What is the use of travelling into future?

[kal3jdoskop]

Ok, I've read about the reasons of travelling into past in Sonic CD - you're going into past, destroying robotizers to prevent Little Planet from being conquered by Robotnik's minions, and you're doing it for better ending. But what is the reason to travel into future? Does it have any purpose?

[Leonard]

No

[Shadowslayer]

It kinda gives some of the stages a cooler look and theme if you go into the future regardless if you are going for the good or bad ending. However, the bad future kinda gives some of the stages a creepy feel to them.

[Vivi Fox]

1. Show you how much progress you made in the past
2. Make you be careful what sign you use.

[Flowernose]

Originally posted by kal3jdoskop:

Ok, I've read about the reasons of travelling into past in Sonic CD - you're going into past, destroying robotizers to prevent Little Planet from being conquered by Robotnik's minions, and you're doing it for better ending. But what is the reason to travel into future? Does it have any purpose?

Nothing really

[kal3jdoskop]

That was a bit surprising, I've thought that there is something I don't know about :P Anyway, thank you for all answers which were written here, now I know that there is no purpose (despite some aesthetic impressions :P) to travel into future.

[Leonard]

Originally posted by kal3jdoskop:

That was a bit surprising, I've thought that there is something I don't know about :P Anyway, thank you for all answers which were written here, now I know that there is no purpose (despite some aesthetic impressions :P) to travel into future.

Well,the future also has some minor level design changes and different music.BTW every boos act plays in the future

[Lalieri [Devil]]

Well, there are not only level design and music changes, really. Levels in bad, good future and the past can have different "difficulty" considering that (for example, guns and traps in Collision Chaos past not finished, in BF works too well even for Sonic and having anothers purposes in GF like in present). Oh, and defeated in past or present enemies dies in present and future logically. There are many little details and new routes in all time periods but nothing major, if you're not exploring levels too much or|and can handle without problems with traps and obstacles in levels

[kal3jdoskop]

Now I've got a bit different question - there are not only robotizers to destroy, but also holograms of Metallix. What is more, there are also time stones to obtain in bonus levels. Is that some sort of alternative, to destroy robotizers OR obtain all time stones to have good ending? And why bother with destroying holograms, since destroying the robotizers is enough to have good future in current level?

[Flowernose]

Originally posted by kal3jdoskop:

Now I've got a bit different question - there are not only robotizers to destroy, but also holograms of Metallix. What is more, there are also time stones to obtain in bonus levels. Is that some sort of alternative, to destroy robotizers OR obtain all time stones to have good ending? And why bother with destroying holograms, since destroying the robotizers is enough to have good future in current level?

Destroying the hologram is just to have animals run free for the level.Nothing else

Once you get all the time stones every game will be good future automaticly

[Leonard]

Originally posted by kal3jdoskop:

Now I've got a bit different question - there are not only robotizers to destroy, but also holograms of Metallix. What is more, there are also time stones to obtain in bonus levels. Is that some sort of alternative, to destroy robotizers OR obtain all time stones to have good ending? And why bother with destroying holograms, since destroying the robotizers is enough to have good future in current level?

You will get the good ending when you have collecte all the Time Stones or when you destroyed all Robot Generators in the past.Both do the same.
The Metal Sonic Hologramms have no use besides the Achievment and that the level looks a little bit more alive with all the animals.

[kal3jdoskop]

Thanks! That sounds quite good, especially since I'm not too good in these bonus levels with UFOs. They're still better than annoyingly hard bonus levels from Sonic 2 (after first level it was almost necessary to "memorize" location of the rings), but I always have some bad luck and one or two UFOs remaining when the time is up.

[Leonard]

Originally posted by kal3jdoskop:

Thanks! That sounds quite good, especially since I'm not too good in these bonus levels with UFOs. They're still better than annoyingly hard bonus levels from Sonic 2 (after first level it was almost necessary to "memorize" location of the rings), but I always have some bad luck and one or two UFOs remaining when the time is up.

When you have nder 20s left in the special stages,a blue UFO will appear in the middle which gives you a 30s time bonus.It also appears again when you have below 20s left(again).
You can also quit the special stage right before time runs out.When you select your profile in-game you will start at the special stage again,which basically gives you an unlimited amount of tries for all special stages as long as you quit the special stage before the time runs out.Oh and don't touch the water.

[Vivi Fox]

Quit before finishing the bonus level and you start from it when you resume. That gives you infinite tries.

[Silvus Sol]

The only benefit to the future is more rings. Since the rings/boxes all reset when you change time periods. It's pretty easy to get 200 rings in most levels via time travel.

[Majora]

all robots are worn down making them eaiser and some level hazards are broken to. if you get a good furture i think all badnicks disapear and the stage becomes eaiser.