P-06 is an unfortunate reminder that some games are flawed to the core, and no amount of polish can make it good without fundamentally redoing it.
Before I say anything else, I respect the passion that's gone into this. Porting the game can't have been easy, and it must have taken a lot of commitment.
That being said, this is just a better version of an awful game that elevates it to the level of "just bad." There are some good tweaks. It feels a bit better to play, it's a bit more functional, and a lot of particularly frustrating parts have been polished up here and there. Also, boss fights haven't been added yet, which is definitely a positive since none of them were good.
The game's fundamental issues remain. A generally stilted gamefeel, levels with a lot of stop and go, an over-reliance on boring combat, and levels that go on to long but simultaneously feel like they never get going, just repeating their few gimmicks over and over with no evolution.
Sonic's campaign is still the highlight of the game, with mostly just platforming and a greater frequency of fun sections. The camera is a problem across the entire game, but it's more prevalent here as it whips around all the time that really hurts the sense of speed you should be getting. However, it's a mostly enjoyable time.
Shadow's story is just a worse version of sonic's, taking greater emphasis on clunky vehicles and so much of that boring combat. It's just not very fun, and gets tedious quickly.
Silver's is still terrible. He feels slow, and is slow. His telekinesis AND focus on combat requires him to stop constantly to grab boxes and throw them, which is not interesting or fun in the slightest. I really have a hard time gauging depth with his float ability, which makes it a pain to use. He just never gets going, constantly doing uninteresting platforming only to get stopped by a dumb puzzle or boring combat that requires you to wait for the enemies to act first.
Unfortunately, I didn't really enjoy most of my time with this. It's a valiant effort, but 06 is an unfixable game without completely remaking it (silver especially). I feel bad for the developer.
Before I say anything else, I respect the passion that's gone into this. Porting the game can't have been easy, and it must have taken a lot of commitment.
That being said, this is just a better version of an awful game that elevates it to the level of "just bad." There are some good tweaks. It feels a bit better to play, it's a bit more functional, and a lot of particularly frustrating parts have been polished up here and there. Also, boss fights haven't been added yet, which is definitely a positive since none of them were good.
The game's fundamental issues remain. A generally stilted gamefeel, levels with a lot of stop and go, an over-reliance on boring combat, and levels that go on to long but simultaneously feel like they never get going, just repeating their few gimmicks over and over with no evolution.
Sonic's campaign is still the highlight of the game, with mostly just platforming and a greater frequency of fun sections. The camera is a problem across the entire game, but it's more prevalent here as it whips around all the time that really hurts the sense of speed you should be getting. However, it's a mostly enjoyable time.
Shadow's story is just a worse version of sonic's, taking greater emphasis on clunky vehicles and so much of that boring combat. It's just not very fun, and gets tedious quickly.
Silver's is still terrible. He feels slow, and is slow. His telekinesis AND focus on combat requires him to stop constantly to grab boxes and throw them, which is not interesting or fun in the slightest. I really have a hard time gauging depth with his float ability, which makes it a pain to use. He just never gets going, constantly doing uninteresting platforming only to get stopped by a dumb puzzle or boring combat that requires you to wait for the enemies to act first.
Unfortunately, I didn't really enjoy most of my time with this. It's a valiant effort, but 06 is an unfixable game without completely remaking it (silver especially). I feel bad for the developer.