Tim Harder

5/5 I was going into this after avoiding any spoilers or reviews and was expecting a broken, buggy game with a terrible story, ok music and a terrible camera. All these we have come to expect from Sega. HOWEVER: After playing through the camaign, I have become hopeful for the future of Sonic. If this is what Sonic games will be like in the future, COUNT ME IN. THIS GAME IS FUN FUN FUN. The Story is better than most and has a great progression as you play. THE CAMERA IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD. IT WORKS, I MEAN REALLY. THIS IS GREAT. As for mechanics, the attacks are fun and are satisfying to perform. The Upgrade systems works well with the style of game although I wish there were more. The Enemies are varied enough and are like mini puzzles to solve in order to beat them. The Mini Mech Bosses can be just difficult enough to be fun and satifying to beat. AND FOR THE BIG BOSSES, think SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS accompanied by the most epic soundtrack in any sonic game (including the classic/I KNOW CONTROVERSIAL BUT MY OPINION). Accompanying the bosses, also you get to do some absurdly epic moves to obliterate the bosses. THERE ARE 5 MAPS and are varied enough and have really cool tricks and platforming puzzles. THE RUNNING STAGES ARE RIGHT BACK TO CLASSIC STAGES. They create an amazing sense of speed are incredibly FUN. THE PROBLEMS: POP IN IS BAD and will probably fixed/patched in the future. I found that I was able to ignore most until something popped in 5 ftt away in front of me(only happened 1x). THE RUNNING STAGES I found they seemed to stick mainly to the green hill zone theme and not a variety of themes. Also, some of the acheivments can be too easy like the red coins (which it would be nice to have scattered around the stage) while others like the time challenge can be a little too tight.