![]() First comes a race against a Sonic clone that involves (you guessed it) holding right and hitting jump whenever there is a gap or an obstacle. ![]() Then you reach the first boss fight, and it’s totally anti-climactic. Again, I love the economy and elegance of classic Sonic’s minimal moveset in theory, but in practice, his earlier levels quickly boil down to “hold right and press jump as soon as you see a pit or an enemy.”Īt least modern Sonic has the lock-on attack and the magic ability to shift the camera behind his shoulder to mix up the action and keep from having too many obstacles hit you without a fair warning. They are quite dry and free of any interesting design ideas, especially the “classic” Sonic levels. I was also not charmed by most of the opening levels. There were a few cute parts, but yikes, I was really put off by the game’s attempt at narrative. They pop up every time you clear an area with both modern and classic Sonic, featuring Sonic and pals talking in front of a white background about things that are completely worthless. There is more to the story than that, but I can’t imagine why anyone would care the game’s cutscenes are by far the worst part. Like its big brother on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Sonic Generations on the 3DS is a game about classic Sonic and modern Sonic doing some stuff before they abruptly stop doing that stuff because the game is over. So yeah, that’s why I don’t finish Sonic games. The 3D Sonic games fix that problem, but the tradeoff is usually clumsier platforming, the sense of being on rails, and general sense of feeling a false connection with the game world. That’s the problem with the 2D Sonic games. Any game that encourages you to have less fun playing it is doing it wrong. Playing the stage slowly is, of course, less fun. You’ll take hits all the time from enemies that you’ll never see coming when you’re at full speed, which will encourage you to play through the stage slowly. ![]() I love the risk/reward equation of maintaining speed, which offers a higher score, a more exciting experience with the level design, and a higher risk of failure, but the way it’s implemented in most Sonic games is extremely uneven. Sadly, in practice, the games always wear out their welcome before I see the ending credits. I bought all the collections and rented or bought used copies of all the Wii titles because I love the series in theory. It doesn't matter if you're a Sonic fan or not, this is one game you shouldn't miss out.Full disclosure: before playing Sonic Generations (3DS) for review, I had never finished a Sonic game. With lots of different bosses and the ability to choose from two exciting modes, Sonic Generations has managed to capture the best out of 20 different years and put it together in one sweet package. Gameplay is also affected as in Classic, Sonic is able to perform "old-school" moves like Spin Dash and Spin Attack, but in Modern we can see boosting and homing attacks. The 2D and 3D are not the only differences between Classic and Modern. Below the time is the number of rings you have collected so far. The heads-up display is quite simple: you will have the number of lives left in the right corner of the screen and the timer on the left corner of the screen. For example the City Escape is from Sonic Adventure 2 while Planet Wisp is from Sonic Colors. ![]() The game features nine different stages (two more than the 3DS version) spread across three areas, each taken from a different Sonic game. Nine different Sonic games jammed into one Sonic must now travel through everyone of the stages and try to save his friends while gathering the Chaos Emeralds. Time Eater crashes Sonic's birthday party and sends all of Sonic's friends back in time to different stages. He has created a robot named Time Eater and plans to erase all his defeats from history. The main difference between these two modes is that the Classic Sonic is played in a 2D perspective while the Modern Sonic allows players to try it in a 3D perspective (even with Stereoscopic 3D).ĭoctor Eggman is at it again. In order to celebrate this special event, this game features two different selectable forms: the Classic and the Modern. Past and Present are in dangers because of one Time Eater robot ![]() That's 20 years of some of the best fast-paced arcade games the world has ever known. Sonic Generations is not just your ordinary Sonic game, it's a special edition that was created in order to commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. ![]()
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