Sonic Generations is a quintessential culmination of what made Sonic so great up to that point. Fast gameplay, goofy story, and a bangin’ soundtrack all brought together with colorful visuals.
What’s better than taking some of the best levels from previous Sonic entries and modernizing them in a quick and fun game? This revamped soundtrack is fantastic, I can’t praise it enough. Sonic games have always had some of the best OSTs for me but this one is truly something special. It’s up there with Sonic 2.
The colors here are so vibrant, ironically even more than its predecessor, “Sonic Colors.” Whoever worked on the art design on the levels really needs some praise. I’m talking 3D Mario levels of popping colors. It’s great.
Sometimes during the cutscenes there’s a weird lack of music that seems off, especially when classic Sonic is just nodding his head or making a facial expression. Even stranger, they didn’t do this for the final cutscene, and it came out fantastic, so I’m not sure why they skimped on music for the majority of the rest of the story.
The ability to pick and choose what challenges you want to do is a big plus, because sometimes you’re just not feeling one of them. The 1 ring challenge was a dumb stupid piece of shit, so I just did something else. There’s so many to choose from, it feels like an open world game that allows you to progress in any way you please. Until of course, the required rival battles pop up for the Chaos Emeralds. I hate the Shadow one, fuck Shadow. At least he likes getting peed on though. Bonus points for anyone who can figure out what that’s referencing.
I’m also not a huge fan of a lot of 3D Sonic games from the 7th generation, because the platforming can often feel wonky and the sudden shift from left-and-right to an open environment throws me off. I just end up falling off of a platform way out of the way of the main area. I much prefer the side-scrolling 2D levels.
Sonic Generations is probably one of the very few Sonic games I can say will always stand the test of time, because as much I love Sonic 2, and enjoyed Sonic Colors, this really feels like a love letter to both of them specifically, rather than the franchise as a whole. If you missed out on some Sonic games and this is one of them, definitely give it a go. 8/10.
What’s better than taking some of the best levels from previous Sonic entries and modernizing them in a quick and fun game? This revamped soundtrack is fantastic, I can’t praise it enough. Sonic games have always had some of the best OSTs for me but this one is truly something special. It’s up there with Sonic 2.
The colors here are so vibrant, ironically even more than its predecessor, “Sonic Colors.” Whoever worked on the art design on the levels really needs some praise. I’m talking 3D Mario levels of popping colors. It’s great.
Sometimes during the cutscenes there’s a weird lack of music that seems off, especially when classic Sonic is just nodding his head or making a facial expression. Even stranger, they didn’t do this for the final cutscene, and it came out fantastic, so I’m not sure why they skimped on music for the majority of the rest of the story.
The ability to pick and choose what challenges you want to do is a big plus, because sometimes you’re just not feeling one of them. The 1 ring challenge was a dumb stupid piece of shit, so I just did something else. There’s so many to choose from, it feels like an open world game that allows you to progress in any way you please. Until of course, the required rival battles pop up for the Chaos Emeralds. I hate the Shadow one, fuck Shadow. At least he likes getting peed on though. Bonus points for anyone who can figure out what that’s referencing.
I’m also not a huge fan of a lot of 3D Sonic games from the 7th generation, because the platforming can often feel wonky and the sudden shift from left-and-right to an open environment throws me off. I just end up falling off of a platform way out of the way of the main area. I much prefer the side-scrolling 2D levels.
Sonic Generations is probably one of the very few Sonic games I can say will always stand the test of time, because as much I love Sonic 2, and enjoyed Sonic Colors, this really feels like a love letter to both of them specifically, rather than the franchise as a whole. If you missed out on some Sonic games and this is one of them, definitely give it a go. 8/10.
Stupidio
2 months ago