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[[Metropolis]] is noticeably unfinished in the Simon Wai prototype. While the layout is mostly there, the zone has no rings and is filled with navigational glitches, making turning on debug a must.  
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[[Metropolis Zone]] is noticeably unfinished in the Simon Wai prototype. While the layout is mostly there, the [[Zone]] has no [[Ring]]s and is filled with navigational glitches, making turning on debug a must.  
  
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The zone has a busier background than the final game, making some sections tough to see.
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The Zone has a busier background than the final game, making some sections tough to see.
  
 
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| desc=While the stage looks promising, it doesn't take long to find a problem. These metal crushers (which exist here instead of a rotating net) cannot crush Sonic and Tails by pushing them into the ceiling - they only kill you if you go underneath.
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| desc=While the stage looks promising, it doesn't take long to find a problem. These metal crushers (which exist here instead of a rotating net) cannot crush [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] and [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]] by pushing them into the ceiling - they only kill them if they go underneath.
 
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| desc=These pistons don't throw you very high, which means you'll get stuck at this spot without debug.
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| desc=These pistons are slower, and don't throw the player very high, which means they'll get stuck at this spot without debug.
 
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| desc=Some 3D rotating nets don't work. You'll fall right through this one.  
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| desc=Some 3D rotating nets don't work. The player will fall right through this one.
 
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| desc=But this one further down the level works fine.
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| desc=But this one further down the Act works fine.
 
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| desc=Make the wrong move at one point and you'll fall down this pit. This highlights one of the zone's biggest omissions - it doesn't loop indefinitely on the vertical axis. In the final game, pits cannot exist.
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| desc=Make the wrong move at one point and the player will fall down this pit. This highlights one of the Zone's biggest omissions - it doesn't loop indefinitely on the vertical axis. In the final game, pits cannot exist.
 
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| desc=Some time later, the act abruptly ends. The length of the level doesn't fall far short of the final, but there's a huge empty void suggesting more was planned.
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| desc=Some time later, the Act abruptly ends. The length of the level doesn't fall far short of the final, but there's a huge empty void suggesting the boundary wasn't set yet.
 
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| desc=At the very edge of the level, a platform exists. There's nothing to see here, though.
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| desc=At the very edge of the Act is a loopback to the beginning. There's nothing to see here, though.
 
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| desc=Stand on a platform and you can be completely submerged without taking damage.
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| desc=Stand on a platform and the player can be completely submerged without taking damage.
 
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| desc=Once again the level doesn't loop vertically, and a 3D mesh is replaced with a metal tube. This one has no entrance from the left-hand side, so it doesn't work properly. In fact, act 2 has no 3D mesh objects at all - the level is designed more around platforming on cogs.
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| desc=Once again the level doesn't loop vertically, and a 3D mesh is replaced with a metal tube. This one has no entrance from the left-hand side, so it doesn't work properly. In fact, Act 2 has no 3D mesh objects at all - the level is designed more around platforming on cogs.
 
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| desc=Like act 1, the stage stops after a while and presents us with a void.
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| desc=Like Act 1, the stage stops after a while and presents us with a void.
 
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| desc=But again, a platform exists on the far right of the stage. Metropolis is already a long zone - was it really meant to be longer?
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| desc=But again, the loopback can be reached on the far right of the stage.
 
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| desc=Act 3 has the strangest objects in Metropolis Zone - these diagonal lifts. They go up, down, left and right, and follow a specified pattern. The collision surrounding these sections is wonky however, so it's very easy for Sonic and Tails to jump through walls and be crushed.
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| desc=Act 3 has the strangest objects in Metropolis Zone - these diagonal rhombus-shaped lifts. They go up, down, left and right, and follow a specified pattern. The collision surrounding these sections is wonky however, so it's very easy for Sonic and Tails to jump through walls and be crushed.
 
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| desc=Only two of these squashing machines exist in the final game, and they're tucked away in the bottom left of the third act. In the Simon Wai prototype, there are a few more dotted around.  
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| desc=Only two of these squashing machines exist in the final game, and they're tucked away in the bottom left of the third Act. In the Simon Wai prototype, there are a few more dotted around.  
 
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| desc=While all three acts have their fair share of layout differences, act 3 saw the most radical changes from this point foward. Never in the final game will you see cogs arranged like this.  
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| desc=While all three Acts have their fair share of layout differences, Act 3 saw the most radical changes from this point foward. Never in the final game will the player see cogs arranged like this.  
 
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| desc=Act 3 also has a large gap to cross, but this time it gives us a platform. In the final this would take us to the boss, but here it just keeps going until you die.
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| desc=Act 3 also has a large gap to cross, but this time it gives the player a platform. In the final this would take them to the boss, but here it just keeps going until the player dies.
 
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| desc=Though if you debug your way up, you'll find yet another end-of-act platform.
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| desc=Though if the player debugs their way up, they'll find yet another end-of-Act loopback.
 
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Revision as of 15:30, 12 November 2019

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Metropolis Zone is noticeably unfinished in the Simon Wai prototype. While the layout is mostly there, the Zone has no Rings and is filled with navigational glitches, making turning on debug a must.

The Zone has a busier background than the final game, making some sections tough to see.

Act 1

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Simon Wai prototype
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Final game

While the stage looks promising, it doesn't take long to find a problem. These metal crushers (which exist here instead of a rotating net) cannot crush Sonic and Tails by pushing them into the ceiling - they only kill them if they go underneath.

Z m01.png
Simon Wai prototype
Notavailable.svg
Final game

These pistons are slower, and don't throw the player very high, which means they'll get stuck at this spot without debug.

Z m03.png
Simon Wai prototype
Notavailable.svg
Final game

Some 3D rotating nets don't work. The player will fall right through this one.

Z m12.png
Simon Wai prototype
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Final game

But this one further down the Act works fine.

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Simon Wai prototype
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Final game

Sonic just can't seem to die.

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Simon Wai prototype
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Final game

The nut keeps going up.

Sonic2SW MD Comparison MZ Act1Pit.png
Simon Wai prototype
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Final game

Make the wrong move at one point and the player will fall down this pit. This highlights one of the Zone's biggest omissions - it doesn't loop indefinitely on the vertical axis. In the final game, pits cannot exist.

Sonic2SW MD Comparison MZ Act1End.png
Simon Wai prototype
Notavailable.svg
Final game

Some time later, the Act abruptly ends. The length of the level doesn't fall far short of the final, but there's a huge empty void suggesting the boundary wasn't set yet.

Sonic2SW MD Comparison MZ Act1End2.png
Simon Wai prototype
Notavailable.svg
Final game

At the very edge of the Act is a loopback to the beginning. There's nothing to see here, though.

Map

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Simon Wai prototype
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Final game

Act 2

Z m05.png
Simon Wai prototype
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Final game

Act 2 introduces lava. It doesn't work.

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Simon Wai prototype
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Final game

Stand on a platform and the player can be completely submerged without taking damage.

Sonic2SW MD Comparison MZ Act2Tube.png
Simon Wai prototype
Notavailable.svg
Final game

Once again the level doesn't loop vertically, and a 3D mesh is replaced with a metal tube. This one has no entrance from the left-hand side, so it doesn't work properly. In fact, Act 2 has no 3D mesh objects at all - the level is designed more around platforming on cogs.

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Simon Wai prototype
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Final game

Conveyor belts work in Metropolis, unlike Wood Zone and Casino Night Zone.

Sonic2SW MD Comparison MZ Act2End.png
Simon Wai prototype
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Final game

Like Act 1, the stage stops after a while and presents us with a void.

Sonic2SW MD Comparison MZ Act2End2.png
Simon Wai prototype
Notavailable.svg
Final game

But again, the loopback can be reached on the far right of the stage.

Map

100%
Simon Wai prototype
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Final game

Act 3

Z m07.png
Simon Wai prototype
Notavailable.svg
Final game

Act 3 has the strangest objects in Metropolis Zone - these diagonal rhombus-shaped lifts. They go up, down, left and right, and follow a specified pattern. The collision surrounding these sections is wonky however, so it's very easy for Sonic and Tails to jump through walls and be crushed.

Sonic2SW MD Comparison MZ Act3Squashers.png
Simon Wai prototype
Notavailable.svg
Final game

Only two of these squashing machines exist in the final game, and they're tucked away in the bottom left of the third Act. In the Simon Wai prototype, there are a few more dotted around.

Sonic2SW MD Comparison MZ Act3Cogs.png
Simon Wai prototype
Notavailable.svg
Final game

While all three Acts have their fair share of layout differences, Act 3 saw the most radical changes from this point foward. Never in the final game will the player see cogs arranged like this.

Z m10.png
Simon Wai prototype
Notavailable.svg
Final game

Act 3 also has a large gap to cross, but this time it gives the player a platform. In the final this would take them to the boss, but here it just keeps going until the player dies.

Sonic2SW MD Comparison MZ Act3End.png
Simon Wai prototype
Notavailable.svg
Final game

Though if the player debugs their way up, they'll find yet another end-of-Act loopback.

Map

100%
Simon Wai prototype
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Final game


References


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