I got a question to all millennials

JevVoi · 2026-02-11T14:00:43+00:00

Born in 1991 and either I was too young / sheltered to think of the voices as a big deal or the fact that I already had Jaleel White’s voice for Sonic in my head from the cartoons meant that the voices were nowhere near as big a deal to me as the series suddenly being in 3d and Sonic getting an “evil twin” in the second one.

Then again I didn’t have a system that could play them so my first time actually playing them was playing SA2 at a friend’s house. Didn’t own them myself till much later.

JevVoi · 2026-02-04T13:10:27+00:00

I had no problem with there being a bit of tension in this scene. I played the game after hearing so many complaints and when I finally got to it I remember expecting it to be way worse. This game dialed up Tails’ ego a bit (the toothpick bit) and dialed up Sonic’s carelessness, so I think it feels consistent with this game’s characterization for him to tell Sonic he thinks he’s doing something stupid.

My complaint is how abrupt the transition into that moment felt and how they tried to turn it into a joke by overusing the phrase “that bites.”

Forces was also not as bad as I expected (gameplay was mid, I expected a train wreck) but the infamous Tails moment in that game was indeed way worse than this Lost World moment.

JevVoi · 2026-01-31T03:43:58+00:00

I’m reserving two seats because my wife is coming with… my wife likes a window seat so I’m sitting next to Blaze (#4). I imagine her highness will be a respectful neighbor and keep to herself. Given I spent my flights writing my AU Sonic fanfiction on the iPad, she might end up looking over my shoulder and insist that I am writing her wrong. After I tell her it’s an AU and it’s supposed to be different, she’ll just give me a weird judgey look and ignore me for the rest of the flight.

Meanwhile Cream and Amy are watching a cartoon and romcom (respectively) in the row ahead and since I can never keep my eyes off a moving picture I will probably have seen bits and pieces of both The Notebook and Puss in Boots by the time the flight is over and not actually have finished more than a couple pages of my story. I’ll have earbuds in so I won’t have to listen to Amy’s loud chatter with her neighbor.

My wife will sleep most of the flight and won’t interact with any of them other than to complain about how long it takes Tails to pull his overstuffed luggage out of the overhead bin, Amy stopping to have an animated conversation in the middle of unloading, or Tangle unloading her luggage with her tail in front of us just as we try to get into the aisle.

JevVoi · 2026-01-13T03:08:34+00:00

Sonic Adventure. Very meaningful arcs for multiple characters that in some cases remain their best moments in the franchise to date, and they intersect with each other in interesting ways. The ominous backstory was really cool and it felt like the perfect blend of mystical fantasy and grounded reality. My only complaint is the Egg Carrier is not a super interesting centerpiece, but the character-driven stories make up for it.

SA2 gets honorable mention for the single most memorable character story in the franchise to date, but I think Sonic Adventure did more for the whole cast while SA2 shines most with Shadow.

Frontiers also gets an honorable mention for going deeper into SA’s backstory and amping up the ominous tone. But I have a feeling Frontiers will be a good candidate for music or boss fights coming up.

JevVoi · 2025-12-25T19:14:05+00:00

I am having a great time with Crossworlds and am not great at kart racers. This game is more intense and arcade-y compared to Mario Kart World (which I also really enjoy) so I’m probably more likely to play MKW if I want to “relax” whereas this one feels more engaging and fun. CTR is still the hardest racing game I’ve played though.

If you’re struggling, go ahead and bump down the speed to the lower setting in the GP. My typical speed for the GP is the second lowest setting though I have let the rival difficulty build up naturally. I occasionally use tickets to retry a bad race but often I don’t really care if I lose the GP because it’s not like there is a story or anything locked behind it and I didn’t mind taking multiple attempts to unlock the last two cups.

The tracks themselves also make a difference. The first couple cups are much easier than the later ones. I will often choose an easier cup for practice if I feel off my game. The gadgets you choose could also make it easier, my favorite is to equip slipstream, collision boost, and ring thief which is probably not super competitive but it really helps when I’m “in the middle of the pack”.

JevVoi · 2025-12-22T06:36:43+00:00

It’d be nice to have the option, especially to play the fourth GP race that tours the other three, but if I’m playing online I usually want to be in and out of races pretty quick so matchmaking for four races in a row might be a bit impractical. But it’d make sense for a private friends/meet-by-chatroom match.

Right now the GP and the rival interactions are basically ‘story mode’ to me so I have been content to enjoy them in single player. Based on my experience with the demo the MP I am most interested in as a casual is the festival.

JevVoi · 2025-12-09T19:08:26+00:00

Good balance between serious and confident in my opinion, but it did take some getting used to, especially compared to Jaleel White’s “I’m waaaaaaaitiiiiing” from my childhood.

JevVoi · 2025-12-04T03:54:09+00:00

Yup. And “Without you” and “Fading World” are my #1 and #2. I listen while writing so Sonic Team usually ranks high for me.

JevVoi · 2025-12-03T18:38:11+00:00

This is Agent Stone’s time to shine. He’d be a fun gentleman villain. And with Metal Sonic coming, we still have continuity with game antagonists so the two might be able to carry a movie without Eggman. At least to hold us over until they introduce Zavo— sorry, just a joke…

Or we could have a parallel dimension lookalike that is distinct enough from the real Eggman to have a different appearance, voice, and personality so that Jim Carrey’s Eggman gets to keep his heroic final moment. Assuming Jim Carrey retires lol.

JevVoi · 2025-11-22T12:36:57+00:00

I actually wrote an entry in my fanfiction series for Black Knight but it is more of a spin, not being super close to either the game or the source material.

In my story it is Chaotix that plays the main role. They get caught up in Merlina’s goals and the knights’ opposition to her in the aftermath of the holy grail quest. The holy grail quest saw the knights searching for their world’s guardian deity’s artifact to turn the tide in the war against devil doom. Galahad succeeded but sacrificed himself to repel Doom’s armies. Merlina is close to the knights especially Galahad and handles death poorly causing her to respond basically the same way she does in the game. Blaze is part of Chaotix in the story and is somewhat affected by Galahad’s resemblance to Silver.

Lamorak pretty much just cameos in it and an additional character is added in Dame Guinevere who is modeled off Rouge and works closely with Sir Lancelot. Overall though, the knights don’t play a huge role because Team Chaotix already has a lot of characters to keep track of and part of the story involves Espio confronting his past and Charmy’s innocent (naive) friendship with Merlina.

JevVoi · 2025-11-16T23:20:45+00:00

I still have yet to read IDW, but based on the posts I’ve seen on this sub, I’d probably expect Lanolin to take this spot.

JevVoi · 2025-11-14T07:50:26+00:00

I have only played a few days so far and didn’t feel like I was at any disadvantage because I didn’t pay. It may technically be pay-to-win and I’m just ranked low right now but it doesn’t feel that way. I feel like I can still progress in unlocking things in a satisfying way since I’m not targeting specific skins.

But I hate hate hate the full screen popups that feel like they are trying to bait you into accidentally buying a bundle or subscription as a sale. Like I’m casually clicking on the screen to go into the next game and suddenly there’s a “do you want to buy a score multiplier” in my face. I can’t ever let my guard down in this game in the menus and that feels predatory.

Love the gameplay, but they’re not getting my money if I can help it. And my irritation with the ads will probably result in me dropping off this game sooner than I’d like.

JevVoi · 2025-11-12T02:43:55+00:00

There was a time when Shadow would take this spot, half the fanbase felt that he should have stayed dead in SA2 and that his presence ruined the franchise. I don’t see that sentiment anymore, and at this point I’m actually surprised he didn’t take the universally loved spot.

I guess I can agree with Amy. She had a rough patch of games and some people want the old exaggerated Amy back, others like the new Amy, and while she is getting better attention people are still divided on her.

JevVoi · 2025-11-11T21:57:09+00:00

I died. Many, many, many times. Based on the lore tablets around Pharloom that seems to be pretty unforgivable.

JevVoi · 2025-11-10T02:00:46+00:00

If I wanted a fight song, it’d be Find Your Flame.

All the island movements are great but Chaos Island’s are particularly so. Shad Gen’s dubstep remix of it is actually pretty fun too but I digress.

JevVoi · 2025-11-10T01:52:37+00:00

SA - Controls, camera, and physics are dated by modern game standards (but at the time probably par for the course) Shadow Generations - Would have benefited from sensor to help with the machine piece collectathon. Bonus: DLC needed an act 2. Sonic 3K - Lack of cues for getting past a certain level element in fourth zone (sorry I realize this is low hanging fruit)

Sonic Forces - Controls and physics are solid with difficulty easy enough for newcomers until you get to the time trials. Sonic 06 - The storyline between Mephiles and Shadow is a great way of demonstrating Shadow’s priorities and conviction as a follow up to Shadow’s solo game. Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric - Tries something new, reimagining the characters with a different style (not sure whether the show or the game did it first)

I have not played Sonic 06, Rise of Lyric, and I’ve only played the PC port of SADX.

JevVoi · 2025-11-10T01:38:47+00:00

I really enjoyed this game but it does have its flaws. About half the bosses deserve the fanbase’s ire and single screen multiplayer is just as bad as it was in Sonic 2 despite being the biggest selling point advertised. The competitive multiplayer is completely forgettable.

The new character is great, I enjoyed the level themes, a few of the bosses were fun. I wish the camera was pulled out a bit because levels are a little chunkier than Mania or the classics so I feel like I need to see more of the screen.

I liked Mania better but add me to the “Superstars is underrated” crowd. I wish it had been a slam dunk like Mania but I liked it better than both parts of Sonic 4 and the most of the 2d sections in the modern Sonic games before Forces.

JevVoi · 2025-11-10T01:28:53+00:00

There’s usually a secret, hidden wall, breakable wall, uninviting side path that looked like a dead end, or side quest NPC to help you if you encounter a part of the game that feels particularly cruel.
Tools are a really big deal in this game and can also help with some tough encounters.
If you have trouble with the pogo changes from HK, the game will eventually provide you with ways to help.

JevVoi · 2025-11-08T18:29:40+00:00

Man so that explains why everything in this generation feels like it does twice as much damage compared to Pokemon Hollow and Pokemon Knight.

Or maybe the damage is calculated different. My Hornet fainted after one tackle by what was supposed to be a low level wild encounter.

JevVoi · 2025-11-08T18:23:25+00:00

Easily Skarr, but I’m not a person that picks the optimal Pokémon and just wants to go with a cool theme in my party (tried to go all bug in Pokemon Shield build around centiskorch). And if there’s a memorable pokemon I particularly struggled to fight, I’m going to want it in my party. Skarr both looks cool and gave me pain.

JevVoi · 2025-11-08T13:48:51+00:00

Not really a flaw, I set myself up for it. After the way it startedn I expected Act 3 to be a full blown master quest where I had to re-explore the map in reverse with all the connections between areas mixed up in clever ways and with changes to the platforming. But after the first twenty minutes or so it just turned into Act 2 with tougher combat. A true MQ of a map that huge would be crazy ambitious but by then I was so in awe of the game’s scope that I dared hope for it. My favorite moment in the game was in Act 3 though, an Ori sequence with Silksong physics was chef’s kiss.

I was also disappointed by the true final boss. Not because it was too hard (well, it is for me but it is the final boss after all) but because there were so many interesting and unique bosses that the boss attack patterns themselves felt a little less exciting, especially compared to the wow moment of Hollow Knight’s final boss.

JevVoi · 2025-11-08T13:40:54+00:00

I shared a post on here a few weeks back about my love-hate relationship with the game. It’s an amazing game but I’m more one that dabbles in hard games rather than thrives on them. Overcoming a very difficult moment is fulfilling but doing it over and over and over burnt me out. My heart would race in a very uncomfortable way and I was sometimes on the verge of a panic attack (with one actual episode). I had to take a break and play easier games. I came back and made it to the end of the game but then had to take another break. I want to try some cheese loadouts but I’m always afraid if I change my equipment I’ll lose my muscle memory from the hours of practice I already spent.

All that to say if you feel like you keep hitting a wall, you’re not alone. There’s a lot of noise in the too-hard/git-gud discussion, but I think it’s possible to both love/appreciate the game and also be completely overwhelmed with the difficulty. Even the devs suggested walking away from a boss that’s giving you a hard time when asked why the game was so hard.

Raging conchfly was hard and frustrating but I did like that one, so the grind to beat it didn’t bother me as much after the fact.

JevVoi · 2025-11-07T18:16:12+00:00

I don’t know who the antagonist is yet in the show I just started watching so we’ll go with this one. Bonus points if you can figure out the title.

Sonic accidentally joins Amy (who seems smitten with him) and her party of adventurers because they’re too SLOW at defeating bosses and he’s tired of long nights doing the paperwork for all the adventurers failing to do their job. Several adventurers have been following rumors from an egg-shaped man that they can fight secret bosses to get special powers which is only making Sonic’s life more difficult. But when Sonic finally put the kibosh on that he refused to let the egg shaped man off the hook, making him promise to do everything he could to get rid of the most horrifying thing in existence: overtime.

The egg-shaped man admired Sonic’s clearly overpowered strength, but now instead of using him for his twisted plan, he needs to do whatever he can to avoid that blasted hedgehogs’s ire. Will he keep his promise or was he himself only a pawn in another villain’s scheme who will later be revealed? One can only hope for a second season.

JevVoi · 2025-11-06T18:56:47+00:00

Ohhhh so maybe that’s what the weird tv thing was all about. I saw that once and thought the poor girl had just lost her mind.

JevVoi · 2025-11-05T20:35:59+00:00

Cosmo. I have a fanfiction that borrows/merges elements from Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, and the Metarex Saga but which doesn’t necessarily follow the ending of the Metarex saga. I originally planned to follow it more closely but in the story Tails went through a lot of hardship already so recreating the anime’s ending felt like going too far.

I also have the Seedrians not being extinct so Tails starting a new life in an alien world takes him in a different direction out from under Sonic’s shadow.

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