Sonic Superstars Isn't Perfect

Me pooping my pants at the fact that the end is in the background

This is definitely one of the Sonic games with the most mixed reviews I've seen. Usually, while obviously people have different takes and tastes, the opinion on a game is pretty uniform. Like "Forces was a huge disappointment, and this proves Sonic is dying," or "Frontiers is an awesome game and the return of Sonic". Most of the time is somewhere along those lines. However, with Superstars, I seriously can't pinpoint a general consensus, a third of the reviews I see hate it or are at least dissapointed, a third just say it's ok, and a third love it or say its a step in the right direction. Maybe it's because the game just came out, but the diversity of opinions seriously amazes me. I can't say much since I haven't tried it, but I'm excited to see it with my own eyes.

14:42 There was an animation that was released before the game that hinted towards this (at least looking back at it now, it makes sense). While Fang and Trip were dealing with the big snake, Eggman was studying some artwork on a wall. Afterwards he shows the two his findings with a drawing of a dragon. In regard to the music, other than Lagoon City’s, the rest of the soundtrack should have been given to Tee Lopes to do. Jun is great with the Modern music, but Tee should be the one to do Classic from now on.

I keep seeing ppl saying “sonic superstars is the best new classic sonic game” and ppl saying “game is shit it’s just sonic again” IDK WHAT TO SAY

One kinda neat thing I didn’t even know about until I watched Channel Pup’s review on this game is that apparently the robot you customize for Battle Mode is the robot you fight in Cyber Station and see Eggman carrying in a container in his Eggmobile in one cutscene, I didn’t know about that cause I immediately made my robot Silver Sonic so I just thought they brought him back but nope, and honestly I think that whole thing is even cooler than legitimately bringing Silver Sonic back for a boss (not to say I wouldn’t wanna see Silver Sonic again for real though)

Frozen Base Act 2 is an entire homage to the SEGA Arcade game Fantasy Zone. Had the same composer, same game mechanics, same first boss and everything. Kinda wish it deserved more respect because everytime SEGA references another IP and puts it in a Sonic game, it's always a "literally who" moment for a lot of people which sucks.

9/10 Sonic Superstars

7:38 I believe they don't want to get repetitive since Mania already paid homage to the blue spheres special stage and let's be real, the half-pipe special stages may look cooler, but they're not much better than the maze special stage. A trial and error special stage would be horrible when there are a ton of these medal bonuses and you don't play the same one twice in a roll

R&b in the game yet, but I'm enjoying every minute of it so far: my only complaint is that they still have not given knuckles his cowboy hat as a skin. Let my Echidna go down the Old Town road already 🤠

the powers of emeralds are the Wisps that we deserve

Imo this game feels like Sonic 1. Its a return to form, but they went all the way back instead of just partly. The more I play, the more fun Im having with each character. This game is good. Its easy for me to say. I like most of the levels, the physics feel good and most of the songs are good. There is a big part of me that always wanted this 4 player coop since I was a kid in the 90s, so theres that. The things id change are: 1. make T Lopes the sole composer or at least coordinate more with the other composers. 2. Add more stuff to look at in the back drop. Some levels are boring to look at. 3. Make the coop camera a little more lenient. i.e. as soon as youre off screen you disappear. Let me get back on screen manually. It interrupts my fun. Lastly, I hope Sega doesnt get discouraged from making a sequel. A classic line of games would be so great. I would pretty much consistently buy a classic line up every time.

Sonic Superstars is amazing

Bro I feel like everyone’s gonna forget this game now that Mario Wonder released

I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed Sonic Superstars. The game’s not perfect. It definitely has its setbacks. But I honestly rank it higher than Mania. The new levels are fun to play through and the level esthetics are solid. Lagoon City is probably my favorite of the zones since it reminds me of Water Palace from Sonic Rush. The game being in 2.5D allows for more to be done with the background like levels being more detailed or having the player interact with the background elements. The new Emerald powers are a nice addition to make each Chaos Emerald feel more special while also not making them mandatory to use to beat the game. And while the soundtrack is a mixed bag, there are still some solid tracks like Speed Jungle Act Sonic or Lagoon City Act 2. (And even some of the Sonic 4 sounding songs are decent in my opinion, like Sky Temple.) Overall, I’d give Sonic Superstars a 7.5 to 8 out of 10. Not perfect, but a fun time overall.

I do wonder in future how Sega is going to explain the plot-hole they created in this game regarding Chaos Control.

Going by the title this has to be the forth time Classic Sonic got revived since 2011 lol. Jokes aside, Sonic Superstars evolved the Classic series.

I like the Drop Dash but they should have put in Insta- Shield for Sonic too. Knuckles has a move from Sonic advance called Burning Straight that allows you to roll one touching the ground from the air. I want a playable Metal Sonic as DLC.

I think the zones with 3 acts (2 + character act) were given this many acts due to the multiplayer appeal of the game: your friends may not be willing to wait for you to finish your solo stage before they can play again, hence developers they made it optional, I believe. As for the zone with one long stage, I don't mind, since you're technically getting the same amount of stage, just at once, rather than divided in 2, but I do agree that it would be good to just take the stage and split in twice to make everyone happy

I find interesting the different takes that each person is having on the bosses: some complain that you can't cheese them and end it in seconds, while others complain of the few ones you can cheese. Personally, I like the bosses having actual fights, rather then just being a meaningles obstacle

The water power oddly enough reminds me of a certain Megaman ZX ability that can climb waterfalls as well.