This Tech Demo is kinda fun.
You heard me right. Tech Demo. KINDA fun.
This is not the Second Coming of the Messiah, like half of the fandom used to make it out to be, nor are the developers hidden geniuses that SEGA themselves would bow down to, if only this game were completed. Well - that's not even mentioning the controversies surrounding said developers, but that's a tale for another day.
This game is riddled with extremely surface-level flaws. The map is just one big flat block of grass with the only unique surfaces essentially being stylised blocks placed on top of the flat land, like a level builder in a LEGO game. There's no cohesiveness to the environment, and while yes, the game does an excellent job of providing you everything you need to build up a good flow and navigate the senseless environment fairly easily, that's literally all it has to offer. It has a grand total of one, maybe two secrets, neither of-which hold much of interest, and as much as I like this game conceptually, it does not play well enough to justify its flaws.
My understanding of the goals of this game has fluctuated over time, through various interactions with different people, but I do respect it as what it ultimately is - an interpretation of a different direction through-which Sonic could have evolved out of his classic years. Still, this is just a flimsy tech demo, and from what I've heard of the minimal updates over the last six(?) years, the game is not headed back towards mind-blowing status any time soon.
I wish I could offer something of more substance, but I genuinely don't know what else to say, other than "it's okay, I guess." It's enjoyable, in the same way just about any other fan-game with the slightest hint of effort put into it could be enjoyed. It's just a shame this project is so caked in toxicity from every angle, that it'll never be anything more than that.
You heard me right. Tech Demo. KINDA fun.
This is not the Second Coming of the Messiah, like half of the fandom used to make it out to be, nor are the developers hidden geniuses that SEGA themselves would bow down to, if only this game were completed. Well - that's not even mentioning the controversies surrounding said developers, but that's a tale for another day.
This game is riddled with extremely surface-level flaws. The map is just one big flat block of grass with the only unique surfaces essentially being stylised blocks placed on top of the flat land, like a level builder in a LEGO game. There's no cohesiveness to the environment, and while yes, the game does an excellent job of providing you everything you need to build up a good flow and navigate the senseless environment fairly easily, that's literally all it has to offer. It has a grand total of one, maybe two secrets, neither of-which hold much of interest, and as much as I like this game conceptually, it does not play well enough to justify its flaws.
My understanding of the goals of this game has fluctuated over time, through various interactions with different people, but I do respect it as what it ultimately is - an interpretation of a different direction through-which Sonic could have evolved out of his classic years. Still, this is just a flimsy tech demo, and from what I've heard of the minimal updates over the last six(?) years, the game is not headed back towards mind-blowing status any time soon.
I wish I could offer something of more substance, but I genuinely don't know what else to say, other than "it's okay, I guess." It's enjoyable, in the same way just about any other fan-game with the slightest hint of effort put into it could be enjoyed. It's just a shame this project is so caked in toxicity from every angle, that it'll never be anything more than that.