Pepsiman did city escape first

If someone tells you suspect was a human sized hedgehog. your first question wouldnt be "what did it look like"

Fun fact: to spite those that hated big the cat, they snuck him into every single level, theres a hidden big in every signal stage as joke, at the expense of those that hated him

I think Jared made this video just to eat a handful of marshmallows at the end

"I ain't gonna let it get to me, I'm just gon' creep...."

The only reason why the characters are interrupting eachother is because they didn't bother to make the sequencing optimized for the English version. That's why the Japanese version does not have characters interrupt each other. That's also why nothing lip syncs in the English version.

In the conclusion, you should've played "Live and Learn" so loudly that we can't hear your voice, giving us only subtitles to go on.

"We love the Sonic Levels, We love the Shadow Levels, We Love the Chao Garden" *forgets the Multiplayer*

So in short Sega needs to bring back Chao garden and people will be happy!

I like the Knuckles stages as far as gameplay. I just despise the beeping.

Just to explain the "Wish" thing: Shadow didn't literally mean he would grant Eggman's wish like a genie. He meant he would help Eggman gather the Chaos Emeralds, which could be used to power the Arc's cannon. Eggman could then use the cannon to demand whatever he wanted (his "wish"). Eggman believed this was their plan. Shadow, however, was lying about this. He knew that activating the cannon would trigger Gerald Robotnik's failsafe to crash the colony and "avenge" Maria by destroying humanity, and that was his goal until the end of the game when Amy talked him out of it. In addition to it's other faults, this game really doesn't explain the plot very well.

Man the comment section here is like a living museum of "jumping on the wrong bandwagon"

Man, going on the internet and saying Sonic Adventure 2 is bad is showing you have balls.

I actually liked the knuckles stages. But yeah you're right about the "raising chaos rewarded you for replaying the levels you liked over and over" thing. Tails and Eggman stages were awful. I forgot the car levels were even there.

...now I can't stop staring at Sonic's detached arm in all the cutscenes...

I always played Tails/Eggman stages for chaos drives, that way I could tell from a distance what color drive was released before I accidentally grabbed the wrong color.

Sonic Unleashed: Sonic fans say it sucks because only half the game is good Sonic Adventure 2: Sonic fans love it when at best a third of the game is good Logic?

The game could've been a lot better if any of the stages besides Sonic made any sense for the character you play them with. Knuckles is hot headed, egotistical brute. Why not give him a beat em up stage? Tails is an 8 year old genius with an IQ of 300. Why not give him puzzle stages? The Sonic stages work so well because they go along with what makes Sonic who he is. Speed. And I don't know about you guys, but when I think of Knuckles and Tails, I don't really think of fetch quests and 3rd person shooters.

SA2 is the Final Fantasy X of the franchise. It's either "the last good game in the franchise", or "the first bad one."

15:22 5 years later and I still can't hear this song without Jared all of a sudden in my brain with that cold stare.

Never understood why Eggman's warning shot for the Earth was blowing up the moon. Because that's not a warning shot.

We all know that the best Sonic Adventure game is 7 on the GameBoy Advance.

Now that I think about it, SA2 got rid of so many great things from the original Sonic Adventure game, like the hub worlds and the character specific stories. It actually feels like an adventure with everyone’s story being connected into one big plot line.

Looks like Projared got the last laugh lmao

14:25 Is that real I'm fucking dying

"Make Knuckles about hitting things! But don't make him... you know. *shows picture of Sonic Boom's Knuckles*" Yeah! They should make him more like.... you know. *shows picture of Sonic The Werehog*

"Make Knuckles about hitting things." *Immediately shows footage of Knuckles hitting things

I had no issues with the criticisms brought up in this video, but then he dropped that “Sonic’s stupid friends” bar at the very last second 😂😂 lost me there

I liked 99% of this game. the other 1% is mad space

I just want a dedicated Chao Garden game. Seriously, I still absolutely ADORE the gardens. I'm a sucker for raising creatures. Pokemon, Monster Rancher, NiGHTS, you name it! Honestly, I feel like the main campaign of Sonic Adventure is just an elaborate minigame for the Chaos.

6:32 speedrunning these areas are impossible... Dage4: Am I a joke to you???

i actually really enjoy the Knuckles sections...

Is it just me, or does ProJared have a way of saying certain ordinary lines that makes them sound absolutely hilarious? For just one example, the phrase "A truck that's the size of _every house_" would be a mildly humorous observation in another review, but is completely hilarious the way he says it. (Another example is the "Seriously. That is him. They stole this." line from the "Worst Console Ever" video.)

you know what, i've never seen you do a lengthy analysis of a game like this, but it's really good. keep it up, i'd love to see more.

Orginally designs for shadow had him looking much closer to sonic. The main difference is shadow had a scar and darker blue fur. It is belviable with that design that people might confuse him and sonic with only quick looks and in darkness.

I understand the game isn’t for everyone but let’s just remember Knuckles was always supposed to be a garden and a treasure hunter so his levels make sense

Fun fact: they never covered it in the game, but there was a mini-comic series that showed Maria rushing Shadow to one of the escape pods. Right as he was about to evacuate safely, a GUN soldier popped out and *shot a little girl in the fucking chest.* With her last bit of strength, she hits the eject button and tells him goodbye. Not the most groundbreaking writing, but it hit me in the feels when I was 11. And yeah, those Chao segments are incredibly fun. I spent so many hours getting a Dark Shadow Chao. MATERNAL NOSTALGIA POWERS ACTIVATE!

Wow, fun really is infinite with Sega enterprises.

Shadow singing "You've never had a friend like me". That is all.

i like playing as rouge and knuckles

To each there own I say. I honestly still think both Adventure games hold up very well. Hell, I go back to Adventure 1&2 more than any other Sonic game I own. I even wipe my files (not the 100% completed files) and start the story all over again and it's a blast. But, nostalgia glasses off I do see the problems both games have, but they don't stop me from having a fun time, yes even the Knuckles and Rouge stages I find fun.

I agree with Jared in this. (Big The Cat aside,) I like Sonic Adventure 1 better. Knuckles stages were more suited to his abilities, and Tails WASN'T IN A MECH. Eggman makes SENSE to be in a mech, BUT That's NO excuse to why Tails has to be in one too!

It will always be a 10/10 when it comes to my nostalgia.

fun fact Sonic IS the original Hedgehog not Shadow, Shadow was created by Gerald Robotnik based on a design from a mural the ancient Echidnas did based on Super Sonic's future battle with Chaos in Sonic Adventure 1(hence why his quills stick up) so even though Shadow was created before Sonic was born he is based on Sonic as the Doctor said, Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey or in other words the time paradox known as Retrocausality in which an effect precedes its cause in time

4:15 I will give credit to Sonic X on this one. In the show, the video they have of shadow stealing the Chaos Emerald is dark, and a bit blurry, so all they could make out was the shape of an anthropomorphic male hedgehog with a shit-eating grin. Considering the fact that the only anthropomorphic male hedgehog with a shit-eating grin they've seen so far is Sonic, since he's from another world, it would make sense. I can't believe I just gave credit to Sonic X.

A lot of people are like "WHY HAVEN'T WE GOTTEN SONIC ADVENTURE 3 YET !?!?!" we did, it was called sonic '06, it had everything a both sonic adventure games had previously(minus the chao garden) multiple stories that had overlapping moments, all three stories making you play as 3 different characters(in some cases 4) all stories leading to one moment, and of course terrible multiplayer, along with dumb boss fights. if sega had more time to work on the game, it probably would be called "Sonic Adventure 3"

Shadow's sperg dash after the talk with Amy makes me smile

Not much of a sonic fan but city escape is definitely one of the best things ever

This, and SSBM were my 2 most played GameCube games.

at first I was mad and defensive because this is my favorite sonic game ever. but then I laughed because I remembered all the flaws this game has.

11:21 "I'm gonna go higher! I'M PISSING ON THE MOON!" -Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik.

Going back to this is a trip. I'm in grade 11 now, and I remember watching this and the completionist when Greg was with him. Good times. I'm sad they are over, but I'm glad I got to experience them.

I'm gonna be completely honest here... I think the only few reasons people "love" this game are because of the nostalgia factor, the Sonic and Shadow stages, which are pretty good, and the Chao Garden. I have to agree with ProJared, though, everything else just sucks about it. When I played this, three-fourths of the time I felt like I was playing Sonic 06. Yes, I said it. *Sonic The Fucking Hedgehog 2006.* Good thing I remembered my popcorn

So, everybody wants a new sonic adventure. My question is, what the hell do you people think sonic 06 was?

my mom actually thought shadow was sonic she also was a nintendo only kid

Ruby of blue is gonna have a word

8:48 Anyone actually pause and read that review? Because it was very shittily written.

Last great 3D sonic game? hell no, Generations shits all over it

I wish Sega would understand the nuances. People actually didn't like the mech stages? "Let's remove them! But wait, weren't the Gamma stages alright and harmless? Yes, but SA2 dictates all". Same with the treasure hunting stages... which actually gave us something worse: Knuckles being forgotten. From that point onwards, all Sonic games that tried more than running where half-assed OR, if polished, were better designed as running stages... and these stages always featured some kind of hedgehogs. I hate that... It's not the variety that I liked in SA2, it's the fact I got to play as not-yet-dumbed-out Knuckles. I want to play as Knuckles again, even if all he does is run around, glide and climb walls to the fin---Oh Sonic Mania!

I actually liked the Knuckles stages. You eventually get a sense for where the emeralds will be, and it's all about optimizing your path to get there.

nothing will ever be as good as sonic 06

Unpopular opinion, I love the cereal bits in Lucky Charms

I still love this Game because of a simple reason. I raly like the Tails and EGGMAN stages.

I don't get people who say SA2 didn't age well, I replayed it recently and it's just as amazing as I remember. Same goes to most people who love this game. I feel like people just overly hate on it because of some sort of jealousy (f.ex. because it's generally more beloved than the boost games, hence people's wish for SA3). Sega literally took SA1 (a game I never played until recently and still loved) and improved on it in many areas, what more can you ask for? :(

I can't tell you the amount of times I've started up this game, gotten to the second level and stopped.

It's okay to like/love a flawed game. Heck, I love Skyward Sword even though people hate it, but I don't go out of my way to tell people why they're wrong when it gets criticized. Enjoy the games you play, but be willing to hear criticism.

I like to imagine that Sonic was only fine after him and Shadow teleported the Ark is because Shadow's chaos control is so much better, so he had to pick up the slack from Sonic and he ended up overexerting himself and 'dying.'

Yeesh, this comment section aged badly.

You've made a mistake. They're coming...

sonic 06 should have been remastered for the ps1

I like Sonic Adventure 2 And now we wait...

Unpopular opinion: I've never cared for the Chao minigames

It might be nostalgia, but I enjoyed every part of this game, and I still do.

The game might of been bad, but the soundtrack was awesome.

A small part of my childhood came back listening to the instrumental on that intro song and nailing the timings despite not having heard the song in years. Good review btw.

I learned about the Pumpkin Hill song from this video, and it is now a banger on my ipod.

From what I understand the reason the voice actors act oddly like that in the cutscenes is that when they recorded their lines they were given no context for the scenes. No preview, no direction, not even the other actors involved in the scenes as well. They simply had to read their lines how they figured it should sound, pretty much just speaking out in a vacuum. Also the reason why they talk over each other was because the cutscenes are set to the Japanese lip movements. Some Japanese words are spoken faster than English. Sega rather than localizing and adjusting the cutscenes for English just left them the same and slapped the English audio on top and the rest is history.

You wanna know what your precious sonic adventure 3 actually is? Sonic 06

11:22 *MY SUPER LASER PISS!*

take a drink everytime you see MarioandSonicfan04

Bad with bits of good sums up all of the Sonic series in my opinion.

Personally I think Sonic Heroes is a VERY good 3D Sonic game that is massively overlooked.

I prefered the first game but liked this one,too. The game design criticism is very valid though. It's fun despite this.

Honestly, I don't think Sonic Adventure 2 sucks as much as people on here claim it does, but instead it suffers from poor execution and level design. Take Knuckles emerald hunting stages for example. In SA1, it was a lot more polished and better designed. The radar would let you track all 3 pieces at the same time if in range instead of just 1. To this day, I never understood why they didn't just keep the same radar system for SA2. But yea, I do agree Knuckles should've had more stages with him punching stuff instead of treasure hunting. Save that for characters like Rouge. The same can be said about Tails too. In SA1, his stages and gameplay was alot more fun in comparison. Not that I'm against Tails in a mech, but yea, that beeping sound was freakin awful and needs to die. Could they not have picked a better sound to show you attacking with? Not to mention the mech levels seriously needed more attack variation instead of just lock on to actually make them more interesting. Again, I don't think they were a bad idea, but just poorly executed as a game mechanic. As for the story? Yea, I got no defense for it for the most part because it really is dumb that so many people were fooled thinking Shadow was Sonic. That's not to say I don't like the idea of Shadow framing Sonic to get him in trouble with the authorities, but seriously, put some freakin effort into how they were fooled, SEGA. You know, maybe have Shadow wear a disguise or even have Eggman build a robotic fake that looks authentic as the real Sonic so people really are duped into believing Sonic committed these crimes to get him out of the picture. It's really not that hard to fix these issues. You know, I really hate how people act just because Sonic and Shadow's stages were the only good ones that they believe Sonic's friends shouldn't be playable characters when in reality, their stages were heavily flawed and just needed some fine tuning to make them fun as well. It's this kind of thinking why we got terrible games like Sonic Lost World and Sonic Forces. Whether people want to admit it or not Sonic's friends are part of what makes a Sonic game good. Just look at SA1 and Sonic Heroes if you need an example of that. Heck, even the Sonic Advance games did them pretty well too. All and all, Sonic need to go back to SA1 type of games, not SA2. SA1 had a good balance of story, characters, game play, bosses and so on. Well, ok, except for Big the Cat's, but that's the only exception here. And yes, Sonic games do need to return to the Chao gardens too. I mean, I'm not that crazy about em, but since it was such a hit in SA1 and SA2, I can't understand why they never did bring them back. It makes no sense to me.

WHEN WILL YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!!???!?!

As someone who's never played either of the Sonic Adventure games, I have no idea what to think about these games. The first Sonic game I ever played was my cousin's copy of Sonic Heroes, which I loved. And I enjoyed Shadow the Hedgehog too (sue me). I just don't understand why people hate so many of these Sonic games. At least in the case of certain ones (Sonic '06 or Sonic Boom) I can see the problems. But why is it that some are generally loved and others are generally reviled?

You know I’m just going to come out and say it I think the Adventure formula is what the franchise needs right now. I know that is a really bold claim but at this point the boost formula has gotten repetitive and the genesis nostalgia well has ran dry. Sonic 06 aka the internets favourite dead horse was almost 15 years ago and that game was rushed in order to meet the 15th anniversary deadline. Given the franchises uncertain state right now, I don’t think it would hurt to give the Sonic Adventure formula another try whether that be with a remake like with Crash and Spyro or even the mythical Sonic Adventure 3.

Despite all of it's faults, this game will always be my favorite Sonic game ever and will always be one of my top favorite games in general I grew up with it as a kid and played it over and over and over again, so it may be a biased opinion

I honestly loved everything about this game. The argument that a sonic game needs to go fast 100% of the time is like saying every Spongebob episode needs to be funny, or that every Wii game needs to use motion controls. Yes, it's what we learned to associate with it, but I don't like to blind myself to the quality of everything outside of that. I loved the emerald and mech stages as much as the speed stages personally. As well as the Chao Garden.

Game definitely aged badly, still has some fun bits though.

Who the hell picks the marshmallows out of Lucky Charms? That's like licking the frosting off a cupcake but not touching the rest of it.

2:48 Hey it's Big

"Oh hi Tails! He's on his way to Prison Island to power up the Monado." Wait, wrong game.

The comments: 1: I disagree with parts of this video or all of it. 2: I agree with parts of this video or all of it. 3: Sonic has always sucked. 4: Sonic has always sucked, now to wait for people to rage at my trolling.

No words about music, multiplayer, ability to listen your favourite soundtracks from options, challenge to complete all missions on A-rank.

A lot of his complaints felt nit-picky to me. Like dude. As a kid I fully understood the boss arena. It wasn’t even mildly confusing. And the knuckles levels were not even that hard man. Cup head reviewer 2.0

I don't think it's awful. I mean yeah, you summed up why people remember it fondly pretty well. There's awful parts but the good parts make up for it to me. And it's not like a lot of games around that time period hold up that great either. For the time, it was something completely new. I liked the grand scale of the story even if it's ridiculous and cheesy. It's cheesy as hell but that's part of the charm of it. The best 3D sonic game goes to Generations hands down. I have no idea why they decided to depart from that formula.

can someone make a clip of DONT TOUCH THAT LEVER *WOAHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHH*

You know everyone says it's weird that sonic has a human girlfriend in 06, but Shadow has the exact same Dynamic with Maria in Adventure 2 and NOBODY talks about it

The Lucky Charm analogy is Shakespearean genius.