I must admit I played it on and off throughout the month and that was from me becoming very busy with certain matters. But at the moment this week turned somewhat free so as a result, I gave a go to finally beat Knuckles Chaotix and I sure did.
Despite my inital impressions being very mixed due to a boy yelling and quoting in my ear consistently as I tried to atleast give the game a shot, playing it on my own, I discovered not only an underrated gem, but a wickedly fun as hell game.
I don't care what people say as the mechanic where you and your partner are banding together is just mad fun. Especially once you master the mechanic so you can fling yourself mid air very far up to get further in the level. As this is a very vertical based game rather than the traditional horizontal levels of previous Sonic games. And as a Spin-Off, it lives up to the concept. All the players are just so fun. Hell Espio's ingame sprite looks even adorable in this game compared to his later redesign that makes him look like a Dorito lol, which yeah the cast is just all good and play good. Do recommend playing as Mighty instead of as a partner.
More I'd praise is definitely the way it handles certain things. In previous games if you fucked up getting the emerald you were fucked, compared to here where you tend to get shots as the Special Stages get progressively harder. And the rings serve an actual purpose as the counter. So your motivated to get lots of rings for a good reason. It can be forgiving in that regard.
Oh and of course, the presentation and music are all utterly phenomenal. I listen to the OST quite a bit, the stages, the respective visuals are just a delight.
Despite the game having a number of warts (not very focused on a story, after you get all the chaos rings not much necessarily happens til you beat all the levels, and whatever) I love all of it regardless. The gameplay just makes up for it all. It's just too damn fun to sling and fling around the place. When you get the hang of it, it's fun time.
Despite my inital impressions being very mixed due to a boy yelling and quoting in my ear consistently as I tried to atleast give the game a shot, playing it on my own, I discovered not only an underrated gem, but a wickedly fun as hell game.
I don't care what people say as the mechanic where you and your partner are banding together is just mad fun. Especially once you master the mechanic so you can fling yourself mid air very far up to get further in the level. As this is a very vertical based game rather than the traditional horizontal levels of previous Sonic games. And as a Spin-Off, it lives up to the concept. All the players are just so fun. Hell Espio's ingame sprite looks even adorable in this game compared to his later redesign that makes him look like a Dorito lol, which yeah the cast is just all good and play good. Do recommend playing as Mighty instead of as a partner.
More I'd praise is definitely the way it handles certain things. In previous games if you fucked up getting the emerald you were fucked, compared to here where you tend to get shots as the Special Stages get progressively harder. And the rings serve an actual purpose as the counter. So your motivated to get lots of rings for a good reason. It can be forgiving in that regard.
Oh and of course, the presentation and music are all utterly phenomenal. I listen to the OST quite a bit, the stages, the respective visuals are just a delight.
Despite the game having a number of warts (not very focused on a story, after you get all the chaos rings not much necessarily happens til you beat all the levels, and whatever) I love all of it regardless. The gameplay just makes up for it all. It's just too damn fun to sling and fling around the place. When you get the hang of it, it's fun time.