Played via v1.1.1 release on Windows 11 (Gigabyte B560 HD3, i7-11700 @ 2.5GHz, 16GB DDR4 RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070).
It's a disservice to simply say this is one of the best Sonic fan games out there, because this title manages to sit comfortably alongside the original Mega Drive entries and Mania. Top notch level design that captures the perfect feeling of speeding through lush and colourful environments almost aimlessly like those classic games of before without the needless complexity of CD and nostalgic callbacks of Mania. Some of the enemies are frustrating whilst almost all of the bosses are stupidly straightforward and I'd be harsher on these aspects if the old games weren't similarly guilty of this.
The art direction and soundtrack however are damn near flawless, each of the creators injecting their own flavour to their respective roles whilst keeping it undeniably Sonic. There's no substantial way I can fault either of these facets and they are a key element to making this game as approachable and attractive as it is.
If this were unveiled to be an old official project that someone blew the cobwebs off and spruced it up I feel I'd hardly question it. This is a solid videogame and a superb Sonic game with my only wish that it would be possible to have it ported to more systems.
It's a disservice to simply say this is one of the best Sonic fan games out there, because this title manages to sit comfortably alongside the original Mega Drive entries and Mania. Top notch level design that captures the perfect feeling of speeding through lush and colourful environments almost aimlessly like those classic games of before without the needless complexity of CD and nostalgic callbacks of Mania. Some of the enemies are frustrating whilst almost all of the bosses are stupidly straightforward and I'd be harsher on these aspects if the old games weren't similarly guilty of this.
The art direction and soundtrack however are damn near flawless, each of the creators injecting their own flavour to their respective roles whilst keeping it undeniably Sonic. There's no substantial way I can fault either of these facets and they are a key element to making this game as approachable and attractive as it is.
If this were unveiled to be an old official project that someone blew the cobwebs off and spruced it up I feel I'd hardly question it. This is a solid videogame and a superb Sonic game with my only wish that it would be possible to have it ported to more systems.