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@ZachInsomnia You mention the gimmicks being so well thought, but they're kinda just - Reused slides from Lagoon City - Reused sandfalls you mash up from S3 Sandopolis - The sloping snake which has weird visual feedback when running on it - The conveyor lines, okay but lack thematic cohesion

@ZachInsomnia I dunno, for me the stage is just kinda... flat? Yes it has splitting paths but they don't intertwine much, slopes are few and far between, it's mostly just simple jumping on small platforms. Inherently good 2D Sonic physics are doing a lot of heavy lifting to enable the flow.

Sonic Superstars is such an incredible game Sand Sanctuary is a personal highlight for me in the game. It's gimmicks are so well thought out and contribute so much to my enjoyment of the level

@TeensieFreedom @datgi47 @BringBackBanjoK @slymewizard48 Yeah I give up, if you're looking at an ACTUALLY objective definition and saying it's wrong, implying it's somehow too vague (most direct statement imaginable), there's no hope for you

@datgi47 @ShiftMaster53 @BringBackBanjoK @slymewizard48 "isn't necessarily based on facts" does not mean "never based on facts" Y'all can circle jerk all you like, it doesn't make you correct. You're not even trying to argue the point anymore, you're pointing to the dictionary and hoping it will and unfortunately for you it doesn't

Not even a top 5 Zelda game. Hilariously it isn’t even the best Zelda game using that map.

@TeensieFreedom @datgi47 @BringBackBanjoK @slymewizard48 Please read this...

@datgi47 @ShiftMaster53 @BringBackBanjoK @slymewizard48 Except it can, "bad" in this case meaning a poor level of quality which is obviously objective. Bubsy 3d is a bad game, your own description of it agrees with me. Objective and subjective are antonyms, opinion does not mean subjective thought it means thought about something

@Shamaboy11 I just don't see it happening period. If it's a straight port it'd be bizarre to skip Triple Deluxe (Nintendo has shown they're willing to do dual ports with Galaxy 1+2 and Pikmin 1+2). If it's a remake... no it isn't, HAL only does those for the most influential Kirby games.

I’m going to put on my hat theory here: they moved the remaster to give Kirby & the Forgotten Land’s Switch 2 edition and Kirby Air Riders more spotlight. They also likely moved it to 2026 because Planet Robobot will turn 10 years old this year, and that’s a golden opportunity

@NotSoGenesiz @RFiiles Difference is every other statement you've made up to this point implied your generalization of Sonic fans was genuine, but okay you do you

@ShiftMaster53 @RFiiles

is it safe to say the frontiers ost has zero misses

@NotSoGenesiz @RFiiles Feels like you're the one ignoring the greater context beyond Sonic here by assuming all Sonic fans only consume Sonic media I've listened to hundreds of independent dubstep tracks through Geometry Dash custom stages alone, and I think I disliked every single one from any artist

@RFiiles @ShiftMaster53 this is because sonic fans don’t listen to enough music outside of sonic there’s only like 2 other dubstep adjacent songs in the game too lol

@NotSoGenesiz Not what I mean, again I like most of the EDM. But when it comes to Sonic stage music, you want a balance of high energy (obviously) and clarity, to avoid the music ever becoming too overwhelming and distracting from the gameplay. This overly hyperactive dubstep fails at that.

@ShiftMaster53 when the area called CYBER SPACE uses ELECTRONIC MUSIC

@NotSoGenesiz Nothing wrong if you like dubstep, just as much as there's nothing wrong if I dislike dubstep. You said at the start you didn't think Sonic Frontiers' OST had a single miss, so I posted the one track I don't like (and even outside of that, is unfitting of the context)

@NotSoGenesiz @obdt_twt Bro looked at the most blatant exaggeration and hyperbole on a subjective matter and got mad about it 💀 I think it sounds annoying, simple as. I don't need to be a music aficionado to say that, and I don't need to be held accountable for a statement as silly as this.

@NotSoGenesiz @obdt_twt I listen to music, I have my likes and dislikes. Send your favorite dubstep track to me and I probably still won't like it. Boiling it down to a lack of experience is uninformed in of itself, since musical taste is purely subjective.

@ShiftMaster53 @obdt_twt i think you should listen to more music if you earnestly think that

@obdt_twt @NotSoGenesiz I just don't like dubstep period, it always sounds like a jumble of wet farts

@ShiftMaster53 @NotSoGenesiz I keep forgetting Sonic fans can’t handle like any flavor of dubstep

@NotSoGenesiz I just think it sounds too loud and irritating, sorry. I like most of the other EDM tracks but this one really doesn't land for me.

@ShiftMaster53 imagine getting filtered by brostep

@TeensieFreedom What I am saying is that critiquing game DESIGN is exclusively subjective, I already mentioned the few technical exceptions to the rule.

@TeensieFreedom Graphics, sure fair enough, those are technical. Artistically it's hard to say because it's so hampered by its technical state, but if I squint my eyes I see what you mean. Unless you're referring to bugginess (polish), not mechanically though. That's subjective.

@TeensieFreedom Maybe someone likes how Bubsy 3D's tank controls force more methodical play, figuring out what moves to make where like a puzzle. That's just one of the many examples of how any game can match up with your preferences and personal definition of "good game design." (2/2)

@TeensieFreedom @BringBackBanjoK Just because games are within the same genre doesn't mean they're in all of the same grounds of critique. There are so many intricacies to any game that can give it its own appeals, and all you can find by playing them all is YOUR personal desires from them. (1/2)

@TeensieFreedom @BringBackBanjoK You are completely missing the point. These people aren't incorrect, not because of what they said, but because they're speaking on a purely subjective matter. Everyone critiques things differently and has different expectations for art, nobody is "right" or "wrong".

@ShiftMaster53 @BringBackBanjoK I'm sorry but there's nothing that makes bubsy 3d an acceptable game, it is wildly incompetent and objectively bad. Finding some random nobody who tries to defend it doesn't change the facts, and whether they're incorrect depends entirely on what they said.

@TeensieFreedom @BringBackBanjoK Idgaf about the game but you're still wrong. Media critique is inherently built off subjectivity, even if the statistical majority doesn't like a game, that's still the accumulation of subjective tastes. People have sincerely defended Bubsy 3D, they are not incorrect for that.

@ShiftMaster53 @BringBackBanjoK @slymewizard48 Bubsy 3d is objectively bad, nobody is going to take you seriously if you're ignoring reality