The Sonic Boost Era | Boosting to Win Can be Painful

It's time to put the "Sonic Boost Era" behind us, but as we look forward to Sonic Frontiers and beyond, it's time to look back at the games that were a part of that era! And what better way to do that than to analyze everything about them? Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors Ultimate, Sonic Generations, and Sonic Forces - AntDude got all of the achievements in all four games, and this is his story!

0:00 Start
8:18 The Music
8:42 The Boost Part
20:13 Sonic but Different
37:25 The Generations Museum
39:01 Completion: The Kinda Fun Stuff
51:02 DLC
55:16 Completion: ...I just want it all to end
1:03:12 The Deep Sonic Lore
1:11:39 Finale

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[mariokarter]

"Classic, Adventure, and Modern" is the same energy as "80's, 90's, and NOW"
It's been NOW for 20 years.

[joelblake]

Ah, the boost mechanic. Something the fans loved, then wanted to get rid of, then wanted it back, and now want it gone again.

[J.R.Unbound]

Fun fact about the Wisps being on Sonic's world:

In the Comics, the Wisps went to Sonic's world to help out in the war in Forces to repay Sonic. Some of them stuck around afterwards, as they liked this world. You even see some Wisps as pets, similar Chao, and other Wisps help with the defense of some places. So there is an explanation, just not where it is needed the most.

[plasticbeelzebub]

It’s actually kind of impressive that sega has managed to release so many games this divisive over such a long period of time within the same series.

[greg]

22:15 I just want Sonic's friends to contribute more to the story than "You got this, Sonic!"

[flamesage]

I respect Antdude for making a whole new video for games he's already beaten and reviewed, thank you for your time!

[UltimaShadowX]

Really appreciate the message you delivered here with this video. It’s probably the most respectable take on the series I have watched in ages.

[nicholascramer]

Technically the rush series should be classified as a part of the boost era. When doing tricks you fill up your dash meter just like unleashed colors and generations and when the DS port of sonic colors of course they selected the rush style sence it's so close to the boost games except it's in 2d

[Lexicon]

"Infinite has the potential to be one of the series' greatest villain"

*This guy gets it. God Infinite could've been the greatest of all time with how the Phantom Ruby has so much lore potential, only for him to....eugh*

[BKaimana]

When it comes to the stories, i’m very thankful Ian Flynn is coming to write Frontiers story. With his years of writing for the comics and seeing how he was able to improve Infinite and the Custom Character for the Forces comic and make Zavok a decent villain in the main comic, especially with the bad guys side series, gives me hope for frontiers when it comes to its story.

[rouge]

It’s so interesting how everyone has such different opinions on Sonic. Like Johnny said he doesn’t like when Super Sonic is a final boss event only and Anthony said he likes that more

[Garrulous]

You're a LEGEND for suffering through all these games. You are the real Sonic Hero.

[RayzaNC]

The day time levels in Unleashed are the high point of Sonic IMHO, an absolutely thrilling rush and so replayable. Generations overall the best Sonic game though.

[uimasterroshi]

I love Sonic unleashed! It has the best speed stages in the entire franchise, Muscle memory kicks instant in even after years of not playing it.

[MegaMew]

"the extra and secret levels are basically just bad Mario maker levels... But with Sonic"
This is the best way anyone has described those levels and sums up how I feel about them perfectly

[freddyfangamer]

You don't actually need to beat the game for Classic Sonic to get the homing attack in Sonic Generations. You just need to get all of the red rings in Planet Wisp Act 1.

[Evan.]

I wish we got another game like Unleashed. That game really felt like an adventure across the world. I’ll always have love with the “boost era” games though. Also to add I’m sick of the 2D sections in 3D Sonic games. I play modern Sonic for 3D and larger gameplay. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the Classic Sonic gameplay in Generations. I'm hoping Frontiers is fully 3D

[hugoflores]

This was a joy to watch

In my opinion
Unleashed - Awesome but completing it it's torture
Colors - Fine playing it normally, pretty sweet 100% it, also the Egg Shuttle is great
Generations - Amazing but needed more

Forces - Sonic Forces

[NukeOTron]

Here's a dumb fact: Ken Pontac, one of the writers of Colors and onwards, DID work in Saturday morning cartoons. Namely, the stop-motion ABC show, Bump in the Night. It's actually pretty good and very much insane. Whether or not that kind of humor works with Sonic is up for debate, though.

[iverapnk]

I would like to say the thing about the wisps being on the main planet is explained in the IDW comics (that actually start soon after Forces ends which is fun)

And I know how much we all love having to read separate material to gain context on the story of a game