SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3D SERIES

The sluggish pace of these night sections and the time it took to complete them seemed merely like padding for the game. During the night Sonic transformed into a Werehog where slow, methodical platforming and climbing were the calls for action.

During the day it was normal Sonic rushing through levels at supersonic speeds. Sonic Unleashed was a game divided up between two parts: day stages and night stages. Regardless, I find the colorful zones of Sonic Heroes to be enjoyable to play for the most part. Some might find playing through the same zones with different characters with only minimal changes to the level design boring after a while, and I tend to agree. The game had numerous paths to explore, bosses to beat down, and Chaos Emeralds to collect. Sonic Heroes was a game where four teams of three: Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge, and Omega, Amy, Cream, and Big, and Vector, Charmy, and Espio traversed through multiple themed zones. However, Sonic's levels were the true highlight of the title. Half of the characters you were forced to play as were pretty lackluster. For Sonic all he had to accomplish was reaching the goal. For Amy she had to escape a pursuing robot. Each character had their own set objective in each zone. There were six characters to choose from: Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, E-102, and Big the Cat. Who doesn't remember their first time cruising along Emerald Coast, hopping inside a tornado in Windy Valley, and leaping into a blistery volcano in Red Mountain? The game featured hubs like Station Square which tied all of the zones together.

Sonic's first foray into 3D was with Sonic Adventure. And don't even get me started on the sappy story and awful dub. I'd prefer traditional controls any day of the week. Tilting the Wii remote to dash left and right was pretty intuitive at the time, but it comes off as merely a gimmick. Add in the inability to properly backtrack, and you have a recipe for disaster. Any game where you have to purchase and equip skills for the game to actually play better is fundamentally flawed.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3D SERIES

The first of two Storybook Series Sonic games, Sonic and the Secret Rings tells an Arabian tale where the blue blur meets up with a genie. There are much better Wii games to play besides Sonic and the Black Knight. While the game is not terrible per se, it is quite uninspired. Several of Sonic's friends served as characters in the King Arthur-themed story. Sonic and a sword, what could possibly go wrong? In this Storybook Series game for Wii, players wielded a talking sword as they hacked and slashed their way through castles, keeps, and caverns. The only decent quality about this game is the sensational score that accompanies the awful game. Now that's dedication and torture all at the same time. True story, but I actually know someone who got all 1,000 achievement points in this game. After about the fiftieth time falling through the floor of one of the game's zones, I had to call it quits. One of the worst games I have had the displeasure of playing, 2006's Sonic the Hedgehog reboot was a festering pile of feces featuring broken gameplay, glitch-filled levels, annoying and unwieldy mach speed sections, and the introduction of the obnoxious Silver the Hedgehog. If Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations are any indication, these people are dead wrong. Many people proclaim that the best days of Sonic the Hedgehog are behind him. Sonic the Hedgehog has had a decent amount of success sticking with 2D gameplay. Now we get a little bit more complicated as we scope out Sonic the Hedgehog's 3D escapades. On Monday we took a peek at Classic Sonic in his natural 2D form.

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