rev up the sonic cycle: Sonic Mania

[DioShiba]

You know, I've been playing this game alot lately and HOLY shit I love it.

I still am kind of griping though that, There aren't a whole lot of original zones in the game. A lot of the zones so far have been re-introduced from the past three games and that's a wee bit disappointing.

Spoilers and context about why I feel a little disappointed.

Actually, I can litterally go off the top of my head on what's taken from what from everything that I've played so far:
Sonic 1: Green Hill Zone
Sonic 2: Chemical Plant Zone, Elements from Mirage Saloon if you count Sonic 2's unused content
Sonic C : Stardust Speedway, Metallic Madness
Sonic 3: + Sonic and Knuckles: Flying Battery, Lava Reef, Oil Ocean

I was already half expecting the death egg to make a come back without half of these levels but given how many I've seen so far make a comeback it's almost easy for me to say that it will and to me knowing that Studiopolis, Press Garden, and Titanic Monarch are the only three fully original zones in the entire game, It's kind of feels somewhat disappointing. Don't get me wrong, I know they put alot of effort into making these zones fresh but with Stealth having worked on this game too, I kind of wished that Chris Whitehead had asked him if it was alright to bring some of the ideas from Sonic Megamix into the game too. Yeah it's a Rom Hack but mind you this is a game made by fans, and given Sonic Megamix hasn't had been heard of in such a long time now because of the heap of issues that stealth ran into back in 2015 it would have been awesome to see some of those concepts in full form.

I mean hell I would have LOVED to see this zone in particular make it into Mania over anything else.



Maybe Stealth could convince Sega and maybe even get Chris Whitehead on this to actually pitch Megamix to them and make it an official game? It's kind of a long shot given legal stuff I'd imagine but I guess this is in part because I feel like so much more could have been done with Mania.

I'm not saying that any of this detracts from the game by any means, but it's just knowing that these guys had a lot of creative opportunities here would have had me playing hours on end you know?

But yeah, other than that this is a game I could see myself playing hours on end.