never understood the love this one got outside of jingly keys appeal. yeah it's pretty and sounds nice, but i can't say playing it is very fun half the time. good zones are too short and bad ones never feels like they're going to end

when the fucking water level is a highlight in your 2d platformer it's time to start rethinking things

Reviewed on Nov 15, 2022


18 Comments


1 year ago

It's the best water level in gaming. Partially because if you're good at the game, you can skip the water. Hard disagree with you on this one.

1 year ago

I've caught much flak for saying Sonic 2 is easily better (though I often end up agreeing it shits the bed at the end)

1 year ago

Those keys do jingle tho

1 year ago

Almost 30 years and people still pretend this game is good

1 year ago

^thinks sonic 2 is good

1 year ago

I'm gonna throw a brick at you

1 year ago

Almost 30 years and people still pretend Sonic CD isn’t the only worthwhile classic sonic

1 year ago

@exsoldier this ties into my central complaint with sonic 3: its pacing is really fucky. you're usually either doing some standard/slowish platforming, or you're being shot through a scripted speed sequence at mach 1 only to be halted again shortly after

hydrocity zone is no exception. getting on the top route isn't hard to do or any real matter of skill. then once you're there it's literally just a back and forth between getting the grabby-hands to throw you into water slides, and waiting for slower moving platforms to get out of your way before doing it again. aquatic ruins in sonic 2 has a much better high/low road system

i vastly prefer sonic 2 in general because its speed feels more earned and based on momentum. its levels are also designed in ways where the enemy/obstacle placement doesn't constantly fuck you over just because you don't have the whole game memorized

1 year ago

skill issue

1 year ago

Gonna go with goat on this one, skill issue
Nah im joking I dont like Sonic 1 that much and always im given shit for it so like what u want

1 year ago

don't say skill issue in these comments or you'll get banned, just a heads up

1 year ago

but water levels are always good

1 year ago

banning for saying "skill issue" is tissue paper skinned behavior

1 year ago

also water levels are aesthetically nice but i can't say i enjoy them in platformers most of the time. i do like aquatic ruin in sonic 2 though (mainly because its high route is way better than hydrocity's)

1 year ago

yeah I got a 60 day ban from commenting for it once because somebody went to the discord and cried about it lmao
Pretty sure you got banned because you kept spamming the front page

1 year ago

hear me out, classic sonic isn’t that great anyway guys

1 year ago

i know we butted heads on x4 but this is real as fuck. 90% of s3k is dogshit