When I was a teenager, I was obsessed with Sonic. Any game I could get my hands on I played over and over again - Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, even Shadow the Hedgehog. Another game I had around that time was the first Sonic Rush, and I think the fact I barely remember playing it says a lot about my opinions of it. Decades later though, I've decided to try out its sequel, Sonic Rush Adventure. This game, for lack of a better word, is mid. Everything about it is just mediocre. The earlier levels do allow you to maintain your sense of speed, but at the cost of having some very bland level design. The later levels overcompensate for this, and are a classic example of awful Dimps design. Bullshit death bits, finicky platforming sections, all while not being really interesting at all. The best part of this game might be the short sailing minigames, as there is a world map for you to explore (although there's not much there for you to find). The game does require a little bit of grind to progress at a few places, but I never had to replay anything other than the first two levels, so I might have gotten lucky. The plot as well is pretty worthless. Blaze returns, but doesn't have her own campaign, unlike the original Sonic Rush, and newcomer Marine is kinda fun, but constantly disrespected by the rest of the party. All-in-all, I can finally say that I've played through this game, but I think I was right in not picking it up back when it was new.

Definitely one of the best 2D Sonic games minus the forced replayabilty for grinding materials, and the sailing might not be what you'd want out of a Sonic game, but I didn't mind it too much. Rush Adventure basically improves on everything from the first game such as more fair level design with there being less bottomless pit spam, and the boss fights are some of the best in the series as it perfectly adapts the classic philosophy of the bosses being faster the more skilled you are and vice versa, unlike in Rush where you just have to wait around just dodging attacks before you get another chance to hit the boss. The only part that the first game really does better in aside from pacing, is the soundtrack, though that's debatable. I prefer the Rush 1 soundtrack but Rush Adventure still has some great stuff! Overall a fantastic game in general; would highly recommend this one if you haven't played it already.

I honestly have to wonder what the thought process behind this game's creation was, like...

It's no secret Sonic games are generally on the shorter side, the previous Rush game only took me about 7 hours to beat both Sonic and Blaze's campaigns and get all chaos emeralda and, I'm someone who'll restart a level a dozen times if they feel like they're not playing it well.

Did the original Rush mostly get rented instead of bought by players? Was it a game that people traded-in frequently at gamestop? It feels like a lot of the design decisions made with Rush Adventure were a result of something like that.

The vehicle sections, the crafting system that'll require to finish stages multiples of times, the overly obnoxious and long boss battles, it all feels somewhat like padding.

Still, when it comes to the Zones, the level design, I'd say it's generally an improvement over the first game!

The high highs are still there with really fun levels like Haunted ship and Pirates' Island, oh and Blizzard Peaks is actually one of the best Sonic levels ever made; the only level that's really any bad is Sky Babylon, the rest are really fun to play!

The hidden islands as well are super cool, they basically add an extra act to each of the levels as well as a brand new zone, they were really fun to pnay through!

The vehicles you use to discover and reach the levels though... are a bit of mixed bag, the water bike and hovercraft I found really fun! While the sailboat and the submarine especially felt incredibly boring.

And unfortunately, due to the game's structure, you'll find yourself using the sailboat the most out of all the vehicles, which... is pretty unfortunate.

I think it'd have been a lot better if you only had the water bike to use and for you to upgrade it over the game to make it faster and travel longer but, it is what it is.

One really odd thing about this game is how you're allowed to pick your character at the start of each level as opposed to it being split into two campaigns which, considering that Blaze is just a better Sonic, is kind of a dumb design decision, I think they should've redesigned her to make her play more distinctly if they were gonna let you always be able to pick her.

And speaking of characters and the story in general, it's honestly pretty bad compared to the first game, feels like the plot to a saturday morning cartoon, but... at least Marine is pretty funny.

What I'm trying to say with all this rambling is, this game is really fucking good, but god does it feel really disconnected and unfocused, I think you should give it a try, but if you find yourself getting bored of all the backtracking and vehicle stuff, just download a completed save file from the internet to play the rest of the zones.

I haven't gotten all the Chaos Emeralds and gotten the true ending yet but I got the normal ending and this game is really good
The music isn't as good as the first Rush game but it's still good. And the level design is slightly better than Rush. The biggest improvement is the boss battles though. I love (most) of the bosses in this game, especially the one with the colored wrecking balls you have to knock into, that one is sooo fun. The ocean exploration aspect is pretty cool too, although I could've done without the materials and the crafting and all that. But drawing your path with the stylus and finding the secret islands and stuff is really novel. I can't tell whether I like this game or Rush better. I'm leaning more towards Rush maybe

"Life starts with a sunny day! Let's feel our ocean breath! We are crusin' ocean seas! Can't wait for a New Venture!" - A New Venture, the Title Theme.

Entry number two of the marvelously underrated Rush Trilogy still gives the adrenaline filled 2D platforming I've really been looking for from the Blue Hedgie's repertoire. This game, along with it's siblings (Rush and Colors DS), are the original masterminds of the now infamous Boost formula. The top notch platforming originating from the dream team of Sonic Team and Dimps just feels fantastic to blur through. Add an amazing soundtrack and fun nautical themed minigames in between and you've got a solid 2D package. To any Sonic fan stumbling upon this review, check out the Sonic Rush Trilogy if you haven't already! You're missing out on something way past cool!

Sonic Rush was one of the most fun Sonic games I ever actually played all the way through, so naturally I was super excited for the sequel. Whenever Rush Adventure did what Rush did, it was pretty much just as good. The levels were fun, the movement was great, and the OST was amazing! So why didn't I rank it as high as the original?

Because of everything that wasn't like Rush. I'm probably gonna sound like one of those "ah the first game is always way better" losers but I do think that some of the new mechanics and gameplay portions just aren't nearly as fun as the main gameplay and drag down the experience a bit. Sailing is fun at first, but quickly becomes super boring and repetitive even with the game's attempts to diversify it once in a while, and goooood was collecting the Chaos Emeralds utterly and completely painful to do. Collecting materials wasn't all that bad but it felt to me more like forcing you to replay levels every now and then than an actual cool new addition to the gameplay loop. Just not a lot of fun going on in between the main levels, which is really unfortunate.

"Alın oyununuzu başınıza çalın orhun kitabesi çocukları sizi!"

Tam diyorum akıllanmışlar bir önceki oyunun eş oyun dizaynından ders çıkartmışlar, oradan sonra da sıçmanın bir yolunu bulmuşlar, bu serinin oynadığım ilk iki oyunu da beş para etmez, bu oyunun çıkmış olduğu zamanın 10 yıl öncesinde "SotN" çıkmış, bu oyunun savunulabilecek bir yanı var mı?

Oyunun öncelikle övülecek noktalarını söyleyip kurtulayım, ilk noktası özelleştirilebilir bir adanın bulunması sayesinde oyunu oynama isteğiniz bir süre daha varlığını koruyabiliyor. Daha sonra her bir bölümün kendine has sizi şaşırtacak mekanikler barındırıyor olması da ilgi çekici bir yanı, bunların dışında oyunun iyi yanı yok.

İlk kötü yanı, bok gibi bir hikayesi ve bok gibi bir sunumu var, bu iki öge birbirinden daha fazla bok kokuyor, damlayan sıvı bir bok kıvamında, o kadar kötü, ilginizi hiç çekmiyor bile!

Oyunun bölümlere gidiş süreci de bulunuyor, bu süreçler bölümleri tamamladığınızda aldığınız puana göre kazandığınız materyallerle yapabildiğiniz araçları kullanarak oluşturuyor oyun. Bu araçları kullanmak emülatör için çok kötüydü, elimde de hiçbir zaman Nintendo DS bulunmayacağından (muhtemelen) nasıl hissettirdiğini aslında anlayamayacağım. Ama insanların yorumlarına baktığım zaman onlar da bunu beğenmemiş, daha söze gerek var mı? Tamamen zaman kaybı, çünkü bu mekanikleri bir kere oynadığımız bölümler olsa, hadi onları bu sefer eğlenceli yapsalar, eyvallah denebilir, ama her bölüme gideceğimiz zaman aynı şeyi yapmak? Hayır, hayır!!

Oyunda yan görevler de bulunuyor, bu yan görevleri tamamlamak, oyunun gerçek sonunu görebilmenize yarayacak, bu yan görevler kaç tane mi? Yüz tane! Asıl bombayı söylüyorum, bu yüz görev, önceden yaptığınız bölümlerde aynı şeyleri yapmakla alakalı... İnanılmaz sıkıcı!

Oyunu aslında beğenebilirdim, beğeniyordum da, ancak şu zamanda dahi seksenler oyunlarını sabırla oynayabilen bana bile illallah ettirecek oyunlar da var, bu da onlardan birisi.

Oyunun asıl beğenilmeme noktası şudur benim için, son bölümde dayanamayıp kapattım, çok sıkıldım. Sebebi de ölüm çukurlarının abartılı bir şekilde bir anda geri gelmiş olması, ve ben bu ölüm çukurlarını göremiyorum, o kadar küçük bir görüş alanım var ki, keşke uyarı koysalar da bilsek en azından bu sefer, benim hatam olur! Zamanımı çöpe atmak istemiyorum, o yüzden alın oyununuzu götünüze koyun.

Üç boyutlu bir Sonic oyunu yapmak isteyen bir ekipmiş, iyi ki yapmamışsınız diye sövmek yerine, şu teknolojik aletin içinde yapmaya çalıştıklarınıza dair sizi tebrik ederim, gayet güzel işler başarabiliyorsunuz, sadece zor bir oyun nasıl yapılır, onu hâlen öğrenememişsiniz.