>>12160034
>even if 2 downgraded treasure hunting and mech gameplay
bullshit. knuckes has more moves and moves faster, he can only detect 1 emerald at a time but they also heavily overhauled the levels so you can easily sweep the era and racing from point to point is how they can actually give this mode a high score framework instead of "idk just do stuff still the level ends"
mechs are slower in sa2 then gamma was but you also actually have anything resembling mechanics in how you have to move in specific ways to keep speed in order to get a long lock-on combo instead of just mashing the shoot button until the level ends
its just harder to play them well and some kids get mad when the game calls them gay for getting an e rank, but having a higher skill cieling is what makes sa2 so good, you're encouraged to replay the game for chao materials, to do the alternate missions and get S ranks as all three feed into eachother with chao mode unlocks and it feels good to start beasting on the game as you keep playing it, instead of the game feeling repetitive as fuck as you run stages over and over you can always do a little bit better
