Kintor wrote: If you want a good place to grind for Chaos Emeralds then try Oil Ocean Zone Act 1.
Old at this point, I know, but...
Press Garden 1 is even easier. There's that part at the very beginning where you have to break a flower looking thing to make the bridge expand, as soon as you get out of there go down then left for a ring.
I've played Mania from start to finish at least 10 times now. I own on it Switch, PS4 and PC and have all emerald save files on all 3 platforms. After about the 6th playthrough, I was able to have all of the emeralds around Studiopolis but my first 3 times through I always had to go back after being it to get them all. Chemical Plant 1 is good for 2 big rings in about a minute if you're taking the top path that avoids the rising water section, but that's not so easy to explain in text. There are plenty of YouTube videos that show the ring locations now though.
Truck_1_0_1_ wrote: KidMarine wrote: Jesus fucking christ the
boss is nigh-on impossible with Knuckles.
I know I'm late here lol, but try beating Robotnik in Marble Garden in Sonic 3, with Tails.
I find that much tougher than someone who can't jump high enough, but that's just me.
I agree. I found that boss as Knuckles to be the most difficult one in the game, especially because if you get hit you can't really collect your rings again. I had 25+ lives prior to that boss and burned through over 20 on my first time playing that. In later playthroughs it wasn't as much of an issue because I always had the emeralds by that point and could just go super for the boss.
In short, I think Mania is a great game. Forces looked bad to me as soon as they started showing gameplay. The custom character thing sounded like they were trying to dumb down the entire game, and the fact that they recycled Green Hill yet again was not a positive sign. I didn't really pay much attention to it, and it sounds like that was a good idea. I'll probably pick it up when it's cheap, since it at least does sound better than the Sonic Boom games which I completely ignored.