Favourite Sonic 3 & Knuckles Level?

[Abyssreaper99 303]

Hi all, what zones do you like and dislike from Sonic 3 & Knuckles? Which of the boss themes do you prefer? I think Sonic 3 & Knuckles has a great diverse range of levels with awesome music and level design for the time the game was released. I think remakes and games that feature levels from this, such as Generations and Mania, have continued to show how great some of the levels in this game are.

 

 

[Monochrome_Complex 116]

Sonic 3 and Knuckles is great, though I prefer the sonic 3 portion to the "and Knuckles" portion. My favorite levels are ice cap, Launch Base and Lava Reef, with ice cap being especially memorable for me due to not being able to pass Carnival for like ever(yes the barrel lol).

 

My least favorite. zone? Easily Death Egg for being ugly palette wise, having tough bosses and seemingly always running out of time. Sandopolis as well due to the high amount of crush kills in it and being too long of a level. Act 1's sand is really gross looking too. The ghost gimmick in act 2 is stressful but admittedly it's an interesting one.

 

The big arm theme and sonic 3 act 1 boss are the best boss themes in the game. Doomsday is good too. Only one I don't care for is the sonic and knuckles act 1 boss.