Marathonned the whole Sonic series in a year for the 30th anniversary.
This review is less about the quality of Sonic 3&K as a game and more about the excellent work done by Eukaryot to make a perfect Sonic game even better. The sheer amount of features and options put into remastering the game, by remastering the game's music, incorporating the originally unused prototype music as an option (the benefit of not being legally obligated to replace your music like Sega mandated for Sonic Origins), 16:9 screen space, and LOTS of mod support. I personally like to play this game by implementing many of the unused sprites, music, and level order found in the November 1993 prototype as possible, because I've played the vanilla version of the game so many times that it's fun to spruce up a new playthrough with new details you don't normally get to see.
If you had a copy of Sonic 3 & Knuckles from Steam prior to its delisting, A.I.R also actively encouraged people to legally buy Sonic 3 from a digital storefront because it runs using the Genesis ROM as a base. It's super impressive how that was done, and I commend Eukaryot for his work. I can never go back to playing any other version of Sonic 3 thanks to this port.
This review is less about the quality of Sonic 3&K as a game and more about the excellent work done by Eukaryot to make a perfect Sonic game even better. The sheer amount of features and options put into remastering the game, by remastering the game's music, incorporating the originally unused prototype music as an option (the benefit of not being legally obligated to replace your music like Sega mandated for Sonic Origins), 16:9 screen space, and LOTS of mod support. I personally like to play this game by implementing many of the unused sprites, music, and level order found in the November 1993 prototype as possible, because I've played the vanilla version of the game so many times that it's fun to spruce up a new playthrough with new details you don't normally get to see.
If you had a copy of Sonic 3 & Knuckles from Steam prior to its delisting, A.I.R also actively encouraged people to legally buy Sonic 3 from a digital storefront because it runs using the Genesis ROM as a base. It's super impressive how that was done, and I commend Eukaryot for his work. I can never go back to playing any other version of Sonic 3 thanks to this port.