Still floors me about how people are finding little things in the game weeks later, like the Doom Blast that's possible in the final boss. I really hope we continue to see this level of quality and polish from Sonic Team and mayyyybe some other 'Generations' titles for other characters
This game has the best implementation of Chaos Control from a gameplay standpoint. SA2 multiplayer and Heroes simply froze everything (including the timer). It was effective, but it got annoying if you needed to open a door in Heroes, meaning you had to wait for the move to be over. Shadow the Hedgehog has a boss version and a stage version. The boss version is slowing down instead of freezing. If you're good at stocking ammo, it makes the bosses a joke. It feels satisfying, but a bit broken. Shadow Stage version is iffy not for what it does, but for the surrounding circumstances. It's a boost through the stage and feels very satisfying. The problem is that it's supposed to be the Hero power, but usually getting to the goal is the Neutral goal, not the Hero goal. Hero missions are more often than not defeating enemies or collecting things. So ironically, using the Hero power can lock you out of the goal. Shadow Generations is the best because it takes what SA2 and Heroes did, and improves it by making the stage take advantage of it. The shorter time but easier ability to refill also doesn't make waiting for doors as awful as previously
also important to note with 1:25, those issues don't apply to linux users. you can have your high refresh rate monitors remain high refresh and still get a good experience with sonic gens portion
I kinda wish each stage had a different doom zone section so that the doom zone was kinda like a second white space like imagine if kingdom valley went to flame core or aquatic base or rail canyon went to egg fleet I really like how unique the doom zone is but I kinda wish it was like this Love the stelmo doom powers The kingdom valley intro was hilarious
I was thinking the same exact thing, except the DOOM zone segments could've been segments from levels that were in Shadow's own game. Like, imagine if during Rail Canyon instead of going to a daytime Radical Highway, you went to a place from Shadow's game that reflected the aesthetics shown like Glyphic Canyon. Or when you are in Kingdom Valley, you transition to Prison Island. Lava Shelter in Chaos Island couldve been cool.
To me I feel Dusty desert makes more sense for 06 since that’s the other most important moment for shadow where he fight mephiles for the last time, also what would chaos island be?
Fun fact, with sunset act 1 in the underground section first room, you can reach that top route if you chaos control early but you have to aim it a bit higher, then spear glide, then homing attack the egg bot
It'd be damn cool if there was a kinetic animation that showed your rta at the end of the level, then ticked down to the igt showing exactly how much time you saved with chaos control
5:07 I mean it makes sense because he's wearing rocket shoes you know the only not makes sense is the terios skin he has same animation for shadow even boosting too but hey it's not big deal still it's just a skin after all
You called the drop dash unintrusive. Hard disagree. Playing on legacy controls, I accidentally drop dash all the time and it's killed me most of them, particularly in Sky Sanctuary and Crisis City. I just wish there was an option to turn it off.
i kinda wish this review wasn't so fixated on the perspective of someone who is constantly replaying the stages, as i think that the first play through is always significantly more impactful than later replays. I understand this is a subjective piece, but it would be great to also talk about your thoughts on that first play through, and then your thoughts more objectively after replaying stuff, especially since most people will only play the game that first time.
Caught you right as you commented! All of my thoughts prior to the end are from my second playthough, so it's still fairly close to that first experience. If you want my thoughts from a first playthrough, you can check it out on my second channel.
NO MORE [REDACTED] OPINIONS LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO!!!!
Still floors me about how people are finding little things in the game weeks later, like the Doom Blast that's possible in the final boss. I really hope we continue to see this level of quality and polish from Sonic Team and mayyyybe some other 'Generations' titles for other characters
Where do I use the doom blast there?
This game has the best implementation of Chaos Control from a gameplay standpoint.
SA2 multiplayer and Heroes simply froze everything (including the timer). It was effective, but it got annoying if you needed to open a door in Heroes, meaning you had to wait for the move to be over.
Shadow the Hedgehog has a boss version and a stage version. The boss version is slowing down instead of freezing. If you're good at stocking ammo, it makes the bosses a joke. It feels satisfying, but a bit broken.
Shadow Stage version is iffy not for what it does, but for the surrounding circumstances. It's a boost through the stage and feels very satisfying. The problem is that it's supposed to be the Hero power, but usually getting to the goal is the Neutral goal, not the Hero goal. Hero missions are more often than not defeating enemies or collecting things. So ironically, using the Hero power can lock you out of the goal.
Shadow Generations is the best because it takes what SA2 and Heroes did, and improves it by making the stage take advantage of it. The shorter time but easier ability to refill also doesn't make waiting for doors as awful as previously
also important to note with 1:25, those issues don't apply to linux users. you can have your high refresh rate monitors remain high refresh and still get a good experience with sonic gens portion
I kinda wish each stage had a different doom zone section so that the doom zone was kinda like a second white space like imagine if kingdom valley went to flame core or aquatic base or rail canyon went to egg fleet I really like how unique the doom zone is but I kinda wish it was like this
Love the stelmo doom powers
The kingdom valley intro was hilarious
I was thinking the same exact thing, except the DOOM zone segments could've been segments from levels that were in Shadow's own game.
Like, imagine if during Rail Canyon instead of going to a daytime Radical Highway, you went to a place from Shadow's game that reflected the aesthetics shown like Glyphic Canyon.
Or when you are in Kingdom Valley, you transition to Prison Island. Lava Shelter in Chaos Island couldve been cool.
To me I feel Dusty desert makes more sense for 06 since that’s the other most important moment for shadow where he fight mephiles for the last time, also what would chaos island be?
@ cyber space
@ yeah u right eternal highway would work
Glad you thought about kingdom valley stelmo, never thought we'd get an opinion
We finally heard his thoughts on Kingdom Valley
Fun fact, with sunset act 1 in the underground section first room, you can reach that top route if you chaos control early but you have to aim it a bit higher, then spear glide, then homing attack the egg bot
Oh my goodness. Skits. Our boi is evolving.
“I’m here standing far across this new video.”
2:18 i think he ate the island
26:43 WAIT THAT'S ROBBIE!? I'm very happy to hear this because he is my favorite voice actor solely due to Akechi.
19:05 I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED
It'd be damn cool if there was a kinetic animation that showed your rta at the end of the level, then ticked down to the igt showing exactly how much time you saved with chaos control
The ending portion explains one of the main reasons why I fucking love this game so much. Good shit.
Pariah and J's pulling up 😭
i cant believe a side game is one of my fav sonic games...dang imagine frontiers 2, js thinking about it gets me hyped
5:07 I mean it makes sense because he's wearing rocket shoes you know the only not makes sense is the terios skin he has same animation for shadow even boosting too but hey it's not big deal still it's just a skin after all
Do the harder to reach paths in 3D typically at least save small amounts of time (unlike Forces for instance)?
Stelmo scared a bunch of Mario fans with that intro lol
Stelmo how on earth did you green out the doom pop ups i tried and it did NOT work the way i though it would
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16:38 bickuribox12?!
i love this game its really awesome
Great _sample_ of a game but I do wish I'd get the full experience xD!
(Seriously, it's way too short.)
Sonic X Shadow Generations is GOTY 2024 for me: I am All of Me! ❤
3:34 unbelievably based
17:52 what memphis doin there?
A new Stelmo98 banger 🔥
We here Stelmo 🎉🎉
What is your opinion on Kingdom Valley.
You called the drop dash unintrusive. Hard disagree. Playing on legacy controls, I accidentally drop dash all the time and it's killed me most of them, particularly in Sky Sanctuary and Crisis City. I just wish there was an option to turn it off.
I'm going to be completely honest, I saw this in my recommended and thought it was another speedrun. Man was I wrong.
three amazen cameos best video ever
This game was (REDACTED)
i kinda wish this review wasn't so fixated on the perspective of someone who is constantly replaying the stages, as i think that the first play through is always significantly more impactful than later replays. I understand this is a subjective piece, but it would be great to also talk about your thoughts on that first play through, and then your thoughts more objectively after replaying stuff, especially since most people will only play the game that first time.
Caught you right as you commented! All of my thoughts prior to the end are from my second playthough, so it's still fairly close to that first experience. If you want my thoughts from a first playthrough, you can check it out on my second channel.
Awesome vid
What are your thoughts on Kingdom Valley?
or just use G SYNC or FreeSync on your monitor
PPPPPPPUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
Replace "a GREAT" with "the WORST" and then the name of the video will be factually correct
Someone may be having a skill issue🥶