The new Sonic Game
Now this is a game I’ve not yet checked out. Largely because I don’t get to, being a college student in India, doesn’t help. But I’ve read up on it, and I’ve played a few earlier sonic titles, so I can at least pretend I know what I’m talking about.
The low down on Sonic the Hedgehog is that it has two kind of gaming modes. The first is classical fast, racing… streaky, sonic action. Which is obviously good, but apparently there is too little of this sort of action. Though it is much faster and closer to the original, and best loved Sonic, speed wise. Apparently there are much nicer tracks, which are hugely long, and fulfilling, with fewer obstacles, and better controlling, though apparently the sensitivity of the handheld Wii remote might be an issue. So the racing has a universal thumbs up.
The other side of the gaming involves a were-wolf Sonic. This guy is rather large, has a long arms, is very hairy, and has a loping, it would appear, gait. Not really very attractive from the screen shots. The game play here is platform based, and the usual issues like positioning angles of the character, and to a much larger degree of the camera come into play. The stages are hard, and falls can be unmerciful, and painful. The levels are apparently, sometimes to long and tedious to complete, and Sonic purists will hate it.
There are some good points though, like the fighting with Sonic becoming adept as time and stages progress, and creating some nifty combos, which using the Wii remote, might make fun. I think the game play is a bit like i-ninja if anyone remembers the game. I never got bored and never completed it, but the levels I played were great fun!
The graphics are supposed to be really cool, and I cant comment on what people using the Wii will feel about controls etc. the sounds is classic techno stuff that listeners found consistent with Sonic, the game, and pleasure. I don’t know what else to add. Go play the game.
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