You could even start with Mania, though you probably wouldn't get all of the references to classic levels. That's by no means an exhaustive list and I'm sure I'll draw the ire of plenty of fans of those games for listing them. I list those games because some are objectively awful, like Sonic '06 and Shadow the Hedgehog, and some just leave you ill-prepared to handle the rest of the series due to level design or control quirks, like Sonic CD or especially Sonic Lost World. However, don't start with Sonic CD, Knuckles Chaotix, Sonic Adventure 1, Sonic Battle, Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic '06 (actually just called Sonic the Hedgehog, since that's not confusing at all), Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Lost World, or ANY of the Sonic Boom games. Sonic 3 & Knuckles is almost universally acclaimed as the best game on Genesis, though, so that's a decent starting point. While some carry over story elements (the ending for Sonic 2 sets up the story for Sonic 3 & Knuckles, small plot details carry over from Sonic Adventure 1 to Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Battle sets up much of the characterization for Sonic Advance 3, Sonic Rush introduces characters later seen in Sonic Rush Adventure and Sonic 06), they can basically be played in any order you choose without missing out on much. The games are basically all self-contained. (There are definitely plenty of references to 1 and CD as well, but if you don't want to go through all of those it feels like 2/3&K would be a solid baseline.)Ĭlick to expand.EDIT: auhim super-ninja'd me, and I'd probably agree with their order of games to start with. My best guess, not having yet played Mania, is also that if you want to try to get into the "good" Sonic games you probably want to play through at least 1&2 above before Mania to be familiar with a bunch of the extra side mechanics and know what's new vs old, throwback vs original. So I could be persuaded otherwise, but I'd probably say to play the classics in the following order:ģ) Sonic 1 for historical reasons / "getting" the roots until whenever you don't feel like it any more My gut says that while Sonic 3 (or Sonic 3 & Knuckles in lock-on mode) is my favorite that Sonic 2 is probably the best entry point. It'll also take some distance from Mania's release to really get a good view of it in the terms you're asking. We probably have to wait for more long-time fans to play Mania to see if that's the best place now (most of us waiting on Collector's Editions from Amazon seem not to have received them yet).
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