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Before I say anything else about Sonic Generations, I just have to say that, one again, they have fucking nailed the soundtrack. If there’s one thing I really, truly love about the new Sonic games it is their soundtracks. They are so perfect. They are fun, and fit the game SO WELL.

Let’s just take a sample here, and take a listen. Here is the original terrible but somehow awesome song for City Escape from Sonic Adventure 2. Okay, got that in your head? Cool.
Now here’s the music from the City Escape level for “Classic” Sonic in Sonic Generations. Underneath the song, you have it mixed with Endless Mine from Sonic 3, evoking that “old” Sonic feel in the song.
Now here’s the music from the “modern” Sonic City Escape level. You’ve got the ridiculous stupid guitars from more modern Sonics, but you’ve got the basic song underneath there.

I love this shit. It is doing such a good job of evoking those eras while being good, fresh remixes.

Let’s do one more. Here’s the Chemical Plant Zone from Sonic 2. Got it?
Now here’s the “Classic” Sonic level of the Chemical Plant Zone in Generations. Still basically exactly the same, right? But they’ve added extra similar instrumentation and beat underneath to modernize it a little bit. Still, it sounds like what your memory thinks the Genesis might have been able to make, even if it never could.
And now, here’s the “Modern” Chemical Plant Zone level in Generations. It’s just like “FUCK YEAH GUITARS!” and some heavy remixing of the main theme of the level.

The game itself is just like that. It’s so good at evoking what you remember about the levels, while being slightly different. You go “I remember that part!” over and over again, but you aren’t actually playing the same levels. They’re very different, and designed for new mechanics. But they do a bang-up job of making you see them. I really liked this game.

Well, until lives fucked me over again.

Seriously, Sonic Games, LOSE THE LIVES. I got Perfect Chaos, and I was having trouble with him because you really have to balance your Boost use to not fall and die. I kept losing all my lives and having to restart the whole battle over from the beginning. After doing this a handful of times, I threw my paws up and said “I’m done. I don’t want to be frustrated.”

This same thing ruined my enjoyment of Sonic Colors. I was loving that shit, but then I got to a point where I just died constantly, and I didn’t want to deal with the frustration anymore. I just want to see all of your cool game, Sega! Give me a fucking break, here! I am a content tourist! Let me see your content!

Oh well. I hope they fix that, but I also hope they keep making Sonic games this good. Their last two were not like blockbuster must plays, but they were fun games nobody would be ashamed of enjoying with fucking AWESOME music. I would very much like that trend to continue.