Is there any fundamental difference between Sonic Origins and the Soinc games I already own in the Genesis Collection?

[rhogr000]

I guess I'm confused...I thought these were remasters of the original 3 Genesis games, with updated graphics and whatnot. But, watching the trailer, they look like ports...identical to the games I already own in the Genesis Collection that I got years ago.

Am I missing anything?

[Rings]

Compared to the original Roms, they're widescreen and introduce tons of bugs and poor gameplay performance.

[Sifer2]

They are new games in a new engine that mimic the original's so close you wont tell the difference at first glance. Widescreen support is the main feature. There are other extras like Spin Dash/Drop Dash. Knuckles playable in other games. Mission mode. If you already own the originals you can get a lot of those features through free mods.

[Tsuki Zero]

Nothing worth writing home about. You're better off sticking to the originals and pretending Origins never happened.

[neildittmar]

Fundamentally different, as in the crux of what these games were back in the 90's compared to what they are as part of this collection? No.

The value in Sonic Origins is in the various Quality of Life improvements that have been added to these native ports, such as the aforementioned widescreen support. The new animations that are specific to this release serve to tie the four included games together as one cohesive play experience. The museum containing various artworks, sounds, and videos could provide additional value if you haven't experienced these before.

That said, you're not getting a wholly different experience than the originally released games. The four included Sonic titles (1, 2, 3 and Knuckles, and CD) are better classified as remasters, not remakes.

[Mumrah]

Psyop Resister a écrit :

Am I missing anything?

You are not missing anything.

Download Sonic 2 HD. This is a true HD remaster in wide screen. Granted it's a demo of 3 full stages, you can see the difference of what your money should be buying.

[CrowRising]

Psyop Resister a écrit :

I guess I'm confused...I thought these were remasters of the original 3 Genesis games, with updated graphics and whatnot. But, watching the trailer, they look like ports...identical to the games I already own in the Genesis Collection that I got years ago.

Am I missing anything?

These count as remakes, they are ports of the mobile versions which are made on the Retro Engine, aside from Sonic 3&K which didn't get a mobile version and so had to be remade for this collection (also in the Retro Engine, and seems to use Mania as a base).

In regards to content, everything that was in the original games is here, though lives are (without mods) locked to Classic Mode, which also forces the original 4:3 aspect ratio. Anniversary Mode offers infinite lives and full 16:9 widescreen. The physics aren't quite a 1:1 match with the originals, and a number of graphics are remastered such as smooth rotation in Sonic 1 special stages and full 3D for Sonic 2 special stages. You also get the Drop Dash while playing as Sonic. There's also new animated cutscenes acting as intros and outros to each game.

While not playing Classic Mode, you can collect "Coins" which allow you to retry special stages if you fail. These can also be used to purchase bonus content in the Museum. These are very easy to farm, especially in a few of the other side modes.

Speaking of side modes, there's four noteworthy ones. The first is Mission Mode, which allows you to complete a variety of time based missions. Complete the missions as fast as possible to get the highest rank. This is probably the fastest way to farm coins, and features different challenges such as popping balloons as Tails, using shield powers to reach the goal, or even fighting powered up versions of bosses.

Speaking of bosses, the next is Boss Rush, which pits you up against each of the boss fights in your chosen game in sequence. Not really much else to it.

Time Attack is about what you would expect. Complete an act as fast as possible to land yourself on a high ranking spot in the worldwide leaderboards, This is also a very fast way to farm coins.

Finally, Story Mode can be found in the same menu section as Mission Mode, and allows you to play through all of Sonic's anniversary campaigns on one big save file in sequence.

Unfortunately, as others have already noted, the game is a bit buggier than previous releases, though the games are all still fully playable. A few of Sonic 3's tracks which Micheal Jackson had involvement with also had to be replaced with tracks more closely resembling the prototype tracks, though most people consider these new versions to be inferior.

On the other hand, Origins has already developed a little bit of a modding scene. There's not a ton yet, but there are a number of neat fanmade fixes such as replaced music, and even sprite swaps.

Overall the collection is actually pretty good, and not at all as terrible as many people would have you believe, but if you are interested in buying it I'd advise you to hold off on it for now and wait for it to drop in price or go on sale for at least around half what it is currently.

If you already own Sonic 3's Genesis/Mega Drive version on Steam from the previous collection, you can legally install Sonic 3 AIR, which is a much better way to play that game, and the previous PC fan ports of the mobile versions of Sonic 1 and 2 such as Sonic Forever and Sonic 2 Absolute are probably a better way to play those games and will save you a ton of money.