Outside of the God tier OST, everything about socket is just sort of "okay". Perfectly playable and far better than Bubsy or Aero the Acrobat in terms of Sonic knockoffs, but still quite a few steps behind the hedgehog in terms of physics and level design. Inclines and the few attempts at loops in this game are super awkward, and some levels are far too labyrinthine for their own good. It's worth playing through at least once if you're a fan of these kinds of games and have exhausted everything else.

Fun fact- Time Dominator (his name actually isn't socket like you'd think) appears in the train stage of Battle Mania 2 as an enemy along with several other clones. I guess Vic Tokai realized he wasn't going to be a sonic killer by this point, lol.

Reviewed on Mar 04, 2024


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