It's tradition in Sonic games that their levels have their own gimmicks. Some are awesome, while others are so poorly designed or just bad in general, that it often drain your lives. Which stage gimmicks is this for you?
Me? 2D water levels, sometimes it goes to 3d levels too.
RE: Sonic Stages with cheap level gimmicks
NeoMetallix > 08-18-2026, 03:00 PM
Yes, I hated the water levels as a kid. One thing I did not like were enemies that jump up out of nowhere like the grasshoppers in Marble Garden. Sometimes I'd lose so many rings over that.
RE: Sonic Stages with cheap level gimmicks
RoseQuartzZone > 08-19-2026, 03:18 PM
If you thought the Slicers are bad, check out Metropolis Zone, that stage is Satan's greatest creation
RE: Sonic Stages with cheap level gimmicks
NeoMetallix > 08-19-2026, 03:21 PM
Oh man, how could I have forgot of the Metropolis Zone?! The crabs and the slicers that shoot their blades always get me too.
RE: Sonic Stages with cheap level gimmicks
RoseQuartzZone > 08-19-2026, 05:06 PM
It was forged from the depths of HFIL
RE: Sonic Stages with cheap level gimmicks
Josiahblaze > 08-19-2026, 05:56 PM
A lot of the stages in the original release of Sonic 1 feel cheap due to that "spike bug" where you don't get invincibility frames after getting hurt by them.