Reasons why Eggmanland is GOATED: 1. Its Eggmanland 2. It's the most challenging main level in Sonic history, but it's not cheap 3. Switching between Sonic and the Werehog was a really cool mechanic 4. Werehog doesn't have DUN DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN 5. Visually its absolutely incredible 6. The Egg Dragoon boss is so epic 7. Did I mention you get to play through flipping EGGMANLAND?!
Finally, someone who appreciates Eggmanland as much as me. What an absolute banger of a level. Perfect blend of challenge and fun, fantastic soundtrack, tests you on everything you've learned throughout the game, the perfect way to do a final level, the best level in the game, without question, and my favourite level in the whole series.
Well flipping done. I think this is your most ambitious video yet. I really appreciate the effort and dedication you put into making it. You didn't even have to add DLC or Gameland levels but you did you absolute legend.
I really enjoy that you don't approach these levels with an exhausting and nonsensical amount of hate like most other channels do. Just genuine thoughts about each level without being an extremist, fun video👊
So glad to see Jungle Joyride Act 1 take the 2nd place spot. It's a daunting marathon that really tests your speedrunning skills the whole way through, and I have nothing but mad respect for it because of that.
I just recently bought sonic colors DS and HOLY COW I missed the rush series sooo much. anyways it was nice to see eggman land in the S tier. You die a lot on that stage in the beginning but when you master it... good lord the adrenaline is insane
I remember my first time playing eggmanland I completed it in 41 minutes and died endlessly. Now I can happily say I’ve beaten it in 16 minutes without dying
As a fan of Sonic Unleashed, I respect that you put Eggmanland top of the list. That final level was peak. It’s so good that I was speed running that level in 14 minutes. Personally I have Skyscraper Scamper, Rooftop Run, and Adabat Day over it but people just need to realize that this level is God Tier.
A lot of the Game Land and Cyber Space levels are actually references to old levels’ layouts Game Land: 1-1: Green Hill Zone Act 1 (Sonic 1) 1-2: Tropical Resort Act 2 (Sonic Colors) 1-3: Inspired by Labyrinth Zone 2-1: Marble Zone Act 1 (Sonic 1) 2-2: Tropical Resort Act 3 (Sonic Colors) 2-3: Aquarium Park Act 6 (Sonic Colors) 3-1: Savannah Citadel Day Act 1 (Sonic Unleashed) 3-2: Scrap Brain Zone Act 1 (Sonic 1) 3-3: Apparently it’s a prototype of a Colors stage 4-1: Spring Yard Zone Act 1 (Sonic 1) 4-2: Chaser section from Skyscraper Scamper Day Act 1 in reverse (Sonic Unleashed) 4-3: Planet Wisp Act 6 (Sonic Colors) 5-1: Labyrinth Zone Act 1 (Sonic 1) 5-2: Tropical Resort Act 1 (Sonic Colors) 5-3: Planet Wisp Act 6 (Sonic Colors) 6-1: Skyscraper Scamper Day Act 1 (Sonic Unleashed) 6-2: Sky Chase Zone (Sonic 2) 6-3: Sky Chase Zone (Sonic 2) 7-1: Star Light Zone Act 1 (Sonic 1) 7-2: Planet Wisp Act 6 (Sonic Colors) 7-3: Sweet Mountain Act 1 (Sonic Colors) Cyber Space: 1-1: Windmill Isle Day Act 1 (Sonic Unleashed) 1-2: 3D Windmill Isle Day Act 2 (Sonic Unleashed) 1-3: Original 1-4: 3D Green Hill Zone Act 2 (Sonic Generations) 1-5: 3D Chemical Plant Act 2 (Sonic Generations) 1-6: Green Hill Zone Act 1 (Sonic Generations) 1-7: City Escape (Sonic Adventure 2) 2-1: 2D Green Hill Zone Act 2 (Sonic Generations) 2-2: Dragon Road Day Act 3 (Sonic Unleashed) 2-3: 2D Rooftop Run Day Act 1 (Sonic Unleashed) 2-4: Radical Highway (Sonic Adventure 2) 2-5: 2D Sky Sanctuary Act 2 (Sonic Generations) 2-6: Sky Rail (Sonic Adventure 2) 2-7: Sky Sanctuary Act 1 (Sonic Generations) 3-1: Green Forest (Sonic Adventure 2) 3-2: 2D Savannah Citadel Day Act 1 (Sonic Unleashed) 3-3: 3D Sky Sanctuary Act 2 (Sonic Generations) 3-4: Windmill Isle Day Act 3 (Sonic Unleashed) 3-5: Savannah Citadel Day Act 2 3-6: Rooftop Run Day Act 2 (Sonic Unleashed) 3-7: 2D Chemical Plant Act 2 (Sonic Generations) 4-1: Metal Harbor (Sonic Adventure 2) 4-2: Original but can be compared to the 3D sections of Speed Highway Act 2 from Generations 4-3: Original but contains some elements of Final Rush’s level design from SA2 4-4: Original, I can’t really compare it to anything 4-5: Cool Edge Day Act 4 (Sonic Unleashed) 4-6: Chemical Plant Act 1 (Sonic Generations) 4-7: Original 4-8: Original 4-9: The snowboarding from City Escape (Sonic Adventure 2), 3D City Escape Act 2 (Sonic Generations), or original, but it’s probably City Escape
Honestly the only redeeming quality of Sweet Mountain Act 4 is a glitch I discovered in the ultimate Version of it: They added a section designed for you to use the ghost wisp, but to get to eat you need to use a hover Wisp. However it’s placed right nearby the trigger for the 3-D automated loop section before would throw you right back into to the controls. So if you carefully hover through the loop you can enter the final section of the stage with 3-D controls in a 2-D space. It’s actually quite amusing. And it’s fun just being to walk around the lasers that would otherwise slow you down. However if the only real enjoyment I can get out of the stage is a glitch, I wouldn’t exactly call that a good thing.
You can actually beat the stage in less than a minute, without glitches. It still involves using the Ghost Wisp, however I have like 2 speedruns of this level, on my channel, btw (I only played the Ultimate version, btw)
52:12 This is easily the best stage in Gens 3DS just from the Laser Wisp alone. It’s so fun to create some shortcuts with the wisp that are unintended but faster. It’s so fun and satisfying to have a perfect run in the level, especially thanks to the length. But then again, I can see why people would think it’s a bad thing that the level is more fun by going against its design.
I know I’ll get hate for this, but I genuinely don’t get the love for Sonic Rush tbh. It’s a great game, don’t get me wrong, it’s just that I feel the game moves too fast for how much you can see ahead of yourself. You have to memorize the stage rather than be able to react. It’s a problem I have with all the Rush games, but I think because Rush Adventure and Colors are easier but still well designed, I feel like I can have more fun in those stages than the Rush stages.
Eggmanland is GOATED, I like how it incorporates almost everything you've learned in every stage like the bobsleigh from Cool Edge but it's a bit sad there's no water running but that would've also made it overused since 3 stages already have it and 1 is focused around it
I agree with you, Sonic Unleashed still remains the best mainline boost game in the entire series but you put my favourite Boost stage Cool Edge from Unleashed at S? Congrats!! also I can't wait for your ranking of the Adventure Era Sonic stages (1998-2004) in the next video, but overall Sonic Unleashed is the G.O.A.T!!
Although I agree level 3-5 is definitely the worst boost to level, I wouldn’t say it’s the worst sonic level ever made. Don’t get wrong 3-5 is a terrible zone, but I’d say the worst sonic level would have to go to scrambled egg zone. Let’s place ourselves in the mindset of a kid in 1992. Internet walk-throughs aren’t really a thing yet so you’re just playing through this level blind without a guide. You jump through the pipes of the level and then it drops you into a spike pit design in a way in which you can not escape no matter what you do and you will slowly lose your rings and die. And since there is no save state and a very limited amount of lives (and the fact unless you’re doing the good ending this is the last level of the game) it is very possible this single level could destroy your entire play through. and even ignoring that the level is insanely boring and the only thing of semi quality is a Robot Sonic Bossfight (which was actually the first one in the series in terms of release). But even then the Bossfight really isn’t that interesting and the design leaves a bit to be desired. So as bad as 3-5 is, at least it’s relatively forgettable. You simply run to the end, collect the keys you need to get the chaos emeralds and you never play it again. In fact you don’t even have to play the level if you don’t want to (I actually never came across that during my original Play through) so I’d say on that level it’s less fundamentally flawed.
The Original Jungle Joyride Adabat on daytime is the best stage, Id rank it above S++ tier because it gives that Sonic vibe and the pressure when playing it
Dang, all those Colors stages being so low hurts me. It’s probably just a me thing, but, man. It shows that the game has a pacing problem, but it never bothered me. I hate that you’re just sharing your opinion, and I’m getting upset by it. Despite that, I still appreciate that went out of your way to rank all these stages, and seeing which game has the best boosting levels. You didn’t even have do this, but you did, and you’re a legend for that. It’s great to know what you think of these stages, even if you’re more critical than I am. May I ask how long this took to make and how much storage the costed on your computer? You don’t have to tell me, but you can if you want. Anyways, great video and all the effort put into this is stellar. :)
Colours is so overrated and garbage. It was a huge downgrade from unleashed. Ok, it wasn’t garbage, it was ok. But I’ve no idea how it got so much praise. Is it literally because of children only? I played it as a kid and went back to ultimate and was so disappointed after playing so much gens lately.
Wow! I'm so glad to have found this video! Amazing work man! You and I have some similar tastes and I got SOOO happy to see your pick for 1st place! Eggmanland is a wonder of the video game world and definitely how a final stage for a game should be! :D
The issue with ranking gameland is that your opinion on it will probably change drastically if you play it with a friend. I used to play gameland with my little sister back in the day. We always has a blast!
Great video mate Baffles me how so many of Colours’ levels were chopped up into smaller stages because when you play them back to back (I.E Sweet Mountain Act 1 then 2) they play out like legitimate boost stages with reaction based obstacles and different routes At its core, Colours isn’t designed much differently than Unleashed, although toned down a bit for the Wii, but they didn’t allow us to see the effort put into the levels properly
The unwiished day stages are pretty underrated and are actually some times on the same level as some of the unleashed hd levels, here is why i think that: They are good for a diffefent reason, the levels in unleashed hd are built in a way that the only way to get an s rank is to not get hit by any obstacle, on the other hand, unwiished levels are built on mastering the controls, and creating your own shortcuts to speedrun the level, it rewards skill more than memorization, which is a better thing to do imo. I recomend seeing the video "unleashed wii day stage discussion" to see more of what im talking about (btw i don think they are perfect, but are really great). ALSO you can cancel the boost any time with a button press, i forgot what button that was. And you can drift in the slide thing in cool edge, you probably didnt know that and thats why you didnt feel the turning that good.
Generations Crisis City may be my favorite stage of all time. its so fun. its a challenge, it makes you focus, a banger soundtrack, amazing visuals, unique enemies, awesome final segment where you run towards the tornado as opposed to away from it like in 06, tons of skips, and IT IS AMAZING.
Unleashed is still my favorite boost game and while i love every stage, jungle joyride is my favorite, i didnt mind the slowdown as much but its an even better stage on series X
I feel like ever since frontiers came out people have been appreciating Sonic Unleashed more, it'd be cool if Unleashed got a (better) ultimate re-release
Great tier list! For me, the top 3 are Seaside Hill, Sky Sanctuary and Arid Sands. GOATed stages were the length of the stage purely depends on the skill of the player, that is what makes great level design for me.
Boost games are really something special. I would love to see a new/remade Rush game in the future. Also you should make more videos like this, it was really interesting.
I think the main reason that people don’t like arid sands act 1 is because it’s difficult, but unlike eggmanland it doesn’t feel rewarding enough to justify it, that’s the reason I’ve heard thrown around anyway.
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Damm just started 2023 and already gone crazy with the base tier list. My #1 favorite boost lvl is Jungle Joyride Act 1-2 but ya Eggmanland is the best way to end of the game
7:38 As someone who regularly speedruns Colors (Wii), the trick to this stage is to just damage boost through the fire bars. The end section is still pure pain, though. Also, why are you shitting on Colors so much? Sure, Gameland sucks, but the first 12 minutes is almost exclusively Colors. I guess I'd agree if I tried playing for red rings, but I don't I speedrun, and only about 20% of the stages suck, but that's the same with Unleashed HD for me, 20% suck IMO. The Generations simping is palpable, too
I agree. All the islands are great (yes even Rhea). 1. Ares: 10/10 (this island is based af) 2. Ouranos: 10/10 (very close with Ares for 1st place but Ares has SUMO) 3. Kronos: 9/10 4. Chaos: 8.5/10 (At first I was like “fuck this shit” but it started growing on me and I couldn’t help but keep replaying it and was enjoying myself here) 5. Rhea: 8/10 (I had this higher but like I said Chao grew on me. But this island is great. It provides lore, massive character growth for Sonic, and I love the platforming to get to each tower. Short but probably one of the highlights from Frontiers tbh).
2:19 Ok. IMO ranking alevel based on its setting should not be a thing. We are purely looking for level design no? Athletics do look nice but that should probably be on a doferent tier list if that where the case since all we care for in this instance is gameplay and gimmicks. Just a little thought I'd like to point out. Carry on ^^'
Cool tier list but why the hell is terminal velocity act 2 here the stage is more about the story then actual gameplay im honestly surprised it made it in
Planet Wisp Generations would have been D rank for me so I was very shocked 😂 1 because of the 2D feeling long and drawn out and I was never happy about Planet Wisp being the final zone instead of something like Asteroid Coaster
Planet wist Isn't drawn out if you take the higher routes. It takes about three minutes on high routes, and 10 minutes on lower routes. I think you only need 5 minutes for an S rank as less than 4 minutes a high level of skill and some level knowledge.
I'm pretty sure that unleashed still holds top tier. Sonic frontiers focuses on open zone and cyberspace is just a little side thing, and I would probably place the levels between C-B. So unleashed is still the goat🔥
I think Cyberspace is Super fun. I prefer it over Colors slightly and much more than Forces. The movement tech is sick with the homing attack cancel and the rail launching. One of my favorite parts of Frontiers was playing Arcade mode. The only thing I like more than Cyberspace is the open zones. I would say the titan fights, but you can’t go in and fight them again unless you restart the game. There needs to be a mode to fight the titans again. But yeah I think Unleashed still is the best for boost levels. But it’s debatable between that and Generations.
I think planet wisp would've been better if they chose the cyan wisp instead of rocket. It's just slower and a game like generations isn't supposed to be slow atleast for modern sonic
It isn't a paid game so nah. Actually nah it would, but that would also count the storybook games, and even though those are official boost games, he didn't include them intentionally.
if you counted the gimmick stages from forces, you should have counted the gimmick stages from colors DS and Generations, especially since some of generations 'gimmick' stages are actually fucking amazing like planet wisp at dusk
Can you do videos ranking each 2D and 3D game level by theme (example Space/Death Egg Levels like Death Egg, Final Rush, Egg Utopia, Dead Line, etc. or Beach theme like Emerald Coast, Wave Ocean, Seaside Hill, Jungle Joyride, etc.)
Just thinking about this now, I realized I'd put literally every Sonic Rush level in S tier, not a single miss in that masterpiece.
I expect to see your version before the end of the year
I'd put every Colors DS stage in S tier, underrated masterpiece
Everything from Sonic Unleashed S tier EVEN EGGMANLAND.
There were some bs bottomless pits and other things though, some trial and error ngl
Still love Rush though
Mirage road would be good but the ending parts are so unnecessary so I'd put that in A or B
Reasons why Eggmanland is GOATED:
1. Its Eggmanland
2. It's the most challenging main level in Sonic history, but it's not cheap
3. Switching between Sonic and the Werehog was a really cool mechanic
4. Werehog doesn't have DUN DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN
5. Visually its absolutely incredible
6. The Egg Dragoon boss is so epic
7. Did I mention you get to play through flipping EGGMANLAND?!
4. Laughs in the Wii/ps2 version.
Hate to say this but
The Ps2/Wii version is Eggmanland done right.
Best platforming challenges in the franchise, actual difficult final level. If you hate Eggmanland then sorry but it's just skill issue
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Both are good
@@gunman8452 nope it's not skill issue the level just sucks lol though not as much as Perfect Dark Gaia HD.
@@markofthewolvessucks8930I mean that kinda is a skill issue. If you can’t ever beat it…Well you just suck at that stage. Plain and simple.
Finally, someone who appreciates Eggmanland as much as me. What an absolute banger of a level. Perfect blend of challenge and fun, fantastic soundtrack, tests you on everything you've learned throughout the game, the perfect way to do a final level, the best level in the game, without question, and my favourite level in the whole series.
Well flipping done. I think this is your most ambitious video yet. I really appreciate the effort and dedication you put into making it. You didn't even have to add DLC or Gameland levels but you did you absolute legend.
Dude, Arid Sands Day is fire. The music, the design, speed, aesthetic, the feel! It's all excellent.
Underrated stage, arid sands act 2 is perfect to practice quick time events
@@real_overtale might try it out.
I really enjoy that you don't approach these levels with an exhausting and nonsensical amount of hate like most other channels do. Just genuine thoughts about each level without being an extremist, fun video👊
Bro ranked the levels by their difficulty. What a legend.
I don't know if i prefer Eggmanland, but it's definitely on the top of my list.
So glad to see Jungle Joyride Act 1 take the 2nd place spot. It's a daunting marathon that really tests your speedrunning skills the whole way through, and I have nothing but mad respect for it because of that.
This guy says ngl more than me ngl
New impossible drinking game just dropped: take a shot every time he says "not gonna lie".
I just recently bought sonic colors DS and HOLY COW I missed the rush series sooo much. anyways it was nice to see eggman land in the S tier. You die a lot on that stage in the beginning but when you master it... good lord the adrenaline is insane
2:31 not the worst stage in platforming history tho, that honor goes to Hurry Hurry Hurry
The amount of disappointment I felt at 0:06 when you didn't say good! great! awesome! outstanding! amazing! was too intense 😭😭😭
I remember my first time playing eggmanland I completed it in 41 minutes and died endlessly. Now I can happily say I’ve beaten it in 16 minutes without dying
As a fan of Sonic Unleashed, I respect that you put Eggmanland top of the list. That final level was peak. It’s so good that I was speed running that level in 14 minutes. Personally I have Skyscraper Scamper, Rooftop Run, and Adabat Day over it but people just need to realize that this level is God Tier.
A lot of the Game Land and Cyber Space levels are actually references to old levels’ layouts
Game Land:
1-1: Green Hill Zone Act 1 (Sonic 1)
1-2: Tropical Resort Act 2 (Sonic Colors)
1-3: Inspired by Labyrinth Zone
2-1: Marble Zone Act 1 (Sonic 1)
2-2: Tropical Resort Act 3 (Sonic Colors)
2-3: Aquarium Park Act 6 (Sonic Colors)
3-1: Savannah Citadel Day Act 1 (Sonic Unleashed)
3-2: Scrap Brain Zone Act 1 (Sonic 1)
3-3: Apparently it’s a prototype of a Colors stage
4-1: Spring Yard Zone Act 1 (Sonic 1)
4-2: Chaser section from Skyscraper Scamper Day Act 1 in reverse (Sonic Unleashed)
4-3: Planet Wisp Act 6 (Sonic Colors)
5-1: Labyrinth Zone Act 1 (Sonic 1)
5-2: Tropical Resort Act 1 (Sonic Colors)
5-3: Planet Wisp Act 6 (Sonic Colors)
6-1: Skyscraper Scamper Day Act 1 (Sonic Unleashed)
6-2: Sky Chase Zone (Sonic 2)
6-3: Sky Chase Zone (Sonic 2)
7-1: Star Light Zone Act 1 (Sonic 1)
7-2: Planet Wisp Act 6 (Sonic Colors)
7-3: Sweet Mountain Act 1 (Sonic Colors)
Cyber Space:
1-1: Windmill Isle Day Act 1 (Sonic Unleashed)
1-2: 3D Windmill Isle Day Act 2 (Sonic Unleashed)
1-3: Original
1-4: 3D Green Hill Zone Act 2 (Sonic Generations)
1-5: 3D Chemical Plant Act 2 (Sonic Generations)
1-6: Green Hill Zone Act 1 (Sonic Generations)
1-7: City Escape (Sonic Adventure 2)
2-1: 2D Green Hill Zone Act 2 (Sonic Generations)
2-2: Dragon Road Day Act 3 (Sonic Unleashed)
2-3: 2D Rooftop Run Day Act 1 (Sonic Unleashed)
2-4: Radical Highway (Sonic Adventure 2)
2-5: 2D Sky Sanctuary Act 2 (Sonic Generations)
2-6: Sky Rail (Sonic Adventure 2)
2-7: Sky Sanctuary Act 1 (Sonic Generations)
3-1: Green Forest (Sonic Adventure 2)
3-2: 2D Savannah Citadel Day Act 1 (Sonic Unleashed)
3-3: 3D Sky Sanctuary Act 2 (Sonic Generations)
3-4: Windmill Isle Day Act 3 (Sonic Unleashed)
3-5: Savannah Citadel Day Act 2
3-6: Rooftop Run Day Act 2 (Sonic Unleashed)
3-7: 2D Chemical Plant Act 2 (Sonic Generations)
4-1: Metal Harbor (Sonic Adventure 2)
4-2: Original but can be compared to the 3D sections of Speed Highway Act 2 from Generations
4-3: Original but contains some elements of Final Rush’s level design from SA2
4-4: Original, I can’t really compare it to anything
4-5: Cool Edge Day Act 4 (Sonic Unleashed)
4-6: Chemical Plant Act 1 (Sonic Generations)
4-7: Original
4-8: Original
4-9: The snowboarding from City Escape (Sonic Adventure 2), 3D City Escape Act 2 (Sonic Generations), or original, but it’s probably City Escape
Bro that literally means Colors was reusing itself
@@floridiantoiletsandmore9449 yeah it was lmao
Even the main game does that
Honestly the only redeeming quality of Sweet Mountain Act 4 is a glitch I discovered in the ultimate Version of it:
They added a section designed for you to use the ghost wisp, but to get to eat you need to use a hover Wisp. However it’s placed right nearby the trigger for the 3-D automated loop section before would throw you right back into to the controls. So if you carefully hover through the loop you can enter the final section of the stage with 3-D controls in a 2-D space. It’s actually quite amusing. And it’s fun just being to walk around the lasers that would otherwise slow you down.
However if the only real enjoyment I can get out of the stage is a glitch, I wouldn’t exactly call that a good thing.
Also even if you fall off the stage and die, when Tails drops you off back on the stage you’ll still have 3-D control.
You can actually beat the stage in less than a minute, without glitches. It still involves using the Ghost Wisp, however
I have like 2 speedruns of this level, on my channel, btw
(I only played the Ultimate version, btw)
Dude I don’t blame you bro. Colors had so many ASS STAGES OMFG 😂
My two favorite boost stages of all time are the top two stages in the tier list, this is awesome.
Unleashed has literally no bad levels, be it daytime or nighttime. Yeah, fight me
Skyscraper scamper night, or dragon road act 2 night? (Due to the same type of obstacle)
@@mbdg6810 he was too scared to fight you loll
52:12
This is easily the best stage in Gens 3DS just from the Laser Wisp alone.
It’s so fun to create some shortcuts with the wisp that are unintended but faster.
It’s so fun and satisfying to have a perfect run in the level, especially thanks to the length.
But then again, I can see why people would think it’s a bad thing that the level is more fun by going against its design.
I know I’ll get hate for this, but I genuinely don’t get the love for Sonic Rush tbh. It’s a great game, don’t get me wrong, it’s just that I feel the game moves too fast for how much you can see ahead of yourself. You have to memorize the stage rather than be able to react. It’s a problem I have with all the Rush games, but I think because Rush Adventure and Colors are easier but still well designed, I feel like I can have more fun in those stages than the Rush stages.
Respectable
“It’s not much better, but it’s a lot better”
What
Eggmanland is GOATED, I like how it incorporates almost everything you've learned in every stage like the bobsleigh from Cool Edge but it's a bit sad there's no water running but that would've also made it overused since 3 stages already have it and 1 is focused around it
I agree with you, Sonic Unleashed still remains the best mainline boost game in the entire series but you put my favourite Boost stage Cool Edge from Unleashed at S? Congrats!! also I can't wait for your ranking of the Adventure Era Sonic stages (1998-2004) in the next video, but overall Sonic Unleashed is the G.O.A.T!!
I'd wish you say Adventure games so he'd include Sonic 06..... Also so I can feel better about myself
Although I agree level 3-5 is definitely the worst boost to level, I wouldn’t say it’s the worst sonic level ever made.
Don’t get wrong 3-5 is a terrible zone, but I’d say the worst sonic level would have to go to scrambled egg zone.
Let’s place ourselves in the mindset of a kid in 1992. Internet walk-throughs aren’t really a thing yet so you’re just playing through this level blind without a guide. You jump through the pipes of the level and then it drops you into a spike pit design in a way in which you can not escape no matter what you do and you will slowly lose your rings and die. And since there is no save state and a very limited amount of lives (and the fact unless you’re doing the good ending this is the last level of the game) it is very possible this single level could destroy your entire play through.
and even ignoring that the level is insanely boring and the only thing of semi quality is a Robot Sonic Bossfight (which was actually the first one in the series in terms of release). But even then the Bossfight really isn’t that interesting and the design leaves a bit to be desired.
So as bad as 3-5 is, at least it’s relatively forgettable. You simply run to the end, collect the keys you need to get the chaos emeralds and you never play it again. In fact you don’t even have to play the level if you don’t want to (I actually never came across that during my original Play through) so I’d say on that level it’s less fundamentally flawed.
The Original Jungle Joyride Adabat on daytime is the best stage, Id rank it above S++ tier because it gives that Sonic vibe and the pressure when playing it
I was definitely shocked with Arsenal Pyramid since that was one of the best stages in Forces honestly 😩
Dang, all those Colors stages being so low hurts me. It’s probably just a me thing, but, man. It shows that the game has a pacing problem, but it never bothered me. I hate that you’re just sharing your opinion, and I’m getting upset by it. Despite that, I still appreciate that went out of your way to rank all these stages, and seeing which game has the best boosting levels. You didn’t even have do this, but you did, and you’re a legend for that. It’s great to know what you think of these stages, even if you’re more critical than I am. May I ask how long this took to make and how much storage the costed on your computer? You don’t have to tell me, but you can if you want. Anyways, great video and all the effort put into this is stellar. :)
Took over 40 hours to do, and the file was 46GB
@@Unleash_YT Well, at least all that hard work and storage paid off.
Colours is so overrated and garbage. It was a huge downgrade from unleashed. Ok, it wasn’t garbage, it was ok. But I’ve no idea how it got so much praise. Is it literally because of children only? I played it as a kid and went back to ultimate and was so disappointed after playing so much gens lately.
Frontiers is also overrated but I’d say it’s a good game. It’s definitely a breath of fresh air from the last decade of pure garbage we got.
@@OminousBlastyour opinion.
For me, I found Colors to be better than Unleashed
Props on making such a long and thought out video
3:42 I see you referenced a procrastinator amongst us 😏
Truly a legend among us...
Wow! I'm so glad to have found this video! Amazing work man! You and I have some similar tastes and I got SOOO happy to see your pick for 1st place! Eggmanland is a wonder of the video game world and definitely how a final stage for a game should be! :D
Amazing video. I enjoyed watching every minute of it.
What an awesome video, really appreciate all the hard work man
Cyberspace 2-2 is so much better now with the spindash cuz speedrunning it is really fun
Great way to start the year, thanks Unleash, and happy new year!!
I guess "damn" was the word of the day
those who think eggmanland is horrible just dont know the correct paths
or dont know that they can skip lots of werehog battles
Just put every stage of Sonic Unleashed in S rank, then it’s a perfect ranking.
The issue with ranking gameland is that your opinion on it will probably change drastically if you play it with a friend. I used to play gameland with my little sister back in the day. We always has a blast!
Great video mate
Baffles me how so many of Colours’ levels were chopped up into smaller stages because when you play them back to back (I.E Sweet Mountain Act 1 then 2) they play out like legitimate boost stages with reaction based obstacles and different routes
At its core, Colours isn’t designed much differently than Unleashed, although toned down a bit for the Wii, but they didn’t allow us to see the effort put into the levels properly
This video is a masterpiece, amazing work Unleash!
The unwiished day stages are pretty underrated and are actually some times on the same level as some of the unleashed hd levels, here is why i think that:
They are good for a diffefent reason, the levels in unleashed hd are built in a way that the only way to get an s rank is to not get hit by any obstacle, on the other hand, unwiished levels are built on mastering the controls, and creating your own shortcuts to speedrun the level, it rewards skill more than memorization, which is a better thing to do imo.
I recomend seeing the video "unleashed wii day stage discussion" to see more of what im talking about (btw i don think they are perfect, but are really great).
ALSO you can cancel the boost any time with a button press, i forgot what button that was. And you can drift in the slide thing in cool edge, you probably didnt know that and thats why you didnt feel the turning that good.
I know how to drift in the sled, and was still very stiff.
@@Unleash_YT huh, weird, it was fine for me
Generations Crisis City may be my favorite stage of all time. its so fun. its a challenge, it makes you focus, a banger soundtrack, amazing visuals, unique enemies, awesome final segment where you run towards the tornado as opposed to away from it like in 06, tons of skips, and IT IS AMAZING.
Unleashed is still my favorite boost game and while i love every stage, jungle joyride is my favorite, i didnt mind the slowdown as much but its an even better stage on series X
You know it’s a great video if it’s almost 2 hours
Great video!
But the handheld sonic boom games also have boost in it.
STOP
@@Unleash_YT 😂😂seriously though. I love your videos and the dedication for this video will not unnoticed.
Goated Ranking, so much love for sonic unleashed and rush i love it❤👍
Personally, LOVED werehog's combo cancel with block button, SO GOOD!
I feel like ever since frontiers came out people have been appreciating Sonic Unleashed more, it'd be cool if Unleashed got a (better) ultimate re-release
Now if we were adding the free roam in frontiers i dont care what anyone one says ima put them all in S yes even chaos island
Jungle Joyride (Day) Act 1 is my favorite Sonic level ever!!!
god what a crazy man. I loved the video, thank for the content
Great tier list! For me, the top 3 are Seaside Hill, Sky Sanctuary and Arid Sands. GOATed stages were the length of the stage purely depends on the skill of the player, that is what makes great level design for me.
I don't care for Arid Sands, but it's really just because I don't like the visuals of most desert levels.
3-6 is my most favorite cyberspace level
I guess I have something to watch while I eat my pizza. Talk about perfect timing
Boost games are really something special. I would love to see a new/remade Rush game in the future.
Also you should make more videos like this, it was really interesting.
That screen crunch has to go lmao. The dual screen helped, but God damn
Where would you place the levels from Final Horizon and Shadow Generations?
I think the main reason that people don’t like arid sands act 1 is because it’s difficult, but unlike eggmanland it doesn’t feel rewarding enough to justify it, that’s the reason I’ve heard thrown around anyway.
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so its just Unleashed-Generations-Rush List
For me cool edge would be S tier for me the only reason why is cause I love the snow I love the music the running on water was peak
Damm just started 2023 and already gone crazy with the base tier list. My #1 favorite boost lvl is Jungle Joyride Act 1-2 but ya Eggmanland is the best way to end of the game
This will take all of my life to watch this video
7:38 As someone who regularly speedruns Colors (Wii), the trick to this stage is to just damage boost through the fire bars. The end section is still pure pain, though.
Also, why are you shitting on Colors so much? Sure, Gameland sucks, but the first 12 minutes is almost exclusively Colors. I guess I'd agree if I tried playing for red rings, but I don't I speedrun, and only about 20% of the stages suck, but that's the same with Unleashed HD for me, 20% suck IMO.
The Generations simping is palpable, too
Stay mad, Colours fan
@@Unleash_YT I will stay mad 😭😭😭
Wait there’s DLC for SONIC UNLEASHED?????
Damn 14 years later and you've finally found out about the DLC
The way you described cyberspace 2-6 makes it sound like a low C-tier, so I don't know why you have it in B-tier
D Tier is now officially Game Land Tier
Does it technically count if secret rings and black knight have a built-in boost?
Would be cool to see you rank the open zones In Frontiers
I agree. All the islands are great (yes even Rhea).
1. Ares: 10/10 (this island is based af)
2. Ouranos: 10/10 (very close with Ares for 1st place but Ares has SUMO)
3. Kronos: 9/10
4. Chaos: 8.5/10 (At first I was like “fuck this shit” but it started growing on me and I couldn’t help but keep replaying it and was enjoying myself here)
5. Rhea: 8/10 (I had this higher but like I said Chao grew on me. But this island is great. It provides lore, massive character growth for Sonic, and I love the platforming to get to each tower. Short but probably one of the highlights from Frontiers tbh).
2:19 Ok.
IMO ranking alevel based on its setting should not be a thing. We are purely looking for level design no?
Athletics do look nice but that should probably be on a doferent tier list if that where the case since all we care for in this instance is gameplay and gimmicks.
Just a little thought I'd like to point out. Carry on ^^'
Nice video! This is certainly an interesting list lol. How long would have this taken you to make?
40+ hours
Cool tier list but why the hell is terminal velocity act 2 here the stage is more about the story then actual gameplay im honestly surprised it made it in
You can still make a good stage and make it about the story
unleashed ps2 where? >:D
YEEEEESSSSSSSSSS 3-5 IS AT THE BOTTOM
Goated review right there some based takes and some odd ones but I don't you will break Twitter over this.
Planet Wisp Generations would have been D rank for me so I was very shocked 😂 1 because of the 2D feeling long and drawn out and I was never happy about Planet Wisp being the final zone instead of something like Asteroid Coaster
Planet wist Isn't drawn out if you take the higher routes. It takes about three minutes on high routes, and 10 minutes on lower routes. I think you only need 5 minutes for an S rank as less than 4 minutes a high level of skill and some level knowledge.
Sorry to be a sticker brother but doesn't the sonic heroes special stage count as boost stages. You collect orbs to boost
You've just said it's a SPECIAL stage
I rest my case.
@@Unleash_YT fair enough lol
The Hidden Islands from Rush Adventure are missing, probably because they're too short.
No unleashed java 😔
Alternate Title: Trashing on Game Land to No End
I'm pretty sure that unleashed still holds top tier. Sonic frontiers focuses on open zone and cyberspace is just a little side thing, and I would probably place the levels between C-B. So unleashed is still the goat🔥
I think Cyberspace is Super fun. I prefer it over Colors slightly and much more than Forces. The movement tech is sick with the homing attack cancel and the rail launching. One of my favorite parts of Frontiers was playing Arcade mode. The only thing I like more than Cyberspace is the open zones. I would say the titan fights, but you can’t go in and fight them again unless you restart the game. There needs to be a mode to fight the titans again.
But yeah I think Unleashed still is the best for boost levels. But it’s debatable between that and Generations.
I agree with alot of this list,one of the only ones is Planet wisp act 2 from gens ,which i think it's probably an A tier or higher B tier
What is with all of these Block levels?
for some stupid reason eggman land in sonic unleashed took me A YEAR to complete.
Where'd you rank the unleashed java stages
I still can’t decide if sonic frontiers counts as a boost game or not
Yooo man what is act 2 from planet wisp doing that low!
Nah man I’ve been sleeping on you too much
I think planet wisp would've been better if they chose the cyan wisp instead of rocket. It's just slower and a game like generations isn't supposed to be slow atleast for modern sonic
guys i think he doesnt like gameland
Eggman land Hottake HEAVILY AGREED ON
Was hoping for you to say Sonic Rrrrrrrush for each stage😂
wouldnt java unleashed count as boost too?
It isn't a paid game so nah. Actually nah it would, but that would also count the storybook games, and even though those are official boost games, he didn't include them intentionally.
Would you rank rhea island?
I just wanna say, that Dragon Road: Night - beloved level, Day - most terrible level for me (1 acts both)
Great vid
if you counted the gimmick stages from forces, you should have counted the gimmick stages from colors DS and Generations, especially since some of generations 'gimmick' stages are actually fucking amazing like planet wisp at dusk
Cyberspace 3-5 was a fun level fight me
Can you do videos ranking each 2D and 3D game level by theme (example Space/Death Egg Levels like Death Egg, Final Rush, Egg Utopia, Dead Line, etc. or Beach theme like Emerald Coast, Wave Ocean, Seaside Hill, Jungle Joyride, etc.)
Wait cyberspace 3-5 worse than even the doom from shadow the hedgehog?