EU release played via Steam on a Lenovo Y50-70.
When it comes to the classic Sonic games I'll admit my experience is rather limited. I played the hell out of Sonic 2 back in the day, always getting so incredibly close but never quite being able to beat the last boss rounds. Sonic 1 I played a bit of before getting reaching Labyrinth Zone and checking out and Sonic 3 and Knuckles admittedly remain somewhat of a mystery to me even to this day.
Sonic CD however is a wildly different beast altogether. I could maybe appreciate it's sprawling and complex level design if this were the first title or had a different graphical style about it, but it getting lumped in with other regular Sonic collections over the years and looking pretty much like a more jazzy Sonic 1 is incredibly deceptive for the amount of bashing your head against a brick wall you're in for.
I finished this game. It took me roughly 10 years but I got there in the end and I can't say I remember a damn thing about it outside the creepy easter eggs and the rad animated intro sequence. Maybe I'll come back to it again at some point and take my time to explore the game fully, but trying to plow through it from start to finish like the rest of the 2D games leaves you utterly bewildered and frustrated.
When it comes to the classic Sonic games I'll admit my experience is rather limited. I played the hell out of Sonic 2 back in the day, always getting so incredibly close but never quite being able to beat the last boss rounds. Sonic 1 I played a bit of before getting reaching Labyrinth Zone and checking out and Sonic 3 and Knuckles admittedly remain somewhat of a mystery to me even to this day.
Sonic CD however is a wildly different beast altogether. I could maybe appreciate it's sprawling and complex level design if this were the first title or had a different graphical style about it, but it getting lumped in with other regular Sonic collections over the years and looking pretty much like a more jazzy Sonic 1 is incredibly deceptive for the amount of bashing your head against a brick wall you're in for.
I finished this game. It took me roughly 10 years but I got there in the end and I can't say I remember a damn thing about it outside the creepy easter eggs and the rad animated intro sequence. Maybe I'll come back to it again at some point and take my time to explore the game fully, but trying to plow through it from start to finish like the rest of the 2D games leaves you utterly bewildered and frustrated.