Recommended 4.5 hrs on record (3.9 hrs at review time)

Note: I'm nowhere near a fan of Sonic games!



Sonic Generations is a fun game. I don't remember ever owning a Sonic game. I've only played some flash copies of it in browsers. So I guess this is the first actual Sonic game I've played? Possibly. And it's a great introduction to Sonic!



In Sonic Generations, you go through various levels from various Sonic games. All the levels are ofcourse redesigned for HD graphics and such.



You get to choose if you wish to play as old Sonic or as new Sonic in EVERY level! What this means is basically weather you wish to play the oldschool sidescrolling Sonic or if you wish to play the 3rd person Sonic. The 3rd person mode is way better than previous Sonic games! (such as Sonic '06) You actually have decent control over Sonic's movement.



The colors are something I like to call "Nintendoish" which is bright, happy colors which feels really appealing!



The soundtrack is pretty cool. But sometimes I wish they had cranked it up a bit. Such as the stage City Escape! The song for that levels is so awesome! And the level is awesome fun too! I soooo wish they had just cranked it up to the max at that level! Oh well. It's still an awesome song. (Note for Sonic veterans: It's not the original, but it's close to being the same (except for some weird auto-tune??))



The story is pretty much "Bad guy does bad things and now you have to save everyone and everything". Okay maybe it's a tiny bit more complex than that, but the story is NOT the focus in the game AT ALL! Which is a good thing! Because who cares about story in a Sonic game? You just wanna run at sonic speed through all the levels!



So is there anything bad about this game at all?!

Yup. It's a Sonic game. (I can already feel the fans taking dumps on my doorstep)

Okay let's be serious. Sonic is NOT a platformer for eveyone. The super fast speed Sonic runs at will make you run into enemies, spikes, pits and other things A LOT! But atleast you don't loose all of your rings (if you have a lot) when you get hurt. That's a thing I personally don't like about Sonic. I don't want it's unfair speed make me loose all of my points. But it is what it is I guess.

It's still a fun game, but it's definitely not for everyone.



So should you get this game? If you know how a Sonic game plays (both the classic ones and the newer ones) and you know you won't get pissed off by the way the game plays then heck yes! But if you think you may get annoyed then I wouldn't recommend it. If you have no idea how a Sonic game plays, I'd totally recommend that you checkout a Sonic Generations gameplay video out on YouTube!

Posted 3 August, 2015.