Hey guys! Welcome to another game review! This is a game about a hedgehog. A little blue hedgehog with super speed. Who am I talking about? Why, SONIC! He can really move! SONIC! He's got an attitude! SONIC! He's the fastest thing alive! He's the fastest thing alive! He's the fastest thing ALIVE!!!!!!!!!
Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the most iconic game series of all time. Starting out on the Sega Genesis in the 90s, Sonic starred in many great games back in the day, a worthy rival to Mario. Sonic has had his fair share of ups and downs over the years, (good, great, good, bad, good, good, bad, terrible, bad, bad, good, great, good, terrible!), but the blue blur is still definitely one of gaming's most famous and rockin' characters, with his super speed, devil-may-care attitude, and awesome soundtracks! As well as video games, Sonic has starred in a long-running comic book series, 5 cartoon shows, and an animated movie. Sonic Adventure was the first well-received 3D Sonic game. We had Sonic R and Sonic 3D Blast before Adventure, but those games were awful! We also had Sonic the Fighters and the hub world of Sonic Jam, but those don't count! This was Sonic's late answer to Super Mario 64. A mysterious creature has appeared in Station Square. A shape shifting being made out of water. It's dangerous. The evil Dr Robotnik has control over this creature, Chaos. He wants to collect the 7 Chaos Emeralds to turn his creature into an unstoppable force of destruction! Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and the rest of the gang must collect the Chaos Emeralds before Robotnik does, before it's too late! But, can they?
While this game is, of course, a classic, it is a very flawed game. I'll start with all the positives. This game has a great soundtrack, as always from Sonic. The gameplay is varied, there are 6 playable characters each with their own campaigns! Some of them work great and are fun to play, others, not so much. The story is simple and charming. Most of the time. It can sometimes get a little bit too complicated or convoluted, which can be annoying. It's a game about a talking blue hedgehog. Why does the story need to be so complicated? Oh, well, that's just modern Sonic for you. Deal with it. Chaos is a very cool villain! He's one of my favourite characters in the whole series! This game also has the Chao Garden, which is a virtual pet minigame built right into the game! It's very cute and fun! The main gameplay is fun, sometimes. It can become a real pain sometimes because the camera in this game is awful! It's a joke! It's tolerable, but the weird angles really do make the game hard to play. That and the controls can be pretty bad. The graphics are only okay. It does have a higher polygon count than other 5th generation console games on the Playstation and Nintendo 64, but the Dreamcast's pixels and textures were awful! This can be a very ugly game at times. It's very dated. There were definitely better looking games on the Dreamcast. Jet Set Radio, for example. The voice acting, lip syncing, and character animations in the cutscenes are terrible! They can make the game very funny, the lips don't even remotely sync up with what the terrible voice actors are saying! The animations are very awkward, it feels like I'm watching Foodfight sometimes they're so bad! I know this is Sonic, cheesiness is a given, but I still don't consider this an excuse to have terrible acting. Would you excuse this kind of acting in a movie? No! So why is it okay in a game? The game is long with all the character's campaigns put together, plus there's a secret Super Sonic campaign as the game's finale, plus there is DLC that upgrades the game to Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, which adds more challenges, a Metal Sonic campaign, and the character models get all shiny! There is lots to do in this game with lots of replayability. There's the Chao Garden, time trials, and extra challenges to play with after the game's over, so the game won't get boring for a while. I did come across a lot of glitches and bugs. They are mostly hilarious, but the camera angle glitches are the most annoying. I actually really like a lot of the glitches in this game, so the glitches aren't a huge problem. Overall, this is a classic that people should check out. It can be fun, but it's still quite flawed and dated. This game, overall, is okay. It's 5 bucks on PSN and XBLA, so give it a try! It's definitely worth 5 bucks! I give this game a 2.9 stars out of 5. He's the fastest thing ALIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you played Sonic Adventure? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!
And just in case if anyone's wondering what I think about Sonic Adventure 2, I'm not gonna play it! It looks terrible! Even worse than this game! Still better than Sonic 06 and Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, though. Not as good as Sonic Generations, though. Play it, it's amazing.
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Yeah. Shadow is me. Ugh, why does everyone like this game???
Okay, I'm out! |
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