I really wanted to like this game. I really, really did.
I'm a MASSIVE fan of Sonic Adventure 2. It's one of my favorite Sonic games, and is on my list of favorite games of all time. I was rather excited to see Edgy McHedgy get his own game, especially since Sonic Heroes gave him a bittersweet and somewhat unsatisfying conclusion.
What we got was a sloggy mess that tried a bit too hard to double down on the bad side of edginess to the point that it started to chip, coupled with gameplay that felt too over complicated and generally unfun to play. Also, eleven endings. ELEVEN. I'm all for multiple endings to give a sense of uniqueness to a playthrough and a payoff to player choices, but that was just overkill. And the fact that, if you want the TRUE FINAL ending, you need to do get all ten endings. And back then I thought Sonic Heroes was bad for replaying the game multiple times just to get the final story.
The problem is that I can see potential. I can see replaying the game and getting multipe endings to work towards a final ending. I can see an action platformer utilizing disposable weapons for enemies that can't be taken on normally and vehicles for gameplay changes/terrain that can't be crossed normally. All we got was all of the options with none of the reason, resulting in a sludgy mess.
Could the Sonic series get any worse at this point? (the question is rhetorical)
I'm a MASSIVE fan of Sonic Adventure 2. It's one of my favorite Sonic games, and is on my list of favorite games of all time. I was rather excited to see Edgy McHedgy get his own game, especially since Sonic Heroes gave him a bittersweet and somewhat unsatisfying conclusion.
What we got was a sloggy mess that tried a bit too hard to double down on the bad side of edginess to the point that it started to chip, coupled with gameplay that felt too over complicated and generally unfun to play. Also, eleven endings. ELEVEN. I'm all for multiple endings to give a sense of uniqueness to a playthrough and a payoff to player choices, but that was just overkill. And the fact that, if you want the TRUE FINAL ending, you need to do get all ten endings. And back then I thought Sonic Heroes was bad for replaying the game multiple times just to get the final story.
The problem is that I can see potential. I can see replaying the game and getting multipe endings to work towards a final ending. I can see an action platformer utilizing disposable weapons for enemies that can't be taken on normally and vehicles for gameplay changes/terrain that can't be crossed normally. All we got was all of the options with none of the reason, resulting in a sludgy mess.
Could the Sonic series get any worse at this point? (the question is rhetorical)