The Sonic game that's the Sonic game that made Sonic Sonic (if that makes sense).
First thing that hits you is the visuals. The levels are much more colorful and detailed than in 1 and have a ton more personality to them. One of the best looking Genesis games and one of the finest looking platformers from this generation.
The gameplay here gets tightened up considerably. Levels feel like they have more paths than the first game and in general just flow better. The game loses some of the precision platforming of the slower paced original, but it's just as thrilling now as when I was a child getting up to BLAST PROCESSING SPEEDS in the levels and finding that path that lets you zip through a level in 1 minute. Shortening down to two acts also helps with the pace.
The music here is simply amazing and iconic.
There are a few levels that are a little on the frustrating side and I found that the final boss had some janky hit boxes but nothing that would ruin the game totally for me.
First thing that hits you is the visuals. The levels are much more colorful and detailed than in 1 and have a ton more personality to them. One of the best looking Genesis games and one of the finest looking platformers from this generation.
The gameplay here gets tightened up considerably. Levels feel like they have more paths than the first game and in general just flow better. The game loses some of the precision platforming of the slower paced original, but it's just as thrilling now as when I was a child getting up to BLAST PROCESSING SPEEDS in the levels and finding that path that lets you zip through a level in 1 minute. Shortening down to two acts also helps with the pace.
The music here is simply amazing and iconic.
There are a few levels that are a little on the frustrating side and I found that the final boss had some janky hit boxes but nothing that would ruin the game totally for me.