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Sonic 3 and Knuckles back in the day, was probably my favorite game. It was a massive adventure with tons of ways to play through it; but than, adding to that; there was a hidden zone. If playing as Sonic; if you collect all 7 Chaos Emeralds (and the Super Emeralds if you want); you'll access the Doomsday Zone after you beat Death Egg (where Tails' game ends).

The Doomsday Zone was different from any other zone that had appeared in Sonic up to that point. When the act starts; Sonic instantly goes Super Sonic and gains 50 rings; the challenge now becomes chasing down Eggman's escape Rocket and his Robot mech carrying the Master Emerald before you ran out of rings.

The tension of the zone was flawless, with the timer constantly ticking down, and the music speed going up to 1.25 normal speed once you dropped to 10 rings; it wasn't really hard; since you couldn't die (Unless you ran out of rings); but it wasn't a zone you could sleep through either. Though the second part had collectable rings; once you hit Robotnik's Rocket, there were no rings until you destroyed it. Having more than 70 at the point was recommended. If you had less than 40, you were pretty much screwed.

The Doomsday Zone to me is a classic zone, but one thing I hate is it set in motion the belief that every Sonic game needed to end it's final battle like this. Think about how many Sonic games after this ended with Sonic going Super Sonic to fight the Big Bad. Almost always in Space too. Sonic Adventure, Adventure 2, Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic 2006... I get that Super Sonic is epic; but considering his debut was in Sonic 2, and he was optional in that game (and it was physically impossible to fight Robotnik as Super Sonic without Debug or cheats); it makes me wonder why they can't think of other ways to do the final bosses. Though Colours and Generations gave us something original; Secret Rings and Black Knight even gave us all new forms.

Sonic (c) Sega/Sonic Team
GMod (c) Facepunch Studios

Description
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfuv44…

Sonic 3 and Knuckles back in the day, was probably my favorite game. It was a massive adventure with tons of ways to play through it; but than, adding to that; there was a hidden zone. If playing as Sonic; if you collect all 7 Chaos Emeralds (and the Super Emeralds if you want); you'll access the Doomsday Zone after you beat Death Egg (where Tails' game ends).

The Doomsday Zone was different from any other zone that had appeared in Sonic up to that point. When the act starts; Sonic instantly goes Super Sonic and gains 50 rings; the challenge now becomes chasing down Eggman's escape Rocket and his Robot mech carrying the Master Emerald before you ran out of rings.

The tension of the zone was flawless, with the timer constantly ticking down, and the music speed going up to 1.25 normal speed once you dropped to 10 rings; it wasn't really hard; since you couldn't die (Unless you ran out of rings); but it wasn't a zone you could sleep through either. Though the second part had collectable rings; once you hit Robotnik's Rocket, there were no rings until you destroyed it. Having more than 70 at the point was recommended. If you had less than 40, you were pretty much screwed.

The Doomsday Zone to me is a classic zone, but one thing I hate is it set in motion the belief that every Sonic game needed to end it's final battle like this. Think about how many Sonic games after this ended with Sonic going Super Sonic to fight the Big Bad. Almost always in Space too. Sonic Adventure, Adventure 2, Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic 2006... I get that Super Sonic is epic; but considering his debut was in Sonic 2, and he was optional in that game (and it was physically impossible to fight Robotnik as Super Sonic without Debug or cheats); it makes me wonder why they can't think of other ways to do the final bosses. Though Colours and Generations gave us something original; Secret Rings and Black Knight even gave us all new forms.

Sonic (c) Sega/Sonic Team
GMod (c) Facepunch Studios