I'm aware there's a MULTITUDE of amazing details and other things I didn't cover, but hey, that's what the eventual VS video is for when this project is finished. However long that might be. Play the game.
From what I have officially gathered. Sega of America had given this project the ok on their part however sega of Japan is basically extremely quiet on it. I wouldn't be surprised if they thought it was a much. Much better game
Thank you so much for covering the game again Johnny! Always a great time watching these! Really appreciate the feedback! Since I've mostly focused on adding the base content, I haven't had much time to properly polish or improve the more rough edges (admitedly Silver's stages might've been just a bit rushed) but once the main content is finally up and done, I'm willing to go the extra mile to rework parts of the game that could be so much better! But all in due time, again thank you so much for playing the game!
From the bottom of my Heart...Thank you for your hard work in polishing this game. I'm HOPING Sega greenlights this officially to sell for Consoles, I'd buy a PS5 and a Switch Version (Physical and Digital Special Editions for PS5 and Regular Physical and Digital Special Edition for Switch). Right now, the gaming industry could use such Passionate, Talented, Game Designers such as you and JKB Games. Here's to hoping we get P-06 released for all platforms as well as Megaman X Corrupted 🙏🏽.
Thank you so much for allowing us to get a grasp of what 06 would’ve been had it all gone to plan. You’re officially responsible for satisfying my urge to play that game in a functional state. You went above & beyond, thank you again.
@@BigSmiggles I got about halfway through it in High School and honestly had a decent time with it. Yeah it was still janky as hell, but the levels were fun to explore. I just found out about Project 06 today and now I'm downloading the most recent version, can't wait to finally have my unofficial Adventure 3
What's important about this project isn't just that it's fixing a lot of the issues from the original while updating certain aspects, like having little cutscenes and improving the controls and look of the game, but it proves that Sega and Sonic Team were onto something here. This game could have been a lot of fun if they had given it the polish and tweaking it needed. Even if the story was the same mess, the gameplay could have made up for it.
@@Kingdom850 To be fair they actually did try to greenlight Mania 2. Communications between the mania team and sega of America broke down and the project was cancelled.
We also gotta keep in mind that back when Sonic Team had an interesting clear vision for the franchise, when this game started development one of the original goals N*ka wanted to achieve was for the game to have the same cultural impact as spider-man 2 and batman begins which were released around 2004-2005. Can you imagine the impact it could've had during 2006. Plus this game was also where in terms of hype, the franchise was at it's peak
They essentially made sonic 06 what it was ment to be. Trust me if sega never split sonic team to go work on some wii spinoff this is the 06 we would have gotten
"Unfortunately, Rock Launch doesn't work here. Project 06 is too competent." Love that spotlights can focus on a bunch of things like this. Keep them up!
@@JeskidoYTit works on steam deck in high settings at 40fps. 60 fps is possible somewhat at the lowest settings and resolution but is very inconsistent so I stick to 40fps at high settings in 720p
@@dreamsdeep1076on a Steam Deck OLED you can run it at medium/high settings whit 60fps, the most important thing to thinker is to reduce draw distance.
As someone who isn't a Sonic fan, seeing this makes me want to download this and experience what Sonic fans should have gotten almost 20 years ago. That speaks volumes.
I've been purposely avoiding checking out Project 06 until it's as close to completion as it will be in order to ensure my first playthrough will have as many surprises as possible.
P-06 really does demonstrate that 06 had the solid foundations to make a decent Sonic game. It's legitimately an accomplishment in being one of the best video game remasters of all time.
The 'official' Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) was just disappointing because of Microsoft forcing Sega to rush development as the 2006 Christmas shopping season was looming. If the game failed to launch, Sega would've lost their license to develop software for the Xbox 360.
@@Code7UnltdAlso because Sonic Team was stretched as thin as they were with how ambitious the game was. 9 playable characters was a bad idea. Add in the mach speed sections and Shadow’s vehicles and I have to seriously ask if anyone realised they were doing too much
@@chiron540 In terms of the story, yeah, they can't really do anything to fix that. However, I think the general gameplay and level design is what draws me and other fans towards the original game despite how janky and unpolished it is. It was based off of the Adventure games' structure, so they had the tools to make a fun experience already. The issue was terrible deadlines and over-ambition.
I don't know how I'd be able to get through this year of college without Johnny. So soothing to listen to, and at the same time so satisfying to hear him break down games. I always smile when I see a new video ! (:
The way Chaos X has rewritten history.. J's reviews has said it was his favorite sonic game. Johnny calls it incredible. Gotta love how he reversed the general opinion of the game
I will always be impressed by what the Sonic community is capable of doing when it comes to ambitious projects like this. I'm looking forward to Project 06's final release!
An ambitious project from a guy who _never_ played the original. ChaosX literally started this project cos he didn't have a console to play 06 with. Lol. Same for Unleashed, but he later cancelled that one.
@@kyanoang3l0_oldhe did end up playing the original later on. At first he was basing everything off clips but later in development if I recall, he later played the game himself to help with development
@@PotatoPL- Oh, ok. Must've missed that while following P-06's development. Still, recreating a game from scratch w/o the OG game itself and with just "a folder housing gigabytes of reference material" and others' contributions was impressive.
Sonic Fans like these always surprises me when making mods for past games. It is a thing of beauty seeing them improve on something to reach its full potential. Sliver actually being fun using his psychic power, Shadow using his powers to the fullest, Sonic feeling like his Adventure Games. It feels like a totally brand new game. I really can't wait for the full release of Project 06 & I hope to see more amazing mods like this.
Great Spotlight Johnny! You said it best. “Project 06 is Shaping up to be the Adventure 3 06 was meant to be.” I hope you can find the chance to explore the levels just a little more (maybe get those S ranks?), because there may be a “Super” surprise waiting for you. :)
I had a feeling Johnny was going to enjoy it, seeing as how he likes the Sonic portions of the original, but watching him just gush about this is always a fun time. It's nice that us Sonic fans of most eras can eat well right now
This game is a HUGE improvement from 06 and looks and plays better too! Hope we get boss fights and cutscenes added in soon, then the game will be complete.
If the Last Story/Boss update comes out and sticks the landing, we could be looking at a Top 5 Sonic Game instead of just a Top 10 one lol. I am curious if the actual campaigns themselves will happen afterwards, not entirely sure if they're worth the effort but as is, P-06 is a miraculously great game that I need to play way more of. ChaosX and everyone else who helped out on this did a stellar job.
This is almost poetic 🥹 I remember vividly watching your long 06 review (as well as ClementJ456's review series, what a throwback!) as a kid nearly ten years ago and being intrigued by "the game universally panned" that was just out of my reach as a young Sonic fan. Following the progress and stories of the PC remasters/remakes of 06 over the last half a decade has been a crazy journey, and watching this spotlight feels like a full circle moment. I can't wait to see this project finish - it's bound to be the among the best fan projects to come out of the video game community at this rate 🔥
@@schakiarligonde1736man can you shut the hell up I see you everywhere get a life for God's sake if you don't like the game just don't play it stop going around saying "uhhh it could never be good trust me bro"
Simply amazing. What I appreciate the most is the time they took to polish up shadow’s skating animation. After SA2 it never looked as smooth. Well done
This is absolutely spectacular. You're original Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) video is one of my favorites of your content and I remember watching that so much when I was younger (and I still do to this day). I remember being obsessed with the game despite its infamy and wanting to see if it could be improved. Lo and behold, I discovered Sonic Project '06. All the updates, from the character movesets, the speed, the controls, the visuals, the bug/glitches fixes, the added bonuses such as the intro cutscenes for the levels now. I am so happy that Sonic '06 is finally getting the praise, recognition, and redemption that it deserved ever since its time constrained development that ultimately doomed the product when it first lauched way back in 2006. I think I'm gonna wait until the full game is finished because something like this I would rather prefer to take its glory all in one setting. Keep up the good work ChaosX and team. You've made a miracle.
Not covered in this video: Shadow and Silver have their own hidden upgrades in the fashion of Sonic's gems, if you enjoyed the last cutscene of Shadow's story, you may enjoy what his upgrade has to offer.
Silver was already a dork _in_ 06. He gets to the past and all he can do is talk about how pretty everything is. Even deserts! It wasn't the most predominant part of his character, but it was there, and his dorky voice helped.
Playing Shadow alone is absolutely worth getting the game. Project-06 actually captures the feeling of Shadow really being this unstoppable, Ultimate being. You feel so insanely powerful, how quickly he just snaps from enemy to enemy, and how after hitting them he does that slow flip just to show off feels just right. Project-06 gives us a Shadow we can truly feel like he is the Ultimate Life Form. Play it for him. Sonic and Silver play great too, but Shadow really is something amazing.
P-06 is genuinely my favorite 3D Sonic game and it’s even possible it surpasses even my favorite 2D games being Mania and 3&k. It’s about as close as we will ever get to what I would imagine a Sonic Adventure 3 would be like, the controls are perfect, the graphics are PHENOMENAL, the added details make me feel like a kid again, the upgraded characters all feel amazing, etc. Its all just perfection for me.
Yesss, I've been waiting for Johnny to check this newest version of P-06 out! Love the spotlight, and this makes the game legit look fun to play now. Not perfect, but the difference is night and day!
From description and issues with Silver, I feel like best authors of project could make - is to add ability for him to gain height (not much) similar to ACs in Armored Core 6 - where as you hold jump button mid-air, assuming you still have energy, you will begin ascending - but the more you ascend, the more power is used. This could eliviate issue with overshooting drastically, provided you're not launching yourself without power as Silver. I also think it would be good change to Silver's gameplay.
We finally got to see a perfected version of Sonic 06. I always knew that game’s reception would be positive had it been properly finished. Thank you for taking the time to improve upon this game ChaosX.
Love the cozy vibes on this one. Omega looks so damn awesome, reminds me of his portrayal in the comics. Considering what Sonic Team showed today with the final DLC for Frontiers, what you said at the end about what makes a great Sonic game, I think there is hope.
Shadow Chaos Blasting that hallway of Badniks was oddly satisfying, being a survivor of his eponymous game and at one point attempting to 100% it for some reason.
I can imagine some madlad doing a Sonic World thing with Project06 and adding a fully functional Chao Garden and everything needed for it to be connected with the main game. Making 06 the true Sonic Adventure 3 it was always meant to be.
My review of this game: It's very satisfying My favorite thing about Shadow is chaining together carefully placed homing attacks and spears on enemies to stay in the air as long as possible across different rooms in the stage, just to get that "PERFECT" score. So satisfying. My favorite thing about Silver is speed running the stages with perfectly timed ESP mode activations and teleport dashes. Grabbing enemies and simply releasing them again will crush them to bits. So satisfying. My favorite thing about Sonic is dashing through enemies with the bounce attack and homing attack. The bounce attack gives you a homing attack refill, meaning you can descend to the ground super fast, then dash forward to keep your momentum going. So satisfying.
You know, the funny thing is this version of Silver would be a perfect protagonist replacement for in the frontiers game. Honestly, the plot and exploration and puzzles in frontiers would fit Silver's character and play style a lot better. Project for later possibly...
Great video! A couple of weeks ago, I finally got to play Sonic '06 for the first time. It was quite the experience and yes it's true what everyone was saying that the game was bad, but had the potential to be good. I really did enjoy the amazing soundtrack from Sonic '06. I'm definitely looking forward to try Project '06 because I've heard very good things about it.
If I were SEGA, I'd be looking at this and I think "oh we need to hire this guy and give him the funds and team to finish this and give it an official release". That may never happen but who knows, a guy can dream. But here's my question: if you could rename Sonic 06 and give it a proper subtitle, what would it be? I'd go with something like 'Sonic: The Flames of Disaster'.
Project 06 redeems the rushed and broken mess we got back in 2006 by giving it the time that it needed. Even if more time wouldn't have fully fixed the story of Sonic 06, the devs really tried to be make Adventure 3 everyone wanted, but completely failed to reach due to a cut team and not having nearly enough time to cook, which lead to a completely broken mess. Thankfully, P-06 does everything to help improve the gameplay to what it always should have been.
Even if the original game was finished I honestly doubt it would be anywhere near as good as p 06 it was 2006 and the technology wasn’t as good and it was on Xbox 360
Perfect timing, just tried this out a couple days ago! Really good! There are a couple little things I am not fond of, or maybe not used to, but its simply amazing! Sonic 06 was my first Sonic game, which might be why I never hated it, but MAN do I wish it released in a similar state of quality like how P-06 is.
Meanwhile, people have no doubt given up on X7, which is a lost cause after it's last chance at redemption has long since sailed (Rockman X: DiVE). This is a VERY unique experince from start to finish and I'd like to see what the infamous Last Story has in store for the P-06 team.
And that is partially how I feel about the Mega Man Fanbase. P-06 is a perfect example of fans taking action. So far, all I've seen Mega Man fans doing is lament that things could've been better despite having all the tools they need to improve X7.@@Elyseon
@GaiaX5 Unfortunately, the last Mega Man fangame I remember hearing about (multiplayer arena brawler) got slapped with a C&D, and the makers had to shut down the servers.
I think 06 story can be greatly improved with minor fixes and rewrites without compromising storybeats and stage orders. Just make Elise a kid whose dad recently died a weeks ago has just assumed the crown and is now having her first soleanna festival when Eggman arrives to bully a literal child. This fixes so many things. First, Elise having the blue emerald for 20+ years doesn't fit with other sonic games, her having it for a couple of weeks makes more sense. Second, i empatize a lot more with her character if she hasn't had the time to process grief, was told not to cry and move on with a huge responsibility on her shoulders, at a very young age. Rather that a well stablished monarch that just give up and let herself capture eveytime. Gameplay wise Sonic carrying someone 2/3 his size on his quills would be adorable. With a few dialogue rewrites, Mephiles' mission would not be to make an queen cry for the first time, it could be drown a little girl in utter despair and hopelessness.Then killing Sonic would make sense. Just think about it, everything falls into place
Fully agree with that one part... Something original to take full advantage of these characters would be so good. I mean hell, you only get to play as some of these characters as little as TWO TIMES throughout the ENTIRETY of 06.... That's going to be a real shame when project 06 is fully finished.
If you could have told any Sonic fan that Sonic 06 would one day have a version that some would call the best way to play 3D Sonic, no one would believe you. This project is amazing. It’s amazing to see what people can do when you give them tools and leave them to their own devices. 06 was always a childhood guilty pleasure so I LOVE this game
“People like me for my sonic content.” - Johnny No, people like you for that gorgeous face and that sexy voice. The sonic content is just the cherry on top.
I think Silver's platforming quirks can be fixed just by adjusting the location of objects from their original location to better suit his higher top speed.
Its crazy when you really think about it. Sonic 06 should have been the greatest sonic game to be made. Its sad it never reached that because it was rushed. Also considering tge fact that some of my most fond gaming memories came from Sonic 06. Id love to see Sega remake this game with yhe help of the developer who made the Sonic 06 fan project. Just keep Mephalis one shotting and deleting Sonic in the story. That easily the best part of the story. This game is what Sonic games should be. Its sort of luke this with Sonic Frontiers but the Project 06 seems like the full evolution od what Frontiers is.
Fun fact: Sonic, Shadow & Silver each have a secret ability that can be obtained by getting all S Ranks on their stages then finding that ability in specific stages (and for Sonic you also need to collect all of the Gems
I played 06 for the first time last year just prior to playing P-06, and honestly even with the og I felt, if it had been actually finished, 06 could've been one of if not the best Sonic game, there was so much to love but it was simply not a finished product, it's an alpha, neither on a story level nor gameplay. Project 06 to me feels like a realization of what 06 could've and should've been, it's not 1-1 with what it likely would've been but man it feels like it's done everything it can to fix and refine what was there without compromising it's original vision and I think it's in part why people have recently gone back and reflected on what was good in 06 despite it's major issues.
28:33 the frame rate drops so heavily, because there is something wrong with the reflections and the volumetric lights. Putting the reflections off and the volumetric lights to medium or lower will eliminate the lag.
I remember the joke from clement about how 06 is just sonic adventure 3 in his review ages ago and its never left me. But project 06 i feel kinda earns that title. It feels like a true evolution of the adventure formula
Modern 3d Sonic could use some non-linear level design from classic series like Sonic2 and Sonic3 - with 2 or 3 different paths to the end. That's just my opinion though, but thats exactly what i've been missing in such games this whole time
Project 06 was the game we should have gotten lol. Man, what a letdown 06 was, I remember hunting for more info about this game when it was announced online and in gaming magazines, the hype was real, but then we got what we got. A part of me wishes Sonic Team would do the adventure style gameplay one more time, maybe Sega could recruit the developers behind this to work on this hypothetical game.
I asked Chaos X to make an option so the camera is higher and sees you angled down so we have better vision of what's underneath us. Also would be cool to add some visual queue that would do the job shadows would do in old 3D platformers so we can keep the actual shadows and also have the sureness of landing
Everything about this is absolutely fantastic. Hell, once this is complete, it'll be my first time playing Sonic 06 after avoiding it all these years. Now the question remains: Do they have the balls to fix the story?
Silver's platforming issues sounds really easily solvable by just adding a glow indicator telling you where is body is vertically. Like a straight vertical shadow like Mario and Crash do, but silver already has a regular shadow. They can add a faint subtle glow for the mechanic and people wouldn't question it.
I've never agreed with the "You can polish a turd, but at the end of the day it's still a turd" sentiment when it comes to Sonic 06, because 06 at it's core isn't a turd, in fact at it's core it's really just another adventure game, it's just at a programming standpoint, the execution was terrible (being rushed and unfinished and all). You can tell that 06 was an ambitious game and I've defended 06 for a long time because I truly believe that they wanted 06 to be the best Sonic game of all time at that point, it's just too bad that Sega wanted it released before Holiday of 2006. And I believe P-06 proves that if 06 was actually polished and refined to it's fullest extent, it would've easily been one of, if not the greatest Sonic game of all time.
I just played this game because of reviews etc like yours. I never played the original but I really enjoyed this! It's so good! I did feel a bit annoyed at some of the controls, like if the homing attack doesn't lock on you'll dart off the edge which is quite annoying, but wow, it's a really great effort to make it the game it should be! I'd like for it to include the story and cutscenes so it becomes a bit more of a full experience but I guess I'll check back in when there are future updates!
It continues to warm my heart seeing Johnny back and sgb going on still, Not to sound pushy of course but a personal wishlist of things I'd like to see going forward: God of War Ragnarok came out.. maybe a follow-up LP?😉 A Marathon is a bit too soon but the legacy collection for Mega Man Battle network is out that's an idea if ya plan on going back to Mega Man Multiplayer LP for Superstars? I'm definitely hyped for that one. You're my childhood dude and I'm glad you're still good and what you do, keep your head high and smile wide because a good life is a blessed life💖💖
I'm aware there's a MULTITUDE of amazing details and other things I didn't cover, but hey, that's what the eventual VS video is for when this project is finished. However long that might be. Play the game.
Nice Intro to Johnny's Spotlight.
Now you don't need to only like the sonic sections of this game
Can we see Eliot get rekt'd by Flame Core?
ChaosX stated he'll take a break after the next QoL build, so who knows when the next major build will come out.
From what I have officially gathered. Sega of America had given this project the ok on their part however sega of Japan is basically extremely quiet on it. I wouldn't be surprised if they thought it was a much. Much better game
Thank you so much for covering the game again Johnny! Always a great time watching these!
Really appreciate the feedback! Since I've mostly focused on adding the base content, I haven't had much time to properly polish or improve the more rough edges (admitedly Silver's stages might've been just a bit rushed) but once the main content is finally up and done, I'm willing to go the extra mile to rework parts of the game that could be so much better!
But all in due time, again thank you so much for playing the game!
From the bottom of my Heart...Thank you for your hard work in polishing this game.
I'm HOPING Sega greenlights this officially to sell for Consoles, I'd buy a PS5 and a Switch Version (Physical and Digital Special Editions for PS5 and Regular Physical and Digital Special Edition for Switch).
Right now, the gaming industry could use such Passionate, Talented, Game Designers such as you and JKB Games.
Here's to hoping we get P-06 released for all platforms as well as Megaman X Corrupted 🙏🏽.
Oh hey it’s the guy who made all this possible. Big thank you’s to and your team for all your hard work on this.
Thank you so much for allowing us to get a grasp of what 06 would’ve been had it all gone to plan. You’re officially responsible for satisfying my urge to play that game in a functional state. You went above & beyond, thank you again.
you rock sir. so much work all without asking for a dime or a job at sega
You're doing God's work man. Keep it up!
Also, it'd be sick if you finished the main story or added chao gardens back!!
Finally Johnny can have an excuse to play Sonic 06 over and over like he does and not look like a lunatic. A dream come true I'm sure.
For Real he really loves Sonic 06 despite denying it
**screaming angrily like a banshee in sonic 06 multiplayer**
This fanmake has shown that the DNA of 06 was always there for a great game
06 was a guilty pleasure for me so seeing this from that perspective this project is utterly tremendous
@@BigSmigglesSame here, I'm just wondering from the back of my mind what could have been if Sega had given the game two years of delay.
@@BigSmiggles I got about halfway through it in High School and honestly had a decent time with it. Yeah it was still janky as hell, but the levels were fun to explore.
I just found out about Project 06 today and now I'm downloading the most recent version, can't wait to finally have my unofficial Adventure 3
@@drpepperman2765Did you have fun playing it?
Yeah. It was a game with lots of potential.
It was so sad how it came out
What's important about this project isn't just that it's fixing a lot of the issues from the original while updating certain aspects, like having little cutscenes and improving the controls and look of the game, but it proves that Sega and Sonic Team were onto something here. This game could have been a lot of fun if they had given it the polish and tweaking it needed. Even if the story was the same mess, the gameplay could have made up for it.
Now if sonic team eats this game up and releases it for 20th anniversary. This will be monumental like GTA 5 first once launched
@@JeskidoYT They're not doing that. They wouldn't give Mania a sequel, you'd think they'd greenlight this?
@@Kingdom850 To be fair they actually did try to greenlight Mania 2. Communications between the mania team and sega of America broke down and the project was cancelled.
Not really...
We also gotta keep in mind that back when Sonic Team had an interesting clear vision for the franchise, when this game started development one of the original goals N*ka wanted to achieve was for the game to have the same cultural impact as spider-man 2 and batman begins which were released around 2004-2005. Can you imagine the impact it could've had during 2006. Plus this game was also where in terms of hype, the franchise was at it's peak
I swear whoever worked on Project 06 needs to praised a lot more in the fandom. They retroactively made Sonic 06 of all games amazing.
He definitely gets a ton a praise in the community! He's a well known creator in most Sonic circles at this point
Now all we need is a rewritten story and cutscenes for that said story and we will get a definite true game that Sonic truly DESERVES
They essentially made sonic 06 what it was ment to be.
Trust me if sega never split sonic team to go work on some wii spinoff this is the 06 we would have gotten
"Unfortunately, Rock Launch doesn't work here. Project 06 is too competent."
Love that spotlights can focus on a bunch of things like this. Keep them up!
The game we should’ve gotten at launch.
And to think he’s still not done developing it yet
Right.
@@PrizzimNeither was Sega, with the official game. Proof that it’s not a good excuse to push out a lackluster product.
If only it didn't get rushed for the holiday season
Sonic 06 was rushed for the 15th anniversary 😒
36:33 I don't know why but "this is fucking alchemy" gave me goose bumps
This is seriously impressive
This has been one of my biggest reasons for getting a PC. To see this game but actually made good is so cool.
This project IS the reason I got a PC. This & the Sonic Infinity/Omen project
Imagine this on steam deck
@@JeskidoYTIt looks bad but it's fun
@@JeskidoYTit works on steam deck in high settings at 40fps. 60 fps is possible somewhat at the lowest settings and resolution but is very inconsistent so I stick to 40fps at high settings in 720p
@@dreamsdeep1076on a Steam Deck OLED you can run it at medium/high settings whit 60fps, the most important thing to thinker is to reduce draw distance.
As someone who isn't a Sonic fan, seeing this makes me want to download this and experience what Sonic fans should have gotten almost 20 years ago. That speaks volumes.
It's even more impressive when you realize the person behind this fan project didn't even play the original sonic 06.
@@gigaman5850he did like year or 2 ago but yeah definitely impressive.
Wait rewind
Almost 20 years ago????
Oh geez......
34:16 The sudden jumpcut in the middle of this sentence was perfectly timed
I've been purposely avoiding checking out Project 06 until it's as close to completion as it will be in order to ensure my first playthrough will have as many surprises as possible.
P-06 really does demonstrate that 06 had the solid foundations to make a decent Sonic game. It's legitimately an accomplishment in being one of the best video game remasters of all time.
The 'official' Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) was just disappointing because of Microsoft forcing Sega to rush development as the 2006 Christmas shopping season was looming.
If the game failed to launch, Sega would've lost their license to develop software for the Xbox 360.
@@Code7UnltdAlso because Sonic Team was stretched as thin as they were with how ambitious the game was. 9 playable characters was a bad idea. Add in the mach speed sections and Shadow’s vehicles and I have to seriously ask if anyone realised they were doing too much
While the developers did put a lot of effort into fixing it, Sonic 06 unfortunately has too many fundamental flaws that can't be fixed in a remaster.
@@Code7Unltd Microsoft had nothing to do with 06 turning out the way it did. It's entirely SEGA and Sonic Team's fault.
@@chiron540 In terms of the story, yeah, they can't really do anything to fix that. However, I think the general gameplay and level design is what draws me and other fans towards the original game despite how janky and unpolished it is. It was based off of the Adventure games' structure, so they had the tools to make a fun experience already. The issue was terrible deadlines and over-ambition.
I would personally say Triple Trouble 16-bit is the AM2R of Sonic. One of the best Sonic games.
I don't know how I'd be able to get through this year of college without Johnny. So soothing to listen to, and at the same time so satisfying to hear him break down games. I always smile when I see a new video ! (:
His run of videos since the Patreon page started have been so good as well you can tell he's relaxing a bit
Also helps that he is one of the few RUclipsrs that has never jumped the shark and still has my undisputed trust.
The way Chaos X has rewritten history.. J's reviews has said it was his favorite sonic game. Johnny calls it incredible. Gotta love how he reversed the general opinion of the game
I will always be impressed by what the Sonic community is capable of doing when it comes to ambitious projects like this. I'm looking forward to Project 06's final release!
An ambitious project from a guy who _never_ played the original. ChaosX literally started this project cos he didn't have a console to play 06 with. Lol.
Same for Unleashed, but he later cancelled that one.
@@kyanoang3l0_oldaw man!
@@kyanoang3l0_oldhe did end up playing the original later on. At first he was basing everything off clips but later in development if I recall, he later played the game himself to help with development
@@PotatoPL- Oh, ok. Must've missed that while following P-06's development. Still, recreating a game from scratch w/o the OG game itself and with just "a folder housing gigabytes of reference material" and others' contributions was impressive.
Used to watch Johnny when I was 6 and now I’m about to turn 20 checking up on my childhood
Sonic Fans like these always surprises me when making mods for past games. It is a thing of beauty seeing them improve on something to reach its full potential. Sliver actually being fun using his psychic power, Shadow using his powers to the fullest, Sonic feeling like his Adventure Games. It feels like a totally brand new game. I really can't wait for the full release of Project 06 & I hope to see more amazing mods like this.
This is not a mod. It's a full-on remake made in the Unity engine.
Great Spotlight Johnny! You said it best. “Project 06 is Shaping up to be the Adventure 3 06 was meant to be.” I hope you can find the chance to explore the levels just a little more (maybe get those S ranks?), because there may be a “Super” surprise waiting for you. :)
Oh god, 06 is almost 20 years old.
I feel old...
I cannot express how long I've wait for you to do a video on CURRENT Project 06'. It is legitimately fantastic and one of my favorite sonic games.
I had a feeling Johnny was going to enjoy it, seeing as how he likes the Sonic portions of the original, but watching him just gush about this is always a fun time. It's nice that us Sonic fans of most eras can eat well right now
This game is a HUGE improvement from 06 and looks and plays better too! Hope we get boss fights and cutscenes added in soon, then the game will be complete.
If the Last Story/Boss update comes out and sticks the landing, we could be looking at a Top 5 Sonic Game instead of just a Top 10 one lol. I am curious if the actual campaigns themselves will happen afterwards, not entirely sure if they're worth the effort but as is, P-06 is a miraculously great game that I need to play way more of. ChaosX and everyone else who helped out on this did a stellar job.
chaosX said that story won't happen, but who knows if mods bring it in given how in depth the modding API beatz made seems to be.
This is almost poetic 🥹 I remember vividly watching your long 06 review (as well as ClementJ456's review series, what a throwback!) as a kid nearly ten years ago and being intrigued by "the game universally panned" that was just out of my reach as a young Sonic fan. Following the progress and stories of the PC remasters/remakes of 06 over the last half a decade has been a crazy journey, and watching this spotlight feels like a full circle moment. I can't wait to see this project finish - it's bound to be the among the best fan projects to come out of the video game community at this rate 🔥
Man... imagine the alternate timeline where this was Sonic '06 on launch.
It wouldn’t have been it was on Xbox 360 not pc it would not have been anywhere near as good
@@schakiarligonde1736man can you shut the hell up I see you everywhere get a life for God's sake if you don't like the game just don't play it stop going around saying "uhhh it could never be good trust me bro"
@@schakiarligonde1736 How would the Xbox 360 handicap the revamped gameplay? The graphics are mostly have been saturated, with the effects stronger.
What a time to be alive, even Sonic 06 got fixed after all these years.
Simply amazing. What I appreciate the most is the time they took to polish up shadow’s skating animation. After SA2 it never looked as smooth. Well done
Seeing my Silver cutscene animation in a Johnny video is so surreal XD
This is absolutely spectacular. You're original Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) video is one of my favorites of your content and I remember watching that so much when I was younger (and I still do to this day). I remember being obsessed with the game despite its infamy and wanting to see if it could be improved. Lo and behold, I discovered Sonic Project '06. All the updates, from the character movesets, the speed, the controls, the visuals, the bug/glitches fixes, the added bonuses such as the intro cutscenes for the levels now. I am so happy that Sonic '06 is finally getting the praise, recognition, and redemption that it deserved ever since its time constrained development that ultimately doomed the product when it first lauched way back in 2006. I think I'm gonna wait until the full game is finished because something like this I would rather prefer to take its glory all in one setting. Keep up the good work ChaosX and team. You've made a miracle.
Sonic 06 came out 17 years ago. Now, kids born in that year graduating high school. I can still remember 2006 like it yesterday. Anyone feel old yet?
Sega REALLY need to pull a Valve/Black Mesa here. Support the completion of the project and release it officially. Incredible work.
Thank you so much, Johnny. I’ve been a fan of your videos for many years now, and I always will be.
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Finally, Johnny is praising Sonic 06 after 10 years from his old review on it. Good work, bro.😎👍
The original 50 minute long video haha
Sonic 06 is his favorite adventure game 😏😁
10 years…
@@mysteryperson1958Playing as SONIC is his favorite Adventure game. Which he said Sonic was the best parts of 1 and 2, sooooooo…
@@homuraakemi103 Johnny's old review in 2013 on the Sonic 06 game.
Not covered in this video: Shadow and Silver have their own hidden upgrades in the fashion of Sonic's gems, if you enjoyed the last cutscene of Shadow's story, you may enjoy what his upgrade has to offer.
Just imagine where the series would be nowadays if Sonic 06 launched like this. Maybe as Sonic 07 or 08.
If this is what Sonic 06 have looked like back when it first came out, it could have been hailed as one of the greatest Sonic games of all time
Silver was already a dork _in_ 06. He gets to the past and all he can do is talk about how pretty everything is. Even deserts! It wasn't the most predominant part of his character, but it was there, and his dorky voice helped.
Playing Shadow alone is absolutely worth getting the game. Project-06 actually captures the feeling of Shadow really being this unstoppable, Ultimate being. You feel so insanely powerful, how quickly he just snaps from enemy to enemy, and how after hitting them he does that slow flip just to show off feels just right. Project-06 gives us a Shadow we can truly feel like he is the Ultimate Life Form. Play it for him. Sonic and Silver play great too, but Shadow really is something amazing.
brooo Im saying just was playing him yesterday and thought exactly this 😢😢
P-06 is genuinely my favorite 3D Sonic game and it’s even possible it surpasses even my favorite 2D games being Mania and 3&k. It’s about as close as we will ever get to what I would imagine a Sonic Adventure 3 would be like, the controls are perfect, the graphics are PHENOMENAL, the added details make me feel like a kid again, the upgraded characters all feel amazing, etc. Its all just perfection for me.
Yesss, I've been waiting for Johnny to check this newest version of P-06 out! Love the spotlight, and this makes the game legit look fun to play now. Not perfect, but the difference is night and day!
From description and issues with Silver, I feel like best authors of project could make - is to add ability for him to gain height (not much) similar to ACs in Armored Core 6 - where as you hold jump button mid-air, assuming you still have energy, you will begin ascending - but the more you ascend, the more power is used. This could eliviate issue with overshooting drastically, provided you're not launching yourself without power as Silver. I also think it would be good change to Silver's gameplay.
We finally got to see a perfected version of Sonic 06. I always knew that game’s reception would be positive had it been properly finished.
Thank you for taking the time to improve upon this game ChaosX.
Love the cozy vibes on this one. Omega looks so damn awesome, reminds me of his portrayal in the comics. Considering what Sonic Team showed today with the final DLC for Frontiers, what you said at the end about what makes a great Sonic game, I think there is hope.
Shadow Chaos Blasting that hallway of Badniks was oddly satisfying, being a survivor of his eponymous game and at one point attempting to 100% it for some reason.
I can imagine some madlad doing a Sonic World thing with Project06 and adding a fully functional Chao Garden and everything needed for it to be connected with the main game. Making 06 the true Sonic Adventure 3 it was always meant to be.
And here's something else: it's playable on Steam Deck! You have to make a few tweaks, but its fully playable and runs well!
I feel the exact same way with a lot of the things you said here. This game is a masterpiece as far as Sonic games go.
This game needs to get funded by Sega to rerelease this game for PS5, Xbox Series X & of course PC and fix some of the story if they were able too lol
My review of this game: It's very satisfying
My favorite thing about Shadow is chaining together carefully placed homing attacks and spears on enemies to stay in the air as long as possible across different rooms in the stage, just to get that "PERFECT" score. So satisfying.
My favorite thing about Silver is speed running the stages with perfectly timed ESP mode activations and teleport dashes. Grabbing enemies and simply releasing them again will crush them to bits. So satisfying.
My favorite thing about Sonic is dashing through enemies with the bounce attack and homing attack. The bounce attack gives you a homing attack refill, meaning you can descend to the ground super fast, then dash forward to keep your momentum going. So satisfying.
When P-06 is complete, story and all. Here’s hoping there going to be a revisit Let’s Play sometime in the future.
You know, the funny thing is this version of Silver would be a perfect protagonist replacement for in the frontiers game. Honestly, the plot and exploration and puzzles in frontiers would fit Silver's character and play style a lot better. Project for later possibly...
Great video!
A couple of weeks ago, I finally got to play Sonic '06 for the first time. It was quite the experience and yes it's true what everyone was saying that the game was bad, but had the potential to be good. I really did enjoy the amazing soundtrack from Sonic '06. I'm definitely looking forward to try Project '06 because I've heard very good things about it.
I can’t believe it! Johnny loves Sonic 06?????
Fan projects forever so special to me. Any company taking those down is truly lost.
This is what sonic 06 should’ve been
Goes without saying, doesn’t it?
If I were SEGA, I'd be looking at this and I think "oh we need to hire this guy and give him the funds and team to finish this and give it an official release". That may never happen but who knows, a guy can dream.
But here's my question: if you could rename Sonic 06 and give it a proper subtitle, what would it be? I'd go with something like 'Sonic: The Flames of Disaster'.
Sonic Chaos X would be a great name.
I'm so glad to see you covering this now that it's matured so much!
Project 06 redeems the rushed and broken mess we got back in 2006 by giving it the time that it needed. Even if more time wouldn't have fully fixed the story of Sonic 06, the devs really tried to be make Adventure 3 everyone wanted, but completely failed to reach due to a cut team and not having nearly enough time to cook, which lead to a completely broken mess. Thankfully, P-06 does everything to help improve the gameplay to what it always should have been.
Even if the original game was finished I honestly doubt it would be anywhere near as good as p 06 it was 2006 and the technology wasn’t as good and it was on Xbox 360
Perfect timing, just tried this out a couple days ago! Really good! There are a couple little things I am not fond of, or maybe not used to, but its simply amazing! Sonic 06 was my first Sonic game, which might be why I never hated it, but MAN do I wish it released in a similar state of quality like how P-06 is.
Sonic Project 06 is what Sonic 06 should've been
Meanwhile, people have no doubt given up on X7, which is a lost cause after it's last chance at redemption has long since sailed (Rockman X: DiVE). This is a VERY unique experince from start to finish and I'd like to see what the infamous Last Story has in store for the P-06 team.
It takes intentional effort to screw up something like X-DiVE. Capcom really hates Mega Man.
And that is partially how I feel about the Mega Man Fanbase. P-06 is a perfect example of fans taking action. So far, all I've seen Mega Man fans doing is lament that things could've been better despite having all the tools they need to improve X7.@@Elyseon
@GaiaX5 Unfortunately, the last Mega Man fangame I remember hearing about (multiplayer arena brawler) got slapped with a C&D, and the makers had to shut down the servers.
I think 06 story can be greatly improved with minor fixes and rewrites without compromising storybeats and stage orders. Just make Elise a kid whose dad recently died a weeks ago has just assumed the crown and is now having her first soleanna festival when Eggman arrives to bully a literal child.
This fixes so many things. First, Elise having the blue emerald for 20+ years doesn't fit with other sonic games, her having it for a couple of weeks makes more sense. Second, i empatize a lot more with her character if she hasn't had the time to process grief, was told not to cry and move on with a huge responsibility on her shoulders, at a very young age. Rather that a well stablished monarch that just give up and let herself capture eveytime. Gameplay wise Sonic carrying someone 2/3 his size on his quills would be adorable.
With a few dialogue rewrites, Mephiles' mission would not be to make an queen cry for the first time, it could be drown a little girl in utter despair and hopelessness.Then killing Sonic would make sense.
Just think about it, everything falls into place
Sega should unironically hire them and release this officially.
Fully agree with that one part... Something original to take full advantage of these characters would be so good.
I mean hell, you only get to play as some of these characters as little as TWO TIMES throughout the ENTIRETY of 06.... That's going to be a real shame when project 06 is fully finished.
Kudos to the developer. I don't play sonic, but hearing you gush about everything says all I need to know.
Now I can safely say
06 IS ADVENTURE 3
This game is right up there with all the greatest Sonic games like 2&3, Adventure 1&2, and Generations.
Adventure 1 and 2 are definitely not some of the greatest sonic games ever made. The other three games you mentioned are though.
@@okagron Agree to disagree then, but they're both in my top 5.
Generations, Adventure 1 & 2, Unleashed and P06 would be 5th. If you don't count P06 Frontiers would be in it's place.
If you could have told any Sonic fan that Sonic 06 would one day have a version that some would call the best way to play 3D Sonic, no one would believe you. This project is amazing. It’s amazing to see what people can do when you give them tools and leave them to their own devices. 06 was always a childhood guilty pleasure so I LOVE this game
If ChaosX puts out a polished full game I will download and play it.
10:24 And that’s when you gotta draw a line in the sand and say “What am I willing to put up with today?”
“People like me for my sonic content.” - Johnny
No, people like you for that gorgeous face and that sexy voice. The sonic content is just the cherry on top.
Hell yeah Johnny! I've been here since before your original 06 video, love your work bro 💪
I think Silver's platforming quirks can be fixed just by adjusting the location of objects from their original location to better suit his higher top speed.
Its crazy when you really think about it. Sonic 06 should have been the greatest sonic game to be made. Its sad it never reached that because it was rushed. Also considering tge fact that some of my most fond gaming memories came from Sonic 06.
Id love to see Sega remake this game with yhe help of the developer who made the Sonic 06 fan project.
Just keep Mephalis one shotting and deleting Sonic in the story. That easily the best part of the story.
This game is what Sonic games should be. Its sort of luke this with Sonic Frontiers but the Project 06 seems like the full evolution od what Frontiers is.
Fun fact: Sonic, Shadow & Silver each have a secret ability that can be obtained by getting all S Ranks on their stages then finding that ability in specific stages (and for Sonic you also need to collect all of the Gems
I find it awesome that a people with passion can creat something as amazing as this
I played 06 for the first time last year just prior to playing P-06, and honestly even with the og I felt, if it had been actually finished, 06 could've been one of if not the best Sonic game, there was so much to love but it was simply not a finished product, it's an alpha, neither on a story level nor gameplay.
Project 06 to me feels like a realization of what 06 could've and should've been, it's not 1-1 with what it likely would've been but man it feels like it's done everything it can to fix and refine what was there without compromising it's original vision and I think it's in part why people have recently gone back and reflected on what was good in 06 despite it's major issues.
This project is seriously amazing. I’ve been so happy to keep up with it
28:33 the frame rate drops so heavily, because there is something wrong with the reflections and the volumetric lights. Putting the reflections off and the volumetric lights to medium or lower will eliminate the lag.
I can listen to Johnny all day talking about video games, I really can't wait for the day P-06 becomes a full game
I remember the joke from clement about how 06 is just sonic adventure 3 in his review ages ago and its never left me.
But project 06 i feel kinda earns that title. It feels like a true evolution of the adventure formula
Project '06 is incredibly close to the 3d Sonic game I dreamed of as a child 😢
Modern 3d Sonic could use some non-linear level design from classic series like Sonic2 and Sonic3 - with 2 or 3 different paths to the end. That's just my opinion though, but thats exactly what i've been missing in such games this whole time
Project 06 was the game we should have gotten lol. Man, what a letdown 06 was, I remember hunting for more info about this game when it was announced online and in gaming magazines, the hype was real, but then we got what we got. A part of me wishes Sonic Team would do the adventure style gameplay one more time, maybe Sega could recruit the developers behind this to work on this hypothetical game.
I asked Chaos X to make an option so the camera is higher and sees you angled down so we have better vision of what's underneath us. Also would be cool to add some visual queue that would do the job shadows would do in old 3D platformers so we can keep the actual shadows and also have the sureness of landing
Everything about this is absolutely fantastic. Hell, once this is complete, it'll be my first time playing Sonic 06 after avoiding it all these years.
Now the question remains: Do they have the balls to fix the story?
Silver's platforming issues sounds really easily solvable by just adding a glow indicator telling you where is body is vertically. Like a straight vertical shadow like Mario and Crash do, but silver already has a regular shadow. They can add a faint subtle glow for the mechanic and people wouldn't question it.
I've never agreed with the "You can polish a turd, but at the end of the day it's still a turd" sentiment when it comes to Sonic 06, because 06 at it's core isn't a turd, in fact at it's core it's really just another adventure game, it's just at a programming standpoint, the execution was terrible (being rushed and unfinished and all). You can tell that 06 was an ambitious game and I've defended 06 for a long time because I truly believe that they wanted 06 to be the best Sonic game of all time at that point, it's just too bad that Sega wanted it released before Holiday of 2006. And I believe P-06 proves that if 06 was actually polished and refined to it's fullest extent, it would've easily been one of, if not the greatest Sonic game of all time.
This is what Sonic 06 looked like to me when I was 6 years old, playing this on my uncle's brand new PS3 back in 2006
the combat focused gameplay in shadows story makes use of overvelming amount of enemys and makes it unique.
You forgot to mention that collecting all the gems and S ranks lets you collect the rainbow gem which lets you use Super Sonic in all the levels :D
16:39 "Im just going to release and go about my merry business" lmao 😂 PAUSE! lol
I just played this game because of reviews etc like yours. I never played the original but I really enjoyed this! It's so good! I did feel a bit annoyed at some of the controls, like if the homing attack doesn't lock on you'll dart off the edge which is quite annoying, but wow, it's a really great effort to make it the game it should be! I'd like for it to include the story and cutscenes so it becomes a bit more of a full experience but I guess I'll check back in when there are future updates!
i still remember johnny nearly spitting out his tea at the loading screen speed during SHC.
"This is f**king alchemy! This is turning a turd to gold!" Classic closing line, Johnny. XD 36:38
It continues to warm my heart seeing Johnny back and sgb going on still,
Not to sound pushy of course but a personal wishlist of things I'd like to see going forward:
God of War Ragnarok came out.. maybe a follow-up LP?😉
A Marathon is a bit too soon but the legacy collection for Mega Man Battle network is out that's an idea if ya plan on going back to Mega Man
Multiplayer LP for Superstars? I'm definitely hyped for that one.
You're my childhood dude and I'm glad you're still good and what you do, keep your head high and smile wide because a good life is a blessed life💖💖
The framerate thing is a recording issue, if you turn off Reflections in the menu it improves it significantly to the point of non issue
It's not a recording issue. It's a Unity issue. It gets worse the longer the game is open.