I just prefer the sonic cd special stages

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>>740315163
No it isn't
I really don't get why they changed the way to enter these. Getting to the stage by getting to the end with rings seemed fair to me. If you were good, you could just breeze through the stage and get to them. Meanwhile, here, you have to stop whatever you are doing and find the ring. It really makes it annoying on replays.
In genetal, i think 1 had the best special stages. Mainly because they actually the same physics as the regular stages, so knowing physics there helped.

>>740315392
>it's bad because it's harder
The battle cry of the eternal shitter.

>>740315163
I remember in one of the GBA games, passing this shit was MANDATORY to unlock the ability to download chao from the Chao Garden in the Gamecube game. I spent fucking hours on it and never ended up succeeding.

People hate blue sphere? I loved it, especially compared to the Sonic 2 special stages which I always struggled with.

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PTSD

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It's fun.
But it takes up too much time of the gameplay that I eventually just skip the minigames now.

This was fine. The Sonic 2 Stages SUCKED

>>740315392
>It really makes it annoying on replays.
anon iirc you can unironically get all of the emeralds on the first stage, it didn't feel annoying
if anything it incentivized exploring the levels more and going through the alternative paths

>>740315616
I had easier time with the tunnel in 2 than later stages of spheres where you have to pretty much perfectly memorize the layout or get fucked in the ass.

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Over this? No way!

All of the fluddless stages on sunshine makes /v/ shit their pants in rage. I don't get it, those stages were all fun for me

>>740317961
/v/ seething about the timer in xcom 2 was my watershed moment for realizing nearly everyone on this board is retarded and bad at games

>>740315163
This is so much better than the minigames in 1 2 & CD. I don't get the hate.

>>740318592
For me it was the fact that Sony fanboys after the PS2 even exists.

>>740315163
It never said you cant get the red ones.

>>740315163
First 7 special stages: Fun gimmick, can even be perfected with a little practice
Super Emerald Special Stages: Bullshit. Heinous bullshit that requires perfect memorization of the pattern

I can't think of any special stages that are good and I have a feeling most sonic fans agree and just won't admit it.

>>740317932
looks like the original F zero

>>740320332
I agree, all of them sucked.

WA-oh WA-oh WA-oh WA-oh WA-oh WA-oh WA-oh WA-oh WA-oh WA-oh WA-oh WA-oh WA-oh

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the Sonic 2 stages would be the best if they didn't have a framerate of 5

>>740320332
Blue spheres is perfectly good. It doesn't feel like the game is sabotaging you by itself. If you fuck up, you fuck up.

>>740321053
Wasn't this solved in the Christian Whitehead rerelease?

>>740320332
the only one i really hate are 1's and cd's mainly because you're heavily subjected to RNG. 2's and 3's are fun

>>740319560
you beat me to it you fucker

>>740321152
I don't know, I played it on the Megadrive.

>>740319560
my child brain thought the point was to get all of them
then i started to question why it always ended so quickly

It's really fun. Best mini-game in the trilogy easily.

>>740315517
That was Sonic Advance 2. I still don't understand why that game is looked upon so fondly. Finding the emeralds in that game required you to have a fucking map of every stage.

>>740315163
the difficulty spikes are memorization-based. it's not bad for the era, but I can see why some people would be upset

>>740315163
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>>740319894
>Super Emerald Special Stages: Bullshit. Heinous bullshit that requires perfect memorization of the pattern
I really disagree with this. They were still really fun and not much of a step-up in difficulty.

>>740315392
I always thought these were the hardest of the special stages, with 3's being the easiest. It's so hard to control.

>>740315163
People are retarded and can't wrap their heads around the level geometry.

>>740321053
no, sonic 2 special stages suck because they rely on bullshit fake difficulty (sharp turns or ramps to deny you vision)

>>740315163
It does get a little tedious. Was playing S3&K recently and I lost my concentration going for the fifth emerald (still in Angel Island Zone) and I just lost my concentration after a while. Fucked up an obvious jump segment. Left the ring kind of mad

>>740315163
None of the sonic mini games are fun. I can't believe they require you to do that bullshit to get the chaos emeralds

>>740324268
They were definitely bullshit. You have to memorize everything. If you just used your reaction time, you're already too late.

>>740324431
Super Sonic is too powerful. You can't make the special stages easy.

>>740315392
>widescreen patch
You did, in no way whatsoever, beat the game

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When did you realize that it's a mediocre sequel?

>>740324431
3&K, Mania and CD (only the 2011 port with higher framerate) all have decent special stages.

sonic doesnt have any good special stages. not even mania.

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>>740315392
>>740319560
>>740323416
>>740326657
>>740326784
>>740324431

>>740317932
What were they actually thinking with this utterly horrendous bullshit?

>>740315163
I do everything i can to avoid the bonus stages in all sonic games.

>>740326784
You're wrong.

>>740319560
You wouldn't survive in the wild.
Red is the colour of blood, and it's the colour of poisonous animals etc. It's a warning sign and all animals on the planet are subconsciously and intuitively aware that red = bad.

>>740319560
>>740332106
And in case you don't get it (which you probably don't) I'm saying you are a retard on an evolutionary scale.
You are a cosmic fuck-up.

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It's the only classic game that is consistently good. All the 18 normal stages, 6 special stages, and 6 boss fights are well designed

>>740324440
Stages 1-6 have patterns that are predictable enough, but 7 is way too chaotic no pun intended to reasonably do with just reaction speed.

>>740332298
>all those words for a shitpost you didnt catch
Ill help you out this time newfaggot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSB9SZvtP2I

wa-UH