I'm enjoying your video but every time you say a word that has the letter S in it the mic picks it up and it's very sharp and it's painful.

I’ve almost finished Remake and the handling of Sephiroth bothers me so much. He has no build up or gravitas and he just randomly shows up to be annoying. I really wish I could have experienced the OG portrayal 😭

Looking back on this video, we really were in the trenches post-forces lmao Nowadays I’m a lot more confident in the series doing better since frontiers’ success actually made Sega give a damn about putting resources into the games, and so far shadow generations is looking great Tho it all rests on the next open zone game if sonic is truly back or not, if it’s bad then at least we will still get new 2d and linear 3d games and I’ll just put my focus on the games that I like rather than doom and gloom about the current state of the series like I did through out the 2010s after boom came out, also annual releases are a thing again so no more droughts

Just finished this after a slog of several months. I was gratified by how many points that pulled me out of the experience were mentioned in the video.

absolutely brilliant video

this video is a certified classic 10/10 the naysayers are wrong👌

All of these are really great thought out ideas…….just waiting for the company to tune in on this

Trash game

This video made me realize that I like Sonic as a character/idea, but I don’t like (most) Sonic games.

You know, it has occurred to me watching this that the reason for dicking around in the disney worlds was basically set up in DDD. Like, Sora got so very close to being 'Norted, that all they needed to do was have Yen Sid tell Sora that he ain't letting Sora go anywhere near the darkness until he's gone around, does what he does best, and strengthen his heart some more or whatever. Like, after the end of DDD, I think they could have found a way to make a convincing argument that his heart was vulnerable after all the manipulating during the Mark of Mastery. If they did that, honestly, the randomness of each world would make a lot more sense. Sora would basically have been told to just wander around and help out people in various worlds because it's been proven to have strengthened him in the past, so go do that I guess. Maybe see if he could scrounge up any new info about all the people they'd be bringing back by the end. And it would provide a logical reason for why he couldn't go to the RoD with Riku and Mickey, in that everyone is afraid he would fall to darkness easily, even while Sora himself insists he's fine. I mean, really, what the crap is the 'Power of Waking' anyway and why was it considered necessary for him to go to other worlds in an attempt to 'find' it anyway? Couldn't they say he technically had access to it, but in his current state that it was dangerous to his very being? It would give a reason for the ending when he vanishes, if the consequence of using the power when you couldn't handle it was made more clear.

It's gotten so bad I instinctively skip every single scene in which Sephiroth appears.

Soooooo... I rewatched this video after trying out (and beating) Kingdom Hearts 3 for myself, and I started noticing a pattern with these new Sqaure Enix games. Technically sound, yet incredibly weak showings of how far the company has come, utterly wasted potential in favor of fanservice up the wazoo, subversion for the sake of subversion, and in FF7 Remake's case, blatant false advertising. These guys are so creatively stifled by being expected to do KH3 or remake FF7, that they're just shoving them off to the side in order to do something less...restrictive. Rather than expressing their feelings with new ideas completely separate from these games.

Speaking of the author getting tired of One-Winged Angel, I kind of hate how in so many Metroid games we just HAVE to have the lower Norfair theme from Super Metroid. It's like "this is a hot area, so you know what has to play!" and I've somewhat grown to hate that piece.

Literally the only Sonic game I care about. Tried Forces and Colors Ultimate but these games are horrible.

about Rouge tripping and "being able to fly back up"; in the game she can only dive and she wasn't in a good position to do so

lmfaooo @34:54 because this was all of our reactions as 11 year olds watching this play out

Silly question. Are the part of the video that are the original FFVII recorded at 60 FPS and of the PC version? God, the game looks really weird/more buttery smooth than I remember it. I've only played it on the PS1 so I don't have a point of reference. I only ever played FVIII through IX on the PS1 decades ago, but I am gonna pop in IX here soon.

Something I dont see many people talk about that has always bothered me is how Sage is framed within the narrative. She's introduced as an antagonist, and the audience is never given any real reason to doubt this fact. But by Ares Island, only a few hours into the game, Sonic is already REFUSING to fight her because she's "protecting" someone. The game, before allowing you the player to come to any conclusion about sage, has already begun telling you how to feel about the character by the second island. So when she eventually does come around and team up with Sonic, there's much less weight in their team up since Sonic has sensed the innate good in her from the start. And its not like Sage being more layered than thought is a crazy plot twist, I think even before the game released it was a safe assumption. But even if it was predictable, I still wish the game at least attempted to play it straight for longer than it had, and trusted the audience to have their own inferences about Sage, rather than having Sonic do that for us.

1:18:04 😂😂😂😂😂

and this is why I stick with fangames and fan projects

17:42 "I dont like Shadow being mean cuz its an insult to his character" "This is like stealing candy from a baby, which is fine by me" -Shadow the Hedgehog, 2005

Ok the 1 thing I need to say for this is. You're doin the boy cubot dirty. And after metal sonic you could argue he made less intelligence to keep them under control accidentally going a bit overboard with cubot. Only orbot being there feels wrong. Like a Ying without their yang

I know you're taking a break but please post a breakdown of Rebirth, watched this 3 times already it's so entertaining to watch you break it down step by step. I'm in agreement with you- it's such a shame they don't understand what made their own game great.

why are sonic fan's such sega diq riders that buy and hype up whatever slop they put out??? *COUGH COUGH* FRONTIERS, SXSGENERATIONS, AND SONIC ORIGINS *COUGH COUGH*

17:15 if he trying to say us sonic fans as a whole have low standards? So...are we just gonna forget the fact that when the First gameplay trailer of sonic frontiers was released almost everyone a huge majority of people didn't pleased with this this gameplay the fandom or the people outside the fandom they were massively disappointed with this Gameplay reveal myself included...after that twitter gone blow up because of this and they were voicing concerns and worries about sonic frontiers like twitter was in chaos after the gameplay showcase, content creators pumping out videos one by one showing their disappointment and concerns about sonic frontiers but overall the mixed reception of the gameplay trailer and the voices of worries,concern and disappointment were loud and clear.. I'm mean sure you could use the argument of only a few people like a few fans here and there in the corner were defending this but it doesn't tye public reception of this gameplay trailer was mixed...and the most majority of people weren't pleased of what they saw before things get better for frontiers. What a hypocrite... Now don't get me wrong he make some very valid points about the toxicity of sonic fanbase or points about some fans defending games like sonic colors ultimate and origins(even though mostnof the fandom were disappointed by those two remasters aswell...) etc...all of the points he made here is correct im not taking anything away from these valid points But sometimes he really has some dumb and stupid takes that you just can't stand it! Like look at what he says here 17:47-17:51 alright how...how? Explain how exactly it looks like sonic forces?(Aside the animations) Does it control like forces? Does the gameplay similar to forces? Are the level designs of Cyberspace are exactly like forces?(Linear,short,automated) See this is what i mean by dumb takes he has like you can clearly tell he said all this from his bias..aka the biased hate he has for this game frontiers is nothing like forces! aside tge animations but you get the point..it plays nothing like forces like wtf is this guy even talking about!? The problem in his video is that sometimes in the tone of his video it feels like he's trying to force some of his opinions(not all of them but still) to other people's throats and he also deemed most of the sonic fandom don't want improvement which...says the guy who put sonic 06 over sonic frontiers in his tier list (talking about the tierlist he posted in twitter) a game that objectively has a better quality than 06...talks about improvement what a hypocrite and that's the problem with his takes here... which i don't think that's really the case here for the most part..let me just tell you this if a sonic game is bad it will fairly get criticized(except Sonic unleashed) by the fandom if it's good then it will fairly get praised by the Fandom that's just how it works and it's always been like this so in general...the fandom in general as a whole if we take a look at the whole Fandom they do want improvement.

People were right when they said the referenc feel like setups for Family Guy cutaways

Colors has maybe one or two instances of Sonic turning to the camera and breaking the fourth wall. Generations is an anniversary game, so meta references are to be expected. Generations is often criticized for not doing ENOUGH with the premise. There's no fourth wall breaking at all in Lost World. Yet this game is somehow "not meta", even though by definition, it fits the bill more than the entire "meta era" combined.

Crazy to think Sonic has been shitty for about 20 years now

You know, your alternate timeline is so good mine is basically this timeline with a few differences, including… -The Sonic Advance games still being a trilogy -The Sonic Rush games existing the way they are and Colors is a DS exclusive game with the playable Tails you mentioned? -Sonic Mania being a Nintendo Switch exclusive spin-off by Christian Whitehead and Dimps and spawning a sequel. -Sonic Generations is replaced with the allegedly cancelled Sonic game “Sonic Awakening” -Sonic gets an animated movie by either DreamWorks or Sony Pictures Animation instead of live action films, as much as I really like them! I know you didn’t bring that up, but it would be nice since computer animation is more limitless than live action, right? -Maybe keep the 4Kids cast for all Sonic games after Heroes so the characters can feel like they are staying grown?…and maybe cast Sam Riegel as Knuckles and Rachael Lillis as Rouge instead of Dan Green and Kathleen Delaney for more voice consistency?… 8/14/2024 edit: Damn, Rachael Lillis just passed away a few days ago…😢so maybe in your timeline, a new actor can replace her to voice Rouge at this point in time? -Throwing in a collection of remade versions of the Sonic Adventure duology for the Hedgehog’s 30th anniversary. One of them being Ruby of Blue’s SA1 dream remake? -We also gotta have Sonic have a lot more nominations at the Game Awards if it’s gonna be more successful and recognizable in your timeline. -And last but not least, the RPG and character spin-offs! We could have revivals/reboots of Tails Adventure and Knuckles’ Chaotix on GBA and onward, Shadow and Silver getting home console spin-offs, and we could also have a Sonic RPG where it has a similar plot to Epic Mickey and Feels the Rabbit could fit right in since Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was the original Mickey Mouse like Feels was to Sonic. They’re also similar in design.

Can i adress something. Why is everybody in the comment section acting like they understand the interworkings of sonic team and sega without much research. This game was not made directly to upset any of you. Sonic team did not create this game to spite the fanbase and make you mad. Like all mixed games. It just had a complicated development cycle. Stop taking it so personally. And that's not even getting into the significantly lower budgets sonic games are given because of their up and down sales. Stop making up theories and think pieces when it really isn't that complicated. The reason why this game sold well isn't because of delusion. It's because of smart marketing and sonic's current popularity. Not cope from the fanbase. Its a mixed game that did well and that's okay. I'm personally just glad sonic team is finally getting more investment money because of this game.

People who hate the remake didn't play the original game when it first was released. This game is a welcoming party to the next generation 😊.

forever He will be my hero

Wish I had watched this before Rebirth. Would had saved me 90 hours...

im just now discovering this guys video but hes completely right even after all these years

Late to the party here but... Was it a betrayal and should they have just made the original game again? Yes. Is it actually a sequel and tries to celebrate the compilation up until the point of it's release? Yes. Call it Stockholm Syndrome, call it being an apologist, but while I hated Remake's changes and endings on release, I've come to accept and I like what they ended up doing in the context of what the game is, rather than what it isn't. THAT BEING SAID, they sure did fuck up the bit where Jenova wakes up in ShinRa HQ, huh?

I hate you square enix, you are not 1% of what squaresoft was. You ruined a master piece with ff7 R.

45:34 "Why F-Zero ? What do you want that we haven't done before ?" More. We want more. It's such a weird spin on things though, especially in this industry. Ubisoft is going strong with its 30th installment in the Assassin's Creed franchise, doing absolutely nothing they haven't done before. People keep buying it, so they will keep producing it. Very basic supply and demand stuff. Nintendo ! How can you not understand that ? + That's what Nintendo is already doing with other franchises. Don't tell me all those 2D (but 3D) Mario games bring a very different spin on the genre every iteration. They're still putting all of those out there, aren't they ? Anyway, the way they treat the F-Zero franchise is very weird to me.

So glad to find a video talking about how bad the Remake was i freakin hate the game not so much for the story since i didn't grow up with 7 like a lot of people did but as a video game rpg it's just plain awful walk forward in 1 direction the whole time instead of letting us explore Midgard like a true open world game would, combat is cool but there's just not enough of it really. The music is the only good thing about the game i like really to the point where my playthrough was a hate fuck just to finish the game so i can formulate my own opinion on it. Blows my mind how so many people jerk this game off like it's super amazing when it's so basic. For me modern Square Enix hasn't put out a good game in a very long time, I do not have a ps5 so i have not played FF16 until it comes to pc, Tifa and Aeirth designs are pretty excellent though in this remake i will admit. People like Maxamillion Dude while i enjoy their content i cannot stand listening to them talk about FF7 him specifically is so biased that he never acknowledged any faults and to be honest he doesn't like jrpgs and only played 7 no other FF games TLDR: i REALLY hate Nomura and he's a horrible director, anything he touches turns to shit

What a terrible take. He is complaining that the game we all know and love gave us more of the game we know and love?? We get it, you are upset it's not the exact same game. Oh no you get more time with Jessie and the rest of Avalanche, why is this bad? He clearly hated this game the second he learned it was more than one purchase, and wasn't open minded to see what they could do with it.

Imagine God of War 2018 didn't show Odin or Thor until the sequel and no one complained

I find it so funny that the older Sonic fans thought all these fun characters were the reason why the series was going downhill. When you look back at the Archie comic, back in the Genesis days, you realize that they had to create new characters and continuity out of necessity because the story of the Genesis titles were so barebones with only 4 characters to work with at the end of Sonic 3. Compared to Mario 3 that had 13 if you count Donkey Kong and the Koopalings.

I know exactly where it went wrong: The Music! Tell me why mostly ALL tracks are GREAT in Classic 1, 2, & 3 in Genesis? Could it be the work of Masato Nakamura? And Micheal Jackson?

I don't really need Sonic to be super popular and relevant. It wont make me like the character(s) more or less. If I have a fun with a game, I don't care if its outdated, jank or unoriginal. Do I have issues with Sonic games? Yeah... nothing is perfect. I hate rails in SA2, ice physics in Heroes or how classic Sonic rolls in Forces. Can I adjust my playstyle to compensate for it and still have fun? ... yeah. I've liked every Sonic game I've played so far but I am still like the Sega's worst consumer. I've never bought a Sonic game at full price. Even Sonic Frontiers which was a dream game for me had to wait two years until I've played it. It's was fun and thats all that matters to me. So ... Am I excited about new open world Sonic game? Yeah, sure... and I'll buy it maybe a year after when it's on sale for half a price and all DLCs are out. So thats me as a Sonic fan.

The Remake was top notch 10/10, only issue was, it was so good that I can't enjoy Rebirth properly. FML My main issue that made me upset was that fact I couldn't transfer all my hardwork to rebirth and the Enemy Skill completely changed in Rebirth. Enemy Skill was top notch in the remake because it was working exactly like the classic, Rebirth is a different because now you have to earn skils by doing those challenges instead of carrying it learning skills from enemies you fight (Like Remake).

the story of kh3 was mess its like they dont care anymore

If Tails was replaced by Captain Qwark you would've thought it was perfect.

a video made clearly by someone that wouldn't recognize a good story even if you slap him in the face with it.

what a depressing fucking channel to watch

I played 0:01 of this video and I’m telling you now, the only answer is “Chao Garden”. Being serious- The game is fleshed out with a great story, spanning two different “sides” of basically the same story. The gameplay is fun, albeit repetitive, but the story and environments make up for the repetitiveness. Oh, and, Chao Garden.