historia? perfeita, acho incrivel esses jogos que mostram e não ficam te falando direitinho, narrativamente incrível.
gameplay? perfeito
graficos? perfeito.
boss battles? perfeitos.
não tem o que falar, é um dos melhores jogos de plataformas ja feitos.

(Moving this review from the 1994 version since I logged it under the wrong one - written in June 2022)

It's great to finally be able to play these games as one big playthrough as intended. I do think the zones in this game vary wildly in quality, you can see my (very very) short comments on them here and here.

Luckily the bad stages don't seem quite as bad when they're no longer 1/6th of the entire game. And by adding them all together you may just get away with quantity over quality anyway.

What else is there to really say about this game that wasn't covered in either of the first 2 reviews? Well Hyper Sonic of course is a huge new addition. Essentially doing all 7 special zones in both 3 & Knuckles. It's a faster, higher jumping version of Super Sonic that glows multiple colours. It's pretty cool. But I haaaate that when you start collecting the Super Emeralds you can no longer use regular Super Sonic. Why punish players like that? Also Hyper Sonic can breath underwater while Super Sonic can't despite the fact I'm pretty sure there's zero sections in the game where you can get Hyper Sonic that also contain water.

Basically both games are very clearly 2 halves of another game, so this version is the only way to feel like you're getting the true experience.

A few "what the hell do I do here" moments--usually the fault of being stuck somewhere where the only way out is a mechanic you haven't been taught but are expected to figure out on your own--and the removal of Ice Cap Zone's iconic soundtrack are the only things I can even imagine complaining about here. On the other hand, the Origins release of Sonic 3 & Knuckles fixes the glaring lives problem of the Genesis Sonic games on top of rebuilding the game engine to allow for proper widescreen gameplay. This all but eliminates any of the quibbles I had with platforming in classic Sonic. The balance in this release is tipped well in favor of fun over frustration.

While it's hard not to compare the shiny new Origins versions of these games with the near-flawless Sonic Mania, the coherent narrative and flow between levels help to make up the difference. A greater serving of personality is a fine tradeoff for Mania's meticulous polish. With the improvements Sonic Origins adds, it makes Sonic 3 & Knuckles a serious contender for the best Sonic game.

The blue spheres mini game is my fatal weakness. I must have found a couple dozen rings in my playthrough, but only ever got three Chaos Emeralds.

haven't been on here in a while, played and beat a lot of games since my last review, and i'm excited to eventually get back to reviewing/rating everything on my profile as well as potentially revising existing ones. i think the main reason i haven't used this platform as much as i used to is because this thing doesn't have a mobile app. i'd go bonkers on here again if it did, and i think it would probably get more eyes on this platform than it currently has, which is like maybe seven. i know it's a small team over there but i really want to see this succeed! in the sea of quite a few "letterboxd but for Evil Gamers" websites this one stands above the rest as one that doesn't suck complete ass. i like having a platform where i'm able to succinctly talk about games while also goin crazy over them if need be. helps to sort my thoughts and appreciate what i'm reviewing more. i also like that people read and sometimes like them that's nice. oh yeah also this game is fucking awesome

Redoing this one too because I didn't realize how much different this version of 3&K was compared to its original release or A.I.R. Not too big of a list of complaints for the game itself but the engine used in Origins clearly wasn't finished, which was explained by the devs by the time of the game's release. The momentum is just off in particular moments in Carnival Night and Ice Cap paired with the shit ton of collision issues that might actually be worse than its Genesis counterpart. The new compositions reek of Sega's inability to give developers comfortable working schedules (to the point they just didn't allow the original team to work on the game post launch), mainly because of how easily they could've upscaled the audio of the Prototype soundtracks, instead of just dumping them on entirely different hardware like idiots. But that aside this is still Sonic 3K at its core, and the level design is as rich as it is in every other version that exists. I should also mention that this project was a remake from the ground up, something I wasn't aware of during my initial playthrough, and it is very apparent from the tons of new sprites for Sonic and the animations for cutscenes to bridge the gaps the original couldn't, since Sega wasn't any better on their employees back then either :/. I'd definitely recommend AIR or even just the original release over this but for modern consoles it is competent, and unfortunately the ONLY official way to buy the game for modern hardware, as every other version was delisted when Origins came out, along with the other games in the collection having the same treatment. I hope Sega learns how much they'd gain by just giving their workers time to finish a product, because by all accounts, Sonic Origins as a collection is competent, and the amount of work put in to it is apparent, but it is far from the definitive product it could've been and showed signs of being throughout its runtime.