When I hear Sonic Adventure "hasn't aged well", people are usually talking about the tech. It was an early Dreamcast and the technology was new. How has it aged in terms of quality? I recently completed it and it holds up. Platforming is smooth and precise, the world is lively and charming, and the overall step into the next generation was phenomenal.
Cutscenes don't hold up, gameplay does. Seeing this old school 3D game quality brings me back to my childhood, sure the 360 was out by the time I was old enough to remember games but older systems like this were still all over the place like McDonalds had some super old biking game in the playland.
I'll also add this as a note to the linearity of the Adventure games: while levels in both Adventure 1 and 2 and Forces can be equally linear at times, the Adventure games not only give you more control, but they give you more to do as well. See City Escape for example, it sends you down the same straight roads with pretty much zero alternate paths to take, but there are all kinds of way to move down that path. Certain goodies can only be reached by performing tricks at the right time. Interacting with certain objects gives you certain bonuses, level geometry can allow you to move faster or slower depending on how you maneuver yourself, so on and so forth. Forces does this too here and there, but even then a lot can be surpassed - or sometimes only require - boosting. If there's only gonna be one path, the real issue is whether the stuff on it is worth anything. That being said, I don't think Windy Valley is the best example of linearity done right. It's thrilling, especially when you to try to sequence break, but it's certainly one of the game's weaker levels. A lot of the early levels in the game like to pull their punches for whatever reason. I can see them trying to make early levels easier and simpler, but watering it down to say boss fights like Beta MkI or a level you can pretty easily just fly down is a bit much.
Ryan Drummond was the best! The reason the voice acting is so bad in this game is because of the voice direction, notice how everyone suddenly learnt how to act in SA2. It's because the new voice director in SA2 who was also the voice actor of Rouge.
@Nobody1473 The voice direction wasn't great. But I'm sorry this was the best, least dumb sounding Tails ever made. He sounded adorable, not annoying. Modern Tails is an ear grating stereotype
Jalen Payton I respect your opinion, but I would disagree. no...just no.... these two would make more sense to remake because they are actually well loved by fans and are enjoyable. but they have aged like old milk and need an update
Jalen Payton I see where your coming from and that would be interesting to see how they would remake that trash but I wouldn't want them to waste time on 06 😂, but no amount of graphic and gameplay makeover could fix that horrible fanfic storyline. the only good thing to come out of 06 other than the music was actually silver. Really cool character with so much potential because of his psychic powers, I would love for them to take that character concept and use it for a future game.
2:12 Actually, the PC version came out in 2004. In the US, September 2004 to be specific. February 2004 in Europe and Late 2003 in Japan. Also i prefer DX, specificly the Gamecube version. Because the models aren't too shiny like the PC, PS3 and 360 version. And it has the Game gear games you can unlock.
Back in Sonic Adventure 2, during the Eggman warning video about the explosion of the Earth, in the background, behind Eggman, the words "Dr. Ivo Robotnik" were flying.
This game is amazing, the movement is so free, the controls are pretty good and the music is INCREDIBLE P.S:My favorite track in this game is "Be cool, be wild, and be groovy... For Ice Cap" and the snowboarding part in Ice Cap is one of my favorite parts of the game
0:45 I SAW THAT!!! But yeah, great vid! I love Sonic Adventure. I grew up with SADX on the GameCube, but I have played the Dreamcast version and I will say that I do personally prefer DC version.
I feel you sam I haven't played this game in a long while and when I finally got it on my xbox 360 I was literally fanboying over the entire intro.....also the reaction when you died was just as funny when you died in Sonic Mania in Chemical Plant due to hit detection
My first Sonic game was Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, but the first version of Sonic Adventure I played was DX. I now have it on the Dreamcast (and is actually the only reason why I got one)
I liked Amy's stages too am i alone here also notice that in each of these Sonic adventure videos Sam highlights himself in the color of the character he's playing as in the episode
Humans in Adventure are more pokemon style like,(or anime style) rather than low poly. By the way when you said - Jun Senoue is good magician, for some reason I remembered old DBZ meme - Your father was a AVERAGE warrior, but a BRILIANT SCIENTIST! XD
The voice direction wasn't great. But I'm sorry this was the best, least dumb sounding Tails ever made. He sounded adorable, not annoying. His modern voice is an ear grating stereotype.
I grew up with Sonic Adventure DX on the Gamecube. I didn't play with those annoying, cord controllers. I played with WaveBird wireless controllers, and they felt amazing! Comfortable and responsive to tight corners, which dampered the camera issues on the fixed setting. I like the DX character models, but I like the original textures. Voice acting is golden though. *Oh no!*
Windy Valley's music is from Green Grove. You're not wrong about Panic Puppet, though, which is used in the first part of Twinkle Part (the cart part).
Thank you for making this, one of my favorite sonic games, if not my favorite. I kinda like dc graphics little more than in a dx, but i've heard there's some problems with lightning, especially with sky deck. Can you/someone tell if it is fixed in this mod?
The SA1 & 2 Dreamcast Websites have been fully restored with the World Rankings, Chao Daycare, DLC Ranking and many more features soon. You can see a example here ruclips.net/video/K1Tuz72zaqE/видео.html And the Dreamcast version is BY FAR the best one. Better Lighting, Better Models, Better collision Detection, Online Features as i stated above and planty of more Chao Garden features
The windy valley's beta was cuted out because of the camera(what im trying to say is that because of the camera is so close to sonic you cant see a lot of things of the map, also it makes the level more disorienting)
Shit, there's a mod to turn DX on Steam into the Dreamcast version (in terms of models and lighting)? I NEED TO DOUBLE DIP ASAP. I can't stand the way the DX version on my GameCube looks, but I've loved the game since I played it years ago. Probably my second or third favorite Sonic game, period.
HyperHunt621 Go for it man. I believe the Mod Loader for SADX comes with the mods. SADX with the Dreamcast Mods is probably the definitive way to play the game.
HyperHunt621 This might be the best way. Lol. But yeah. It comes with all the mods in tow. You just gotta search up the SADX Mod Loader, download it and check off the Mods you want to load into the game when you open the Mod Loader. It's really convenient.
Monkey D. "Straw Hat" Luffy Awesome. Thanks for the tip. Whenever I found up a few bucks (college life, yknow) I'll make a beeline for it. I even remember a mod that allowed you to play as any character anywhere. And Eggman was God Mode. XD That alone has made me want the Steam version.
This is my first SA playthrough I've seen, and aside with how every thing looks so for I really don't have a pro- OH DEAR GOD, WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH SONIC'S MOUTH WHEN HE TALK'S???!!!
Poor Tails. The later 90's and early 2000's were not kind to Tails voice. Jesus I never liked any of the voice actors used for either Adventure 1 & 2 or Heroes!
4:37 what sonic x some kind of game I miss. Never knew that was a game. Or is that the title for that when it was the dream cast of sage. Because I knew was 1st system to have this game. Then going to other system like GameCube and pc at being but then I think keep going to other system like ps or Xbox or whatever system on that time. I only was born in late GameCube area. So not know much but was able to sage and n64 on my hands from 2 friends. There a story behind it if need to hear.
Phil_Infinity not to mention the missing effects on the DX models like the different tones of blue in sonic's spindash that the original model had and the screwed transparency on the lightspeed dash and not stretchy shoes with transparency efftecs.
DX models are still inferior due to their missing effects and broken transparency in SA1 the blue line from Sonic's spin dash has like 25 different textures to make a cool effect but the DX model doesn't have it because of a glitch that makes the game not find the textures. Amy's hands look like claws and her mouth look weird. Tail's tails doesn't have transparency on them making him look like if he had more than 2 tails. Dx models may have higher polygon count but if Graphical Design taught me something is that less can be more as long as you know how to work with your resources but the SADX dev team didn't do a good job, they even had the chance to use more polygons but they still managed to make things worse!
![Sonic Adventure DX | Fast Times In Station Square [1]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/86ZHmxd3WAM/mqdefault.jpg)
0:44 dear god
Edit: 1:18 lmao
Wow I didnt expect this to get loved or pinned. Thanks sam!
This is where people started saying Sam hates this game
When I hear Sonic Adventure "hasn't aged well", people are usually talking about the tech. It was an early Dreamcast and the technology was new. How has it aged in terms of quality? I recently completed it and it holds up. Platforming is smooth and precise, the world is lively and charming, and the overall step into the next generation was phenomenal.
Cutscenes don't hold up, gameplay does. Seeing this old school 3D game quality brings me back to my childhood, sure the 360 was out by the time I was old enough to remember games but older systems like this were still all over the place like McDonalds had some super old biking game in the playland.
14:00 😂
I died at that part cause Ive never seen this glitch til now.
💀💀💀💀
I'll also add this as a note to the linearity of the Adventure games: while levels in both Adventure 1 and 2 and Forces can be equally linear at times, the Adventure games not only give you more control, but they give you more to do as well. See City Escape for example, it sends you down the same straight roads with pretty much zero alternate paths to take, but there are all kinds of way to move down that path. Certain goodies can only be reached by performing tricks at the right time. Interacting with certain objects gives you certain bonuses, level geometry can allow you to move faster or slower depending on how you maneuver yourself, so on and so forth. Forces does this too here and there, but even then a lot can be surpassed - or sometimes only require - boosting. If there's only gonna be one path, the real issue is whether the stuff on it is worth anything. That being said, I don't think Windy Valley is the best example of linearity done right. It's thrilling, especially when you to try to sequence break, but it's certainly one of the game's weaker levels. A lot of the early levels in the game like to pull their punches for whatever reason. I can see them trying to make early levels easier and simpler, but watering it down to say boss fights like Beta MkI or a level you can pretty easily just fly down is a bit much.
Ryan Drummond was the best! The reason the voice acting is so bad in this game is because of the voice direction, notice how everyone suddenly learnt how to act in SA2. It's because the new voice director in SA2 who was also the voice actor of Rouge.
And eggman in sa1. They all got better in sa2
@Nobody1473 The voice direction wasn't great. But I'm sorry this was the best, least dumb sounding Tails ever made. He sounded adorable, not annoying. Modern Tails is an ear grating stereotype
0:45 Sam you're a genius
pause at 1:18 best part of the video.
JojoMentor 1 He looks beautifull
Silver Dude nah froggy looks the best
Crash of The 90's Did you say Froggy? Froggy? FROGGY? FROOOGYYYYYYY?
Adventure 1 and 2 remake needs to be done sega!! Can't wait for this lp and I love the edits of that face in intro 😂😂😂
nicksgames3 Mostly Sonic 06
Jalen Payton I respect your opinion, but I would disagree. no...just no.... these two would make more sense to remake because they are actually well loved by fans and are enjoyable. but they have aged like old milk and need an update
nicksgames3 I wouldn't mind seeing the Adventure games get remastered, but with a god awful game like 06, it really needs an EXTREME MAKEOVER!
Jalen Payton I see where your coming from and that would be interesting to see how they would remake that trash but I wouldn't want them to waste time on 06 😂, but no amount of graphic and gameplay makeover could fix that horrible fanfic storyline. the only good thing to come out of 06 other than the music was actually silver. Really cool character with so much potential because of his psychic powers, I would love for them to take that character concept and use it for a future game.
nicksgames3 If Ian Flynn fix the story and Sonic Team gives Silver the same abilities from Generations, that'd be interesting.
2:12 Actually, the PC version came out in 2004. In the US, September 2004 to be specific. February 2004 in Europe and Late 2003 in Japan.
Also i prefer DX, specificly the Gamecube version. Because the models aren't too shiny like the PC, PS3 and 360 version. And it has the Game gear games you can unlock.
With bettersadx you can get the game gear games and play with the dx models
Back in Sonic Adventure 2, during the Eggman warning video about the explosion of the Earth, in the background, behind Eggman, the words "Dr. Ivo Robotnik" were flying.
Thank you Sam for taking me on a trip through memory lane with my first Video Game ever
EDIT:You look beautiful with a Red Dress 🤣🤣🤣
they had to scrap the beta because the dreamcast couldn't handle it. the game was running at 5fps by the time they tested it.
This game is amazing, the movement is so free, the controls are pretty good and the music is INCREDIBLE
P.S:My favorite track in this game is "Be cool, be wild, and be groovy... For Ice Cap" and the snowboarding part in Ice Cap is one of my favorite parts of the game
0:45 I SAW THAT!!!
But yeah, great vid! I love Sonic Adventure. I grew up with SADX on the GameCube, but I have played the Dreamcast version and I will say that I do personally prefer DC version.
Oh, and Twinkle Park's theme in the space track is the same as Panic Puppet Zone. You're thinking of Green Grove Zone for Windy Valley.
words can’t even begin to describe how much i love this game
Same, it might be janky but I love this game so much man
I played this game when I was six years old. I remember it being the most intense thing I've ever gone through.
woohoo im so excited
I was literally playing this game when youtube notified me
“This game didn’t age well”
Mario64:”my time has come”
I can't wait to get a load of this playthrough
It's no use, give up
@@knuxuki1013
Are you commenting on yourself?.
It's kinda sad..
@@MilkIsTheOne stop
@@MilkIsTheOne it's no use!
This was upload on my Birthday thanks Sam 😁😃❤️🎁🎂
Sonic Mania Happy Birthday!!!
Sam's Procrastination Station Thanks man!
HAHAHAHA." I'LL TAKE THEM FROM YOU BY FORCE... THE HARD WAY.."
The definitive way to play Sonic Adventure, tbh.
Also, Ryan Drummond is the GOAT 😂
Lol I have never heard of drunk sonic before that was funny as fuck
I grew up on the GameCube versions of SA1 and SA2 (DX and Battle versions respectively) and have super fond memories of them.
I feel you sam I haven't played this game in a long while and when I finally got it on my xbox 360 I was literally fanboying over the entire intro.....also the reaction when you died was just as funny when you died in Sonic Mania in Chemical Plant due to hit detection
I think i heard at some point that the voice actors were just given a script with no idea what the situation was.
I really love the human citizens in Sonic Adventure. Cause them as anime like are WAAY better for the Sonic series.
The facial expressions in this game are so horrible, which is why they're so good, because they're hilarious
Better than the creepy side mouth in 3D.
4:38 Those are the other soldiers
Amazing video, Sam!
This video was alot of fun to watch. Awsome playthrough sam. Also i could have sworn i saw your face in the opening
My first Sonic game was Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, but the first version of Sonic Adventure I played was DX. I now have it on the Dreamcast (and is actually the only reason why I got one)
I subbed! I enjoy these lets plays so much!!
Also holy crap I’m surprised you remember 3D Blast!? Honestly as a kid I loved that game 😁
I liked Amy's stages too am i alone here also notice that in each of these Sonic adventure videos Sam highlights himself in the color of the character he's playing as in the episode
I was legit laughing my ass off when sam came on the cutscenes
Humans in Adventure are more pokemon style like,(or anime style) rather than low poly.
By the way when you said - Jun Senoue is good magician, for some reason I remembered old DBZ meme - Your father was a AVERAGE warrior, but a BRILIANT SCIENTIST! XD
god i remember playing the sheit out of this as a kid
i wish some fans would make a remake for this...
I like the part where their is sam's face in the intro and also "WATCH OUT YOUR GONNA CRASH AH"
@15:33, Eggman's individual fingers are breaking my Dreamcast immersion noooo!
Yes i love SA1 so happy that your playing this!
suddenly Beerus took over Chaos's role as God of Destruction
The soundtrack slaps in this
The voice direction wasn't great. But I'm sorry this was the best, least dumb sounding Tails ever made. He sounded adorable, not annoying. His modern voice is an ear grating stereotype.
I grew up with Sonic Adventure DX on the Gamecube. I didn't play with those annoying, cord controllers. I played with WaveBird wireless controllers, and they felt amazing! Comfortable and responsive to tight corners, which dampered the camera issues on the fixed setting. I like the DX character models, but I like the original textures. Voice acting is golden though.
*Oh no!*
Oh yeah this is happening
The ultimate one What's up?
It may not have aged well but the game is still 🔥
My favourite sonic games of all time is adventure 1 and 2 and generations and unleashed and mania.
Windy Valley's music is from Green Grove. You're not wrong about Panic Puppet, though, which is used in the first part of Twinkle Part (the cart part).
Thank you for making this, one of my favorite sonic games, if not my favorite.
I kinda like dc graphics little more than in a dx, but i've heard there's some problems with lightning, especially with sky deck. Can you/someone tell if it is fixed in this mod?
The SA1 & 2 Dreamcast Websites have been fully restored with the World Rankings, Chao Daycare, DLC Ranking and many more features soon. You can see a example here ruclips.net/video/K1Tuz72zaqE/видео.html And the Dreamcast version is BY FAR the best one. Better Lighting, Better Models, Better collision Detection, Online Features as i stated above and planty of more Chao Garden features
*AWWW YEAH THIS IS HAPPENING*
I don't think they cut out the police shooting at Chaos in the English dub of Sonic X, they just replaced the bullets with lasers!
The windy valley's beta was cuted out because of the camera(what im trying to say is that because of the camera is so close to sonic you cant see a lot of things of the map, also it makes the level more disorienting)
DX Should have had on option to play with the dreamcast models
I remember and Pepperidge farms remembers
I had no problem with the dx upgrade except the camera I really hope they make SA3
I'll never understand how gane grumps coukd possibly lose to chaos 0. Oh yeah I do! An attempt to tarnish the reputation of sonic the hedgehog!
Shit, there's a mod to turn DX on Steam into the Dreamcast version (in terms of models and lighting)?
I NEED TO DOUBLE DIP ASAP. I can't stand the way the DX version on my GameCube looks, but I've loved the game since I played it years ago. Probably my second or third favorite Sonic game, period.
HyperHunt621
Go for it man. I believe the Mod Loader for SADX comes with the mods. SADX with the Dreamcast Mods is probably the definitive way to play the game.
Monkey D. "Straw Hat" Luffy Damn, it comes with them?!
What the hell have I been doing with my life.
...oh yeah. Trying to get Forces outta my head.
HyperHunt621
This might be the best way. Lol.
But yeah. It comes with all the mods in tow. You just gotta search up the SADX Mod Loader, download it and check off the Mods you want to load into the game when you open the Mod Loader. It's really convenient.
Monkey D. "Straw Hat" Luffy Awesome. Thanks for the tip. Whenever I found up a few bucks (college life, yknow) I'll make a beeline for it.
I even remember a mod that allowed you to play as any character anywhere. And Eggman was God Mode. XD
That alone has made me want the Steam version.
HyperHunt621
No problem.
That one with Eggman might be in the Loader as well 😂
I like this series can you do Ad2
1:18 LOL
I grew up with DX version. The sonic adventure games are the best in my opinion 😂
This would be my favorite Sonic OST but Rush beats it by a close second
Hey, I'll play with you some other-- *dies*
XD 0:45
you really procrastinated this game for a long time
Poor Sam everyone jokes that he hates this this game now, even the official Sonic channel 😂
What are your Top 10 Favorite Sonic Soundtracks?
Mass Effect Andromeda looks great guys
I'm joking I love this game
Aw yeah, this is happenin!
Sonic Shuffle was after Adventure
This is my first SA playthrough I've seen, and aside with how every thing looks so for I really don't have a pro- OH DEAR GOD, WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH SONIC'S MOUTH WHEN HE TALK'S???!!!
to my knowledge, there aren't orcs in Sonic Heroes, just Sonic Adventure and 06. I'm not entirely sure 'cause I haven't played all of the games
u really should try SRB2 out for it's the biggest sonic game to have the most characters, maps mods ever
I know sonic x isn’t a game but it’s story had to do a lot with the chaos emeralds and the orca was in sonic generations on 3ds
Actually nothing gets me hyped to see the edits you’ve done in the intro lol
Wow I am amazed that you like my comment or just gave me a heart
2:36 I like the SAdx models better, but that’s just my opinion,
You should have 13:59 as an outro to this play through. Please?
The characters are moving when there still, is because is an old game
Perfect
Poor Tails. The later 90's and early 2000's were not kind to Tails voice. Jesus I never liked any of the voice actors used for either Adventure 1 & 2 or Heroes!
Fucking love this game!!!
I agree the dreamcast was better but I like the models in DX better.
4:37 what sonic x some kind of game I miss. Never knew that was a game. Or is that the title for that when it was the dream cast of sage. Because I knew was 1st system to have this game. Then going to other system like GameCube and pc at being but then I think keep going to other system like ps or Xbox or whatever system on that time. I only was born in late GameCube area. So not know much but was able to sage and n64 on my hands from 2 friends. There a story behind it if need to hear.
Sonic X is not a game
It's a sonic anime
Hard way is probably he is going to kill sonic and easy way is letting him sew for peace
I got SA 2 for my birthday
the orcas dont attack sonic in sonic Generations
The ultimate one I’m assuming you didn’t play the 3DS version
Silver Dude i did not
The ultimate one Ok then In Generations for the 3DS Emerald Coast replaces Speed Highway and in that stage an Orca attacks Sonic
Silver Dude thanks for telling me
I would love to see beta Stuff in steam version
I know this is a little soon but when your done are you going to review sonic adventure
Atleast sa2 improved the animations by a long shot
Sanic advenchurr good game. Gud vad. 👍
Gabriel Nance Thaanc yaw
Sam's Procrastination Station no prab mah mawn
So much CHEESE LOL
Big the Cat
5:40 lol
Yoooooooo
😒 and e 102and e 123 is my favorite from sa1 and sa2. Hero
11:39 why you hat main hob zone?
He’s wrong this is sonics second 3D game the first one was sonic 3D blast
I actually like the Sadx models more than the Dreamcast models because of the added polygons
Phil_Infinity
I think they look kinda out of place, tbh.
And the lack of the more detailed textures from the original hurts the DX Models, imo.
Monkey D. "Straw Hat" Luffy
That's just me.
Although the textures for the DC models are definitely much better
Phil_Infinity not to mention the missing effects on the DX models like the different tones of blue in sonic's spindash that the original model had and the screwed transparency on the lightspeed dash and not stretchy shoes with transparency efftecs.
DX models are better with the Dreamcast Conversion, I think it looks nice In my opinion
DX models are still inferior due to their missing effects and broken transparency in SA1 the blue line from Sonic's spin dash has like 25 different textures to make a cool effect but the DX model doesn't have it because of a glitch that makes the game not find the textures.
Amy's hands look like claws and her mouth look weird.
Tail's tails doesn't have transparency on them making him look like if he had more than 2 tails.
Dx models may have higher polygon count but if Graphical Design taught me something is that less can be more as long as you know how to work with your resources but the SADX dev team didn't do a good job, they even had the chance to use more polygons but they still managed to make things worse!