This review contains spoilers
This Review is going to be a review of all 3 updates and how they affected the game
Update 1:
A good start. I love that it gave an option to replay the Boss fights since as said in my review of the base game those are some of the biggest highlights in the entire series. I also liked the cyberspace challenge I think the simple goal of s ranking every stage made gave a good flow and being able to unlock the power boost made revisiting the stages more fun then before. I also love how speed running is actively encouraged. Oh and the Jukebox was a nice little addition.
Update 2:
The cosmetic stuff was fine I don't use it. However the new koco were a blast to collect as well as having a reward of permanetly increasing the boost gauge. There was a great quality of life improvement of being able to decrease deceleration which gives a horizontal jump much more distance. Then there's the spindash... while the process to unlock it can be a bit tedious it completely changes how you can play and can pretty much allow you to fly across island and is one of the most satisfying things I've ever done in any video game.
Update 3:
This is the big one holy shit this was awesome. One of the criticisms of the base game was how weak the climax was. The Final Horizon delivered and then some with it's new story that completely revamps the endgame. It gave the ability to play as Amy, Knuckles, and Tails who are all really fun to platform with. I am bummed that their combat isn't nearly fleshed out as Sonic's though, but I guess that still gives an incentive to play as Sonic. Another thing that this new campaign did was ramp up the difficulty. I've seen some people complain about it but it honestly isn't even that bad. Though I'm disappointed they didn't change the aesthetic of Ouranos Island, the challenge made it much more memorable. The new mini bosses also ramped up the difficulty and I actually really enjoyed all of them because of how crazy they can get with the only one I didn't like being the new spider mini boss. They also remixed cyberspace stages to be really crazy with all new missions and challenges that encourage replayability Then there's the new final boss... I wasn't ready. The original final boss was so anticlimactic but WOW they went all out with THE END it brought out a legitimate challenge while raising the hype meter into orbit and is possibly the greatest final boss in any platformer ever.
Conclusion: It's honestly astounding how much work Sonic team put into this game in just one year. And it's all of free. Though it still has obvious flaws I can't help but love this whole game and the work that went into it.
Update 1:
A good start. I love that it gave an option to replay the Boss fights since as said in my review of the base game those are some of the biggest highlights in the entire series. I also liked the cyberspace challenge I think the simple goal of s ranking every stage made gave a good flow and being able to unlock the power boost made revisiting the stages more fun then before. I also love how speed running is actively encouraged. Oh and the Jukebox was a nice little addition.
Update 2:
The cosmetic stuff was fine I don't use it. However the new koco were a blast to collect as well as having a reward of permanetly increasing the boost gauge. There was a great quality of life improvement of being able to decrease deceleration which gives a horizontal jump much more distance. Then there's the spindash... while the process to unlock it can be a bit tedious it completely changes how you can play and can pretty much allow you to fly across island and is one of the most satisfying things I've ever done in any video game.
Update 3:
This is the big one holy shit this was awesome. One of the criticisms of the base game was how weak the climax was. The Final Horizon delivered and then some with it's new story that completely revamps the endgame. It gave the ability to play as Amy, Knuckles, and Tails who are all really fun to platform with. I am bummed that their combat isn't nearly fleshed out as Sonic's though, but I guess that still gives an incentive to play as Sonic. Another thing that this new campaign did was ramp up the difficulty. I've seen some people complain about it but it honestly isn't even that bad. Though I'm disappointed they didn't change the aesthetic of Ouranos Island, the challenge made it much more memorable. The new mini bosses also ramped up the difficulty and I actually really enjoyed all of them because of how crazy they can get with the only one I didn't like being the new spider mini boss. They also remixed cyberspace stages to be really crazy with all new missions and challenges that encourage replayability Then there's the new final boss... I wasn't ready. The original final boss was so anticlimactic but WOW they went all out with THE END it brought out a legitimate challenge while raising the hype meter into orbit and is possibly the greatest final boss in any platformer ever.
Conclusion: It's honestly astounding how much work Sonic team put into this game in just one year. And it's all of free. Though it still has obvious flaws I can't help but love this whole game and the work that went into it.
AuthenticShant
6 months ago