I love the addition of stuff like the "Hotel" sign in Station Square. Subtle differences that make even someone who's played the game hundreds of times stop and think "wait, is that normally there?" It adds to the atmosphere.
Hmm, many thoughts about this one... -Tikal out here cosplaying a Pokemon Protagonist. Gotta catch em all, I guess... -the fact that Amy said Sonic was "missing" worried me a bit, but judging by the end graphic, I think we're down to him, Tails, and Amy. Rip Big -on that note, if Amy isn't captured, that's great, but...where did she end up? She went through the Master Emerald, and ended up in a test map. -under hints, Tails was looking at that machine that triggered the Terios Easter Egg. Does that have something to do with all this, I wonder? Could it be why Sonic is missing? -Beta Spider lady is communicating with Tikal? The plot becomes more meta still...
I think this episode confirms that whatever is happening to this copy of Sonic Adventure is *not* intended by the developers. The fact the game says "Irregularity Detected" and then when it does reboot it goes straight to the Amy loading screen and into a test map... really makes me think whatever Tikal is doing is starting to break the game apart.
Then why did all the ‘pre release’ material have details that fit the plot of this? Is Tikal that specific?…. Tho she is the one providing tutorials so she would know….
i LOVE that the spider girl got added omg!!! She feels like the perfect inclusion alongside Terios!!! The musical score at her reveal scene really seems to imply she's definitely pulling the strings here too for sure. I like to call her Nails, because she - alongside another character, who i'll get to in a sec - helped to inspire Rouge, & Nails was Rouge's beta design name (like how Terios was for Shadow). This is why Rouge's first upgrade is called the Pick Nails, as a cute little reference to that!! & speaking of that other Rouge inspiration character, he's also a scrapped character from SA1, so I'm guessing he'll probably appear sometime too... I'm talking about Flyhigh the Bat, by the way!! Sometimes just known as Fly the Bat. His full design can be found on the Sonic Wiki under the "scrapped characters" section. Apparently he also appeared in another game called Astro Glider or something? But for the life of me, I could NOT find just about anything on Google when I searched it up before. So I don't know. I have a cute little headcanon though about "Nails" & Fly, which is that they're Rouge's parents, hehe. She takes after Fly in terms of species & perhaps general abilities, but takes after the spider girl in terms of just about everything else. Some other cool things to note about them as well: Spider Girl was planned to perhaps be some sort of famous singer? I think? Which could be why there were posters made for her that appear in Speed Highway Act 3, in a demo build. As for Fly, he was planned to be a sort of rival to Knuckles, in a sense (another thing Rouge "inherited" lol), which is why there's concept art of him gliding & climbing walls like Knuckles. Ultimately though, both characters were scrapped because the developers decided they would probably look too scary to the particularly younger players of the game; especially Fly, since he was described as having a "pig-nose design" and had black scleras in his eyes, which, alongside his overall dark black/purple color scheme, perhaps made him look sort of demonic to some people. With Spider Girl though, the only thing that would really give away her, um, "species"/"animal" type is that she has an extra pair of arms. So with her, perhaps she was just treated as a sort of "Eh, there's not really a place for her in the story, she doesn't need to be included" type of thing. An important thing to remember here is that each of the main 6 playable characters in SA1 follow a certain gimmick/gameplay style: Sonic is the normal gameplay you'd usually expect from the overall franchise, Tails is racing against Sonic (or Eggman, for Speed Highway), Knuckles is treasure hunting, Amy is "survival horror" (sounds dramatic but that is still what its technically called lol), Big is fishing (added for the sake of having some nice contrast to Sonic's high-speed action), & Gamma is a shoot-'em-up time limit sort of thing, where you get more time to complete the stage with each badnik you defeat. So, with that all being said, it stands to reason that Fly's whole "gimmick" would just be that of Knuckles, hence he would be better suited for something like SA2, where its 6 characters but only 3 gameplay styles, meaning 2 speed characters, 2 mech characters & 2 treasure hunters. They wanted to include bits of the Spider Girl character's whole aesthetic & such too of course, so they basically crossed the two character concepts together, & thus, came along "Nails", which would then be Rouge. What's interesting about this video though is that this is the first level where Tikal appears... & is obviously chasing them. & it makes perfect sense of course, since Amy's whole gimmick in SA1 is running away from Zero chasing her (playfully ironic nod to how Amy is usually the one chasing Sonic, & for completely different reasons, of course). Not to mention; you know how I said Fly had the same planned gimmick as Knuckles? Well, the thing is, Spider Girl didn't seem to really get far enough into development to have a planned gimmick at all. So if the Spider Girl character in this video series is sort of presumably self-aware in a sense, maybe she's jealous of the "main"/playable characters & such (think Monaka from DDLC perhaps), which is why she's leading Tikal into capturing all of them, basically. She could be more bitter about having been scrapped than Fly or Terios are (or, well, would be, if they knew what was going on), because at least they were given actual gameplay ideas. So in comparison, Spider Girl looks like a sort of decoration, almost. & if she was meant to be a celebrity in-universe, then she'd possibly feel robbed of her spotlight. (Also, the way she spoke to Tikal sounded so reminiscent of when Rouge first speaks to Eggman & Shadow on The Ark in SA2. Especially the "I may be able to help you" line. & I can totally imagine her having the same vocal cadence & such as Rouge, of course.) I love the little editing cues & such though. Like how Amy's flicky disappears when she enters Emerald Coast. & since we know Tikal is chasing them, it works as a subtle cue to how she must have captured the bird. Yes, even the flicky! Is it because he has a Chaos Emerald? Is it because he's technically "playable-character-adjacent" on account of following Amy? Is it because Tikal simply threw a Pokéball at it? Perhaps only time will tell.
I think the biggest jumpscare for me was to recognize the music when Amy is first playable here as I WANNA FLYYYY SKY HIIIIIIIGH from Daytona USA but instrumental
...aaaand on top of that, the devkit Dreamcast intro. That actually feels like a cool likely intentional detail about this being played by a copy from a developer or by one, which can make sense if this is a beta copy...but does bring the question of whether the devs andlor entire team are aware of these... irregularities.
I really hit the nail, didn't I? A direct port of the Saturn branch to Dreamcast's hardware with updated assets (mostly the levels and geometry, pre-redesign and Gamma implemenation in-.universe). 'Spider-Girl' is aiding Tikal on this? Interesting. And what is Tikal's head-spinning on Emerald Coast supposed to be? (some kind of danger meter akin to how Red Orchestra 2 handles suppression?) Test level? Did Amy really just phase in and out of reality to escape Tikal? How did Amy end up in the Master Emerald's altar? Really intriguing questions, honestly.
Irregularity detected, so the game is definitely a very very early dreamcast build of SA1 which for some reason is starting to corrupt itself because of Tikal's shenanigans. tfw Local Echidna girl has beef with everyone lol (maybe not, that would be extremely OOC so I have a feeling that 'SpiderGirl' is actually manipulating Tikal) By the way, just a mere suggestion, but if there are more crashes like these in the future, instead of "irregularity detected" you could give out examples of a devkit's error code. (In universe this is definitely running on a Katana. or actually a Virtual Machine running on Katana-based hardware? Considering the console can apparently recover from a system-wide crash and reboot. Maybe I'm just overthinking it but the whole process is very fascinating to me at least on it's implications in-universe). For example, something like "Unhandled exception at 0x03AB21AC" or even error codes specific to the Katana "ERR_MEM_ALLOC" (iirc), and maybe you could use that to point towards something very indirectly.
Amy saying that Sonic's missing really got me hoping that each story takes place in a different time like in the original game. Be really cool if Sonic's story ended with him being soul captured and then Tails and Amy's start afterwards.
I think Tikal is either herself is possessed Or She is looking for souls and using the guidance of the scrapped character to do some kind of “good thing” as Tikal isn’t a bad person but it seems like she is being manipulated to do something she thinks will ultimately be a good thing only to turn out she has done something bad
I'm normally not one for analog horror type content, but I've been loving this series so far. Something about the mods used and really just the overall presentation and theming creates such a unique atmosphere, it feels almost cozy in the horror aspects. Keep up the great work (:
Real talk this video likely proves that the story intentionally breaks continuity or is atleast not following conventional time flow with the Dreamcast bios being shown instead of a bios for the Saturn as well as the fact that proto shadow showed up in a prior video with his modern sonic based design.
I’m glad that although this is becoming an ARG/Analog Horror series (something that has unfortunately been oversaturating YT with low quality), it’s done with your really impressive artistic vision- as a unique take on the beta footage genre as well.
Hooo boy, HO BOY. Stuff _certainly happened this part._ Sooo... okay, first, I suppose I'll go over my findings in order: -I couldn't help but but notice that at the start of the Emerald Coast stage and that beta test-map looking stage after Amy seemingly touches the Master Emerald, the timers were at 2:51 and 1:24 respectively. Best guess I have for the possible reason/cause is... _maybe_ due to another player character already starting up that stage and running around in it? It's the best guess I can give with how Amy followed Big into Emerald Coast and how it started at the tail-end of the stage. Though if that's true... then that would also mean that someone else was present in that screwy beta area? In the latter case, was it Tails or possibly even Sonic, or does that timer rule apply to Tikal as well? (Might likely be Tails with how the very end of the vid showed him heading to the Master Emerald Shrine) SPEAKING OF WHICH... -Looks like my previous question about whether Tikal can pursue the playable cast into Action Stages or not has been answered ._. God, I felt my freaking stomach drop when I was greeted with 1:14, that 'Tikal Radar' appeared, that music started up, and I kept hearing jumping sounds not far behind either player character. Additionally, I couldn't help but notice that Amy's extra life count was at 3 in the emerald coast stage, whereas it was down to 1 in the beta test area. No idea what significance that has, if any. -Couldn't help but notice that the Flicky that accompanies Amy just completely disappears once Amy enters Emerald Coast. I had initially figured that maybe Amy getting teleported to the Master Emerald shrine after opening the animal capsule was due to that Chaos Emerald in it's necklace, but now I'm not so sure. -Going off from that, it was certainly a perplexing and slightly unsettling sight seeing the Master Emerald shrine restored to it's past appearance in the present. I can only wonder about the implications of that and also noticed how unlike in the past, there didn't appear to be any Chaos Emeralds surrounding the shrine either. -4:23 Okay, yup, Scrapped Easter Egg is DEFINITELY canon to this series, takes place after Tikal is freed, and indicates that Sonic was teleported off to somewhere unknown after activating that Easter Egg with Tails only able to watch. Still unclear if Terios is an actual player in this/is gonna play an actual role. -going off from this, we're greeted with the surprise reveal that Tikal was likely watching the two during that portion of the video but didn't try and go for either of them, topped off by the shocking revelation that Tikal is _NOT_ the mastermind here and is, in fact, being taken advantage of/manipulated by that cut Spider chick from SA1's beta! Far as I can tell, she seems to be manipulating/guiding Tikal into hunting down the rest of the playable cast. To what end, that's very unclear currently, but it certainly recontextualized Tikal here as someone that, while certainly dangerous and undeniably an antagonist as things are now, is now simultaneously notably more sympathetic and closer to her SA1 characterization. -There was also that switch that appeared at the top of the Mystic Ruins pyramid, the same location where Tikal was freed/unlocked. No idea what it's purpose is though, especially with how it wasn't present in the video where she was freed. Still, certainly worth noting that between the three remaining playable characters left, Sonic, Tails, and possibly Amy with her agility displayed in this vid could probably reach it... though I'd personally HATE to go down to those ruins/woods with what happened to Knuckles ._. If any of them do gotta go down there, I hope they tread lightly... -Both the referencing to Scrapped Easter Egg and the shot of Tikal from the end of the beta trailer definitely makes it clear that the events of these videos are proceeding in order. Certainly a good thing to know. -FINALLY!... looks like all of us who assumed that Big could be the unlikely hero who saved us all were dead wrong ._. Tikal definitely got his soul with no doubt about it with the head count we got at 6:20. Still, honestly very glad Amy escaped after seeing the tragic fate that befell her in RoxasWhite's prey video. With how my fav character Knuckles was the first victim in all this, I'm holding out hope that she and Sonic in particular make it. (No offense to any Tails fans ._. Hope he makes it too.) Alrighty, I think that's everything that comes to mind after what happened here. Another wonderfully eerie product that thickens the mystery further, and I can't wait to see how things continue to develop!
I really hope this gets released as a mod, since now custom storylines with fully custom cutscenes are now possible. I also really like the modifications done to the maps. That "Hotel" sign fits so well there.
Unfortunately I’m not too good at creating mods, so it’d have to be someone else but I’d love to see it! Those little touches are part of the mods I use, and that one in particular comes from Beta Station Square
In an alternate universe, where Sonic Adventure was a totally different game than it is now. Also, made for the SEGA Saturn, no less! A much less powerful system housing a fully 3D game like this…would be phenomenal to pull off!
This series has the best of both worlds. The creator gets to show off their game making skills and tell a spooky story, appealing to two audiences at the same time, and I'm part of both! What are the odds?
@@LowPoly32 Aww thanks!!!! I ended up watching this episode when it dropped, but unfortunately my friends and I reacted to it off camera...... I'll try to get everyone together for the next one tho! Keep up the awesome stuff!
I watched 'Alternate Knuckles Route' thinking this was just another "guys real beta but scary" thing like those Mario 64 videos, but I've been pleasantly surprised at how deep this whole thing goes with Tikal.
Just wanna say thanks so much for all your content. My homie sent me one of those trailers for Sonic x Shadow Generations and even tho I’m hyped, I’m wayyy more into the demake aesthetic than 4K Radical Highway, ya know?
This was a really great video! I just hope one day someone would make an analysis of your videos because there is just so much lore that make it so insterusting. Like, why is this Spider-girl trying to manipulate Tikal to capture all of the characters souls? Is it to rule the world? Or is it to replace the cast with brand new ones? I could be wrong but that's just my theory. But keep up the good work with your videos your'e doing great!😄👍
the thing about the Dreamcast bootup screen is that it's actually only seen on a Dreamcast Developer Kit. just reminding yall, it's not too important i think
Rip big, he tried but he was didnt reqch the goal, but i have a theory, what if tails is the hero of the story, What if HE is the one will save EVERYONE and defeat or save Tikal and definitly defeat Spider lady, i mean after all........... *the icon profile of this channel is TAILS* (that could be a big hint, and lead up to a great final, after all he is went to the place where Terios is, Maybe TAILS IS THE HERO OF THIS STORY). Also what happened to amy, we dont what happened after she entered the pipe of the test level. Also it seems that the next victim is sonic, will sonic survive with tails and amy or will the first hero FALL? Also, i see that spider lady is manipulating Tikal, maybe her is making tikal capture everyone's souls.
Fair enough! Personally I didn’t feel the need to drag it out any longer, plus Amy has a hard time playing through Emerald Coast since she doesn’t really interact with the level correctly
@@LowPoly32 I could have made a concept video of me getting through her stage, but for some reason Autodemo Emerald Coast always loads an unfinished "empty" version when you enter with a different character, so i feel your pain.
0:55 Why does it sound like the sonic cd beta title 510 theme just a bit? Well to me it sounds like it you can just research yourself. But yeah beta 510 is basically a earlier version of sonic, the hedgehog CD And beta 510 has slight differences like the title screen, palmTree Panic past (salad plain past) But by major difference palmTree Panic past is a bit faster then salad plain past. Anyways, I don’t mean to be a yapper.
I love the addition of stuff like the "Hotel" sign in Station Square. Subtle differences that make even someone who's played the game hundreds of times stop and think "wait, is that normally there?" It adds to the atmosphere.
Ain't that just the unused map from the beta?
And then Big had hyper realistic gore and eyes 🔥🔥✍
My favourite part is when he said “I am god”
and she broke the screen and stabbed me
@@tailzgimer1726and then he came out of the TV screen and then I kicked the shit out of him because he’s a foot tall hedgehog
@@tailzgimer1726nah he said “I am froggy”
Hmm, many thoughts about this one...
-Tikal out here cosplaying a Pokemon Protagonist.
Gotta catch em all, I guess...
-the fact that Amy said Sonic was "missing" worried me a bit, but judging by the end graphic, I think we're down to him, Tails, and Amy. Rip Big
-on that note, if Amy isn't captured, that's great, but...where did she end up? She went through the Master Emerald, and ended up in a test map.
-under hints, Tails was looking at that machine that triggered the Terios Easter Egg. Does that have something to do with all this, I wonder? Could it be why Sonic is missing?
-Beta Spider lady is communicating with Tikal? The plot becomes more meta still...
I think this episode confirms that whatever is happening to this copy of Sonic Adventure is *not* intended by the developers. The fact the game says "Irregularity Detected" and then when it does reboot it goes straight to the Amy loading screen and into a test map... really makes me think whatever Tikal is doing is starting to break the game apart.
imagine how the sega devs will react to this
Then why did all the ‘pre release’ material have details that fit the plot of this? Is Tikal that specific?…. Tho she is the one providing tutorials so she would know….
This is my favorite Sonic channel right now. It scratches a niche within a niche.
They don't call it the dreamcast for nothing, this was psychedelic.
i LOVE that the spider girl got added omg!!! She feels like the perfect inclusion alongside Terios!!! The musical score at her reveal scene really seems to imply she's definitely pulling the strings here too for sure. I like to call her Nails, because she - alongside another character, who i'll get to in a sec - helped to inspire Rouge, & Nails was Rouge's beta design name (like how Terios was for Shadow). This is why Rouge's first upgrade is called the Pick Nails, as a cute little reference to that!!
& speaking of that other Rouge inspiration character, he's also a scrapped character from SA1, so I'm guessing he'll probably appear sometime too... I'm talking about Flyhigh the Bat, by the way!! Sometimes just known as Fly the Bat. His full design can be found on the Sonic Wiki under the "scrapped characters" section. Apparently he also appeared in another game called Astro Glider or something? But for the life of me, I could NOT find just about anything on Google when I searched it up before. So I don't know.
I have a cute little headcanon though about "Nails" & Fly, which is that they're Rouge's parents, hehe. She takes after Fly in terms of species & perhaps general abilities, but takes after the spider girl in terms of just about everything else.
Some other cool things to note about them as well: Spider Girl was planned to perhaps be some sort of famous singer? I think? Which could be why there were posters made for her that appear in Speed Highway Act 3, in a demo build. As for Fly, he was planned to be a sort of rival to Knuckles, in a sense (another thing Rouge "inherited" lol), which is why there's concept art of him gliding & climbing walls like Knuckles.
Ultimately though, both characters were scrapped because the developers decided they would probably look too scary to the particularly younger players of the game; especially Fly, since he was described as having a "pig-nose design" and had black scleras in his eyes, which, alongside his overall dark black/purple color scheme, perhaps made him look sort of demonic to some people.
With Spider Girl though, the only thing that would really give away her, um, "species"/"animal" type is that she has an extra pair of arms. So with her, perhaps she was just treated as a sort of "Eh, there's not really a place for her in the story, she doesn't need to be included" type of thing.
An important thing to remember here is that each of the main 6 playable characters in SA1 follow a certain gimmick/gameplay style: Sonic is the normal gameplay you'd usually expect from the overall franchise, Tails is racing against Sonic (or Eggman, for Speed Highway), Knuckles is treasure hunting, Amy is "survival horror" (sounds dramatic but that is still what its technically called lol), Big is fishing (added for the sake of having some nice contrast to Sonic's high-speed action), & Gamma is a shoot-'em-up time limit sort of thing, where you get more time to complete the stage with each badnik you defeat.
So, with that all being said, it stands to reason that Fly's whole "gimmick" would just be that of Knuckles, hence he would be better suited for something like SA2, where its 6 characters but only 3 gameplay styles, meaning 2 speed characters, 2 mech characters & 2 treasure hunters. They wanted to include bits of the Spider Girl character's whole aesthetic & such too of course, so they basically crossed the two character concepts together, & thus, came along "Nails", which would then be Rouge.
What's interesting about this video though is that this is the first level where Tikal appears... & is obviously chasing them. & it makes perfect sense of course, since Amy's whole gimmick in SA1 is running away from Zero chasing her (playfully ironic nod to how Amy is usually the one chasing Sonic, & for completely different reasons, of course). Not to mention; you know how I said Fly had the same planned gimmick as Knuckles? Well, the thing is, Spider Girl didn't seem to really get far enough into development to have a planned gimmick at all.
So if the Spider Girl character in this video series is sort of presumably self-aware in a sense, maybe she's jealous of the "main"/playable characters & such (think Monaka from DDLC perhaps), which is why she's leading Tikal into capturing all of them, basically. She could be more bitter about having been scrapped than Fly or Terios are (or, well, would be, if they knew what was going on), because at least they were given actual gameplay ideas. So in comparison, Spider Girl looks like a sort of decoration, almost. & if she was meant to be a celebrity in-universe, then she'd possibly feel robbed of her spotlight. (Also, the way she spoke to Tikal sounded so reminiscent of when Rouge first speaks to Eggman & Shadow on The Ark in SA2. Especially the "I may be able to help you" line. & I can totally imagine her having the same vocal cadence & such as Rouge, of course.)
I love the little editing cues & such though. Like how Amy's flicky disappears when she enters Emerald Coast. & since we know Tikal is chasing them, it works as a subtle cue to how she must have captured the bird. Yes, even the flicky! Is it because he has a Chaos Emerald? Is it because he's technically "playable-character-adjacent" on account of following Amy? Is it because Tikal simply threw a Pokéball at it? Perhaps only time will tell.
Fly looks a lot like zodick from ill bleed I’ve noticed
Honestly having Tikal be the “antagonist ” is such a perfect idea that would only really work here
Why is this relaxing?
I think the biggest jumpscare for me was
to recognize the music when Amy is first playable here as I WANNA FLYYYY SKY HIIIIIIIGH from Daytona USA but instrumental
...aaaand on top of that, the devkit Dreamcast intro. That actually feels like a cool likely intentional detail about this being played by a copy from a developer or by one, which can make sense if this is a beta copy...but does bring the question of whether the devs andlor entire team are aware of these... irregularities.
This channel is making justice to the Saturn Low Poly Models and i love it!
❤
"[Instructions] Run!" Well that isn't scary.
Was thinking about this channel all day, happy seeing my favorite girl just having a great day with her friend Big :)
I really like the low-poly classic 3D Amy model!
I really hit the nail, didn't I? A direct port of the Saturn branch to Dreamcast's hardware with updated assets (mostly the levels and geometry, pre-redesign and Gamma implemenation in-.universe).
'Spider-Girl' is aiding Tikal on this? Interesting. And what is Tikal's head-spinning on Emerald Coast supposed to be? (some kind of danger meter akin to how Red Orchestra 2 handles suppression?)
Test level? Did Amy really just phase in and out of reality to escape Tikal? How did Amy end up in the Master Emerald's altar? Really intriguing questions, honestly.
Irregularity detected, so the game is definitely a very very early dreamcast build of SA1 which for some reason is starting to corrupt itself because of Tikal's shenanigans.
tfw Local Echidna girl has beef with everyone lol (maybe not, that would be extremely OOC so I have a feeling that 'SpiderGirl' is actually manipulating Tikal)
By the way, just a mere suggestion, but if there are more crashes like these in the future, instead of "irregularity detected" you could give out examples of a devkit's error code. (In universe this is definitely running on a Katana. or actually a Virtual Machine running on Katana-based hardware? Considering the console can apparently recover from a system-wide crash and reboot. Maybe I'm just overthinking it but the whole process is very fascinating to me at least on it's implications in-universe).
For example, something like "Unhandled exception at 0x03AB21AC" or even error codes specific to the Katana "ERR_MEM_ALLOC" (iirc), and maybe you could use that to point towards something very indirectly.
Amy saying that Sonic's missing really got me hoping that each story takes place in a different time like in the original game. Be really cool if Sonic's story ended with him being soul captured and then Tails and Amy's start afterwards.
4:50 I think this takes place during when Tikal couldn’t leave the echidna Forrest
Tails was super close in almost getting collected
I think Tikal is either herself is possessed
Or
She is looking for souls and using the guidance of the scrapped character to do some kind of “good thing” as Tikal isn’t a bad person but it seems like she is being manipulated to do something she thinks will ultimately be a good thing only to turn out she has done something bad
This scratches a very specific itch. Looking forward to more
Well Big is cooked, but at least Tails is still alright =)
here's how big the cat can still win
please
I'm normally not one for analog horror type content, but I've been loving this series so far. Something about the mods used and really just the overall presentation and theming creates such a unique atmosphere, it feels almost cozy in the horror aspects. Keep up the great work (:
Thank you! I’m trying my best to set the series apart from other typical analog horror stuff
Well this video only made me even more perplexed... And it's great!
I really liked this one, I feel like it's the best one so far in terms of content.
Thank you! Trying to improve with each one of these
Real talk this video likely proves that the story intentionally breaks continuity or is atleast not following conventional time flow with the Dreamcast bios being shown instead of a bios for the Saturn as well as the fact that proto shadow showed up in a prior video with his modern sonic based design.
I have no idea why I was recommended this, but it was interesting so I'm glad it was.
I’m glad that although this is becoming an ARG/Analog Horror series (something that has unfortunately been oversaturating YT with low quality), it’s done with your really impressive artistic vision- as a unique take on the beta footage genre as well.
Old school vibes
2:57 I liked this part
Hooo boy, HO BOY. Stuff _certainly happened this part._ Sooo... okay, first, I suppose I'll go over my findings in order:
-I couldn't help but but notice that at the start of the Emerald Coast stage and that beta test-map looking stage after Amy seemingly touches the Master Emerald, the timers were at 2:51 and 1:24 respectively. Best guess I have for the possible reason/cause is... _maybe_ due to another player character already starting up that stage and running around in it? It's the best guess I can give with how Amy followed Big into Emerald Coast and how it started at the tail-end of the stage. Though if that's true... then that would also mean that someone else was present in that screwy beta area? In the latter case, was it Tails or possibly even Sonic, or does that timer rule apply to Tikal as well? (Might likely be Tails with how the very end of the vid showed him heading to the Master Emerald Shrine) SPEAKING OF WHICH...
-Looks like my previous question about whether Tikal can pursue the playable cast into Action Stages or not has been answered ._. God, I felt my freaking stomach drop when I was greeted with 1:14, that 'Tikal Radar' appeared, that music started up, and I kept hearing jumping sounds not far behind either player character. Additionally, I couldn't help but notice that Amy's extra life count was at 3 in the emerald coast stage, whereas it was down to 1 in the beta test area. No idea what significance that has, if any.
-Couldn't help but notice that the Flicky that accompanies Amy just completely disappears once Amy enters Emerald Coast. I had initially figured that maybe Amy getting teleported to the Master Emerald shrine after opening the animal capsule was due to that Chaos Emerald in it's necklace, but now I'm not so sure.
-Going off from that, it was certainly a perplexing and slightly unsettling sight seeing the Master Emerald shrine restored to it's past appearance in the present. I can only wonder about the implications of that and also noticed how unlike in the past, there didn't appear to be any Chaos Emeralds surrounding the shrine either.
-4:23 Okay, yup, Scrapped Easter Egg is DEFINITELY canon to this series, takes place after Tikal is freed, and indicates that Sonic was teleported off to somewhere unknown after activating that Easter Egg with Tails only able to watch. Still unclear if Terios is an actual player in this/is gonna play an actual role.
-going off from this, we're greeted with the surprise reveal that Tikal was likely watching the two during that portion of the video but didn't try and go for either of them, topped off by the shocking revelation that Tikal is _NOT_ the mastermind here and is, in fact, being taken advantage of/manipulated by that cut Spider chick from SA1's beta! Far as I can tell, she seems to be manipulating/guiding Tikal into hunting down the rest of the playable cast. To what end, that's very unclear currently, but it certainly recontextualized Tikal here as someone that, while certainly dangerous and undeniably an antagonist as things are now, is now simultaneously notably more sympathetic and closer to her SA1 characterization.
-There was also that switch that appeared at the top of the Mystic Ruins pyramid, the same location where Tikal was freed/unlocked. No idea what it's purpose is though, especially with how it wasn't present in the video where she was freed. Still, certainly worth noting that between the three remaining playable characters left, Sonic, Tails, and possibly Amy with her agility displayed in this vid could probably reach it... though I'd personally HATE to go down to those ruins/woods with what happened to Knuckles ._. If any of them do gotta go down there, I hope they tread lightly...
-Both the referencing to Scrapped Easter Egg and the shot of Tikal from the end of the beta trailer definitely makes it clear that the events of these videos are proceeding in order. Certainly a good thing to know.
-FINALLY!... looks like all of us who assumed that Big could be the unlikely hero who saved us all were dead wrong ._. Tikal definitely got his soul with no doubt about it with the head count we got at 6:20. Still, honestly very glad Amy escaped after seeing the tragic fate that befell her in RoxasWhite's prey video. With how my fav character Knuckles was the first victim in all this, I'm holding out hope that she and Sonic in particular make it. (No offense to any Tails fans ._. Hope he makes it too.)
Alrighty, I think that's everything that comes to mind after what happened here. Another wonderfully eerie product that thickens the mystery further, and I can't wait to see how things continue to develop!
I really hope this gets released as a mod, since now custom storylines with fully custom cutscenes are now possible.
I also really like the modifications done to the maps. That "Hotel" sign fits so well there.
Unfortunately I’m not too good at creating mods, so it’d have to be someone else but I’d love to see it! Those little touches are part of the mods I use, and that one in particular comes from Beta Station Square
@@LowPoly32 It would be really cool if somebody took inspiration from this.
This video series is really good.
Thank you so much! My hope is definitely to inspire others!
Sonic CD amy was the best💗 I love that this has that design
This is really spectacular. A work of art even.
In an alternate universe, where Sonic Adventure was a totally different game than it is now. Also, made for the SEGA Saturn, no less! A much less powerful system housing a fully 3D game like this…would be phenomenal to pull off!
Something always felt a little off with sonic adventure for the Dreamcast, this takes the “offness” and turns its to a whole different level
Hearing that clockwork knight theme hit me with nostalgia
big got got
This series has the best of both worlds. The creator gets to show off their game making skills and tell a spooky story, appealing to two audiences at the same time, and I'm part of both! What are the odds?
“t-posing ghost tikal isn’t real, she can’t hurt you”
t-posing ghost tikal:
Better than sonic.exe
True this is more scarier than sonic. Exe
It does have less jump scares then most exe type games. Relaying less on that is admirable and makes it more easy to watch at least.
Got introduced to the series by a streamer I watch. Absolutely loving it.
Don’t know if you want to share or not, but I’m genuinely curious which streamer it was! Glad you’re enjoying it!
@@LowPoly32 It was Frankpro53 on Twitch
@@LowPoly32 It was Frankpro53 (and sorry if it seems like I sent that multiple times. I think my replies are getting auto removed)
Thanks for sharing! I checked it out and really enjoyed watching their reactions!
@@LowPoly32
Aww thanks!!!! I ended up watching this episode when it dropped, but unfortunately my friends and I reacted to it off camera......
I'll try to get everyone together for the next one tho! Keep up the awesome stuff!
I watched 'Alternate Knuckles Route' thinking this was just another "guys real beta but scary" thing like those Mario 64 videos, but I've been pleasantly surprised at how deep this whole thing goes with Tikal.
Just wanna say thanks so much for all your content. My homie sent me one of those trailers for Sonic x Shadow Generations and even tho I’m hyped, I’m wayyy more into the demake aesthetic than 4K Radical Highway, ya know?
So Sonic Adventure The Forgotten Files is basically much Super Mario 64 Classified (Sonic Mix)
what have i stumble upon...?
I wonder if that scape character is a beta version of Rouge the bat
This was a really great video!
I just hope one day someone would make an analysis of your videos because there is just so much lore that make it so insterusting. Like, why is this Spider-girl trying to manipulate Tikal to capture all of the characters souls? Is it to rule the world? Or is it to replace the cast with brand new ones? I could be wrong but that's just my theory. But keep up the good work with your videos your'e doing great!😄👍
I would love to see that! I’ve hidden a lot of details/references, some of which still haven’t been pointed out!
I need a gif of that Tikal spinning.
the thing about the Dreamcast bootup screen is that it's actually only seen on a Dreamcast Developer Kit. just reminding yall, it's not too important i think
Oh No Tikal Is T Pose Flying! 5:32
5:57 this is an avengers level crossover
Let's goooo!!
idk whats going on but i LOVE the early cg aesthetic
Rip big, he tried but he was didnt reqch the goal, but i have a theory, what if tails is the hero of the story, What if HE is the one will save EVERYONE and defeat or save Tikal and definitly defeat Spider lady, i mean after all...........
*the icon profile of this channel is TAILS* (that could be a big hint, and lead up to a great final, after all he is went to the place where Terios is, Maybe TAILS IS THE HERO OF THIS STORY). Also what happened to amy, we dont what happened after she entered the pipe of the test level. Also it seems that the next victim is sonic, will sonic survive with tails and amy or will the first hero FALL? Also, i see that spider lady is manipulating Tikal, maybe her is making tikal capture everyone's souls.
A new Sonic ARG? Count me in!!
Awesome mod, I so much prefer Amy classic design to her modern design !
wonder were amy ended up...
Oh hey she managed to escape tikal! Good for her!
the alternate timeline when sonic adventure came out on the sega saturn
Naahh, your Dreamcast has to really screw up if it starts displaying the beta boot up screen.
Honestly, the spawn point for the chase should have been longer. It would have added more suspense, and would add to the story.
Fair enough! Personally I didn’t feel the need to drag it out any longer, plus Amy has a hard time playing through Emerald Coast since she doesn’t really interact with the level correctly
@@LowPoly32 I could have made a concept video of me getting through her stage, but for some reason Autodemo Emerald Coast always loads an unfinished "empty" version when you enter with a different character, so i feel your pain.
Noooooooooo not Big
amy looks silly
A part of the video dedicated to giving hints?
Ah Yes Black & White Pipe That Can Be Entered By Going Down Very Sonic
Thank you!
Your videos are awesome
Sweet.
i shouldve known some shit was going on after the last video
tikal voice I'm not having fun.
There's alot more to Tikal and the system is detecting it
NOOO THEY GOT MY BOY BIGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!
Is this Big an original design or based on some concept art?
It's based off of concept art
What’s wrong with Tikal
5:31 t pose
Is that Clockwork Knight music?
Yep! All the music I used is listed in the description
Why was Amy running from big
Amy wasn't running from Big, Amy and Big were both running from Tikal; Big was following behind her.
0:55 Why does it sound like the sonic cd beta title 510 theme just a bit?
Well to me it sounds like it you can just research yourself.
But yeah beta 510 is basically a earlier version of sonic, the hedgehog CD
And beta 510 has slight differences like the title screen, palmTree Panic past (salad plain past)
But by major difference palmTree Panic past is a bit faster then salad plain past. Anyways, I don’t mean to be a yapper.
What game is this?
Sonic Adventure!
Is a sonic adventure hack mod
I hate tikal
The Los Santos
Amy went to ohio
HINTS
I lke these vids
Truly a , "𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙏𝙤 𝙍𝙪𝙣" moment in a horror game 1:17