A game that manages to be quite fun to play most of the time despite being absolutely filled to the brim with baffling game design choices.
I've never really cared for Sonic games - 3D or 2D - but I found this to be a surprisingly compelling experience, so much so that I even got the platinum trophy for it. Maybe because they actually tried something new here? I thought the tacked on more traditional 3D Sonic levels (the Cyber Space stages) were a bummer and really unnecessary. At least they usually had fun music in them. Speaking of the music, I think the soundtrack is the highlight of the game for me. The tracks vary from chuckleworthy yet sincere (nu) metal battle themes to short and sweet house tunes to Breath of the Wild-esque ambience - I really, really liked it.
I don't have the energy or the will to go over every little thing that made me go "what? why?" while playing the game but rest assured that list was not short. I can't say I really paid much attention to the story but it felt like the characters' dialogue was written in a deliberately fanservice-y manner with various name-drops and references to previous games' events(?). If you're a hardcore Sonic fan (like most Sonic fans seem to be to be fair) you might appreciate it, I thought it was annoying.
I think Sonic the game character suits an open world game really well: it's fun to traverse environments at breakneck speeds and hop around amusement park like devices in the air! Sonic the game series, however, has a lot of structural things that need to either be heavily revamped or let go entirely in order for this type of free roam action-adventure game to properly work IMO. I'm not sure SEGA or Sonic Team are up to the task though but time will tell, I'm not not looking forward to seeing what a potential Sonic Frontiers 2 will be like I suppose? Yeah, that's about the highest praise and/or level of intrigue I'll allow myself to give for 3D Sonic.
I've never really cared for Sonic games - 3D or 2D - but I found this to be a surprisingly compelling experience, so much so that I even got the platinum trophy for it. Maybe because they actually tried something new here? I thought the tacked on more traditional 3D Sonic levels (the Cyber Space stages) were a bummer and really unnecessary. At least they usually had fun music in them. Speaking of the music, I think the soundtrack is the highlight of the game for me. The tracks vary from chuckleworthy yet sincere (nu) metal battle themes to short and sweet house tunes to Breath of the Wild-esque ambience - I really, really liked it.
I don't have the energy or the will to go over every little thing that made me go "what? why?" while playing the game but rest assured that list was not short. I can't say I really paid much attention to the story but it felt like the characters' dialogue was written in a deliberately fanservice-y manner with various name-drops and references to previous games' events(?). If you're a hardcore Sonic fan (like most Sonic fans seem to be to be fair) you might appreciate it, I thought it was annoying.
I think Sonic the game character suits an open world game really well: it's fun to traverse environments at breakneck speeds and hop around amusement park like devices in the air! Sonic the game series, however, has a lot of structural things that need to either be heavily revamped or let go entirely in order for this type of free roam action-adventure game to properly work IMO. I'm not sure SEGA or Sonic Team are up to the task though but time will tell, I'm not not looking forward to seeing what a potential Sonic Frontiers 2 will be like I suppose? Yeah, that's about the highest praise and/or level of intrigue I'll allow myself to give for 3D Sonic.