The best 3D Sonic game, to me, is the original Sonic Adventure. Sonic colors is the 2nd I've beaten so far out of the 3D Sonics. Is this better, or on the same level of Sonic Adventure? No. Is this still a very good entry in the Sonic franchise? Yes.
"Colors" is pretty on the nose for a title. This game really is just great to look at, and maybe the best looking Sonic game. It's at least the best looking 3D Sonic game. The Color plalet pops, and the enviroments are just awesome to play through and look at. Sometimes I died just because I was to focused on the backgrounds. Great Art style.
The Music matches the Style they went for, it's honestly pretty fantastic. Colors has a great OST. The Music is just fun, and that honestly encapsulation this games whole identity, from the soundtrack to the Art style and it's attitude, this game just screams "This is going to be fun".
The Gameplay is the Boost gameplay that SEGA was obssesed for like 15 years. I've always prefered the 2D Sonic and Adventure games Sonic gameplay, but the boost can be some good fun. However, they went way to heavy with the 2D sections. For me, I want my 2D Sonics and 3D Sonics to be complety seperate, so I was a bit disapointed with the lack of pure 3D sections. With the nunchuck, 2D platoforming is often clunky. My least favorite levels in the game were the 2D ones. Though they were mostly good, after playing a 3D level, you just want more of them, but SEGA keeps giving you 2D ones. It's not horrible, but I would've loved to see more 3D centered gameplay.
The Aliens weren't as big a part as I thought they would've been, and I think they could've done a lot better with them. They were fun most of the time, my favorites were Frenzy amd Drill, but things like Spikes and Hover weren't very good, and the block thing and the Rocket thing also could've been much better. After playing this game, I could'nt help but think that we'd been robbed of a sequal to this game. So many good ideas that weren't fully realized, that if we got a sequal, we could've been looking at one of the very best Sonic games, something to rival the best Sonic games.
To me, this game seems heavlily inspired by Mario Galaxy. It's inspiration doesn't revlove around the gameplay, like Lost World, but more so in the Setting, the art style, and even a bit of the music. This isn't a bad thing, Mario Galaxy is practically perfect, I just thought it was something to point out. Though I will say the ending is pretty much the exact same as the ending to Galaxy. Like literally, instead of Lumas saving you, It's the Aliens.
Speaking of the story, it's just alright. Nothing special, but it's nice and it does it's job well. Definitely not on the same level of Sonic stories like the Adventure games, or the 2D ones like 3 & Knuckles, 2, or Mania, but it still works well with some good moments.
The Boss fights throughout the story were'nt that great to me. They could be pretty damn agrevating, especially from some random weird hit detection, and the fact that you would have to completly restart, even in a longer fight. Though I will say, even though I died a lot, the Final Boss was actually really great, and had an awesome moment at the end, one that I won't spoil here.
The thing I dislike most about 3D Sonics, is the damn rating you get at the end of each Act. It started in Adventure 2, and they never stopped doing it. Adventure 1 and the 2D ones let you play at your own pace and don't make you feel like you suck at the end of each level. Now I know I could just "Get Good", but I'm not that good at games, so I don't have that ability. If it was me, they would get rid of the whole thing entirly. Maybe just reward for doing could, but why punish for making a few mistakes?
Anyway, this game was very good. Though it has it's flaws, flaws that I wish would be taken out with a seqaul, don't make the game bad in any way. The Music, Art Style, Gameplay, Levels, Final Boss, and Story, are all Good to Great aspects of the game. If you like Sonic Games or want a fun 3D/2D Platformer, I'd recomend Sonic Colors.
Score: 3.7/5
Letter Grade: B+
"Colors" is pretty on the nose for a title. This game really is just great to look at, and maybe the best looking Sonic game. It's at least the best looking 3D Sonic game. The Color plalet pops, and the enviroments are just awesome to play through and look at. Sometimes I died just because I was to focused on the backgrounds. Great Art style.
The Music matches the Style they went for, it's honestly pretty fantastic. Colors has a great OST. The Music is just fun, and that honestly encapsulation this games whole identity, from the soundtrack to the Art style and it's attitude, this game just screams "This is going to be fun".
The Gameplay is the Boost gameplay that SEGA was obssesed for like 15 years. I've always prefered the 2D Sonic and Adventure games Sonic gameplay, but the boost can be some good fun. However, they went way to heavy with the 2D sections. For me, I want my 2D Sonics and 3D Sonics to be complety seperate, so I was a bit disapointed with the lack of pure 3D sections. With the nunchuck, 2D platoforming is often clunky. My least favorite levels in the game were the 2D ones. Though they were mostly good, after playing a 3D level, you just want more of them, but SEGA keeps giving you 2D ones. It's not horrible, but I would've loved to see more 3D centered gameplay.
The Aliens weren't as big a part as I thought they would've been, and I think they could've done a lot better with them. They were fun most of the time, my favorites were Frenzy amd Drill, but things like Spikes and Hover weren't very good, and the block thing and the Rocket thing also could've been much better. After playing this game, I could'nt help but think that we'd been robbed of a sequal to this game. So many good ideas that weren't fully realized, that if we got a sequal, we could've been looking at one of the very best Sonic games, something to rival the best Sonic games.
To me, this game seems heavlily inspired by Mario Galaxy. It's inspiration doesn't revlove around the gameplay, like Lost World, but more so in the Setting, the art style, and even a bit of the music. This isn't a bad thing, Mario Galaxy is practically perfect, I just thought it was something to point out. Though I will say the ending is pretty much the exact same as the ending to Galaxy. Like literally, instead of Lumas saving you, It's the Aliens.
Speaking of the story, it's just alright. Nothing special, but it's nice and it does it's job well. Definitely not on the same level of Sonic stories like the Adventure games, or the 2D ones like 3 & Knuckles, 2, or Mania, but it still works well with some good moments.
The Boss fights throughout the story were'nt that great to me. They could be pretty damn agrevating, especially from some random weird hit detection, and the fact that you would have to completly restart, even in a longer fight. Though I will say, even though I died a lot, the Final Boss was actually really great, and had an awesome moment at the end, one that I won't spoil here.
The thing I dislike most about 3D Sonics, is the damn rating you get at the end of each Act. It started in Adventure 2, and they never stopped doing it. Adventure 1 and the 2D ones let you play at your own pace and don't make you feel like you suck at the end of each level. Now I know I could just "Get Good", but I'm not that good at games, so I don't have that ability. If it was me, they would get rid of the whole thing entirly. Maybe just reward for doing could, but why punish for making a few mistakes?
Anyway, this game was very good. Though it has it's flaws, flaws that I wish would be taken out with a seqaul, don't make the game bad in any way. The Music, Art Style, Gameplay, Levels, Final Boss, and Story, are all Good to Great aspects of the game. If you like Sonic Games or want a fun 3D/2D Platformer, I'd recomend Sonic Colors.
Score: 3.7/5
Letter Grade: B+