raocow's talkhaus

I feel like "Chateau Chilly" could have used an extra powerup somewhere, or at least a midpoint, but I still found it pretty fun. However it's not something that I'd want to play through the whole thing twice in a row, so after getting to the end and slipping into a pit during the boss I b...

This is one of my favourite cutscenes in this game just for the sheer absurdity of Shadow just karate chopping a computer keyboard and opening a portal to cyberspace. One thing I noticed the last time I did the hero mission in this level is that it seems like the game really wants you to go fast if ...

Although these levels weren't exactly super difficult, I was just not in the mood for dealing with some of what these levels presented. For "Below The Ice, There is...", the music probably played a part of that; I did not enjoy it. After dying at the end of the first half I decided I had a...

I like raocow's theory that the president just photoshopped the picture of Sonic and Shadow. I personally like Charmy's voice, although, as I think I've said before, I basically never have issues with voice acting. Anyway, this level is one I enjoy; riding on the floating discs is fun, and although ...

This ghost house sure is confusing. I have no idea what the intended method of getting through here is. I'm pretty sure the way I did things was not intended, but then I feel like I'd be saying that no matter what I did. Anyway, the way I did things was taking the blue shell to the other side of the...

Areas where you're forced to destroy enemies to proceed seem like a poorly thought out thing, considering that it often results in situations like in this level where whoever's accompanying you will tell you to attack something, only to get mad at you for doing so. I want to say that there's usually...

I really liked "A Vanilla Level", although it might help that I stumbled upon a secret that lets you skip the item babysitting, so to me it just seemed like an ordinary level. Above the leftmost question mark block by the midpoint is a hidden block with a one-up. Above that is a block with...

One thing I'm not a fan of in this game is these missions where you have to kill all the enemies of a certain faction. In my experience it's all too easy to overlook a single enemy somewhere and then have to go through the entire level looking for it. This level does actually have an extra GUN align...

I certainly agree that these levels don't really seem like puzzle levels. Regardless, I do feel like they're fine levels, although I found "Super Puzzle Deluxe" to be kind of annoying, mostly due to a whole bunch of little things that added up over the course of the level. For starters, I ...

This boss fight is something I really like the concept of; Black Doom has a few relatively simple attacks, but as you lower his health he starts creating holographic copies of himself, meaning you have to deal with attacks from multiple sources. Too bad you can easily dodge everything by just runnin...

I feel like I must have been having an off day when I played this level, because I feel like I died here a lot more than I should have. Regardless, this is where I had my 300th demo. I was actually thinking during the first half "I like the way the wizard's used in this level", but then I ...

It seems like people are talking about the story of this game, so I figure this is a good time to give my opinion on it. (I find it funny that this is happening right around the cutscene where Shadow says "nothing makes sense".) Personally I find that the way the story is structured does f...

Oh man, I remember "AN ECHOING CALL". Well, the first half of it anyway. The second half came as a total surprise to me. I do wish the ice spawners were marked with something other than coins. On one of my early attempts I made it to pretty much the last noteable obstacle, only to instinct...

This cutscene is another one I really like. While I can appreciate what this game is going for with its story, I just can't not laugh when Shadow's having his flashback and then Sonic comes in and completely ruins the mood. Anyway, this stage can be kind of janky; I've found that sometimes these gra...

I like the first half of "Panic In The Outhouse" decently enough, except for the lack of powerups in the first room after the midpoint. I had noticed that sometimes some enemies wouldn't spawn, although I never had any issues with the p-switch. I did always take the time to despawn the bul...

I find it neat that this level is a flying version of Glyphic Canyon. I guess it could be seen as a bit repetitive though, which is probably why this level isn't directly after Glyphic Canyon. I do like using the vehicles here that can jump really high, as well as the flying section. Speaking of whi...

I liked the first half of "AFTER THAT SHELL!", but I have some issues with the second half. For starters, it's entirely possible to miss the midpoint, which happened to me the first time I got there. Then there's the bullet bills that just appear a bit ahead of the edge of the screen, whic...

I... didn't know this boss has more than one attack. The first time I played this game I just did the normal mission in each stage. Then I did a second run where I did the hero mission in every stage. It wasn't until my third playthrough, where I did the dark mission in every stage, that I fought th...

I find it funny that I just talked about having my 100th demo, and now I'm already at my 200th demo in the level "Pressure Point", which I happened to finish at exactly 200 demos. I guess I can thank a certain castle for increasing my demo counter so much. If that really is one of the hard...

This level always feels kind of awkward to me. For one thing, there are numerous areas where you have to light lanterns even when you aren't doing the dark mission, making it hard to use any guns when you regularly have to swap them with torches. Speaking of the dark mission, even though you're supp...

I liked the idea of "Yellow(?) Switch Palace", although my experience was marred by a few deaths that happened even though I didn't touch anything (according to someone in the youtube comments this also happened to raocow in his first playthrough). After these deaths I started getting impa...

I was expecting raocow to just take the neutral route his first time through, but he actually did the dark mission in this level. I guess it's a lot easier to find 5 things than it is to find 50. The first time I played this game I tried to do the hero mission in the first level, but I couldn't find...

That setup at the start of the vertical section in "The Wild Green Yonder" is quite a difficult thing. I got through it once without getting hit, mostly because I didn't have a powerup the first time I got there so I didn't have the option of taking a hit, but it took so long that I think ...

I've been looking forward to seeing raocow get to this game, and even just from seeing his reaction to the menu sounds I'd say it was worth the wait. Anyway, unlike the other Sonic games on the GameCube I didn't play this one as a kid. The first time I played it wasn't until several years after it r...

It seems I actually remember a few things about this part of the game, namely the area raocow used as a life farm, and the fact that raocow had a hard time with the secret exit in "RAW HORSE POWER". It was fun playing this game myself and realizing "hey, I remember this!". For so...