They’re not quite as strong as those that are remixes from the original Genesis games and tend to use a lot of piano solos and other jazz hallmarks, which works in it’s own right. It’s more than obvious that Lopes has a love of jazz, and while that’s fine, a lot of the original tracks have a clear jazz inspiration behind them. While the soundtrack for Mania is very strong, it does a few outliers. Just like the art, the music has a very distinct vibe that’s the right level of old with the new. The remixes for the old stages are excellent, arguably the best being the second act of Chemical Plant. The majority of the music within Sonic Mania is attributed largely to Tee Lopes, a community favorite whose been doing remixes on YouTube and other outlets for quite sometime. It’s just as beautiful as the rest of the game and leaves you yearning for an entire series helmed by Hesse himself with his personal takes on Sonic and the crew being at the forefront. And to top it all off, Mania even has an animated opening, rivaling that of Sonic CD from Tyson Hesse and co. While later Sonic games have given us dialogue heavy, story-based cinematics, Mania is able to say far more without a single word uttered by a character. This is exemplified heavily by the cutscenes and level transitions between acts. Running at 60 frames per second, the animations pop on screen with every sprite ooze personality. My personal favorite touch is how wonderful every character looks. Levels like Studiopolis and Mirage Saloon are chock-full of references that keen-eyed players can find, as evidenced from the number found by players when the game was first announced a year ago alone. The new zones are where the game shines the brightest. Every returning zone has been recreated from the ground up, mixing in the right level of classic nostalgia with plenty of new along the way. And there’s good reason for that too, after a year of development, Christian Whitehead, Headcannon, PagodaWest, and a whole gaggle of friends, members, and family from Retro and beyond have created one of the series best entries ever. And by everyone, we’re not talking about just fans of series, but folks who have been withdrawn since the days of the Genesis, people who haven’t considered playing a Sonic game since 1995. Truer words have never been spoken when it comes to Sonic Mania, a game does the unthinkable in 2017: get everyone excited for Sonic the Hedgehog again.
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