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(Played using the Open Sonic SMS Remake)
6.8/10
Yea it's sonic chaos, the stages are cool, but man the game is extremely short, some acts end in less than a minute, the bosses are painfully easy.
The remake for this fine but the collision is weird, you end up in walls when you go up ramps.
It's enjoyable.
6.8/10
Yea it's sonic chaos, the stages are cool, but man the game is extremely short, some acts end in less than a minute, the bosses are painfully easy.
The remake for this fine but the collision is weird, you end up in walls when you go up ramps.
It's enjoyable.
I remembered this being very fun when I was a kid, but I think it's just kind of mid now. I was interested in how the special stages worked, but I got kind of frustrated with having to collect and hold onto so many rings when there are seemingly no shields to be found. Get hit? kill yourself. You have to start over. And even then, when you get to the special stage, it could just be some stupid pipe maze that's too fast to actually react to. I got to the special stage in almost every level and still did not get all the emeralds because of those stupid fucking pipe mazes.
Otherwise, the game is still painfully mid. The general gameplay is fine, but it's not exciting or really anything worth mentioning. You get to play as tails, but there's not much here besides that. It's not horrible, but it's not great either.
5/10
Otherwise, the game is still painfully mid. The general gameplay is fine, but it's not exciting or really anything worth mentioning. You get to play as tails, but there's not much here besides that. It's not horrible, but it's not great either.
5/10
I fully realize how, overly easy and generic this is as a sonic game, but...
It was also one of the very first sonic games I ever completed! It left a really big impression on me, and motivated me to finally complete all the genesis games!
Not to mention, a game being overly easy is much better than frustratingly difficult, at least in my opinion. You can finish this one in an hour or so and feel like you got your times worth out of it.
It was also one of the very first sonic games I ever completed! It left a really big impression on me, and motivated me to finally complete all the genesis games!
Not to mention, a game being overly easy is much better than frustratingly difficult, at least in my opinion. You can finish this one in an hour or so and feel like you got your times worth out of it.
Both versions are similar for me, although the SMS version has more slowdowns. It's a relatively easy game, both to pass the stages and bosses and to get the emeralds (of which you can get five during the adventure and one at the end). It has memorable music and charismatic sprites. The game's weak point is its gameplay, which is a bit harsh, especially underwater. Other than that, Sonic Chaos is short and playable, although very weak when compared to other Big Blue's games.
Sonic Chaos is quite possibly the easiest Sonic game. The levels are short, and there aren’t many obstacles. In a way, this is good, as it’s a stark contrast to the many obstacles you couldn’t see in the Master System version of Sonic 2. That said, there are still a lot of blind jumps, it’s just that in Sonic Chaos, they usually lead somewhere.
Other than being easy, Sonic Chaos doesn’t really try anything new or different. It features two Green Hill Zones – one called Turquoise Hill (that looks exactly the same) and Mecha Green Hill, which is a decent twist on the level.
Sonic Chaos is a fairly safe Sonic game, it doesn’t doing anything bad, but is very unremarkable overall.
Other than being easy, Sonic Chaos doesn’t really try anything new or different. It features two Green Hill Zones – one called Turquoise Hill (that looks exactly the same) and Mecha Green Hill, which is a decent twist on the level.
Sonic Chaos is a fairly safe Sonic game, it doesn’t doing anything bad, but is very unremarkable overall.
that was like, an actual video game! wow! can only imagine how much fun it would have been to play in the car on a road trip in 1993.
It is not 1993, and now I can take sonic mania on a road trip.
This game has actual level design unlike sonic 2 8 bit, but its levels are extremely short and still not great. The game is piss easy and features "special stages" that're borderline minigames. Even they aren't really that hard; just kinda cryptic. The most challenge you'll get out of it is from the bosses. Other than that it uh, it's a game. It exists.
It is not 1993, and now I can take sonic mania on a road trip.
This game has actual level design unlike sonic 2 8 bit, but its levels are extremely short and still not great. The game is piss easy and features "special stages" that're borderline minigames. Even they aren't really that hard; just kinda cryptic. The most challenge you'll get out of it is from the bosses. Other than that it uh, it's a game. It exists.