What are you playing? c'mon, tell me punk!

[miyabi95_]

Sonic 1 has it the worst with frustrating gameplay. While the presentation is revolutionary for its time, it's such a ragequit-worthy game, and so early on too. I have never beaten the second zone because there's too much for me to look out for. Spikes, lava, platforms that can squish you against the ground if you're not careful. It's too much and I can't stand even trying to play it anymore. But Sonic 2 and 3K give you a little advantage with the spindash, shields, having someone else play as Tails so they can fly you around stages (unlikely nowadays of course, but the choice is still there), etc.

I'm hoping Sonic Mania is more of a fun and casual romp with a retro atmosphere rather than a complete throwback to the original games where it requires so much dedicated time and effort to complete the game, emeralds included.