[SPOILERS] So about the Encore Ending.

[kazuma zazuma]

I'm uh. A bit disappointed with the 7 Emerald ending.

I mean, it's cool that we see all characters dash through in their Super form, but... Is that really it? Just a brief cutscene for the hard as all hell new Special Stages we had to go through? I was AT LEAST expecting Egg Reverie to pop up again, or something! It would have been awesome if we had a new final boss or a remix of Egg Reverie like Metal Sonic got. Hopefully I'm just missing something and there IS something more than just this 10 second cutscene.

ANYTHING would be better than the absolute nothing you get for getting all emeralds in Encore.

[Snickerbobble]

Yeah it was a huge let down. Mania Mode bad ending was more exciting than this tbh, and even that felt lacking.

EDIT: And sorry to say but you aren't missing anything, this ending is the real deal sadly!

Originally posted by Ymmira:

Originally posted by Doctor Loser:

ANYTHING would be better than the absolute nothing you get for getting all emeralds in Encore.

Being able to play as any character in their Super form and being able to switch characters and still keep the Super form is nothing?

But with Super Tails on your team, there's almost no reason to use anyone else besides for the occasional Knuckles or Mighty path, both being rare.

[kazuma zazuma]

Originally posted by Ymmira:

Originally posted by Doctor Loser:

ANYTHING would be better than the absolute nothing you get for getting all emeralds in Encore.

Being able to play as any character in their Super form and being able to switch characters and still keep the Super form is nothing?

Well of course you get to play as every character's super form, I thought it wasn't necessary to explain. I meant as in something like in the normal Mania mode, where you get to fight an extra boss as Super Sonic.

It had a lot of potential, it could have been a fight with the gigantic Titanic Monarch robot in the background with each character having to take down different parts of it. Imagine that for a second. Mighty and Knuckles trying to destroy the legs, Tails and Ray attacking the arms and Sonic fighting the head of the robot.

The mode and the DLC is great, and I don't regret my purchase, don't get me wrong. It was just... a bit disappointing to not get anything other than playing with the Super form for getting all 7 emeralds in the "Hard" version of the game. Especially since the Special Stages were harder, and less forgiving.

[Snickerbobble]

Originally posted by Doctor Loser:

Originally posted by Ymmira:

Being able to play as any character in their Super form and being able to switch characters and still keep the Super form is nothing?

Well of course you get to play as every character's super form, I thought it wasn't necessary to explain. I meant as in something like in the normal Mania mode, where you get to fight an extra boss as Super Sonic.

It had a lot of potential, it could have been a fight with the gigantic Titanic Monarch robot in the background with each character having to take down different parts of it. Imagine that for a second. Mighty and Knuckles trying to destroy the legs, Tails and Ray attacking the arms and Sonic fighting the head of the robot.

The mode and the DLC is great, and I don't regret my purchase, don't get me wrong. It was just... a bit disappointing to not get anything other than playing with the Super form for getting all 7 emeralds in the "Hard" version of the game. Especially since the Special Stages were harder, and less forgiving.

This would have been great. Reminds me of a scrapped boss for CD of a giant Robotnik robo that was so powerful, it was immune to Sonic's attacks, but the way to beat it required brief time travelling to the past to damage it while it was still being built. Would have been cool if this idea was used here with TMZ, with the Ruby able to manipulate time too apparently.

[NeoKat 🍃]

Well. They got to eat some ice cream in Mirage Saloon.

[morenoquinteiro]

The new developers (Christian Whitehead, PagodaWest Games and all the team) proved they can make wonderful new Sonic stages. They absolutely nail at it. There is no question about it. But the thing is: everything else seem so weak. Why not a new animation for the ending? Why not a new boss? Why not SOMETHING? The new bonus stages are great, so hard and rewarding to beat, but you should earn something if you beat it, like a new ending, an extra, well, something cool and surprising.

The encore ending is so short, like 5 seconds, not even old consoles like the Master System had such poor endings. As someone pointed out before, the game is great, I don't regret buying it, but you guys should put more love on those things. You have all the hard work and then you sit on the tip of your chair waiting for something very cool happening and then... a 5 seconds animation. It was kind of cool, but seriously?

I wish we had a new update correcting it, because it makes the game look so amateurish. And it is not fair, since it is a great game in the "game" itself (the part you actually play it is just a joy, maybe even better then the Genesis games). C'mon, guys.

[Denji]

I was at least expecting a new Super stage or something, like in Mania mode.. but with all the characters. 'Cause when you beat the game without all the emeralds, that Egg Robo guy (forgot his name) comes back to claim the stone. So I was expecting "the real battle" since that stone did warp everybody into Encore Mode in the game. It was a bit of a let down that they just knocked Robotnik into the vortex while escaping in a matter of seconds... and that was it. They could've done something even without an FMV.

[Sifer2]

Bit of a necro here as I only just got around to playing Encore DLC. But I totally agree that the ending was a real let down. Well the whole mode was besides Mighty, and Ray being fun to play. But Emerald stages that tough, and they couldn't even slightly redo Egg Reverie or something? Encore mode really felt like a bare minimum effort on SEGA's part just so they could say they threw in something new for the Switch release.

[Minka]

Originally posted by Sifer2:

Encore mode really felt like a bare minimum effort on SEGA's part just so they could say they threw in something new for the Switch release.

What are you even on about here? Mania was already released on Switch alongside PS4, Xbone and Steam last year, and the Plus DLC for this year was done with just a portion of the original indie devs team on a short, tight schedule.

[mdesaleah]

You know it’s a teaser for a new game, or Forces DLC. Last time someone got sucked into a portal they ended up in the modern universe. Maybe something will happen again, and the Ruby is still out there so it isn’t over.