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A vector to the heavens. [Vector ascends on a bubblegum balloon] The opening scene uses actual Hanna-Barbera sound effects, it's kinda funny. Also, Vector is one of my faves in the series because he's smart muscle in a world full of dumb muscle. He's also the leader of Team Chaotix, which is easy to...

Metal Sonic was also featured pretty blatantly in pre-release material and the opening cutscene, so I don't know why they were trying to be mysterious or coy at all

Another decent strategy is to just... stop and let Eggman come to you, since he does rush back if you're too far away. Even after Tails says "he's getting away!" and all. The fact there are so many people eager to offer strategies in thread and comments is kinda testament to how hard this ...

At least Bullet Station has good music

It really is. Like, from a trans perspective, that article makes me so happy.

Funny you should mention loathing this song in particular since it actually has a beta version on the OST

"We're not playing Sonic Heroes at one level per video, are we?"

"Yes, we are!"

Yeah Fire Dunk is great but nothing compares to a good ol face smash

the entire wheel segment is just an "okay do i survive by the grace of god alone or do i get hit and lose the emerald key right at the end" segment

makes me think of the end to another act 2 in the future

i know someone's already said it but the game does explain the Triangle Jump in an easily-passed-up hint bubble A thing the game actually doesn't tell you is just how strong Lv3 characters are. Lv3 speed characters actually get wind element on their airdash, which lets you do anything the superslow ...

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[NERVOUSLY] Here we are.

Egg Fleet is just meant to be a really cool level. Crazy intense music, cool opening where you run down an airship with cannons and explosions, flying in and out of gunfire, new laser robot, everyone puts on their intense battleship-raiding voices, it's overall just super cool.

tonight: rabbit fun time

tomorrow: one of my favorite video game levels of all time even though it's objectively bad

that's the Heroes special stage experience

you might win, but you won't know if that means you're good or not

Hang Castle has some funky music and I love it. happy halloween, eeeeeheehee

Also here's a fun fact I remembered while you were trying to get back to solid ground at one point: flying is only tiring if you move around. Verticality is totally free and not at all taxing on bunny arms

so, that flower you ride on, with the triangle, where big tells you "use flying power to get past this obstacle" that platform there is probably the single clearest memory i have of this game, because as a kid, i had no idea how to get past that. i swore i used every ability at my disposa...

This boss is terrifying but only because there are places where you can't safely attack it without risking a cutscene dropping you in a pit

Also why again did rao map Z to a thumbstick press and not, like, whatever his R1 equivalent is

i do love the visual flair of "theres a million rails winding around and a million things on them"

Being able to control yourself on the pinball table is a cool idea, except that they made it feel like you're trying to control yourself on a pinball table

Mhm

Fuck these special stages, actually. My only advice is uhhhhh, good luck

And also that it's worth noting you don't need to hold forward because your characters run forward automatically, all you need to do is steer

not that that's helpful at all

Rail grinding in Sonic Heroes sure is rail grinding in sonic heroes, they revamped how things work but who knows if it's "better" or "worse" Pressing B makes your character do a dumb little hop that can boost them along, handy on straightaways. Holding the button makes you use th...

All this talk about how Egg Hawk is a complex fight with multiple parts when once you get it to land you can walk up to the head as Big and mash the attack button for an easy A rank

As much as I love this game I don't like its bosses much

The only problem I have with the level design in Heroes is that there are notable moments where they copy-pasted level "chunks" to elongate the level. It's not as noticeable in Team Rose's journey because they don't go through the whole map, but for example: that Ocean Palace bit where you...