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#1. Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Sega Genesis, 1994)
This writeup is gonna be short and sweet and kind of suck, sorry.
This is my favorite game. I love it. Sonic games are fantastic. This one is the best one because it has:

The best music, the most variety in level design, the best level design, the most different and most cool power ups that change how the game is played, the most in terms of exploration (ie, low, middle, upper routes, plus combining that with flying with Tails for max exploration), on that note- being able to utilize Tails flying AT ALL, being able to play as Knuckles and get a completely different game experience with his wall climbing and gliding (something that was just kind of shoehorned-in in Knuckles in Sonic 2, and not explicitly designed around it like it was in Sonic 3+K), the most optional routes with different pathing and such, the best special stages- Blue sphere is incredible plus I like the other bonus stages the electric board, the gumball machine, and the slots bonus, the best and most creative bosses, and just all around feels the best.



Of course, thats just comparing it to other Sonic games but you know how I feel about those. They are platforming perfection. I know not everyone feels this way because theyre obsessed with BUT I CANT JUST GO AS FAST AS I CAN WILLY NILLY AND I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO WORRY ABOUT OBSTACLES. And yeah. If thats really what you want, 2D Sonic isnt the game for you. Luckily, they have a whole 3D genre if youre into that. Again, 2D Genesis Sonic is not about speed. Its about MOMENTUM and how you can use that to your advantage. How you bounce off of enemies, handle slopes and loops, and knowing when to change speeds to your advantage- to get through the level, find secret areas, use the power ups, or beat the bosses.



The way the game progresses I always thought was really neat too in this game- how the levels link together was a really creative thing. Like Knuckles blowing up the bridge youre standing on so you fall from Angel Island to Hydrocity, or the Robotnik Airship in Launch base exploding and sending you off to Mushroom Hill. The Lava cooling from Lava Reef 1 to 2 Etc. Continuing from Sonic 3 and going right into Sonic & Knuckles seems so simple, yet it was an incredible gameplay decision, as it gives you a way to finally save your S&K progress, but also adds the SUPER EMERALDS, making extra hard and extra fun Blue Sphere levels to power up your emeralds so you can become HYPER SONIC- since if you got the first 7 in the first half of the game, you lose the ability to become super until you supercharge the emeralds. The level design has been somewhat altered too from vanilla S3K.



And finally. Lets talk more about the music. I dunno even what to say. This is by far one of the best OSTs in all of gaming, and its pretty clear Michael Jacksons influence was here and very much noted. The Act 2 songs all being remixes of Act 1 was something I loved too.

And yeah man. Thats pretty much it. I love everything about this game. It was one of my first ever. I still love everything about it and try to play it once a year if I can. Been worse at that lately though.

Also the 2-player mode has those extra unique stages with the cool music too. Endless Mind is sort of City Escape. Boom. Oh, and Ill also close by saying that any game that can make a water level incredible and its games best stage (and one of the best water levels in all of gaming)- thats impressive.



NO WAY? NO WAY? NO WAY! NO WAY? NO WAY! NO WAY? NO WAY? NO WAY! NO WAY? NO WAY!

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