Sonic Origins really does a lot of favours for the older Sonic games, as the quality of life changes make the experiences so much funner. Hidden Palace Zone is a fun secret area, the bonus stages are way smoother, and I didn't expect to come out of this game saying I actually found the last 3 zones of the game fun, whereas before I thought Metropolis Zone was one of the worst in the series and couldn't stand it. I'm also glad to say I've finally beaten the final boss of this game without a save state during it.
This is the third game I played in the Sonic Origins collection. This one was just great almost all the way through. I enjoyed my time all the way up to Flying Battery.5. After that it was pretty much all downhill. For some reason the final boss really got to me and took me about two hours to beat. I get incredibly stressed when I can't make a single mistake so that caused me to make way more. This is actually my second time playing this game as well as I said before in my Sonic CD review, I played this on Switch online with rewind so I don't think it really counts. Anyways, I went through and actually got all the chaos emeralds (something i will not be doing in sonic 3) this time which was honestly pretty fun though also challenging. Glad I got infinite retries to do them too or else I would never get them done. I played through the game as sonic, as knuckles would probably be too different and I had already done sonic and tails in the past. Overall, a great game with a few frustrating bits at the end that knock it down from 4.5 to 4.0 to me. Truth be told, I've actually already started Sonic 3 and Knuckles, so I'll continue on with that. Hopefully it lives up to this game.
Damn. Sonic 2 still impresses me. For many years I’ve ranked it below 3 but I might be wrong because this game is sooooo gooodddd. It may have less stages but the stages it does have. Also damn impressive this is a sequel to 1 with how much stuff they improved. This is absolutely a must play for platform fans.
My rankings of stages:
1. Chemical plant
2. Hill top
3.mystic cave
4. Emerald hill
5. Casino night
6. Oil ocean
7. Metropolis
8. Wing fortress
9. Aquatic ruin
10. Sky chase
11. Death egg
None of them are lower then a b. That’s how good this game is btw
My rankings of stages:
1. Chemical plant
2. Hill top
3.mystic cave
4. Emerald hill
5. Casino night
6. Oil ocean
7. Metropolis
8. Wing fortress
9. Aquatic ruin
10. Sky chase
11. Death egg
None of them are lower then a b. That’s how good this game is btw