Reviews from

in the past


One of the most mediocre games I have ever played, with the blandest level designs in a Sonic game yet.

Why do I keep playing garbage games?
I need to stop doing this to myself.

Not as good as I thought it was back in 2012.
Also I played this on Android.

I remember being upset that this wasn't gonna release on WiiWare, lol

Every Sonic fan seems to have one or more game that they talk in this specific kind of reverence, as if its existence is this romantic tragedy. And apparent-f'ing-ly this is that game for me???

The game we know as "Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I" was at first all but a humble little iPhone game meant to cash in in the app store craze, seemingly built from the rush games' engine, borrowing its aesthetics from the series first few outings, no different from what other companies were doing with their IPs

Then some executive (likely from SOA) saw it while in development and thought that actually, this is exactly it, this is what we should hype up, expand and market as the Next Big Thing, the thing that would improve the IP's reputation

"Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II" is then a game made with everyone involved trying to just figure out what make out of this, attempting to make something out of such a thoughtless idea, attempting to make a new exciting game while handcuffed to this extremely limiting vison made out of the title that came before it. And despite its best attempts, it's been fated to only ever be looked back on when lumped with its predecessor

I had a nice time with Episode 2, the way you can exploit the team-up moves to bypass challenges has that "metal blade" fun to it and most act gimmicks being designed around it means they never get as bad as the ones in Episode 1 (though also not as interesting). White Park is my favorite zone aesthetically, it feels the most like a new take on ideas done before rather than a imitation, design-wise none frustrated or bothered me (that was the 7th special stage's job) but if I were to point out which stood out positively, the most I could say is like, Oil Desert

This is also one of those few 2.5D games that makes some use of the fact they have a whole Z-axis to play with for stage platforms, hazards and bosses, only a bit, and never as cool as what gens did, bit it still was a nice sight when it happened. I hope Superstars gets to do more stuff like that

some people say its shit but i think its pretty good


the fact a moth infestation hit my bedroom as i was playing this game was no coincidence
this is even worse than episode 1
there is no flow at all you keep having to pause the game for 2 full seconds
not to mention the 6 minute auto scroller at the end
the only area this game improves on the first is the music and visuals
everything else is worse
the level design is worse
the physics are still ass
and the bosses are worse
fuck this game
fuck everything it stands for
i cant accurately describe with words how much i fucking hate this game
fuck it

I really appreciated the efforts that were made to make Episode 2 an actual console game worthy of the name Sonic 4, rather than a mobile game sloppily thrown onto consoles and retitled to boost profits. It was too little too late, however. The episodic nature of Sonic 4 killed it right out the gate. This is leagues better than Episode 1, but still not up to par with all the rest of the Classic games.

Unlike the first game, there is a level in this that I can say I like. Game still sucks though.

it is 3am and i am questioning every single decision that led me to playing sonic 4 episode 1, this, and episode metal back-to-back at the crack of dawn. now if you'll excuse me i need to grab an advil before this headache gets worse

at least we somehow got sonic cd 2011 out of this one

better, but not good enough

joguei na infancia e pelo que me lembro é bom

A step up from Episode I, but it still doesn't live up to the genesis games that it is trying to continue onwards from

Está divertido. Tiene un mejor diseño de niveles que el anterior episodio, me gustaron mucho las mecánicas del gameplay con Tails como compañero, es lindo cuando dejan al zorrito ser útil en los juegos. Y definitivamente a parte de eso, mi parte favorita del juego es la primera batalla contra Metal Sonic. Es de los mejores tratos que le han dado al personaje

Del resto, he de criticar que la carrera contra Metal Sonic que homenajea al Sonic CD no me gustó. La noto muy cinemática, en el sentido de que en ocasiones las velocidades de los personajes se bloquean para que él te pase al final. Para ganarle tiene que ser de una forma bien especifica, a diferencia de la del Sonic CD que es una carrera con toda libertad

Неплохой 2D-шный Соник с кайфовыми уровнями, но душнейшими затянутыми боссфайтами. 3D-графон играет на руку и мы получаем классный визуал с красивыми эффектами.

This is... honestly really fun!

The level design resembles the classic titles more, the character abilities are very fun, the special stages are some of the better ones in the series, and the level aesthetics are quite nice!

While I'd recommend skipping the first episode, this one is genuinely a treat! I quite like it a lot!

У ошибки существует сиквел.

Полная рецензия: После успешного провала первого эпизода четвёртого Соника боссы Сеги и Соник Тим подумали, тщательно взвесили все за и против и приняли единственное верное решение в сложившейся ситуации: делать второй эпизод. Вся фанатская база была просто в АХУЕ от столь мудрого и рассудительного выбора и готовилась ждать очередные 1-2/10 после неплохих Калорсов и Джени.

Говорить что-то в целом про 2 эпизод мне нечего, все ключевые ошибки оригинала остались, абсолютно никаких изменений и исправлений в плане общего управления, лвл-дизайна и общего подхода к игре. Единственное, что могу отметить тут, что у меня она запустилась почему-то с х2 ускорением. Конечно, играть так было тяжко, но, сумев вернуться в оригинальный темп, стало только хуже aRolf.

Из нововведений: появился Тейлз, с которым можно взаимодействовать, и на этом строятся несколько механик в прохождениях определенных секций в игре. Но все это неинтересно и в лишний раз лишь раздражает, а не развлекает.

А вот главным камнем преткновения для меня стали местные боссы, которые твёрдо и четко сделали эту часть хуже прошлой. Ладно, в прошлой части были спизженные болванчики из классики, они хотя бы не раздражали, но тут босс-битвы превратились в какую-то пытку. Длятся по 5 минут, требуют выполнения повторных действий на протяжении этого времени и закидывают таким кол-вом проджектайлов, что 2-3 ошибки и тебе придётся все начинать сначала. Апогеем этого кошмара стала воздушная битва с Металл Соником, где после 3-4 минут унылых леталок в меня просто полетели ракеты, которые моментом вынесли меня за карту и я умер. Здесь нервы не выдержали и я дропнул. Не хотел тратить ни своё время, ни зрителей.

Episode II оказался для меня ещё хуже. Просто сборник говна и наплевательского отношения к игроку. Пошли они нахуй.

White park zone theme is catchy

Yeah that’s it

Разрабы учли ошибки прошлой игры, новые локации, новые боссы, но делает ли это игру хорошей? Точно нет. Она хоть и выглядит лучше, но геймплейно очень быстро надоедает. Это игра также не имеет никакой ценности, просто такой же сборник уровней.

Try as I may, I just can't get 2D Sonic games to click with me. The opening zone was... fine? But then I got to the first boss, which takes an obscenely long time, could barely tell what was happening due to poorly telegraphed attacks... and that was that. I gave it maybe 45 minutes before starting to play Sonic Colors instead.

better than episode 1 but it's still far and away the worst actual experience ive had with a sonic game to date. it SOMEHOW gets worse the further you play, like it's telling you NOT to play it

Legitimately an improvement over Episode 1. Sonic and Tails have a 69 attack together.

episode 1 but somewhat better, can't wait for episode 3 to play as knuckles though

It's better than the first one. That's not a high bar to cross.

better but ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

this game blows (half point for metal)


at least metal sonic was in this one

I honestly don't understand all the hate this game gets. The only thing I can mention that is "bad" about it is that it's kinda short. Other than that this game is pretty solid. Of course not the best Sonic game, but it is an insane upgrade from the first Sonic 4

It's not possible to give a 3/4ths of a star on here, but just know it's slightly better than Episode 1. Is the gameplay better? Are the animations more palpable? Is the last section of the game better? No, none of that. It's just got Tails in it this time.