There's this annoying trend with Sonic remasters where the remaster is worse than the original. This game is no exception. I'm not saying it's bad, but it could've been better. To be fair, a lot of the game's problems are blown out of proportion. It is not this buggy mess, but it needs some refinement. The bugs I came across were audio glitches where some of the wisp themes didn't play. They updated the visuals in all areas except the cutscenes for whatever reason. Other than that, the remaster is fine. It controls well, except for the quickstep which is from the original release. The wisp power, ghost, is cool. They added remixes of the music to this game and they are hit or miss. Some are good and can rival their original counterpart. The others are downgrades in every sense of the word. The Metal Sonic races aren't that good. They pick the worst levels for the majority of them. The new customization is cool but ultimately pointless. Outside of that, most of my critiques or praises are essentially from the original. The story is a good idea, but poor execution with corny dialogue and all-around horrible writhing. For every one bad act, two good ones follow. When the level design is good, this game is great. But there are enough bad or lazy level designs that bog the experience down. Outside of that, I still enjoy the game. It's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it's still enjoyable. The planets are creative ideas and as I said, when the game has good level design, it's awesome. Plus, the game still has a good soundtrack despite some downgrades with the remixes. If you want to try out Sonic Colors, I recommend the Wii version of it, but if you have no other way to play the game outside of this remaster, then buy it if it happens to be on sale.

Reviewed on Jul 28, 2022


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