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April 2, 2024
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April 1, 2024
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I bought this yesterday and I’m returning it today, because this is just insulting.
Yes, this is technically still Sonic Colors, so the level design is still good and I like the new ghost Wisp thingy. Yes, it’s technically playable, even on Switch.
It’s still an abomination when compared to the original, though.
The Wii version of Sonic Colors is fantastic. Fast-paced gameplay, great controls, and beautiful visuals that still look great to this day. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel and the story is kinda cringe, but who cares? It’s fun!
Sonic Colors Ultimate is a bastardization of that game. The lighting is horrendous, making the game far too bright and overexposed to the point that it destroys much of the atmosphere that the original provided.
The game is also buggy as hell, with some small portions of level design that worked perfectly and smoothly in the original being completely non-functional. There was this one loop that I tried running through for like a minute before giving up because it simply wasn’t working. When I booted up Starlight Carnival Act 4, I was greeted with an empty, white, untextured void that was simultaneously extremely funny and deeply unsettling. A similar thing happened somewhere in Aquarium Park, where Sonic began in a dark purple aether.
I’m sorry, but none of this is the Switch’s fault. The Switch can at the very least run games at 720p and 30 fps on a consistent basis. The Wii version was on a 480p console that was basically 2 GameCubes smashed together. It should run perfectly, regardless of console, but it just doesn’t. You know why? Because Blind Squirrel Games didn’t care. SEGA didn’t care. They all just wanted a quick cash grab by repurposing an old game without actually polishing it up or testing it. A simple port of the original game would’ve been acceptable in my opinion, but no. They just HAD to make it worse. They just HAD to shit on one of the best Sonic games.
After playing this, I have extremely low hopes for Sonic X Shadow Generations. It’ll probably suck, but at least it’ll be cool to see the Devil (y’know, from the Bible) again.
Yes, this is technically still Sonic Colors, so the level design is still good and I like the new ghost Wisp thingy. Yes, it’s technically playable, even on Switch.
It’s still an abomination when compared to the original, though.
The Wii version of Sonic Colors is fantastic. Fast-paced gameplay, great controls, and beautiful visuals that still look great to this day. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel and the story is kinda cringe, but who cares? It’s fun!
Sonic Colors Ultimate is a bastardization of that game. The lighting is horrendous, making the game far too bright and overexposed to the point that it destroys much of the atmosphere that the original provided.
The game is also buggy as hell, with some small portions of level design that worked perfectly and smoothly in the original being completely non-functional. There was this one loop that I tried running through for like a minute before giving up because it simply wasn’t working. When I booted up Starlight Carnival Act 4, I was greeted with an empty, white, untextured void that was simultaneously extremely funny and deeply unsettling. A similar thing happened somewhere in Aquarium Park, where Sonic began in a dark purple aether.
I’m sorry, but none of this is the Switch’s fault. The Switch can at the very least run games at 720p and 30 fps on a consistent basis. The Wii version was on a 480p console that was basically 2 GameCubes smashed together. It should run perfectly, regardless of console, but it just doesn’t. You know why? Because Blind Squirrel Games didn’t care. SEGA didn’t care. They all just wanted a quick cash grab by repurposing an old game without actually polishing it up or testing it. A simple port of the original game would’ve been acceptable in my opinion, but no. They just HAD to make it worse. They just HAD to shit on one of the best Sonic games.
After playing this, I have extremely low hopes for Sonic X Shadow Generations. It’ll probably suck, but at least it’ll be cool to see the Devil (y’know, from the Bible) again.