Current Events > Did you find zones like Labyrinth Zone the most annoying?

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Level constantly repeats and has that slide that is annoying to get out of. Oh, and you can drown too.
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Labyrinth Zone was definitely my least favorite in Sonic 1. I especially hated the boss and found it extra frustrating because there's no indication that you just have to survive until you get to the top rather than it looping until you hit him 8 times like every other boss battle in the game.
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Labyrinth is easily the worst in the classic series imo. Just a slow, boring, sometimes frustrating trudge.
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DeathVelvien posted...

Labyrinth is easily the worst in the classic series imo. Just a slow, boring, sometimes frustrating trudge.

Indeed.
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For some reason, Marble Zone bothers me way more.

ElatedVenusaur posted...

For some reason, Marble Zone bothers me way more.

Marble Garden was awful. As was IceCap

Rest of Sonic 3 was amazing
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WaterLink posted...

ElatedVenusaur posted...

For some reason, Marble Zone bothers me way more.

Marble Garden was awful. As was IceCap

Rest of Sonic 3 was amazing

Marble Garden didn't include a point that was completely impassable to my younger self, so Marble Zone is definitely worse.

WilliamPorygon posted...

Labyrinth Zone was definitely my least favorite in Sonic 1. I especially hated the boss and found it extra frustrating because there's no indication that you just have to survive until you get to the top rather than it looping until you hit him 8 times like every other boss battle in the game.

There's no indication that the climbing would loop, either...

Also, there's an optional little easter egg where you can hit Robotnik enough times in Labyrinth Zone to defeat him, but it's ridiculously hard.
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WaterLink posted...

Marble Garden was awful. As was IceCap

wtf

ElatedVenusaur posted...

For some reason, Marble Zone bothers me way more.

Huge step up in difficulty from the first zone and yet somehow feels easier than most of the following zone.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

WaterLink posted...

Marble Garden was awful. As was IceCap

wtf

Indeed
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It had the best music though.

That zone is easy as hell now (I hated it as a kid though). Want a bad zone. The last zone in Sonic Mania. Complete trash
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Labyrinth zone was that one level i said as a child "well, the game is over", it playable when you get good at it, but i hated how that boss didnt indicate you had to climb to the top, not hit him.

Marble zone wasnt bad, slow yeah, but I think it was nicely design, just no for a Sonic level.

Marble Garden just dragged, it absolutely dragged. The gimmicks are cool, but man the level you just wanted to leave ASAP
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Marble Garden was long but it had so many paths and a lot of ramps and long strips so you had fun gaining speed and exploring. The level that dragged on was Sandopolis. Slow platforming and slow gimmicks. That level didn't need to be included at all.

I didn't have a problem with any Sonic 1 zone. I like Labyrinth Zone actually.

The thing that tends to bug me in Sonic games as a whole is levels that force you along against your will a lot with little agency to like, stop, look around, explore, think.

There wasn't a lot of that in the original Sonic games because they're platformers. It wasn't until games like Sonic Advance 2 where people who were told "Sonic was about speed! And going fast!" made Sonic games that it really began to steam my vegetables.

Not that the originals didn't have their speedy places, but it was an exception, not a rule, and felt more fresh because of it. Like getting to Star Light Zone felt cool, because it was so different from the previous zones and you could pick up a ton of speed in some areas, but it still had plenty of slower platforming too.

But yeah, I'm cool with all Sonic 1 zones. And for 2... I actually don't like 2's water zone as much. Blanking on the name though. Ruins Zone? I feel like it was something really bland like that. Not a big fan of that one, though not really sure why.

And for 3, and Knuckles... OH! Aquatic Ruins. Pretty sure that's the name. Erm... I guess I kinda don't super like Marble Gardens Zone, but I really like the boss.

And then Sonic CD, my favorite, has Wacky Workbench. Which infuriated me. Oh I do not like that level. Fucking...confusing...verticality...sending me flying up too much...arghleblarhgle.
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Duh?
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