Reviews from

in the past


... Sonic 2 who?
Good lord, this is such a good game. Which is funny, considering I absolutely hated it when I was little and super into Sonic.

"Sonic is supposed to be fast! What's up with the weird maps and this time traveling stuff?" I'll tell you what's up with 'em, 10 year old me: They're peak, that's what they are.
If you pick up Sonic CD expecting to take your time and explore stages thoroughly instead of trying to get to the goal as fast as possible, as I did in this last playthrough, you'll have a great time.

Beautiful FMV cutscenes, cool zones with tons of visual variety, my favorite special stages and favorite soundtrack; CD has it all.

I guess my only complaint is that the timer shouldn't really be there. Having a Time Limit system in a game where exploration is encouraged is very counterintuitive. That aside, absolutely goated. 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

UPDATE 28/03: Platinum'd it. This game is so good.

I owe you an apology Sonic CD, i wasn't familiar with your game.
The game has so much depth with highly detailed levels that i can see myself replaying it very soon.
The Past levels have to be amongst the most magnificient use of both pixel art and color palette i've ever seen too.

And finally the intro to the game is the best depiction of sonic (of a fictional character period).

the time stone levels were a bit frustrating bc of the nature of the perspective, but once i got past that, going at my own pace throughout the stages and exploring the different timelines freely without the pressure of getting the good future was fun

also japanese ost is obviously peak, might replay with us ost down the line

Already three zones was enough for me to turn off the game.

The music and animation goes hard. Really good for it's time and still holds up today.