Playing the Shadow gens portion of the game made me feel like I was playing SA2 again. 20 YEARS and FINALLY I have a Sonic game I want to replay over and over again
Ikr? The boost now becomes something you could use to move faster while still maintaining full control like in the Adventure games. This is what makes it better than SA2 in my opinion
Seaside Hill is REALLY underrated here. The depth of the 3D level design and all the branching paths is just phenomenal, possible even the best 3D Sonic has ever been on that regard. And it even splits into sections for Ocean Palace references as well. Sublime stage, it will absolutely grow on you the more thoroughly you play it and I think it 100% deserves to be on par with Sky Sanctuary, top three slam dunk. (I haven't played the Shadow Gens levels, yet.)
Agreed 100%. Seaside Hill is a Prime Example how a 3D Sonic Level should be made. Not only has multiple branching paths but each and everyone of them has a CONTEXT within the estructure. They are not just floating platforms or rails, but part of the scenery. You could jump off the main path and venture running on water, take a detour through a cliff before the vehicle section, or even platform on top of the back of Giant Turtles. Level Design like this haven't been done ever since Generations.
About your complaints about radical highway act 1, you can actually play the level without the doom wings active. That way you won’t be flying over everything. Also, that section you mentioned about slowly pushing buttons can be entirely skipped if you know the right pathways
Radical Highway's two acts without wings were BRUTAL to S rank. I still don't know how to skip the giant black arms is act2. They're insanely fun though. Act 1 is one of my personal favorites in the game.
@@ValGuard4801 oh yeah, they’re basically different stages without doom wings, and I think they’re all the better for it. Also, I don’t think you can skip the first big black arms, but you can skip the second one if you boost right after the rainbow rings launch you into the air
@@Fabricio37500Idk about SA2 fans but unleashed fans are the fallout new vegas fans of sonic. They have to mention how they think unleashed is #1 EVERY TIME. And every time they do they dont even mention the werehog section. Like dude, i played unleashed when i was a kid too but lets not ignore 50% of the game just so we can glaze it. Its pretty obnoxious at this point.
@@Yes917 you know what's funny? I myself personally love Unleashed (at the very least the day stages) and Generations, to me they're equally the perfect 3D Sonic experience. That's the keyword though, "to me". I acknowledge and make it clear that it is my opinion, but that's something the SA2 and Unleashed fans seem to not understand, they always gotta chime in when someone says they think a Sonic game that isn't one of those two is the best one.
With the doom morph, you can shoot the opposite direction with lots of speed by letting go of the homing attack button mid-swing. I see a lot of people not know this somehow.
The explanation of the mechanic was fairly brushed over- I only understood it and got good with it after intentionally hitting the tutorial popup in Chaos Island to see it.
Very solid takes. Kingdom valley is probably my favourite, but as you said it could just be recency bias since I played the original generations to death.
Honestly, you can already tell this guy doesn't play the game, just from the Radical Highway segment, where he basically says, "I always forget Shadow has the Doom Spear ability"
My personal favorite stages in these 2 games 1. Kingdom Valley 2. Sunset Heights 3. Radical Highway 4. Speed Highway 5. Chaos Island 6. Rooftop Run 7. Sky Sanctuary 8. Space Colony Ark 9. City Escape 10. Seaside Hill 11. Rail Canyon 12. Chemical Plant 13. Green Hill 14. Crisis City 15. Planet Wisp
The goat is back again with another banger Tbh, i didn't see the whole thing in case i get spoiled, and honestly, I haven't played generations at all So i want my playthrough to be a new experience but amazing video as always and keep up the good work
Personally when it comes to that level from Heroes Bullet Station is the better act of the two design wise so I wish that had been the version they went with instead of making it be the act 2 for 2D. Would have preferred that they swapped places in Shadow Gens.
Planet wisp really is a good point of comparison, despite all the shadow levels lasting the same you never feel like it's taking too long, you just flow with the level
I think every shadow generations level over shadows all of the sonic levels. Don't get me wrong. The sonic game was great and even challenging in a good way for some stages, but some of the outdated mechanics that didn't get fixed in the remaster didn't do the game justice. I'll admit the levels are great and cool and bring back so much great nostalgia like the sound track to the sonic unleash and heros level, but shadow generations as a whole is a far better game and plays way better.
I felt that way at first too, it especially sucks that sonic doesn’t have a double jump like shadow, but after replaying the full sonic generations side, I got past it and enjoyed the hell out of it
Weirdly I felt the other way around, i think sonics playstyle makes him feel more powerful and faster, the drifting and the fact he feels a little out of control really works in favour of the game in my opinion. Only issue with it is the levels matter more, for example I think planet wisp would be more fun as shadow, but rooftop run wouldn't be more fun as him. I dunno, I think both have their merits
I just wish they added some extra stages to sonic too tbh. There are so many good and unique stages left that it's a shame they didn't make it a tad bigger
I would love lava reef zone/Hill Top zone, emerald coast, icecaps zone/ the SA1 snow level, metal harbor, or the first level from unleashed. Another colors level would be amazing too. I know it won't happen, but adding 3 new levels as dlc to generations would be awesome.
@XxXAntiJoshXxX apotos from unleashed is awesome! And anything from colors would be awesome too! A snow level would change things up in generations too
You can actually speed up that barrier section in Radical Highway by only pressing the first button then boost jumping to the pole, so it’s not too bad, just gotta think a little to find the faster path.
Ayo?! My GOAT Crisis City on the 4th place?! LET'S GO!! But,seriously,Crisis City is such an underrated level (in Sonic Generations),it's my favourite level in the game! (Yeah,I'm a bit late :p)
It hurt seeing you say the Doom Wings skip over much of the level, and then proceeding to talk about the part of the level I had no idea existed because I fly over it with the wings 😭
My thing with Shadow Gen’s Radical Highway Act 1: All the problems you mentioned CAN be easily fixed in the game itself. The level issues can be skipped with pathways (like the button one) You can choose to play the game without Doom Wing after you beat it (as in you don’t even need to not press the buttons you just won’t have it regardless of if you enter the activation zone or not) My only complaint is the chaos spear because it’s like, Shadows whole ability and almost every level uses it. I don’t know, I’d recommend going through the level with Doom Wing turned off personally
in case anyone forgor: Most of Base generations uses a lot of the design elements of Sonic Unleashed. only makes sense Rooftop run remains largely unchanged from its original design. that would explain why rooftop run would be your no 1 pick. I long to have a Unleashed Remaster so I can play it on steam... but playable PS4 and X1 ports exist, so they ain't doing that anytime soon.
That part definitely hurt my view of the level, it’s nice to know it can be skipped though. I wasn’t arguing it’s a bad level, I don’t think there’s a single one here, I just didn’t enjoy it as much but it’s subject to change as I get better 🤷♂️
interesting fact: according to the twitter takeover, Shadow's favorite doom power is doom morph. Shadow can swim, but I guess for the purpose of not diminishing doom surf, shadow would sink immediately in white space without it.
This honestly might be my new favourite sonic game, gens was already up as my number 2 or 3 but shadow made it even better(this and unleashed are my fav sonic games)
I'm not gonna lie your problem with both radical highways may be a skill issue, there is nothing wrong with that don't get me wrong but I think you would enjoy them more if you took the time to go through the faster paths
You can skip every moment where you're forced to stop moving in Radical Highway act 1. It has shortcuts everywhere. Fun example: The hole in the wall you spring up to the top of at the very beginning leads to a completely separate, faster path. Skips the entire downhill boost and scripted loop.
I still dont get why you ranked seaside hill so low? Imo its the best stage in base generations. Great environment, great music, lots of speed and fun platforming, many alternate paths… there is just so much good in there
I feel like if you play radical highway without doom wings on you’ll get an entirely new perspective. I feel they’re the most fun with a healthy balance of being difficult while also rewarding you if your able to go without slowing down at all
The mods on this game on gonna come swinging fast and it will be legendary 🙌 This is possible the best sonic game that will last decades before a new sonic game top this one.
"I don't like these areas where you have to push the button to create the path." That's the punishment path, homie. You can skip that part entirely and shave off like 10 seconds in the process. It's not a glitch or Doomwing exploit - I think it's a rail you take earlier, then you swing above where that path is and above it is a doom spawn launching those hexagon shield things. Get to him, kick him in the air and dash to the rail you kick him towards.
I think ur wrong about radical highway, if you play Act 1 without the wings, it's genuinely amazing how many branching paths they have, like the one in your gameplay that you skipped over 😂
Bro, my absolute favorite thing to do in this game is go to Rooftop Run and change the BGM to Endless Possibilities. If you know the level well enough to breeze through it like I do, the song syncs up perfectly and it is so damn satisfying.
My favorite stages my thoughts both sonic and shadow gens 1. Radical highway 2. Space colony ark 3. Rail canyon 4. Chaos island 5. Kindom valley 6. Sunset heights 7. Escape from the city 8. Rooftop run 9. Green hill zone 10. Chemical plant 11. Speed highway 12. Crisis city 13. Sky sanctuary 14. Planet wisp 15. Seaside hill
Did you mean “Today we are going to look at every 3D stage throughout Sonic x shadow generations and rank them from worst to best”. Also try to rank every 2d generation stage next video
They’re a lot of fun, but don’t have as much substance as others. Planet wisp reaches the lowest of lows during the factory part, but I love the first minute
Got to say my favourite Sonic Gen stage and boss would probably be City Escape and Perfect Chaos. My favourite Shadow stage and boss would be Sunset Heights and Mephiles.
My personal favorite: 16. Planet Wisp 15. Chemical Plant 14. Green Hill 13. Sky Sanctuary 12. Crisis City 11. Rooftop Run 10. Rail Canyon 9. Sunset Heights 8. Space Colony Ark 7. City Escape 6. Seaside Hill 5. SPEEEEED HIGHWAY (I just love this stage) 4. Kingdom Valley 3. Radical Highway (Act 2) 2. Chaos Island 1. Radical Highway (Act 1) (Alt. Paths beloved)
For this version of radical highway... Vibes. I low key wished we had the canyon like shadow level from adventure 2 as we got radical highway well represented up to the point you do radical highway lol only plus is how it handled the boss acess(as that's my only serious gripe with generations is having to do the filler act chsllenges for the boss keys)
I'm disappointed there's no other levels from Shadow The Hedgehog on here. No Digital Circuit? No Cryptic Castle? No Circus Park 3D/2D level? No Glyphic Canyon?? Cmon Sega....just remaster /remake Shadow The Hedgehog already...
"I honestly forgot Doom Spear even exists" This. Is why I cannot trust anyone tiering stuff, especially for Sonic. Also, how the hell did you even survive the rest of the game beforehand without using the spear?
I think all the levels in this game are at the very least enjoyable, I was tempted to put planet wisp at the bottom but the first minute was like peak generations gameplay
You know you can do radical highway without the doom wings, and the reason why you got the bridge part is because you didnt correctly do the skip. its a punishment. Do better
my list 16. chemical plant (looks cool but FUCK that water section, if you get hit once it’s OVER) 15. seaside hill (i don’t like water) 14. planet wisp (only reason it’s not lower is that first 3d section and it’s from my favorite sonic game with one of my favorite osts) 13. sky sanctuary the ones above 13 are really good and difficult for me to rank 12. green hill 11. rail canyon 10. speed highway 9. chaos island 8. rooftop run 7. radical highway 1 6. radical highway 2 top five are my absolute favorites 5. city escape 4. sunset heights 3. space colony ark 2. kingdom valley 1. crisis city (shocking, ain’t it? i LOVE crisis city. it has my favorite gens ost ever, it’s from 06 (bonus points cause i love 06), and it gave me my favorite sonic character in the entire series, both in comics and games)
chemical plant sounds like a skill issue. If you get all the top pathways, you can entirely avoid the water. Same with Seaside Hill. Actually surprised by this since you put Crisis City at #1.
@@LowpolyChaos well I mean you were complaining about water. What else was I supposed to think? And damn I have the complete opposite opinion of seaside hill. By far the best stage in the game, and possibly the best 3D sonic level of all time. The sheer openness and number of alternate pathways is mind boggling. I actually also dislike water, but specifically underwater. I actually really like the running on water sections, or do you dislike that as well?
@ the running on water sections seem like they would be fun from what i’ve seen, but i’m not very great at controlling em and i really don’t want to play seaside hill more than i have to, so going back to learn them just doesn’t really feel worth it for me imo
Imo, Forces is mediocre (btw, i dont hate any Sonic game. At peast, of the ones i actually played) Sunset Heights was one of my favorite levels from that game 👍
1:34 . Dude, you can boost on those carts. The game is 13 years old and you didn't even know that -_- 4:56 You DON'T NEED them, after you complete the level you can even replay it without wings at all, so level is completable without using them
Ok I don’t agree with how far low green hill and chemical plant are and how they are lower than planet wisp and radical highway. I sort of agree with rail canyon. I really disagree with speed highway and seaside hills placement, but it’s just my opinion. I kind of agree with space colony arks placement but I would put green hill seaside hill and speed highway above it. I would put sunset heights higher than city escape and crisis city. Hot take: City escape is mid. Not sure where it goes. I like chaos island more than crisis city. Another hot take. Kingdom valley is overrated. I would put it near sunset heights. Sky sanctuary is 2nd place for me and there is a tie of rooftop run and seaside hill in first place lol.
Playing the Shadow gens portion of the game made me feel like I was playing SA2 again. 20 YEARS and FINALLY I have a Sonic game I want to replay over and over again
Same! So much fun!
Ikr? The boost now becomes something you could use to move faster while still maintaining full control like in the Adventure games. This is what makes it better than SA2 in my opinion
Seaside Hill is REALLY underrated here. The depth of the 3D level design and all the branching paths is just phenomenal, possible even the best 3D Sonic has ever been on that regard. And it even splits into sections for Ocean Palace references as well. Sublime stage, it will absolutely grow on you the more thoroughly you play it and I think it 100% deserves to be on par with Sky Sanctuary, top three slam dunk. (I haven't played the Shadow Gens levels, yet.)
Agreed 100%. Seaside Hill is a Prime Example how a 3D Sonic Level should be made. Not only has multiple branching paths but each and everyone of them has a CONTEXT within the estructure. They are not just floating platforms or rails, but part of the scenery.
You could jump off the main path and venture running on water, take a detour through a cliff before the vehicle section, or even platform on top of the back of Giant Turtles.
Level Design like this haven't been done ever since Generations.
I agree there, I think it’s an incredible stage, I might’ve been a little hard on it
I used to hate it but when replaying I realized how incredibly fun it is
I hate it
Never let bro cook again
Love that this is the top comment
Deadass!!!
I was agreeing till i saw the 12th one
fr like chemical plant and green hill at the bottom is crazy when you can avoide all the stuff he called out the whole point is to master the levels
About your complaints about radical highway act 1, you can actually play the level without the doom wings active. That way you won’t be flying over everything. Also, that section you mentioned about slowly pushing buttons can be entirely skipped if you know the right pathways
Even then, there's also these bar things in there too, so if you're good enough, you can breeze through that section as well, if you mess up a bit.
Radical Highway's two acts without wings were BRUTAL to S rank. I still don't know how to skip the giant black arms is act2. They're insanely fun though. Act 1 is one of my personal favorites in the game.
@@ValGuard4801 oh yeah, they’re basically different stages without doom wings, and I think they’re all the better for it. Also, I don’t think you can skip the first big black arms, but you can skip the second one if you boost right after the rainbow rings launch you into the air
This could be the best sonic game of all time
Because it is
I'm just gonna wait here before the SA2 and Unleashed fans arrive
@@Fabricio37500Idk about SA2 fans but unleashed fans are the fallout new vegas fans of sonic. They have to mention how they think unleashed is #1 EVERY TIME. And every time they do they dont even mention the werehog section. Like dude, i played unleashed when i was a kid too but lets not ignore 50% of the game just so we can glaze it. Its pretty obnoxious at this point.
@@Yes917 you know what's funny? I myself personally love Unleashed (at the very least the day stages) and Generations, to me they're equally the perfect 3D Sonic experience. That's the keyword though, "to me". I acknowledge and make it clear that it is my opinion, but that's something the SA2 and Unleashed fans seem to not understand, they always gotta chime in when someone says they think a Sonic game that isn't one of those two is the best one.
@@Yes917 a lot of people like the werehog. It was only really hated back then. Only problem was that they were too long and too slow paced
"this aint kingdom valley, this Sh!t yoshi valley" goes way harder than it deserves do
With the doom morph, you can shoot the opposite direction with lots of speed by letting go of the homing attack button mid-swing. I see a lot of people not know this somehow.
The explanation of the mechanic was fairly brushed over- I only understood it and got good with it after intentionally hitting the tutorial popup in Chaos Island to see it.
Who could’ve guessed we finally got a good 3D Sonic game since Adventure and a best-selling one since Frontiers?
Actually frontiers is the best selling 3d sonic game. Tho this game could surpass it. Ita already hit 1 mill in sales
@@internetguy08 It’s time to face your fear…
@@repoversemedium rather I must find my flame
@@internetguy08 Y'all will wake the beast inside
@@Zerosaber91 And you know that I'm here
Very solid takes. Kingdom valley is probably my favourite, but as you said it could just be recency bias since I played the original generations to death.
Green Hill this low is one of the most insane takes I've ever seen regarding Sonic Generations
Alot of bad takes.
Saw chemical planet in last place and instantly knew this was gonna be a bad take
Same
Except for first place, rooftop run is the best between both games
@@Noexok chemical plant was fucking fire and the music is 2nd place in sonic generations city escape is my favorite from there
Honestly, you can already tell this guy doesn't play the game, just from the Radical Highway segment, where he basically says, "I always forget Shadow has the Doom Spear ability"
Kingdom valley is so unbelievably good, its easily top 5 stages of all time it just feels so smooth
My personal favorite stages in these 2 games
1. Kingdom Valley
2. Sunset Heights
3. Radical Highway
4. Speed Highway
5. Chaos Island
6. Rooftop Run
7. Sky Sanctuary
8. Space Colony Ark
9. City Escape
10. Seaside Hill
11. Rail Canyon
12. Chemical Plant
13. Green Hill
14. Crisis City
15. Planet Wisp
Honestly probably the best tierlist aside from I'd personally throw Rooftop Run in 1st
Yeah fuck planet wisp.
Planet wisp is easy
This is what I thought the video was gonna be.
@@arzfan29 Planet wisp is not difficult, just tedious
3:38 bro what seaside hill is very iconic 😂
Due to its many appearances in mobile games, racing games, and other spinoffs it’s probably the most iconic modern Sonic stage besides City Escape
The goat is back again with another banger
Tbh, i didn't see the whole thing in case i get spoiled, and honestly, I haven't played generations at all
So i want my playthrough to be a new experience but amazing video as always and keep up the good work
I really appreciate your support 😁
You don't have to wait in planet wisp, boost speeds the platforms up
I didn’t know that, thanks for the info!
Kinda random, but you can beat the stage in less than 4 minutes(without using skills)
Personally, Rail Canyon at #13 is an unforgivable sin as someone that started with Sonic Heroes.
It’s still a good stage, some had to be placed lower than others 🤷♂️
@@jeremymklinger All I hear are excuses!
Personally when it comes to that level from Heroes Bullet Station is the better act of the two design wise so I wish that had been the version they went with instead of making it be the act 2 for 2D. Would have preferred that they swapped places in Shadow Gens.
@@SonicLegends I will admit that not getting shot out of a cannon is disappointing, but I just love rail grinding levels so much.
Planet wisp really is a good point of comparison, despite all the shadow levels lasting the same you never feel like it's taking too long, you just flow with the level
@@lore9828 Yes! I agree 100%, you feel the runtime in planet wisp but never in shadow gens
I think every shadow generations level over shadows all of the sonic levels. Don't get me wrong. The sonic game was great and even challenging in a good way for some stages, but some of the outdated mechanics that didn't get fixed in the remaster didn't do the game justice. I'll admit the levels are great and cool and bring back so much great nostalgia like the sound track to the sonic unleash and heros level, but shadow generations as a whole is a far better game and plays way better.
I felt that way at first too, it especially sucks that sonic doesn’t have a double jump like shadow, but after replaying the full sonic generations side, I got past it and enjoyed the hell out of it
playing generations after shadow made me realize how good the new engine controls lol
Weirdly I felt the other way around, i think sonics playstyle makes him feel more powerful and faster, the drifting and the fact he feels a little out of control really works in favour of the game in my opinion.
Only issue with it is the levels matter more, for example I think planet wisp would be more fun as shadow, but rooftop run wouldn't be more fun as him.
I dunno, I think both have their merits
1. City Escape
2. Sky Sanctuary
3. Seaside Hill
4. Kingdom Vally
5. Green Hill
6. Speed Highway
7. Rooftop Run
8. Space Colony Ark
9. Chemical Plant
10. Sunset Heights
11. Crisis City
12. Chaos Island
13. Rail Canyon
14. Radical Highway Act 2
15. Radical Highway Act 1
16. Planet Wisp
Greatest 3D sonic game ever
And the best level is......CASINO NIGHT ACT 2 LETS GOOOOO
I just wish they added some extra stages to sonic too tbh. There are so many good and unique stages left that it's a shame they didn't make it a tad bigger
I would love lava reef zone/Hill Top zone, emerald coast, icecaps zone/ the SA1 snow level, metal harbor, or the first level from unleashed. Another colors level would be amazing too.
I know it won't happen, but adding 3 new levels as dlc to generations would be awesome.
@XxXAntiJoshXxX apotos from unleashed is awesome! And anything from colors would be awesome too! A snow level would change things up in generations too
This game looks incredible. It feels like I'm playing a Sonic game again.
You can actually speed up that barrier section in Radical Highway by only pressing the first button then boost jumping to the pole, so it’s not too bad, just gotta think a little to find the faster path.
Ayo?! My GOAT Crisis City on the 4th place?! LET'S GO!! But,seriously,Crisis City is such an underrated level (in Sonic Generations),it's my favourite level in the game! (Yeah,I'm a bit late :p)
Yeah Crisis City is peak just wish the stage itself was longer
It hurt seeing you say the Doom Wings skip over much of the level, and then proceeding to talk about the part of the level I had no idea existed because I fly over it with the wings 😭
Planet Wisp is actually my favorite level from Sonic Gens! (Both levels)
But i respect your opinion
speed highway is literally the best level of the hame, mastering it is extremely satisfying
My thing with Shadow Gen’s Radical Highway Act 1:
All the problems you mentioned CAN be easily fixed in the game itself.
The level issues can be skipped with pathways (like the button one)
You can choose to play the game without Doom Wing after you beat it (as in you don’t even need to not press the buttons you just won’t have it regardless of if you enter the activation zone or not)
My only complaint is the chaos spear because it’s like, Shadows whole ability and almost every level uses it.
I don’t know, I’d recommend going through the level with Doom Wing turned off personally
If your good chemical plant is fun!
in case anyone forgor:
Most of Base generations uses a lot of the design elements of Sonic Unleashed.
only makes sense Rooftop run remains largely unchanged from its original design.
that would explain why rooftop run would be your no 1 pick.
I long to have a Unleashed Remaster so I can play it on steam...
but playable PS4 and X1 ports exist, so they ain't doing that anytime soon.
Damn, controversial picks! Great video. That's why I love tier lists. We all inevitably disagree and it's fun!
2:47 thats the slow route, youre supposed to skip that and also you cun turn off doom wings and play the level normally
That part definitely hurt my view of the level, it’s nice to know it can be skipped though. I wasn’t arguing it’s a bad level, I don’t think there’s a single one here, I just didn’t enjoy it as much but it’s subject to change as I get better 🤷♂️
@@jeremymklinger thats fair
Without wings it’s probably my favorite level getting the s rank was actually challenging and it took everything to earn it
I’m convinced, I’m buying the game. This’ll be the first sonic game I’ve purchased since the original generations!
I think that kingdom valley should be number one. So many creative ideas with the eagles and the wind grinding sections. I even enjoy the water areas
interesting fact: according to the twitter takeover, Shadow's favorite doom power is doom morph.
Shadow can swim, but I guess for the purpose of not diminishing doom surf, shadow would sink immediately in white space without it.
This honestly might be my new favourite sonic game, gens was already up as my number 2 or 3 but shadow made it even better(this and unleashed are my fav sonic games)
I'm not gonna lie your problem with both radical highways may be a skill issue, there is nothing wrong with that don't get me wrong but I think you would enjoy them more if you took the time to go through the faster paths
You’re probably right, if you can skip over that section with the buttons in act 1 it’d be a LOT better, but I still think the second act is great.
@@jeremymklinger Yea you can skip over it. This stage is actually kind of nuts with the skips you can do
Sky sanctuary was actually my top 3 worst stage back in og sonic generations but rn I love it
Putting green hills under planet wisp is insane!!!
I would love to see a dlc for this game. Perhaps a smaller campaign for silver with more stages 👀 or more stages in general for sonic and shadow
You can skip every moment where you're forced to stop moving in Radical Highway act 1. It has shortcuts everywhere. Fun example: The hole in the wall you spring up to the top of at the very beginning leads to a completely separate, faster path. Skips the entire downhill boost and scripted loop.
I just got the game 2 days ago and it is awesome
I still dont get why you ranked seaside hill so low? Imo its the best stage in base generations. Great environment, great music, lots of speed and fun platforming, many alternate paths… there is just so much good in there
I REALLY like Radical Highway, when you play with and without the wings it feels like two different stages
Maybe next time you can try making a tier list of Classic levels from both forces and generations
I feel like if you play radical highway without doom wings on you’ll get an entirely new perspective. I feel they’re the most fun with a healthy balance of being difficult while also rewarding you if your able to go without slowing down at all
Could also just be bias maybe since it’s my favorite stage but I think it’s just too badass
1:34 You can boost y'know....
The mods on this game on gonna come swinging fast and it will be legendary 🙌 This is possible the best sonic game that will last decades before a new sonic game top this one.
I would love a ranking of the 2D levels and maybe even all the levels together?
I can't see if anyone said this, but I only just found out you can boost on the carts on Planet Wisp ... 💀
"I don't like these areas where you have to push the button to create the path."
That's the punishment path, homie. You can skip that part entirely and shave off like 10 seconds in the process. It's not a glitch or Doomwing exploit - I think it's a rail you take earlier, then you swing above where that path is and above it is a doom spawn launching those hexagon shield things. Get to him, kick him in the air and dash to the rail you kick him towards.
Rooftop Run on one? Sir, you have a new subscriber right away!!
I think ur wrong about radical highway, if you play Act 1 without the wings, it's genuinely amazing how many branching paths they have, like the one in your gameplay that you skipped over 😂
im excited to play this game. im curious tho were they working on this game while working on frontiers?? feel like this game came out so fast
the maps look amazing
Bro, my absolute favorite thing to do in this game is go to Rooftop Run and change the BGM to Endless Possibilities. If you know the level well enough to breeze through it like I do, the song syncs up perfectly and it is so damn satisfying.
Just an fyi, on planet wisp you can boost on those platforms that are on the rails. They boost with you. ;)
Bruh, you did not put Radical Highway Act 1 that early.
My favorite stages my thoughts both sonic and shadow gens
1. Radical highway
2. Space colony ark
3. Rail canyon
4. Chaos island
5. Kindom valley
6. Sunset heights
7. Escape from the city
8. Rooftop run
9. Green hill zone
10. Chemical plant
11. Speed highway
12. Crisis city
13. Sky sanctuary
14. Planet wisp
15. Seaside hill
Speed highway is the best in my opinion, it’s a perfect sonic level
Did you mean “Today we are going to look at every 3D stage throughout Sonic x shadow generations and rank them from worst to best”. Also try to rank every 2d generation stage next video
Damn right off the bat I dsiagree :( I think Chemical Plant and Green Hill were great. Planet Wisp will always be at the bottom for me.
They’re a lot of fun, but don’t have as much substance as others. Planet wisp reaches the lowest of lows during the factory part, but I love the first minute
Got to say my favourite Sonic Gen stage and boss would probably be City Escape and Perfect Chaos. My favourite Shadow stage and boss would be Sunset Heights and Mephiles.
My personal favorite:
16. Planet Wisp
15. Chemical Plant
14. Green Hill
13. Sky Sanctuary
12. Crisis City
11. Rooftop Run
10. Rail Canyon
9. Sunset Heights
8. Space Colony Ark
7. City Escape
6. Seaside Hill
5. SPEEEEED HIGHWAY (I just love this stage)
4. Kingdom Valley
3. Radical Highway (Act 2)
2. Chaos Island
1. Radical Highway (Act 1) (Alt. Paths beloved)
I can't believe sega made 2 sonic 06 stages and a sonic forces stage actually good
Hey bro, no offense but what is this list specifically the bottom half besides radical highway and planet wisp I don’t get how these levels are bad
@@SonicPowerofficialyt they’re not bad, I just liked the others better
@@jeremymklinger ok i can understand that
I think Radical Highway Act 2 was one of the most frustrating stages in the game, other than that I kinda agree with this!
They could've updated the way Sonic Generations looks to take advantage of Hedgehog Engine 2 since Shadow Generations uses it, but they didn't.
For this version of radical highway... Vibes. I low key wished we had the canyon like shadow level from adventure 2 as we got radical highway well represented up to the point you do radical highway lol only plus is how it handled the boss acess(as that's my only serious gripe with generations is having to do the filler act chsllenges for the boss keys)
I'm disappointed there's no other levels from Shadow The Hedgehog on here. No Digital Circuit? No Cryptic Castle? No Circus Park 3D/2D level? No Glyphic Canyon?? Cmon Sega....just remaster
/remake Shadow The Hedgehog already...
Please make a 2d one too!
Also, in planet wisp you can hold X to boost the platforms with egg pawns!
"I honestly forgot Doom Spear even exists"
This. Is why I cannot trust anyone tiering stuff, especially for Sonic.
Also, how the hell did you even survive the rest of the game beforehand without using the spear?
Radical Highway on a no Doom Wing run feels way better. Great level design hidden by the fact you just breeze over it.
I love my Sonic Hero stages so they would be the top 5 for me
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2D levels, lets see it!
He forget to say beter to worst 😅
( for me city escape is the best and whisp planet the worst) My opinion
For me best is city escape (modern) and worst is Chris city (classic)
You can literally turn off the doom wings.
chaos island is my number 1 but it’s definitely cause i’m bias to anything frontiers
Bro lost me on the very first ranking (Planet Wisp exists). Solid list aside from that tho (Also RIP Green Hill's ranking)
I think all the levels in this game are at the very least enjoyable, I was tempted to put planet wisp at the bottom but the first minute was like peak generations gameplay
You know you can do radical highway without the doom wings, and the reason why you got the bridge part is because you didnt correctly do the skip. its a punishment. Do better
Seaside hill gotta be my favourite
my list
16. chemical plant (looks cool but FUCK that water section, if you get hit once it’s OVER)
15. seaside hill (i don’t like water)
14. planet wisp (only reason it’s not lower is that first 3d section and it’s from my favorite sonic game with one of my favorite osts)
13. sky sanctuary
the ones above 13 are really good and difficult for me to rank
12. green hill
11. rail canyon
10. speed highway
9. chaos island
8. rooftop run
7. radical highway 1
6. radical highway 2
top five are my absolute favorites
5. city escape
4. sunset heights
3. space colony ark
2. kingdom valley
1. crisis city (shocking, ain’t it? i LOVE crisis city. it has my favorite gens ost ever, it’s from 06 (bonus points cause i love 06), and it gave me my favorite sonic character in the entire series, both in comics and games)
chemical plant sounds like a skill issue. If you get all the top pathways, you can entirely avoid the water. Same with Seaside Hill.
Actually surprised by this since you put Crisis City at #1.
@ so? even if it is a skill issue i still don’t like chem plant even when i stay on the top path (also my opinion on crisis city is very biased lol)
@@LowpolyChaos well I mean you were complaining about water. What else was I supposed to think?
And damn I have the complete opposite opinion of seaside hill. By far the best stage in the game, and possibly the best 3D sonic level of all time. The sheer openness and number of alternate pathways is mind boggling.
I actually also dislike water, but specifically underwater. I actually really like the running on water sections, or do you dislike that as well?
@ the running on water sections seem like they would be fun from what i’ve seen, but i’m not very great at controlling em and i really don’t want to play seaside hill more than i have to, so going back to learn them just doesn’t really feel worth it for me imo
For a second I thought you put space colony at 16
Imo, Forces is mediocre (btw, i dont hate any Sonic game. At peast, of the ones i actually played)
Sunset Heights was one of my favorite levels from that game 👍
You put speed highway that low!?!!?!
1:34 . Dude, you can boost on those carts. The game is 13 years old and you didn't even know that -_-
4:56 You DON'T NEED them, after you complete the level you can even replay it without wings at all, so level is completable without using them
Funny how whats considered the worst Sonic game as some of the best if not the best remastered stages from that game
As soon as I saw Chemical Plant and Green Hill be last place I instantly knew bro’s takes were going to be horrifically mid
for me kingdom valley is the best this shit is always jump scaring me with new paths and i couldn't get bored of it
Ok I don’t agree with how far low green hill and chemical plant are and how they are lower than planet wisp and radical highway. I sort of agree with rail canyon. I really disagree with speed highway and seaside hills placement, but it’s just my opinion. I kind of agree with space colony arks placement but I would put green hill seaside hill and speed highway above it. I would put sunset heights higher than city escape and crisis city.
Hot take: City escape is mid. Not sure where it goes.
I like chaos island more than crisis city.
Another hot take. Kingdom valley is overrated. I would put it near sunset heights.
Sky sanctuary is 2nd place for me and there is a tie of rooftop run and seaside hill in first place lol.
kingdom valley is peak
Kingdom valley is the best stage ever
If i were to rank mine i would make it
16 PlantWisp Act 2
15 City Escape Act 2
14 Crisis City Act 2
13 Sunset Heights Act 1
12 Chemical Plant Act 2
11 Rooftop Run Act 2
10 Rail Canyon Act 1
9 Green Hill Act 2
8 Space Colony Ark Act 1
7 Radical Highway Act 1
6 Radical Highway Act 2
5 Sky Sanctuary Act 2
4 Speed Highway Act 2
3 Seaside Hill Act 2
2 Kingdom Valleg Act 1
1 Chaos Island Act 1
Saying Seaside Hill isn't iconic and Rail Canyon being in that position are down right bad takes, my guy
Sega absolutely cooked
Chemical plant being the worst is crazy
mf what is that thumbnail
Not liking radical highway is diabolical. If you know how to play it’s literally the best stage
Fair enough, my opinion on it is subject to change, I’ve only had the game for a few days and probably played it 5ish times