Anyone else unable to play Sonic Generations properly after beating Shadow Gens?

[Juken]

Sonic is so fast after playing so much Shadow.... I legitimately can't even beat levels like Sky Sanctuary without accidentally flying off the map by homing attacking wrong or just boosting because he's so quick.

Anyone else feel this way or nah?

[Senki]

yeah I wish they remade sonic generations to be as good as the shadow game

after playing the shadow one I can't go back to the less polished sonic one

[Sixtyfivekills]

Yeah, Sonic Gens feels horrible compared to Shadow, mostly due to how uncontrollable he is.


It always was a trial and error to me since reacting to upcoming obstacles at high speeds is actually impossible, and it wouldn't be so bad if loading after restarting didn't take so long compared to the vanilla version.

[mdesaleah]

Its the controls.

You got used to the superior turning of Frontiers/Shadow, which is much much closer to the Adventure games in actually allowing you to turn and platform with precision.

Sonic Generations is still good, but it still has the stiff movement of boost games that released before like Unleashed.

[GrimAtrament]

shadow gen has better controls then most boost games so it's to be expected. sonic gen take forever to make turns compared to shadow gen

[MJayzing]

are we fr??? whenever I play shadow gens after sonic gens he feels stiffer and slower.

[Juken]

Originally posted by InkRoller:

are we fr??? whenever I play shadow gens after sonic gens he feels stiffer and slower.

He is definitely slower but I wouldn't say stiffer. It's definitely more satisfying to platform with than me and I appreciate that he has both homing attack for springs and teleport homing.

[itzDerrio]

each boost game got subsequently slower . unleashed was the fastest & best, and then it was just downgrades ever since

[GrimAtrament]

Originally posted by InkRoller:

are we fr??? whenever I play shadow gens after sonic gens he feels stiffer and slower.

sure when you're going in a straight line, but try turning around or just turning in any boost game and see how much of a pain it is. boost games biggest failing is that they have poor platformer mechanics compared to adventure games. it's all flash and no mechanical substance most the time.

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by GrimAtrament:

Originally posted by InkRoller:

are we fr??? whenever I play shadow gens after sonic gens he feels stiffer and slower.

sure when you're going in a straight line, but try turning around or just turning in any boost game and see how much of a pain it is. boost games biggest failing is that they have poor platformer mechanics compared to adventure games. it's all flash and no mechanical substance most the time.

A tiny bit sacrificed on the speed of forward movement for a massive gain in good turning controls and better platforming.

I take that as a total win in the end (Unleashed is impressive as the fastest or second fastest game in the series, not sure. But that speed did a number on the controls and platforming making it stiff and more difficult to move in anything that isn’t a straight line)

[SplattyGaming]

I wholeheartedly agree, although not in Sonic Gens being harder to play, but just... unpolished feeling, especially after attempting to 100% Sonic Gens after finishing 100% on Shadow. Sonic, both of them, feels a bit stiffer, and when trying to get movement done, unless it's straightforward or not branching, is so weird due to this.

[Juken]

Originally posted by SplattyGaming:

I wholeheartedly agree, although not in Sonic Gens being harder to play, but just... unpolished feeling, especially after attempting to 100% Sonic Gens after finishing 100% on Shadow. Sonic, both of them, feels a bit stiffer, and when trying to get movement done, unless it's straightforward or not branching, is so weird due to this.

The good thing is that it can give you faith in Sega. It really shows the difference in however many years of innovation and advancement the boost games have made. Shadow Generations is new and smoother than something that came out over a decade ago.