Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
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This game was legendary for Sonic fans when it came out. I dearly miss this era of Sonic. What, with the awesome Jazwares toys, cool games, and a sort of retrospective look on the series when it was merely 20 years old.
Classic Sonic isn't particularly the star of the show, as his stage design is only fairly good. But I think fairly good was what we needed after the travesty that was Sonic 4 Episode I. His levels may not be Sonic 2 or Sonic 3&K tier good, but they're solid enough.
Modern Sonic really steals the show. His creative reimagining of Classic and Adventure era stages, made to be blindingly fast with tons of cool obstacles and enemies really appealed to me as a kid and still appeal to me now.
The only issue I have with this game is that the quality seemingly falls off right in the final stage, Planet Wisp. Which was done way better in Sonic Colors, the game before this. Also, the game is just so short, with only 9 levels (18 if you split the Classic and Modern sides up). I 100%ed the game, it's many missions, and achievements in under 23 hours. Now imagine how much faster that'd have been if it was just a normal playthrough.
Classic Sonic isn't particularly the star of the show, as his stage design is only fairly good. But I think fairly good was what we needed after the travesty that was Sonic 4 Episode I. His levels may not be Sonic 2 or Sonic 3&K tier good, but they're solid enough.
Modern Sonic really steals the show. His creative reimagining of Classic and Adventure era stages, made to be blindingly fast with tons of cool obstacles and enemies really appealed to me as a kid and still appeal to me now.
The only issue I have with this game is that the quality seemingly falls off right in the final stage, Planet Wisp. Which was done way better in Sonic Colors, the game before this. Also, the game is just so short, with only 9 levels (18 if you split the Classic and Modern sides up). I 100%ed the game, it's many missions, and achievements in under 23 hours. Now imagine how much faster that'd have been if it was just a normal playthrough.
What an awesome concept for a game. And to top it all off, it’s well-made too. If you’re looking to celebrate 20 years of your franchise’s history, this is the way to do it. Both the 2D & 3D Sonic gameplay is high-octane & well-implemented, the mix of throwbacks & remixes in the soundtrack hit all the right notes & it’s simply a good time reliving highlights of a game series this way. I wasn’t a huge fan of the final boss, but that’d just be a nitpick at this point. Great game.
Downsides: The story is nothing special and classic sonic is the one from sonic 2, so we don't have sonic CD moveset, the final bossfight is terrible.
Upsides: This game is almost perfect, classic sonic is fast and fun, modern sonic is unleashed + colors but only the good part (no double jump or homing attack on the boost button), but the real star here is the level design, one level from every main sonic game reimagined, remade and amazing, with a LOT of pathways, shortcuts and very balanced, fast and amazing stages. I just don't agree with the choice of Planet Whisp for Colors and Seaside Hill for Heroes, but that's just my preference.
A lot of fanservice, amazing level design, the OST is fire, FAST AND FUN!
Upsides: This game is almost perfect, classic sonic is fast and fun, modern sonic is unleashed + colors but only the good part (no double jump or homing attack on the boost button), but the real star here is the level design, one level from every main sonic game reimagined, remade and amazing, with a LOT of pathways, shortcuts and very balanced, fast and amazing stages. I just don't agree with the choice of Planet Whisp for Colors and Seaside Hill for Heroes, but that's just my preference.
A lot of fanservice, amazing level design, the OST is fire, FAST AND FUN!