Sonic Superstars Receives Small Update On Switch

Wait a minute...SuperStars didn't let you RESET TIME ATTACK MODE SCORES??? Weird...Mania already had that option. No update needed...yeesh.

And still I haven't gotten the urge to buy this game even when it was on sale during the holidays. So no thank you pls...

@DanijoEX-the-Pierrot still waiting for it to be $20 but its pretty unlikely...

It looks so unfinished. Great in some stages, flat and dull in others. Like some stages need another pass with post-processing and shading.

Still no shadow for playable characters. WTF?

I wish they added a way to zoom out the camera a bit. It feels too zoomed in for a game where you’re supposed to go fast and react to things in front of you

That last fight as Trip vs Fang is where I'm stuck at.

Maybe fix the boss fights to not drag on forever?

Saw that update download today and figured it was nothing major lol. I’m hoping we’ll get something added eventually they had the free Christmas Sonic skin in December.

It looks like Sega is going to keep reinventing Sonic instead of evolving him since Sonic games kept worst and worst. Sega themselves are still ignoring fans who wanted true sequels that are Sonic the Hedgehog 5, Sonic Advance 4, Sonic Adventure 3, Sonic Mania 2 or Sonic Heroes remake.

A solid if unspectacular outing for the blue blazer IMO. Fair enough.

As a long term fan since the Mega Drive and Master System, I actually think its good. First 3D rendered Sonic that plays more like the classic games and has actual platforming and different routes through the stages like Sonic 1, not just speed thorough set peice after set peice. Also, I'd take the visual cutbacks for 60fps on Switch. Looks nice on the OLED native and since launch the updates seems to have improved performance in the couple of zones I noticed it faltering. My main issues are the bosses break the pacing up quite badly and visual cut backs on Switch are more noticable docked. I hear the multiplayer is bad but I've not touched it.

I might resume playing only when they release a zoom out option/fix. My only complain really is that you can't see whats coming ahead forcing you to slow down most of the time

So no fix yet up make it fun and enjoyable?

The issue with Sonic Games is the same now as it was back on the Genesis (Mega Drive). FALSE ADVERTISING.

Sonic is a game that claims to be about going fast, but if you go fast, you can't react to enemies, terrain, or those stupid spikes that randomly pop out of the walls and floor.

But where Sonic fails in speedy platforming gameplay, he more than makes up in Blast Processing.

@TheMegaMarshtomp something I enjoyed about sonic games on the Genesis was the ability to memorize the levels. It's like baby's first speedrun. In most stages, especially sonic 2&3 you can really get a rhythm down in most levels. Mania especially does it well, since those fans knew what made it fun in the first place.

Superstars isn't built that way. They have no idea why people like Sonic.

@JohnnyMind I agree, Sonic bosses are best for me where they balance a challenge with skill, though I've never found them the most enjoyable aspect. They can be too easy though, like Chemical Plant in Sonic 2, where you can bounce directly on the boss 8 times before he can instigate his first attack. Overall I prefer the fights to be fast so the overall pacing is kept up. If the window for attack for the boss is too narrow with large wind ups in between, it can be frustrating, and I feel superstars has that issue with a few of them. Overall though, I really do enjoy the game.

The only two Sonic games I've given a chance since Sonic 4, are Sonic Mania, and this one. I think people are being way too hard on this game. It's a lot of fun. The stages are big and sprawling, the controls and graphics and music are on point. It actually plays and feels like a classic Sonic game in terms of the flow of gameplay, like learning the stages and find the best route, using momentum to one's advantage, etc..

I just don't think it's possible to make people happy anymore. Sega basically earned a bad reputation with a lot of mediocre Sonic games, but I think this one isn't guilty.

(just for the record, I'm playing the PS5 version, so I don't know how far apart the Switch version is. I hear they are similar.)

@JohnnyMind
one of the things i enjoyed about most of the bosses on the 16 bit games (1,2,3k) is that they went down very quickly for the most part since there were a lot of chances to hit them and in the case of 3k having the right shield could work wonders, another aspect of 3k which really helped a lot of bosses was the insta-shield since it meant if you timed it right you could hit bosses even during the points where you normally wouldnt (like when the boss of launch base goes under the platform you can hit the top of it despite it being covered in spikes)

i remember sonic 4 episode 2 having some of my least favorites due to how much downtime a lot of them had and that music during the eggman fights having a ridiculously short loop

with superstars it kind of felt in the middle in terms of length wheres mania it depended on the boss (as much as i love mania that heavy-gunner boss i felt brought the pacing to a halt considering the majority of it is waiting)

The game is sort of a Sonic 4 Episode 3, with better physics, but worse graphics.
Look at some of the backgrounds on the later stages, such as Golden Capital; Episode 2 looked far better.
I also think the complaints about the bosses are exaggerated, they normally only take 4 or 5 hits compared to 8 on previous games. I found them quite fun (unless playing as Trip’s Story!)