The S Factor: Sonia and Silver

I haven't played this in years! So glad it's finally back!

 

This was honestly good to the point I didn't even know it wasn't finished. It's the second best hack right next to megamix.

 

There's a few things I want to mention after an initial Sonia run.

The game isn't finished, I accept that, but there are parts that are just too damn hard. There's a massive difficulty spike after Spectra Valley, and whilst this is because Jayextee is a glorious bastard who loves challenge, there are numerous parts in the game that just seem plain unfair. I can name several things that nearly had me quit the game; enemy placement, lack of checkpoints, spikes and later bosses. Chaotic Street's boss is too tight and the bullet hell section I didn't like at all. The Metallix trio also have very small hit times which is extremely frustrating to get a hit in (waiting 30 seconds for one hit is not my idea of fun).

Destron City is a completely different subject, however. There were numerous areas where a harmless hit will land you on spikes, which has the fun of the Sonic 1 spike behaviour enabled and killing me unfairly. The lack of checkpoints also annoyed me. In general I just quit the game and focused on something else, as I didn't want to continue.

Otherwise a spectacular ROM hack, but the difficulty is excessive in my opinion. I'm playing a Sonic game, not a Touhou game.

 

Despite the difficulty of the Green Hill zone Act (The one with only 30 seconds to beat each act) I managed to beat the game as Silver. I think I spent at least 40 mins on that one act.

 

The first boss is ridiculously hard. There are some dick moves and a lot of difficulty spikes.