. I got sent back to the map with the level *uncompleted* AND I lost all 5 red rings. Now that's bad!
I had these issues too. I haven't even reached planet wisp yet! 🙃
I know countless others mentioned this already... but the audio drops seem to caused by poor audio mixing, maybe an audio mixing bug? How does that even happen?