The player sucks. Watch the video again. He tried to use the homing attack to get up the loop.
Yea. Sonic jumps like he is on the moon. Jumping animation needs to speed up when Sonic's speed increases. Even the physics are off. Sonic should be falling off the steep incline, not standing on it and walking in place.
It's bittersweet. The only challenge in S3&K's special stages is the speed increase. I'm glad they chose special stages from Sonic 1. Would've liked to seen halfpipes from 2 though...but I enjoy that they are going back to what made Sonic games good for the casual gamer and challenging for expert players.
What would be wrong with that? I guess it depends on when he used the Homing Attack, because in the Adventure games, I'd last-second homing attack for a very decent boost, although in 2D I'd use the bloody spin-dash...
I'm really hoping they've leaked this so they know what to tweak. Sonic needs a different walking animation, and basically what you said.
We more or less had the halfpipes in the Rush games, and I'm glad those are gone. Twitch reflexes and memorization do not a good experience make.
Which is why I liked S3&K's Special Stages more. Yes, you could memorize those too, but there was still an element of skill in the execution while still letting your first run of any stage be conquerable.
Sonic 1's Special Stages are an interesting sort. Memorizing those is much harder since...well...look at it! It's crazy! Totally goofball! And if S3&K's required a little skill, you DEFINITELY needed it for Sonic 1's Special Stages between reversing direction of the spin and when to jump, not to mention emerald approach/gem destruction.
Sonic CD's wouldn't have been so bad if the graphics were better. To this day, it's still hard to judge your jumps. Not to mention the UFO's are freakin' trolls.
But, the vid hasn't turned me away from getting this, so that's good news. Can't say that for Sonic's last games.
Blue Sphere is the best Special Stage and you know it. Challenge is for pussies.
There's a level of challenge I don't mind:
S(3)&K's Last Special Stage: Good challenge.
S2's Last Special Stage: OMGWTFLKJHKJAEJBKJjJFEHWQ+WEGFEJWIFJEBKWJBEJGTF