It’s an alright game that can pleasantly surprise you in many ways, but there are still flaws that stop it from being truly amazing. I personally like most Sonic games, even the ones that were disliked. It’s kind of perplexing to see this one receiving more love. I have been hesitating between giving it 3.5 and 4 stars but went with 3.5 in the end. Let’s start with the flaws:
-Camera can still get in the way
-Controls can still act weird sometimes but they’re still pretty good
-Not a fan of the boss fights, they seem a bit boring and slow compared to the rest of the game
-Ditto with the cutscenes/story, I’m not sure if me getting older (=less tolerance) or this one being considerably worse than many previous ones. It didn’t help that the cutscenes were images instead of actual videos and the voice acting wasn’t always good
-The game can be very grindy if you want to get all the in-game statues (more on that in a bit)
Positives:
-Lovely graphics and art
-The way the stages have been made is great. You usually have one big stage and a couple of challenges like reach checkpoints on time, collect 6 orbs etc. that are separate stages based on the big stage. You only have collectibles in the big stage which is better imo. The challenges are fun and quick to do
-6 characters have been divided in 3 types and all 3 are well thought out and fun to use
The game has 101 dream orbs (I got 91 and a YouTube videos speaks of 101 total), 30 blue rings in every big stage (12 big stages total) and you can do Tails challenges. Tails challenges look like the challenges you already did only randomised and you get 100 XP for completing each one. You get to do 5-6 per week. All that I mentioned earns you statues based on certain milestones reached. The reason I mentioned getting the statues can be very grindy is because of one where you need to earn 10k in tails challenges and you can only earn around 550 XP a week. This mode is basically the one to keep you playing and paying if you’re a completionist.
I’ve had a good time but I started feeling the game was overstaying its welcome. The blue rings can be annoying to find and I’m not falling for collecting all the statues and tails challenges.
-Camera can still get in the way
-Controls can still act weird sometimes but they’re still pretty good
-Not a fan of the boss fights, they seem a bit boring and slow compared to the rest of the game
-Ditto with the cutscenes/story, I’m not sure if me getting older (=less tolerance) or this one being considerably worse than many previous ones. It didn’t help that the cutscenes were images instead of actual videos and the voice acting wasn’t always good
-The game can be very grindy if you want to get all the in-game statues (more on that in a bit)
Positives:
-Lovely graphics and art
-The way the stages have been made is great. You usually have one big stage and a couple of challenges like reach checkpoints on time, collect 6 orbs etc. that are separate stages based on the big stage. You only have collectibles in the big stage which is better imo. The challenges are fun and quick to do
-6 characters have been divided in 3 types and all 3 are well thought out and fun to use
The game has 101 dream orbs (I got 91 and a YouTube videos speaks of 101 total), 30 blue rings in every big stage (12 big stages total) and you can do Tails challenges. Tails challenges look like the challenges you already did only randomised and you get 100 XP for completing each one. You get to do 5-6 per week. All that I mentioned earns you statues based on certain milestones reached. The reason I mentioned getting the statues can be very grindy is because of one where you need to earn 10k in tails challenges and you can only earn around 550 XP a week. This mode is basically the one to keep you playing and paying if you’re a completionist.
I’ve had a good time but I started feeling the game was overstaying its welcome. The blue rings can be annoying to find and I’m not falling for collecting all the statues and tails challenges.