Sonic Origins Plus is Still Not Great

I know I usually avoid annoying y'all with begging for money. But that has a pretty harmful effect for me. Nobody even knows it exists. Having those things buried means people that may want to support me won't even know it's an option. So I thought it would be acceptable to mention it briefly here. I didn't want to do an update video about it because no one would watch it lol. Don't worry, this won't be a regular thing. Maybe just a quick mention at the end of videos, just to let people know. Hope it's not too bothersome.

The worst part of this whole Origins deal is I would love to see a fantastic collection of these games. But this isn't it. And now, who knows how long it's going to be until they take another crack at making a proper collection. We're gonna be stuck with this for a good long while. At least, those who don't have PCs. ;)

[Pariah]

Apparently there are now 3 jump buttons. So that's nice. Doesn't change my overall verdict on the game. But it's something.

[HeckDancer]

It's so weird that after 20 years Mega Collection Plus is still the best Sonic collection.

[spritvio]

Classic Sega. One step forward and a variety of steps backward.

[wusstunes]

I feel like Tails and Knuckles are both such essential Sonic characters in the way that they expand the nature of the game and its traversal with their abilities. They fundamentally change how you spacially interact with the level design, and in many ways Advance Amy does this as well. She's in some ways restricting you and forcing you to contend with the level design at a more close-up proximity, and her very idioyncratic playstyle still yields benefits as well. Her "powers" being built around the ability to use a tool is so cool and she is basically an android.

[TheGerkuman]

The really weird thing about Amy's implementation is that despite how half baked most of her mechanics are, the one bonus she has makes her OP against Robotnik. Whenever Robotnik moves to the top of the screen to make the fights last longer, not even insta-shield Sonic can hit him. But Amy can!

So she's both worse and too good at the same time!

[Snatcher]

What's going on with the Game Gear audio is they seem to be oscillating the left and right panning to create a fake stereo effect. If you set your system to output mono audio, it sounds mostly normal. So it's not 'bad' emulation, it's a weird/poor decision. Like some exec saying "make sure everything's in stereo!" At least there's a workaround on most systems.

[DollarinoJones]

Instead of a Monkey’s Paw, it might be more appropriate to say when it comes to the Fan’s wishes, the Sonic series has a bit of a Hedgehog’s Dilemma.

[Laekith]

The "Amy in Sonic 1/2/3" ROMhacks use her Advance 1 moveset and it works perfectly, I really don't understand why they couldn't do it here

[jaiden]

2:05 To answer that question: the peel out and insta shield can be accessed, but you need to know the cheat codes. If you ask me, the options menu should've ditch the cheat codes in favor of a component options/customization menu. But you know the story: it's Sega

[Rupninjatrash]

im so tired that i looked at the thumbnail and thought that tails was holding a gun

[damonhallyburton]

You missed a few of Amy moves mate, the hammer run can help climb steep slopes, destroying spiked enemies without taking a hit (most of the time lol), I think using the hammer jump helps you land on ledges you might have missed with other characters, and also the Hyper Hammer Toss is cool as f**k!

[Pegyson]

I still refuse to play this game. I had Hyper Sonic, I was in Lava Reef, I went to pick up a giant ring to get 50 rings, instead it sends me to the first ever special stage, I complete it and now the game thinks I have only one chaos emerald and can't turn super or hyper. Fuck this game

[sunst_twn]

Okay, so uh, they didn't even NEED to develop a Master System Emulator

The Genesis was alredy backwards compatible with the Master System (the only thing that stopped you from playing the master system games right out of the box was the Cartridge Slot), so they could've just... Used a Genesis Emulator.

[igeljaeger]

The fact they didn't fix the blur annoys me the most. Thats the only thing I have to use mods for and installing the modloader on the steam deck / linux is just a pain in the ass.

[BricksterMan]

This collection doesn't even have multiple save files. Like Sega are you kidding me? This is one of the most basic features. (İ know that Sonic cd and 3&k has multiple save files but they are built in the game but if you play Sonic 1 and 2 when you finish your game as Sonic if you want to play it again as Sonic you have to delete your file.)

[Harrinsain]

I got an ad for Origins Plus on this video 💀

[raikohzx]

I think the Game Gear audio is attempting to produce a fake Stereo sound effect, but instead it sounds like some genuinely bad output. But man, it really angers me how poorly handled this collection still is and that they're asking $10.99 just for me to "complete it".

[EdgardoJCruz-dkkv]

My issue with Origins Plus is that Sonic The Fighters, Sonic 3D Blast, and Knuckles Chaotix, (yes I know it’s reputation & it’s missing source files, but still), are missing from this collection.

[andtrees]

The physics system can be altered, using the stage select screen at the title of whichever game, it includes the option to re enable the ground and air speed caps so for example the opening segment in marble garden zone would be fixed if you went to the stage select and changed those options, HOWEVER you cannot save your progress after you activate level select which is silly. i noticed after completing the checklist that sonic origins plus gives you to test out the new features, they give you extra tutorials on how to access the stage select. as a bonus, idk if it was in the og release of origins but in the stage select of sonic 1 you can enable 7 emeralds and go super

[charlieduffy]

They actually have rereleased the Master System versions on the Wii Virtual Console before so I don’t see why they couldn’t have just reused that emulator.