This review contains spoilers
i still cant believe this is real. im only gonna talk about the story bc i havent played this game and have like 0 interest in doing so ngl
u can tell they got ian flynn to write this one. u really can. i like the story alot bc with how sonic stories go, i NEVER thought we'd get something like this. we are talking abt chaos now? we are expanding upon the lore? and ohh my god the character interactions i love them. i love how amy isnt painfully annoying and is actually very sweet, i love sonic & knuckles fruity ass bromance, i love tails wanting to work on himself more. i like eggmans arc in this game too like no one was expecting the mainline games to ever do something like this..???
but its extremely obvious that the end of the game was rushed and you can feel that in the story too, sonic didnt even stay 'dead' for longer than like 30 seconds. not even one cutscene with him like that before hes already fixed and fine. and its a major let down too bc throughout the entire game you can see how much hes been affected to the point where his idle animation changes in the third area. its extremely disappointing but i cant say im surprised
and this is a more minor thing but i dont like how you can fish for all of eggmans notes immediately bc some of them spoil what happens in the story if you arent far enough. i watched charriii play and luckily someone in the chat told him when he should stop reading them but idk it feels like an oversight to not have them locked behind completing areas or something
and of course it wouldnt be written by flynn if the game didnt feature some references that felt forced, but theyre only like one or two lines
idk but this release is promising. if they actually expand on this formula and dont immediately go back to do something else like they always have, then i think theres something to look forward to. but thats all it is. a promise
u can tell they got ian flynn to write this one. u really can. i like the story alot bc with how sonic stories go, i NEVER thought we'd get something like this. we are talking abt chaos now? we are expanding upon the lore? and ohh my god the character interactions i love them. i love how amy isnt painfully annoying and is actually very sweet, i love sonic & knuckles fruity ass bromance, i love tails wanting to work on himself more. i like eggmans arc in this game too like no one was expecting the mainline games to ever do something like this..???
but its extremely obvious that the end of the game was rushed and you can feel that in the story too, sonic didnt even stay 'dead' for longer than like 30 seconds. not even one cutscene with him like that before hes already fixed and fine. and its a major let down too bc throughout the entire game you can see how much hes been affected to the point where his idle animation changes in the third area. its extremely disappointing but i cant say im surprised
and this is a more minor thing but i dont like how you can fish for all of eggmans notes immediately bc some of them spoil what happens in the story if you arent far enough. i watched charriii play and luckily someone in the chat told him when he should stop reading them but idk it feels like an oversight to not have them locked behind completing areas or something
and of course it wouldnt be written by flynn if the game didnt feature some references that felt forced, but theyre only like one or two lines
idk but this release is promising. if they actually expand on this formula and dont immediately go back to do something else like they always have, then i think theres something to look forward to. but thats all it is. a promise