It would appear that my upgraded water bike thing (that’d be “jetski” then) still isn’t nearly fast enough to beat Johnny the Torpedosharkrobot for the remaining Chaos Emeralds. So, I won’t be getting them any time soon then.
Phew! It’s about time I completed another game. Haven’t completed one in weeks! So there was just one more set of levels (well, aside from repeating a few hidden ones to pick up items I’d seem previously but it wouldn’t let me collect) – the pirate’s base in the old ruins. It was pretty easy, and the face-off with Captain Whisker and Johnny was alarmingly simple. Of course, there was a reall boss after that – a giant robot thing …
I think I may have done a couple of levels in the wrong order, as the ice level I’ve just finished was not only much easier than Sky Babylon, but also before it in the Stage Select list. The boss was bizarre – a giant metallic whale you smack on the nose before jumping inside and finding what looks like it could be a huge tonsil and smacking that too. Amazing. It’s also “nice” to see The Laws Of Platform …
Bumped into Johnny The Torpedo Shark Robot Thing first of all, but couldn’t beat him. He gets far too far ahead right away, so launching stuff at him doesn’t work (they don’t hit him), and I can’t boost to catch up as he’s too fast. So I gave up on him. Instead, I explored another couple of islands, and then stumbled across Sky Babylon, which was actually pretty difficult with lots of electro-floor insta-deaths and precision jumping. I found a …
Didn’t play for long as my battery started to go flat. Did find a few more islands, and redid an earlier one to get some more Bronze Material so I could build a hovercraft. Well, so Tails could build it, but anyway. With that, I found a couple more islands, and can see where I need to go next but didn’t actually attempt to get there due to the battery thing – you don’t want to be losing your game …
After complaining about the backtracking and repeating levels thing on this game in ugvm, I got a reply saying that you don’t need to redo levels so much, if you explore the map and find hidden islands, and do those instead. So, armed with that advice, I set about finding hidden islands, which did indeed provide a larger quantity of Material needed to build things (in this case, a radio tower) than the proper “story” levels. I had to redo …
I have come across a major, irritating, and almost game-breaking problem with this game today. I couldn’t progress yesterday as I needed to build a new boat. But I couldn’t build a new boat as I didn’t have enough of the required Material. The solution? Play levels I’d already played before. Again. And again. Until I’d collected enough to carry on. How annoying! Then I had to race a shark on sea bikes, and got a Chaos Emerald for my …
Let me just start with one statement: This is not as good as any of the Megadrive Sonic games, nor is it even on par with Sonic Rush. However, it isn’t bad. Strangely, it is both alarmingly fast (during actual levels) and painfully slow (the “adventure” chatty story bits) with some mid-speed boating inbetween. Yes, boating. So far, I’ve played the first two “zones”, beaten two bosses (a dinosaur, and a big robot with swing-ball set), and I have all …
Had just one attempt this time, and it was enough! Was out of rings with just one hit left to land, and I although I had no idea what he was doing, he pretty much killed himself. EXCELLENTIA. So, he’s defeated, the cut scene with the now traditional Amy-chases-Sonic bit was shown, and then the credits rolled. As well as being completed, Sonic Rush marks the 52nd game I’ve completed since I started this gaming diary back in January. That’s …
Back to this then. And back to Eggman Nega at the end of the game. And back to “gah!”ing at him. Managed to get his health down to just two notches remaining on one of my many attempts, but that was about the best I could manage. His laser attack is too random to successfully avoid every time, and the electricity attack (especially the four-beam variety) is a pain too. The fact that you lose your rings for good if …
Had another go at “Dead Zone”, Zone 7, and found and collected the Emerald again, then went on to complete the zone and defeat the boss at the end – who turned out to be Blaze the Cat, who was easy to beat. Then “Final Zone” opened up on the map, and it’s a boss fight with Eggman Nega (yes, it wasn’t Eggman after all) in a giant mech suit. I tried a few times to kill him, but failed, …
Went back to Zone 2 and picked up the Chaos Emerald there, before trying Zone 6 again. Managed to get through it this time, and beat the boss. Then it was on to Zone 7, and shock! It’s set on a spaceship, and there are gravity flippy things! How completely new for a Sonic game! Found a Special Stage on Act 1, and failed to complete it because it’s too hard. Luckily, there was the right sort of level structure …
Two more Chaos Emeralds GET! Went through the first Act of the up-in-the-sky level again, stopping off to pick up one Emerald there. Then tried the second Act, but died a few times due to not looking where I was going. Tch. After that, I went back to the first Act of the first Zone (Leaf Forest, or whatever it’s called) and picked up another Emerald. That means I have five now, with only Zones 2 and 7 left to …
Another Zone done. I can’t remember the name (again), but it’s the Metropolis Zone From Sonic 2 On The Megadrive One. You know, with the pipes and the steam and stuff. And I got another Chaos Emerald too, which makes three. Go me. Moved onto the zone after that as well, which is a whole lot of down. And died. A lot. I did manage the first Act (with hanglider!), but the second had too much sky and not enough …
This seems somewhat easier from where I left off, you know. Bizarre. Anyway, completed two zones – the Sandopolis replacement, and the Carnival Night replacement, and defeated both of the bosses at the end of them. It really is very fast. Very, very fast. I also managed to get into the Special Stage a few times, and grab two Chaos Emeralds. Yes, I went in more than twice, but you can only get one Emerald per Zone, it seems, so …