Sonic Unleashed (PC) - Savannah Citadel Act 3 (Day) [S]
8SA Thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4084502
Discord: https://discord.gg/y6nMagmdDE
I did the exact math on the scores of the A-Rank vs the S-Rank. Yes, I get a bit of a higher ring + speed score in the latter, but if you subtract all of those from the final tally, you get a pure time score of 71778 (A-Rank) and 74639 (S-Rank). I really wish they'd show you that directly, just to convey how much a literal half second matters in these super short levels!
By the way, the raw footage was also around 20 minutes. Acts 2 and 3 ended being very similar for me, but one was a lot more fun to figure out.
Timestamps:
0:00 This is basically all practice (and getting collectables, but they're not even very hidden)
9:49 S-Rank run
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Sonic Unleashed was released in 2008 for XBox360 and PS3. Its ambitious engine struggled to perform well on both consoles, with the former being locked to 30 fps and the latter uncapped, but rarely reaching high values. Only ten years after its release, with being made available on XBox One, could the game reach its potential. And now, there is a fanmade PC port for people who don't own that console!
This is where you can get it: https://github.com/hedge-dev/UnleashedRecomp
You will need legally obtained files from both the game (360 version) and your console. I do own both.
I am going to show off Sonic Unleashed playing this PC port, because I really like the game, warts and were and all. It is really difficult to be optimal at Sonic Unleashed (both from a gameplay and a collecting all things perspective) and the game auto-saves, so I will approach this a bit more casually. I will make some mistakes and miss some things, at least at first. I do think that I'm competent enough to present this game in its best light and shadow - I hope you have fun with me!