YMMV / Sonic: After the Sequel

• Awesome Bosses:
  • Redhot Ride's boss. This three phase battle is fantastic, the music is incredibly memorable and should you ask a fan which boss is their favourite in the game, nine times out of ten they'll pick this one.
  • Parhelion Peak's boss fight, while easy, is also a good one. Giant Mecha battle, anyone?
  • Super Eggman, the True True Final Boss of DX. Eggman decides to give up all pretence and go Super Saiyan. And you fight him. While still Super Sonic. And it is glorious.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: The bonus final boss in DX version including Super Eggman.
• Even Better Sequel: Sonic: Before the Sequel? A kickass fangame, to be sure. So it's no small wonder that the follow-up is looking to be even more impressive. You've got a larger number of levels (counting the unlockable special acts for each zone, and all of which both Sonic and Tails can run through), a wider range of highly creative environments, a multitude of impressive level gimmicks, at least three different kinds of shields, bona fide special stages (with Chaos Emeralds to collect!), new and old character appearances (including fan-favorite Mighty the Armadillo), and an embarrassing amount of unlockables. The soundtrack may be even better than before, as it's much longer and has higher production values, as well as a lot more planning and collaboration.
• Funny Moments:
  • "Please don't send me hate mail. Send hate mail to those guys."
    • Sent.
  • After beating the Parhelion Peak Boss, the robot you used to attack the boss blasts Robotnik/Eggman afterwards.
  • Sonic and Tails' interactions can be this. Sugar Splash Zone, Moon Mansion Zone, and Parhelion Peak Zone come to mind.
  • Towards the end of Storm Station Zone Act 1, the Weather-Control Machine gets a Blue Screen of Death.
  • Can You Feel the Sunshine. As though a hardcore techno remix of the song isn't enough, the lyrics are sung by Andy Tunstall. Falk's comment is nothing more than "roflofl."
    • "Presented Without Commentary."
• Good Bad Bugs: The version of the Sonic Worlds engine used in this game has an oversight in the Peel Out code that doesn't cancel it if Sonic gets hurt. As long as you hold up and left or right in this state, you can move around and jump. This is extra amusing here due to the "Sonic Step" animation he uses while charging the Peel Out.
• Moment of Awesome: Cyan City's pre-boss cutscene.
• Older Than They Think: Regarding Super Eggman in DX. This isn't the first time anyone's come up with an idea of Eggman going super and not even the first fangame to do so either; Eggman Hates Furries did it several years before.
• Once Original, Now Common: Both games are notable for being some of the first fan games to gain mainstream attention, and were applauded at the time for recapturing Classic Sonic more accurately than the the controversial Sonic the Hedgehog 4. Nowadays, Sonic fan games are a dime a dozen and the tools for making them have advanced significantly, producing much works much closer to professional quality. BTS and ATS remain a watershed moment for the community, but they have fallen by the wayside somewhat.

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