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2014
1992
1980
This game has NO RIGHT to be this good! For an 80’s video game, it’s complex, fun and challenging, which leads to my first point, this game Is HARD, it gets harder and more challenging each time, your strategy is changing as your only defence becomes just temporary safety until it’s practically useless, as you get faster, the mechanics and enemies get faster and it is so much fun! it’s also replayable, trying to beat my high score is fun and when I do, it’s really satisfying! This game is just pure goodness from so many aspects of its design that I’m surprised it came out in the 80s, this game has aged fantastically And I can’t stop coming back to it! I love this game!
2015
2006
This review contains spoilers
Ok, this… is actually a decent game, it’s not amazing and the ending just spits in the face to sonic CD and little planet especially since it’s likely sega won’t make episode 3, but for all it’s worth, it’s decent, it’s clear they put more effort into it than episode one, it has issues, absolutely, but I can’t help but like it, maybe it’s bias from this being an early game for me, but I think it’s a decent game, is it a worthy follow up to sonic 3… no, but it’s a good stand alone game.
This game is a guilty pleasure for me, it’s not great, I just think it’s neat and I love it. Not just because I’m a Spider-Man fan who doesn’t have a PS4/5 and wanted a substitute for it, I just think it’s a pretty good game in my opinion that deserves more love, I like the web swinging (even if the web rush carries it) the stealth, while a bit jank, is still pretty fun! But the cons do kinda outweigh the pros somewhat, asides from the rubbish story, the web slinging is kinda slow. The open world missions are just repetitive, and once the main campaign, the arcade machine challenge and Russian stealth missions are over with the game becomes boring, especially after you’ve seen every variant of the missions, the games biggest flaw is the lack of replay-ability and variety. And also that very weird morality bar thing, it’s supposed to make the game more interesting I guess but not really. So yeah. That’s my thoughts on this very flawed but underrated game!
1991
2017
2012
This review contains spoilers
God I love this game, but some parts of it are a slog, mostly the knuckles/rouge stages, I liked them in SA1 but in this game the radar is nerfed, it’s just blatant padding, mad space and security hall can go die for all I care. But I really like the speed stages and shooting, shooting is fun (if you don’t mind that awful noise the gun makes while aiming) and the level design is really good (aside from a certain level) and sonic and shadow are easily the highlight of the game, with such great level design, it’s more linear than SA1 (aside from final rush) but it’s still great, rewarding you for exploration and skill! Easily one of my favourites that I keep going back to. Even the battle mode is pretty fun too.
2011
Actual masterpiece of 3D sonic level design, nothing has topped it yet, classic sonic (while not bad like sonic “4”) is a downgrade from the classic games but still fun in his own right, this game is a celebration of the series in the purest way possible, the only thing bringing it down is the story (or lack there of) which means unleashed is still my favourite game in the series. But if the story was actually written well (or written at all) it would probably be my favourite in the series, still a 10/10 game though!