You see how they used the environment as the level? THIS is what frontiers 2 needs, they should make an interesting environments that can “naturally” have sonic elements
This was short, but it still left an amazing impact. Keanu sounded good as Shadow, the levels were well structured, and that S rank Animation is just perfect!
I loved the cinematics in this level bro. Every part with the missiles were fucking heat. I loved this so much the only thing that would’ve made this better is if they added an Act 2. But even still, this was so good man, what a hype night
I LOVE what theyre doing with the ranking system, and the stage itself is just peak, amazing level design, insane cinematics; OUR FUTURE IS LOOKING BRIGHT
Having the DLC honestly made me feel much better about the game. At first, I felt like it was missing something, and I think this filled that thing!! It definitely sets the bar for future AAA sonic and hopefully, we get sonic movie games like this in the future! It feels like a taste of sega was talking about when they said they were going to start rolling out “super games” Also, this shit was so damn cinematic!!
IT’S SO PEAK IT LEAVES US BEGGING FOR MORE. THEY PUT THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS DLC, TOO. I CAN’T BELIEVE WE ARE HEARING KEANU IN A SONIC GAME UNREAL
When this thing released I dropped EVERYTHING to play this, I was still replaying Shadow Generations levels a ton but this new content was just AAAAA I'm still screaming internally
This was short, but strong! I love everything about this DLC and hope there's more to come. I think this stage counts as bringing back Westopolis, a Shadow 05 stage, because of the bgm. Of not, then I guess the layout and looks of Westopolis can be modded in this stage. Overall, this is an amazing and promising dlc; my favorite part about it is the cinematics and level design. It just oozes the exaggerated swagger of a black and traumatized hedgehog! 🦔🙌
Tbh, The Generations game definitly are the best formula for new levels, you don't even have to justify it that much to make it work in the story either. I really hope they add more (and also would it be too much to ask to have some for Sonic Gens too?🥺)
@@magolord2820 Because sonic team seems to monitor what fans do, I can see them adding levels from unleashed or even the 3Ds games. Heck maybe even adding more bosses for shadow and sonic, based on what shadow said at the end of the movie dlc they want to do more. Remember they need time to cook the next game, and just like frontiers they’ll support the most recent game in order to keep us busy while they are hard at work on whatever new mainline game it is.
@@nman551 I really hope they do. I would kill for an Infinite boss fight cause my boy deserves to be redeemed like Mephiles was! Also having the Gens 3DS levels and Bosses would be cool!
Movie shadows S rank is the BEST animation rank we've ever seen. Whatever comes after this dlc has a lot to top this. The movie dlc felt like it definitely felt like it could be a story of itself with how insanely good it was. I'm glad this dlc was so awesome!
"I'll be back" He said. We're getting more of this, it's just locked behind the movie release i think, for spoiler reasons. I imagine a boss fight might be super shadow vs super sonic.
Other than the line reads, the short length, and the fact the skin is locked to only 1 real level, this had great animation, fantastic ost, the model itself looks great, and a fun level design. Not Radical Highway or even Kingdom Valley, but still fun and well designed. I'm really hoping they patch it soon so that we can use the model in base, regardless of his voice being Kirk or reeves.
Keanu’s performance as Movie Shadow in this exclusive DLC pack was absolutely amazing the cutscenes and gameplay were just stunning and hearing the Westoplis Stage music from Shadow the Hedgehog 05 game was a great addition this year truly has been a blast and even though the Fearless year of Shadow is coming to an end I have enjoyed every single moment of it thank you Sega for making this incredible game can’t wait to see what comes next year 👍🦔🖤
This is like the aftermath from all of what shadow lived and the dlc is giving a taste of the real shadow to the younger kids with this dlc If the game had 3 more levels like this 10/10 maybe in 10 more years we will be playing shadow the hedhehog 2 with this graphics and level desing
Fadel. Friends. I have a story about this. During a taping of a show, awhile back, when old G4 was around, I was on the phone during an interview, I mentioned "Shadow May Cry". And here we are And suggested Jim as Robotnik, and Keanu as Shadow for some fun fan casting. This was.. right after Shadow the Hedgehog was released. During the show taping, Victor Lucas, and Iizuka, and Jeff were the guests. Jeez it's been 20 years. But I just wanted to share a fun memory, something i have held onto for so long. I'm not sure if our discussion was saved, since a lot of things were probably tossed away after the original G4 departed. Btw speaking of the Westopolis remix, GWIZ shared that she played the sick guitar riff 🎸🎶
Going back to this and Final Horizon DLC (plus Frontiers Update 2 physics changes and spin-dash) make me SO pumped for the next main 3D sonic game. I remember Final Horizon was like a prototype of the ideas they already came up with, while Frontiers was a sort of play test for the fans to test out the open-zone gameplay and give feedback. Seeing how much they’ve improved since the gameplay (and story and well, everything) of Forces is so cool to see. (Also after relooking at the leaked script for Forces, Tails WAS apparently going to die according to one of the developer comments which was why Iizuka went silent regarding Tails surviving in an interview LMAO)
It may be just 1 main level, but it's absolutely a great one! I wish we could've used the Movie Shadow skin in the main game, but I'm still happy we have it! I hope that this won't be the only DLC level for the game, though. With the "Westopolis" remix, it's clear this is the _Shadow '05_ representation. But I'd like to see 1 or 2 more stages from it as DLC for _Shadow Gens._
I nearly cried at the Westopolis remix, but I managed to keep it together so I could enjoy the level. This was utterly incredible. People must have felt the same when they saw City Escape in SA2 the first time in Dreamcast.
Something tells me this is not over. This level doesn’t spoiler Sonic 3 so I’m guessing we’ll have later levels for spoiler content but who knows. Shadow does mention he’ll be back
I LITERALLY JUST FINISHED PLAYING THE DLC AND IMGON THIS WAS SOO HYPE 🔥🔥🔥💯💯!!! Thr cinematics are so hype and saucy I'm so glad Sonic Team are incorporating them seamlessly into the gameplay 😭💯
Surprised Fadel haven't ripped his shirt this time around with the cutscenes mid stage and ranks (Wonder how we never got a shirt rip compilation yet at this point LMAO)
Seconded. In the movie, he'll probably sound fine. Proooobably. But he sounds pretty awkward here, especially since he's supposed to be doing anime-esque line reads here like Kirk did, something his super gruff voice isn't used to. Only other big gripe imo is that the skin can't be used in the base game levels. C'mon now.
The stage is very fun but I'm rather disappointed by the fact that it's only one act, especially after that blog post that was released that had some details indicating multiple acts and challenges. I wonder if there was a translation error since the article was released by Sega in Japan that lead to some misinformation. Also upset that we didn't get any movie Badniks, but I understand the story of this level is Shadow on the run from G.U.N. so they'd be a little out of place. Guess they'll still be trapped in the mobile games
Even in the DLC we see Shadow’s personality shine through. He could have left that G.U.N soldier to die, but he gets him out of his chopper. Keanu sounds great as Shadow. I still can’t believe they got him to voice for this DLC! Aaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
My biggest complaint is there's no time attack leaderboard for this stage. Would've helped the fact that S-Ranking at least the regular act is kinda free.
It's a really cool tie in to the movie, fun level with good flashy moments and a great Westopolis remix. Is it short?? Yes, but it's a promotional tie in so I didn't go in expecting something massive!!!
6:41 The Way he leaps off of buildings and faces backwards before falling into a headfirst dive is full of the Exaggerated swagger of a Black Hedgehog
SO SICK DUDE
@@hayond656 😭😭😭
Nice 😂
HOLY SHIT LMAO
I get goosebumps every time he does it.
It's actually crazy how well made this is. If this is the bar for future Sonic games then we are eating fucking GOOD
It's short though.. if I'm not wrong, '06 had the longest DLC
@nazomius7033 Short and super well made will always be better than longer and less focused for the sake of being longer
@@kw-wf9ufDon't worry mate , that guy is always comparing nonsense
@@nazomius7033probably unleashed, it had tones of original levels as dlc
This level and the two challenges included are pretty sweet. Worth the $6
You see how they used the environment as the level? THIS is what frontiers 2 needs, they should make an interesting environments that can “naturally” have sonic elements
YEAH
and some mfs say realism don't fit sonic get the hell out of here
@@math3us420 right?!
Ion know how yall still dont realize the whole point of the game is to be unfamiliar and different 😭
@@Xxblade17 I realized that the day it released
This was short, but it still left an amazing impact.
Keanu sounded good as Shadow, the levels were well structured, and that S rank Animation is just perfect!
HELLL YSSS
The music sync at the start of the stage is so perfect
The sound team cooked with every sequence. Mmm so good
YEAAAHHH
6:44 most wholesome Fadel reaction
LOL
@@GamesCage You're pretty much crying there lol 😂😂
"I have to complete my mission, but I'll be back." I now understand why it's called a season pass
Do we have a season pass?
Cause I can't find any info on it
I loved the cinematics in this level bro. Every part with the missiles were fucking heat. I loved this so much the only thing that would’ve made this better is if they added an Act 2. But even still, this was so good man, what a hype night
The guys who designed this level deserve a raise
YEP
I LOVE what theyre doing with the ranking system, and the stage itself is just peak, amazing level design, insane cinematics; OUR FUTURE IS LOOKING BRIGHT
EASILY
3:42 He finally said it!
Movie shadow is so badass he can grind to the top of a building
YEA BRO
Having the DLC honestly made me feel much better about the game. At first, I felt like it was missing something, and I think this filled that thing!!
It definitely sets the bar for future AAA sonic and hopefully, we get sonic movie games like this in the future! It feels like a taste of sega was talking about when they said they were going to start rolling out “super games”
Also, this shit was so damn cinematic!!
It's insane how we actually got a westopolis 2 with this stage and remix!
MHM
IT’S SO PEAK IT LEAVES US BEGGING FOR MORE. THEY PUT THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS DLC, TOO. I CAN’T BELIEVE WE ARE HEARING KEANU IN A SONIC GAME UNREAL
Yup i can feel it, 2025 is about to go crazy, Sega is locked the fuck in now.
YEP
This is so surreal. Movie Shadow is so damn peak. And the stage was amazing.
MHMMMM
My favourite level in Shadow Generations. PERIOD.
Edit: 6:40 The way he said Perfect MADE ME SCREAM!!!
THAT B RANK ANIMATION IS SO RAW WTF
HELL YEA
14:06 I was washing my hands while watching this part and thought you said “it’s so sigma” 😭😭😭
LMAAOOO
When this thing released I dropped EVERYTHING to play this, I was still replaying Shadow Generations levels a ton but this new content was just AAAAA
I'm still screaming internally
throughout this entire stage i kept going "this is so cool man" with a smile on my face.
If shadow gets in the next smash bros, his victory screens will be those please!
YES
It was worth the wait! If this is the first DLC I can only imagine what this means for the other stages and future games similar to this.
This was short, but strong! I love everything about this DLC and hope there's more to come. I think this stage counts as bringing back Westopolis, a Shadow 05 stage, because of the bgm. Of not, then I guess the layout and looks of Westopolis can be modded in this stage. Overall, this is an amazing and promising dlc; my favorite part about it is the cinematics and level design. It just oozes the exaggerated swagger of a black and traumatized hedgehog! 🦔🙌
The DLC felt like all the mechanics from frontiers have been perfected and implemented seamlessly into the levels environments
Great way to describe it! Shadow Generations was already fantastic but this level was absolutely insane
Year of Shadow baby!
YEAR OF SHADOW
I never thought I'd see the day where I'm very glad to see Westopolis representation. This franchise is weird.
So sunset heights is now the second best spectacle in the game this clears the game it’s not even close movies changed the entire franchise
SO GOOD
I know it’s not long, but it’s so good and it’s definitely implied that there will be more dlc!
Tbh, The Generations game definitly are the best formula for new levels, you don't even have to justify it that much to make it work in the story either. I really hope they add more (and also would it be too much to ask to have some for Sonic Gens too?🥺)
@@magolord2820 Because sonic team seems to monitor what fans do, I can see them adding levels from unleashed or even the 3Ds games. Heck maybe even adding more bosses for shadow and sonic, based on what shadow said at the end of the movie dlc they want to do more. Remember they need time to cook the next game, and just like frontiers they’ll support the most recent game in order to keep us busy while they are hard at work on whatever new mainline game it is.
@@nman551 I really hope they do. I would kill for an Infinite boss fight cause my boy deserves to be redeemed like Mephiles was! Also having the Gens 3DS levels and Bosses would be cool!
@@nman551 like when shadow said he'd be back
@@Lewisart-eo8fv yes
6:15 no way someone in chat said Tokyo Tower lmfao THAT’S THE SKYTEE
It sounded like they were teasing more DLC with that "but I'll be back" line-
RIGHT?…
This DLC was insane, sad that this was so short
They went crazy on the win poses too they knew they had to go crazy with Keanu on the budget 😂
BRUH I WANTED MORE? I understand that there was a budget with the voice lines. But I at least wanted a blue falcon or a heavy dog fight.
We’re getting more probably after the movie releases.
:(((
A team movie sonic fight was right there!
2:01 Fadel thats a tank😭😭😭
LMAOO BRUH
HEY
Movie shadows S rank is the BEST animation rank we've ever seen. Whatever comes after this dlc has a lot to top this. The movie dlc felt like it definitely felt like it could be a story of itself with how insanely good it was. I'm glad this dlc was so awesome!
I hope they do more MAAN
Bro is all dressed up for the Shadow Gens DLC, based
LMAO HELL YEA
WHY AM I SHAKING?!?!? THIS IS PEAK
PEAAAAK
This level almost felt like a demo of what a Sonic Movie game would be like and I absolutely love that
6:41 S rank animation so clean Fadel started stripping off clothes😭😂
😭😭
My only ONE complaint is that i wish keanu sounded a lil bit better and put a bit more "umph" behind his lines, but overall this looks sick ❤
Agreed LOL
6:03 🥷, didn't you go there ?!
6:14 BRO KEANU AND SHADOW JUST RUN FROM SHIBUYA TO TOKYO SKYTREE
6:47 bro turned into an ape for half a second, this is how you know it really got to him
HAHDJDJDJDJXJ
"I'll be back" He said. We're getting more of this, it's just locked behind the movie release i think, for spoiler reasons. I imagine a boss fight might be super shadow vs super sonic.
PLZ BRO
Honestly pretty good job. Here's to hoping that we'll get at least one more DLC level added to the game in some form or another.
I hope so LOL
The animation for movie shadow goes hard for no reason truly the most cinematic sonic game in history
SO GOOOOD
5:01 "You're almost out of rings! Switch places with me!"
Call me Metro City the way it’s about to look like a WHAT!?
Other than the line reads, the short length, and the fact the skin is locked to only 1 real level, this had great animation, fantastic ost, the model itself looks great, and a fun level design. Not Radical Highway or even Kingdom Valley, but still fun and well designed. I'm really hoping they patch it soon so that we can use the model in base, regardless of his voice being Kirk or reeves.
If Shadow is even just 1% as cool as this in the movie, I think we're good
Agreed LOL
Keanu’s performance as Movie Shadow in this exclusive DLC pack was absolutely amazing the cutscenes and gameplay were just stunning and hearing the Westoplis Stage music from Shadow the Hedgehog 05 game was a great addition this year truly has been a blast and even though the Fearless year of Shadow is coming to an end I have enjoyed every single moment of it thank you Sega for making this incredible game can’t wait to see what comes next year 👍🦔🖤
We WIN
20:52... Seeing him do his '06 pose goes HARDER THAN FADEL! 🤣😂🗣️
This makes me want more dlc for this game. Like imagine if they did dlc modern and classic levels based off Forces and Fronteirs. Maybe dlc bosses
This is like the aftermath from all of what shadow lived and the dlc is giving a taste of the real shadow to the younger kids with this dlc
If the game had 3 more levels like this 10/10 maybe in 10 more years we will be playing shadow the hedhehog 2 with this graphics and level desing
Fadel. Friends. I have a story about this. During a taping of a show, awhile back, when old G4 was around, I was on the phone during an interview, I mentioned "Shadow May Cry". And here we are
And suggested Jim as Robotnik, and Keanu as Shadow for some fun fan casting. This was.. right after Shadow the Hedgehog was released.
During the show taping, Victor Lucas, and Iizuka, and Jeff were the guests.
Jeez it's been 20 years. But I just wanted to share a fun memory, something i have held onto for so long.
I'm not sure if our discussion was saved, since a lot of things were probably tossed away after the original G4 departed.
Btw speaking of the Westopolis remix, GWIZ shared that she played the sick guitar riff 🎸🎶
Oh damn LOL THATS FIRE
Ngl I need a sonic game with Tokyo as the open world.
Going back to this and Final Horizon DLC (plus Frontiers Update 2 physics changes and spin-dash) make me SO pumped for the next main 3D sonic game. I remember Final Horizon was like a prototype of the ideas they already came up with, while Frontiers was a sort of play test for the fans to test out the open-zone gameplay and give feedback. Seeing how much they’ve improved since the gameplay (and story and well, everything) of Forces is so cool to see. (Also after relooking at the leaked script for Forces, Tails WAS apparently going to die according to one of the developer comments which was why Iizuka went silent regarding Tails surviving in an interview LMAO)
The beginning of the OST for the Tokyo level was gothic levels of epic. Nothing less for Shadow the Hedgehog.
It’s a moment in history, we have a good jump ball again
MHM
I’m actually starting to realize how close we really are to Sonic 3, and this DLC is getting me more hyped!
Mhm….
ITS SO FIRE BRO ONLY THING IS KEANU SOUNDED WEIRD BUT THEY COOKED
19:53 LIKE DAWG
DUDEEEE
It may be just 1 main level, but it's absolutely a great one! I wish we could've used the Movie Shadow skin in the main game, but I'm still happy we have it! I hope that this won't be the only DLC level for the game, though.
With the "Westopolis" remix, it's clear this is the _Shadow '05_ representation. But I'd like to see 1 or 2 more stages from it as DLC for _Shadow Gens._
Plz gimme MOREEE
I nearly cried at the Westopolis remix, but I managed to keep it together so I could enjoy the level. This was utterly incredible. People must have felt the same when they saw City Escape in SA2 the first time in Dreamcast.
SO GOOOOOD DUDE
They threw everything in there with how short that was
The DLC is goooood don’t get me wrong but i wish there was an act 2 to make it on par with other stages :(
AAAAAAHHH
Something tells me this is not over. This level doesn’t spoiler Sonic 3 so I’m guessing we’ll have later levels for spoiler content but who knows. Shadow does mention he’ll be back
Agreed LOL
@@GamesCage :0 FADEL YOU NOTICED ME
You'd think base Shadow Gens would be the peak, but then it just keeps going.
🗣️🗣️🗣️
That westopolis remix is so good man I gotta know if you’re gonna do a soundtrack tier list for this game
OOOOOO I MIGHT
I LITERALLY JUST FINISHED PLAYING THE DLC AND IMGON THIS WAS SOO HYPE 🔥🔥🔥💯💯!!! Thr cinematics are so hype and saucy I'm so glad Sonic Team are incorporating them seamlessly into the gameplay 😭💯
i love how extra exaggerated they made all the rank animations
DUDEEEE
Its so peak, just wish it was longer and that the movie skin was avalible in game :D
Surprised Fadel haven't ripped his shirt this time around with the cutscenes mid stage and ranks (Wonder how we never got a shirt rip compilation yet at this point LMAO)
LMAAOOOO
Even though it was just 1 act with a couple challenge acts it was so cool. I hope they do more stage DLC like this for Shadow Gens in the future🙏
this dlc feels like so many layers. we got a sonic game that dlc is a movie tie in games that movie is based on sonic game. might be the first time.
Shadows character alone is carrying the entire Sonic franchise, this game is insane
Really good dlc, but man is it a shame Keanu probably made more money than Kirk with a dogwater performance like that.
Seconded. In the movie, he'll probably sound fine. Proooobably. But he sounds pretty awkward here, especially since he's supposed to be doing anime-esque line reads here like Kirk did, something his super gruff voice isn't used to.
Only other big gripe imo is that the skin can't be used in the base game levels. C'mon now.
He was ight but yea I get it LOL
i thought you said “diddy” in the intro😭😭😭😭i was like wait hold on fadel😂
LMAOOOO
I CAN'T STOP PLAYING THIS LEVEL IT'S SO PEAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
SO GOOOOOD
Sonic Team surpassed themselves this year, this is peak of gaming
YEP
if Shadow has this much sauce in the actual movie we may be experiencing genuine peak fiction
WE ARE BOUT TO EAT
7:47 Shadow said "I'll be back". Is that indication we might get more Movie shadow levels in the future?
MAYBE
I feel like we might, I think they're just avoiding spoilers atm
That’s probably talking about the challenge acts
My mom said Sonic and Shadow sucks, well... I'm not sure about this 😂😂😂
The stage is very fun but I'm rather disappointed by the fact that it's only one act, especially after that blog post that was released that had some details indicating multiple acts and challenges. I wonder if there was a translation error since the article was released by Sega in Japan that lead to some misinformation. Also upset that we didn't get any movie Badniks, but I understand the story of this level is Shadow on the run from G.U.N. so they'd be a little out of place. Guess they'll still be trapped in the mobile games
maybe post-movie act 2...?
Agreed LOL
Really good level, peak cinematics, but watching you miss all of those rods in the challenge made me more frustrated than it should have lol
LMAO
The new level looks sick but this really needed to be two or three acts, I made coffee and missed the entire DLC
THIS WAS RAW AF BUT I WISH THERE WERE MORE 😭😭😭
Interesting that shadow says "But I'll be back" at the end of the stage.
Do you think this is a tease for more movie dlc content in the future?
I hope so dude LOL
5:13 And it just keeps going!?
They should put Sonic characters in real world environments more often cause this is gas
Hopefully we get more🙏🙏🙏
FADEL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANNOT KEEP THE HYPE CONTAINED!!!!!!!!
ME NEITHER!!!!
Wouldn’t it be cool if you were able to see Sonic accidentally drop the ring that led game shadow to enter Tokyo while watching the movie?
HELL YEA
Even in the DLC we see Shadow’s personality shine through. He could have left that G.U.N soldier to die, but he gets him out of his chopper. Keanu sounds great as Shadow. I still can’t believe they got him to voice for this DLC! Aaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
THEY COOKED WITH THIS ONE!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This level was so fun, if this is the standard I can’t wait to see the next mainline game RAAAAAAAHH
@@byonty886 We win
6:55 the voicecrack 💀💀💀
My biggest complaint is there's no time attack leaderboard for this stage. Would've helped the fact that S-Ranking at least the regular act is kinda free.
It's a really cool tie in to the movie, fun level with good flashy moments and a great Westopolis remix. Is it short?? Yes, but it's a promotional tie in so I didn't go in expecting something massive!!!
IM VERY EXCITED FOR THE MOVIE IF THE DLC IS THIS GOOD RAHHHHH
YESSSS