I wasn't sure how I was going to feel going into Sonic Heroes, after hearing years and years of less than stellar things said about it, but hey, I finally gave it a shot. It's a 3D Sonic game, so its gonna control amazingly one second, before veering you off a cliff, and Sonic Heroes definitely provides that experience in spades. Some of the level design, enemy placements, and just overall physics can be janky as hell, leading to plenty of deaths, but honestly the checkpoints and sheer amount of 1UPs they throw at you make it not that big of a deal. Storywise, I gotta be honest, it was pretty par for the course, repeating events over 4 stories before climaxing with the LAST story, so its nothing too special to write home about, but also not bad to experience either, as it does have that typical Sonic charm to it. The real standout is the soundtrack, with bangers such as Egg Fleet, Bullet Station and Frog Forest all being some of the best tracks in the series, I genuinly don't think Heroes has a single bad track. My main complaint is Team Chaotix, as I appreciate them trying something new, but it didn't quite pan out all that fun, which is a shame, because they're lovable characters. Honestly, I can see why Heroes gets a bad reputation, but I also think it has plenty of fun elements to warrant a genuine chance.

Reviewed on Dec 20, 2023


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