Sonic Adventure's AMAZING Aesthetics
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- Hey all. I hope you guys enjoy this little journey with me, looking at all the nooks and crannies of Sonic Adventure.
I am very aware that my audio is peeking really hard in this video. Definitely will fix that in later videos. Thanks!
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The Dreamcast era of games have such a distinct aesthetic that is so hard to pin point. It's vibrant, inviting, cozy and comfy all at the same time. As a kid you could get really immersed into its location and atmosphere. It's really dumb and I never told anyone but I've low key been searching for a place in real world that could give me a similar atmosphere.
let me know if you find any
Tahiti
Tahiti and switzerland
Wow, I wanted to put this in words, but could never describe it. It was every genre too, I remember just being at awe by Soul Calibur. Graphics now are more realistic I guess, but with that comes a less colorful vibrant feel. There a distinct difference playing a dreamcast game, and other console games of the same gen.
There definitely is some vibe to it but I think you’ve explained it well!
The two extra pictures in Casinopolis are actually real life casinos. Presumably, the dev team had them as placeholders, and just never replaced them with in-game shots of Casinopolis.
Big thanks amigo 👍
Nah, several of the games' textures use real-life pictures they took with a camera. They're probably just some of those aforementioned pictures. Despite what people will say, Sonic was actually going for realism for years before '06 came out.
The hub areas are one of my favorite things of that game. They really put the "Adventure" in Sonic Adventure (could say the same with Big's stages).
I always thought the original DC had a beautiful ambiance with day-night progression and lighting effects. Love the Adventure maps’ chill BGM so much too.
Sonic Adventure 1 is nothing short of a Masterpiece.
i have 30 hours of playtime on my steam version of this game (to say: i love SA1) but cmon dude thats a huge stretch. its a greatly flawed game that doesn't hold up to modern standards whatsoever. and everything outside of the sonic levels totally sucks
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Hard disagree. Tail's levels are just as fast paced, plus it introduces the racing element, and the added shortcuts, which incentivises the player to look for new routes that aren't possible with other characters.
With Knuckles levels, I always loved the scavenger hunt aspect. There's also the misconception that knuckles levels aren't speed focused, but they are, just in a non-linear fashion. It also incentivises you to explore the levels more in depth than you would have otherwise.
Gamma's is my favorite non-Sonic story. It's basically like the mech levels from Sonic Adventure 2, but with actually good controls. Less clunky and way more fluid. It's also one of the best written stories in all of Sonic.
Amy and Big's campaigns I won't defend as much, but they still have their charm.
@@Flameb0mod it and it doesnt suck tho. Although the steam version IS the worse version but you can mod it to make it like the og dreamcast version which is what i played, honestly sa1 is better than most newer sonic games
Finally someone that loves SA as much as i do, my all time fav 3d Sonic ever, i loved back in 1999, i still do, i just loved being in that beautiful world,
Exactly the same for me. SA is not just my favorite 3D Sonic game, but one of my favorite games of all time ever.
Fun fact: Just like how IceCap is supposed to be the same exact Ice Cap from Sonic 3, Red Mountain (particularly the 2nd half) is the same area as Lava Reef. It all takes place on Angel Island after all.
I dont know why but i LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the aesthetic of the cities on the games of dreamcast
here where i live have some parts who looks like sonic adventures cities and i have a little nostalgic feeling, a unique feeling, i love it, this aesthetic is my favorite
Aww that’s so lovely ^.^
This video is popping off, and I CANNOT thank you guys enough for interacting with my stuff. Its just a hobby for now, but I got big stuff planned. All of these comments are amazing, and make me misty eyed reading them. Eventhough, I can't get to all of them, I appreciate all of them
For sure! All the thanks go to you!
Crazy how it's been up for almost a year and just now being recommended to me
It was their first experience with creating a big 3D Sonic game and I'm amazed by what they could achieve here.
Sonic Adventure has such a rich, delicious aesthetic! You did a great job at covering many of the key point visuals that make it so damn special to look at and explore!
ok i get it but did you really have to say rich, and delicious bro lol
@@Rezector Yes because if SA was a food I'd eat it on the reg haha!
Dreamcast games aesthetics overall go hard af
We need a whole remake of Sonic Adventure.
Aesthetics are the main reason I vastly prefer SA1 over SA2.
Sonic adventure just oozes full of soul
I always liked Sonic Adventure, but playing it with BetterSADX while getting all 130 emblems really made me realize how great this game was and why I love Sonic the Hedgehog
I remember as a kid feeling very lucky to be living in NYC because, to me, that WAS a real-life Station Square. Seeing Sonic in a city like that for me really added to the "Adventure"
"Everybody loves Sonic Adventure except for big, fat, smelly dorks"
Did we just become best friends?
I’ve really been into Hi Fi Rush on Xbox. The game oozes the classic Dreamcast aesthetic and feels really nostalgic. Takes me back to simpler times
It's very Jet Set Radio!
Persona 5 always had a dreamcast look about it to me as well.
The aesthetic is very aesthetic
Some of the best in game ambience of all time. Every area was THE vibe.
Thank you for this.... Sonic adventure will always be my favourite and I'm usually alone on that one, but this video reminds me I'm not
I think I love the way this game looks so much because of that mixture of realism and cartoony stuff, it's kind of surreal and dreamlike
You are not alone friend.
I bought Dreamcast at launch together with MK Gold, it had demo disc bundled with console and Sonic Adventure demo on it, my god, it looked absolutely mind blowing.
SA isn't just my favorite 3D Sonic game, but one of my favorite games of all time ever.
I lol'd a little when he said "your 5 year old self." My 5 year old self was in 1985. Sonic Adventure would've been my almost 20 year old self. I got it on release and absolutely loved the game. I loved raising my Chaos pets too on the little portable thing for the controller.
Well edited 👌 subbed.
Thanks brutha
One of my favorite parts is the secret part of the Nights pinball machine where you go through the nights game and see the world. Such a cool part. Looks amazing. Makes me super nostalgic
With "message from nightopia" sounding in the background. Superb
The Sega Dreamcast has a beautiful aesthetic. This is why I was sad when Sega was no longer a console manufacturer. I like Sonic Adventure's color pallette of blues, Turquoise and purples. Gamecube and PS2 ports of Dreamcast games made the colors more mute for some reason. Dreamcast has better textures than the PS2 and sometimes the GameCube,
I've always preferred the graphics of the Dreamcast version to the DX version. Sonic Adventure is probably my favourite Sonic game, & one of my favourite games in general with how it makes you feel every scene. The bright colours, the lighting, the environments, they made it to be as luscious as possible. One of my favourite moments of the game is just running around Station Square, jumping & spindashing for no reason, & watching the skybox. Didn't know about those secret rooms on the Egg Carrier actually, so I might go check that out!
This video is incredible, dude! I've loved Sonic Adventure since I could speak, and its aesthetic is certainly a main factor- it's influenced my own art in many ways. Any video that appreciates the details of its visual beauty, I'm pretty much obligated to watch and like lmao.
Keep up the good work!
Yes the dreamcast was the peak asthetic of the 90's graphics.
In those days I loved my Sega Saturn and I dreamed of having Virtua Fighter 3 it was promised for so long and then eventually it came out on the Dreamcast
It was really living the Dream having all those Arcade quality games like Dead or Alive 2, Soul Calibur, Sonic Adventure, Virtua Fighter 2, Sega Rally Daytona USA.
While I loved my Sega Saturn the Dreamcast fulfilled the promise of Arcade in the home that the Sega Saturn set out do but couldn't realistically port Sega Model 2 perfectly.
The algorithm really got me with this one, I love DC SA1 and nothing has ever captured that vibe since. This is my "modern Sonic." Satisfying video full of 100% correct takes, hope it gets the traffic it deserves.
Absolutely loved this video. Occasionally I go on journeys throughout re-playing this game, in which I always keep discovering the coolest things about it. Things I've never expected to see and have seen before! It's always better than the last. Like those machines at 5:00, I've never given them much attention, but now that you speak of them, it's really awesome they put in a detail like that! Or these flies at 7:12. Maybe I never seen them before cuz it's another victim of the DX port. Many others such as 12:40 the red things that go really fast as you've wisely put it, and I was only made aware of the robot maids recently too. I wonder what the doctor reads 12:57 ? Truly this game is one of the gifts that keep on giving.
This video has been exactly like one of those journeys... With the witty humor and the funny jokes, too. I cannot thank you enough. May all your days be happy, and all your endeavors fruitful.
(15:17 That's not Silver Sonic, thats an unnamed Sonic robot that one of the designers felt compelled to make as they were a big Godzilla fan. The robot is heavily based off of MechaGodzilla. The more you know. =) )
(16:42 These were pictures of 2 real life casinos Sonic Team visited sometime during their trips to Central and South America! Sonic Team used their photographs as textures in this game plenty, you can read all about it. There are slightly less compressed versions of those pictures somewhere, and people used them to deduce the real locations, I'm sure if you dig around you'd find them on Sonic Retro or something.)
Thanks for another love letter to one damn unappreciated game. It’s so important to play on Dreamcast. The amount of times I’ve heard people saying that we love this game because of nostalgia, technically, it can be true, but it’s not the main reason. It’s gorgeous, and in 1999, it was absolutely incredible. For major Sonic fans, we felt a feeling that I can’t describe. I recently played it again on my CRT, and the chills are still there. It’s fun every time.
12 yo me standing by the beach at late evening vibing to the Station Square tune while Tikal yells at me to go do stuff lol. this game had the best mood
The Red Red Hot Mountain track is insane, I used to have the stage on listening to the music on repeat while doing something else in my room.
loved this game since childhood. it just has a real feel of adventure that the other Sonic games didn't quite capture as this one
Hi!!
your video is in the recommendations ~
SADX was my first game, I was 4 when I first played it. when I'm playing it, I feel like I'm running away from everything bad in life behind the blue screen, to go adventuring with my friends. I can't even name the level that I like the most, they are all so awesome and detailed, and not only because of aesthetic, but also in terms of gameplay.
Probably my favorite levels are windy valley, island and station Square at night.
It's been 16 years since I played it for the first time, but for me it's still my favorite and the best game ever. I have to go to work, but now I have a strong desire (to which I, most likely, will succumb) download it and replay it again.
So happy this showed up in my recommended. Love your train of thought and flow with the video. Listened while making dinner and felt like I was having a conversation with a good friend about a game I love. Keep it up!
Thanks brother
Oh my God the big the cat had me crying laughing
I will always love station Square and it's Playmobil locals.
Loved this! I often watch Sonic Adventure videos just to look at the gorgeous (& nostalgic) art design, so this was just what I needed. Excited to see more from ya!
You reminded why I still love this game, thank you!
You put all my feelings for this game into words. Liked and subbed!
Wow you are saying everything I’ve felt since I was a kid. Great video!
Sonic Adventure 1's visuals do not get talked about so I'm glad this video was made.
No love for the lobby you crash into at the bottom of the building in Speed Highway? That's one of my favorite spots
I had this on Dreamcast, magical game. I spent equally long time just running around the towns and different areas as I did playing the actual stages. Just a very cozy game.
Good stuff! Getting SA with a Dreamcast for Christmas back in the day was an amazing time! One of my favs for sure. This was a great examination of why the game was so visually striking and appealing to me as well.
I always loved SA2 growing up but I never gave SA1 a try until I was 26. I absolutely loved it. In fact I enjoyed it much more than I have been with newer games that have just come out. After seeing this I'm definitely giving it a replay! Awesome video man!
Bro that one little girl in station square, idk if anyone else knows who I'm talking about, but I get an impulse to try and draw her almost every time but I just know it won't be the same like the shiny lovely aesthetic the game makes the character model have. Idk what it is about this game, but I could sit in it's world's for hours... I swore I was the only one. Glad there's people who love to soak this stuff up as much as I do... I *REALLY* miss this artstyle and I'd love to see it back... Feels so arcade-y. They did such a good job. They retained a lot of the classic games charm/aesthetic while doing the absolute perfect evolution with it. Idk how they got it so right the first time. But I really want it back. Screw graphics, just bring this style back and only smooth what's needed with the extra power at this point. Realism is boring me at this point, bring back the stylish aesthetics.
Totaly agree!. As a example, Sonic frontiers is great, but still feels so empty compared with Adventure, some touchs with this style, plus playing with more characters could do a lot of good on it.
@@milesr4609 for sure. Been loving frontiers so far! Just picked it up a few days back. But I must agree... Although I love this new style and hope it also continues alongside classic, adventure, heroes all as subseries. I really think even Frontiers could of deeply benefited from an aesthetic closer to Adventure 1's. But I suppose that wasn't there direction for this one, which is fine. I just really hope we get adventure 3 soon. And I really hope they realize how much this look actually meant so much and try to replicate it.
This niche is a small but mighty one. You've got a sub out of me, thanks for paying tribute to some of my favorite memories :)
Good luck with your channel
Every time I played this game it was one of the PC versions so I was used to SADX's kinda odd and miss-matching textures, until last year that I was messing around with emulators on my phone and I decided to test the Dreamcast emulator with the original release of Sonic Adventure... and wow, it looks so much better when there's actual coherence in its art direction. I ended up playing through the whole Sonic campaign on my phone (with a BT controller of course, I'm not crazy enough to play a 3D platformer with touch controls) just to see the differences and I can definitely say that 90% of the changes made by SADX are actually for the worse, it's specially noticeable how they completely messed up the mood of many sections by brightening the color-palette too much or removing the colored lights for the sake of keeping the surface reflections consistent, it ruins the contrasts of the original. I have a suspicion that Sonic Team felt obligated to somehow update the graphics when porting the game to the Gamecube because of the time gap between the two releases so they changed stuff for the sake of it, and then we just kept getting that version in subsequent ports because that was the one that ran at 60 fps, even if that in itself breaks the physics and animations sometimes.
Everything you've said is exactly how I felt about this game when I was younger. Amazing video, amazing game!
There was one area that you forgot to mention, the Tails story desert sand boarding level, but yeah Sonic Adventure 1 is still my all-time favorite sonic game and despite how the DX port does make some areas look worse I do actually like that the starting area of Mystic ruins is brighter in color even if that may be a controversial thing to say.
Yeah, I don't know how the fuck I missed it.... arrgghhh
I thought i was the only one that had such a deep connection with the sky boxes in Sonic adventure as a kid i would wait by the beach just watching the sky at night
God the soundtrack still pops in my head atleast once a year windy and ripply and the theme from the amusment park level are super catchy
I'm not sure why but I was always afraid of the 'Mystic Ruins' logo as a kid. Something about the bold text right in the center of the screen with nothing else in complete silence scared me. XD
Loving your channel. I’m a Dreamcast player myself.
Loved the video, just felt like I'd add some perspective on a few things, lol.
I think the "kid's room" in the Egg Carrier isn't for kids, but is actually for Eggman himself. Even since the early games, JP manuals and bios have described Eggman as being very childish. He's basically just a big manchild and made an entire game room for himself, lmao.
Also the "Silver Sonic" isn't Silver Sonic specifically, but likely part of the same production line as Silver Sonic. The big Sonic mech from Sonic 2 isn't actually called "Silver Sonic", it's "Mecha Sonic" (with the one from Sonic 3 being "Mecha Sonic Mk II"). This would be "Mecha Sonic Mk III", I suppose.
As for the Sonic Statue in Casinopolis, it's not entirely useless. The reason you can break it in Knuckles' story is because it can sometimes contain a Master Emerald shard. It's also possible to actually have it fully built in Sonic's story if you get enough rings at the pinball game.
Sonic adventure is a beautifull game (yes, even Big the cat's parts). Sonic Frontiers could take some things or two from it, like playing with other characters, varying gameplay styles, giving more life to the game, could be a mess, but even Sonic 06 did that. I really miss the era when sega putted all in on their games.
This is a goooood video. Played this game when I was a kid. It was so much fun.
Very good breakdown of the aesthetics!
Loved the jokes in the video too lol.
I think you have huge potential. Good luck with your new channel!
This is probably a weird way for you to find out, but yep
@@neodream9730 Wow, I was not expecting that lol
Probably one of the greatest YT vids ive ever seen. Easiest like and subscribe of my life
the B A S E D lamps fucking killed me lol
7:22 old slots from the war era, service games, it wasn't always a video game company
I love the casino in this game. The music, atmosphere and lighting is amazin
This was hilarious and informative
Oh my goodnessthank GOD someone made a video on this you are so freaking right. It is weird how i feel nostalgicly comfy in a game i never played till last year. (Btw awsome vid)
12:28 Not too much to talk about in the 3rd (third) phase? When I was a kid, I couldn't figure out where this section of Sky Deck was. 15 years after SA was released in 1999 I realize the 3rd part of Sky Deck played with both Sonic and Knuckles is the Storage Bay between both wings and deck areas of the transformed Egg Carrier, the area inaccessible on the Adventure Field. The original game was supposed to include a computer model of the Egg Carrier to overlay the stage, but it was not included in the final product. The BetterSADX mod gives the player the option to add the EC model and Sky Deck looks much better with it. 👍
That's my 2 cents worth. Other than that, your video was very good and I appreciate the time and effort you sacrificed to produce and upload it. 🖖
I love the Mystic Ruins music! So nostalgic, and kind of a weird music choice by today's standards.
mystic ruins
Sonic underwater *glub glub glub*
spindashes through door
Sonic "oh.... we are running on old Minecraft physics huh? neat...."
7:57 that pond has a Big power up at the bottom. Like another comment said I think you only forgot sand hill, but you really put so well what makes the Dreamcast version engine make this one of the best atmosphere video games of all time.
Check out Ecco: Defender of the future, for Dreamcast too, it gives the same feel. SA and tha game are the best from Dreamcast to me.
Cybershells video made me download the same mods you're using on your video, but my game keeps crashing... Oh well. Anyway, great video!
glad i found your channel
Great video! Gained a sub.
Dude YES. Love this game
Spent alot of time playing around the many zones of Sonic Adventure when i was a kid. Always nice to take a step back and admire the visuals.
😊😍
Right, it took me while to realize I didn’t have to speedrun every run😂 and just stop mid stage and enjoy the views
@@STAXONDECK1 thats what classic sonic games (from 1 to Heroes) were all about, the gameplay is fast paced, but the enviroments are plane gorgeous, making you stop and admire while listening the cool music, trully a peaceful feeling. Thats a touch that Sonic games lost in the last few installments.
The dolphins are the beginning add to the aesthetics too!
THE FLOATING clock wakes you up in the original game titled; Nights INTO DREAMS
Man I used to practically LIVE in this game as a kid...
loved ur video thx love u
Nice video!
16:13 the emerald can be in that aera. So it can do something depending on the placement of the pieces of the emerald.
I'm a big fat smelly dork. I really wanted to love Sonic adventure, but I think that was the point in time when Sonic became something for someone else, and was no longer for me. I really, really wanted to enjoy it.... However, I'm very glad other people find so much joy in the game. The love that Sonic Adventure fans have for the game and SA2 is really heartwarming :)
So much effort
just vibes bro summer vibes
The heart of the city is soo beautiful its in downtown Pittsburgh but idk where that is exactly imagine living in that beautiful city 🤩
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Loved this! Funnily enough all I've ever known is SADX and I haven't seen the "SADX is a bad port" video, so I was wondering why things looked a bit different, especially around Mystic Ruins, so when you showed the comparison I was quite suprised - I think there's a mod out there whose entire point is to update the PC version of DX to better resemble the better graphics of the original version, were you using that with this video by any chance?
I grew up on DX for the gamecube and still loved it, completely unaware that it could have been better.. least i can play the conversion mod to dreamcast now.
My nostalgia senses are tingling.
I LOVE DREAMCAST ASTHETICS BRO
The detail of Sonic having a shower.
If it wasn't for Sonic Adventure, I wouldn't have become a Sonic fan. I love its story, exploring its Adventure Fields and Action Stages, its music, and its variety of gameplay. Only part I didn't like was Big the Cat, but apart from his part of the game, it's peak Sonic and perfection.
My favorite sonic game and the first game I ever owned on the dreamcast.
well said
À la sortie de la dreamcast, la première fois que j'ai vu les jeux sur une tv, sonic adventures et soul calibur, les graphismes étaient si parfaits, si propres, et l'animation si fluide, que je ne pouvais pas en croire mes yeux.
C'était exactement le même effet que de voir de la 4k au début des années 2000.
La ps2 n'a jamais eu des graphismes aussi nets, aussi propres et incroyables.
Je regrette les années nintendo vs sega.
Uncontroversial opinion: Sonic Adventure 1 is the best open world sonic game.
11:12 the big "mountain" next to the train station is the underside of angel island because it crashed into the mystic ruins when you go through the hole and up the wind tunnel your at the top of angel island
The clock is from NiGHTS, when you run out of time a a human in the game, the clock will come and try to wake you up.