Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (HD) [Last Story] (No Commentary)
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Published 2018-03-29
SANIC AVENSHURE TOOOOOOOOOO! SANIC! SANIC!
In 2001, SEGA decided to release a follow-up to their flagship Dreamcast title starring our ~favourite~ blue hedgehog, and an evil artificially created hedgehog who looks nothing like him - but that doesn't stop the military from mistaking the two!
Regardless of the very obvious flaws, Sonic Adventure 2 is my favourite game I've ever played and since I'm recording the game for the eventual HFC commentary I figured I'd upload the non-commentary gameplay here, as my old run hasn't aged too well.
The PC port admittedly isn't perfect. If you have a high refresh rate monitor you'll need to cap the framerate to 60 yourself with something like RivaTuner otherwise the game will run faster than it's supposed to, and there are a handful of other rough edges throughout, like inconsistent resolutions for cutscenes (with some using pillarboxing which, hilariously, doesn't quite reach the top of the screen).
It's still a convenient way to play SA2, however, which for someone who grew up in PAL-land with our low-performance Dreamcast and GameCube versions is something I'm grateful for.
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All Comments (21)
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Paramount, you better not f**k this up.
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if amy hadn't convinced shadow, the entire world would be doomed, so amy actually saved the world.
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When Sonic Adventure 2 was being developed, there was a legitimate concern that this could’ve been the very last Sonic game. What’s amazing is that they took that not as a sign of “well no need to put in the effort since it’s going to be the last anyway“ but instead made sure that this could serve as the grand finale to the Sonic series. Of course we ended up getting new games and sonic just became a third-party series, but you gotta admire that, regardless of the many faults in the game, almost everyone can agree that this would’ve been a satisfying conclusion if SEGA had canned the series.
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Call me crazy but I honestly think if shadow had stayed "dead" after this game, the impact of his sacrifice would be that much greater. I personally think, if they wanted, that they should have waited to bring him back several years later rather than the very next game.
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You know, the writing in this game is fantastic. The ending is perfect.
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And that's how Amy saved us all.
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The way Eggman says "that MAD scientist" you can tell how passionate he was about following his grandfather's footsteps.
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Is it weird that I find Eggman and Tails talking to be very wholesome? I mean this is the most human we’ve seen him especially when he talked about how much he looked up to his grandfather.
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06:30 Final Stage: Tails - Cannonʼs Core 07:49 Final Stage: Eggman - Cannonʼs Core 09:56 Final Stage: Rouge - Cannonʼs Core 11:36 Final Stage: Knuckles - Cannonʼs Core 13:34 Final Stage: Sonic - Cannonʼs Core 18:12 Shadow vs. Biolizard 24:03 Super Shadow & Super Sonic vs. The Finalhazard 27:44 Credits
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2:50 I just realized how goddamn balls-y Sonic is for saying this. He was on a seemingly unescapable pod set by the doc himself to explode and still has the gall of basically telling Eggman he's as threatening to him as one of his closest friends
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2001: Aww, poor Shadow. He started out a villain and died a hero. :( 2021: Eh, he comes back anyway. Still a cool ending, though.
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An amazing ending to an amazing game. Also, who’s here after the Sonic 30th Anniversary event in two days!?
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The nostalgia made me cry
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2:50 Sonic kinda roasts Knuckles' Driving lol
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Interesting how after the Dark Story ends with Eggman supposedly successful in conquering the world, turned out to have a hidden issue with it set there by his grandfather, Professor Gerald Robotnik.
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I am honestly worried of how Sonic 3 the movie will be since it'll be based on the Project Shadow Ark, which comes from this game. This is one of the darkest, if not, the darkest ark in the series, and shit hits the fan in this final part of the ark. My question is, is that are they gonna have the balls to go full throttle with it like this game did, or they gonna pull back on it? I guess we'll see but I remember getting terrified in this part of the ark as a kid. From the appearance of Eggmans grandfather, the intense and dreading music, especially during the diary scene, even Geralds voice constantly shifting tones, and the death of Maria. It absolutely terrified me. I even had nightmares about it. Project Shadow is a huge staple in the Sonic franchise and I hope they don't ruin it or people will flip.
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Sonic: “no worries, just leave to me. I’m the world’s fastest hedgehog.” Eggman: “Then, let’s get to work!” Sonic: “Wow, okay”
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This is my favorite video game of all time! I can play this for HOURS!
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I felt bad for shadow
