This review contains spoilers
Buckle those seatbelts because I have many thoughts. I did not grow up with this game which I feel is what depicts from the lovers and the haters.
This is objectively a bad game, I'm sorry. Or at the very least, a poorly made one. Presentation is terrible, while the graphics are definitely nice for the time the cutscenes are made by devs who don't know how to mix audio. The music is too loud over character voices and they cut each other off before another character is done talking to them. Simply jarring. It's funny for me to imagine a Mario game that is this messy.
The gameplay is frustrating and full of cheap shots. Why does the final level have an entire water section as Knuckles with some of the worst controls and having to chase bubbles that send him straight down into a hazard? Anytime I was playing as Tails or Eggman, I just needed the level to end as fast as possible. Those random car levels were ass too.
That said, I didn't mind most of the search levels from Knuckles and Rouge, aside from the timed level. Sonic's levels were the most fun, but there were some times were progression was cryptic and I had to experiment and inevitably lose a life (this happened with Tails sometimes also). Not enough Shadow levels on the dark side in favor of Eggman.
The story is ridiculous but in a fun way, and the climax was fun also. Live and Learn goes hard no matter what. OST was pretty good all things considered.
Overall, despite all the flaws I would actually reccomend it based on the experience of what this is as a 3D Sonic game, although I really like and prefer the first game by comparison. I think this is better as an eight year old who's into the Chao Garden. Admittingly, I didn't wanna replay the game and get really into it, but I'm sure that adds most of the enjoyment and it's a fun idea I'd like to see brought back in some capacity.
This is objectively a bad game, I'm sorry. Or at the very least, a poorly made one. Presentation is terrible, while the graphics are definitely nice for the time the cutscenes are made by devs who don't know how to mix audio. The music is too loud over character voices and they cut each other off before another character is done talking to them. Simply jarring. It's funny for me to imagine a Mario game that is this messy.
The gameplay is frustrating and full of cheap shots. Why does the final level have an entire water section as Knuckles with some of the worst controls and having to chase bubbles that send him straight down into a hazard? Anytime I was playing as Tails or Eggman, I just needed the level to end as fast as possible. Those random car levels were ass too.
That said, I didn't mind most of the search levels from Knuckles and Rouge, aside from the timed level. Sonic's levels were the most fun, but there were some times were progression was cryptic and I had to experiment and inevitably lose a life (this happened with Tails sometimes also). Not enough Shadow levels on the dark side in favor of Eggman.
The story is ridiculous but in a fun way, and the climax was fun also. Live and Learn goes hard no matter what. OST was pretty good all things considered.
Overall, despite all the flaws I would actually reccomend it based on the experience of what this is as a 3D Sonic game, although I really like and prefer the first game by comparison. I think this is better as an eight year old who's into the Chao Garden. Admittingly, I didn't wanna replay the game and get really into it, but I'm sure that adds most of the enjoyment and it's a fun idea I'd like to see brought back in some capacity.
straylight
20 days ago