A Critical Hit!: "Sonic Adventure 2 is around the time when the Sonic franchise started to take a turn for the worse. Some people strongly believe that SA2 is one of the last – if not the best – of the “good” Sonic games. Each level in the game stars a different member of the Sonic cast, and they are tailored to the abilities of that character. Sonic and Shadow levels are fast, acrobatic affairs with lots of ramps, jumps and rails. Tails and Dr. Eggman both pilot giant mech suits, so their levels are more similar to a third-person shooter. Knuckles and Rogue each have stages where they must find hidden pieces of the Chaos Emerald, because they can climb and fly, I guess. It definitely helps put some variety into the game, but after the first few levels you’l start groaning every time you find out a stage doesn’t star Sonic or Shadow."
Sonic Adventure 2 is seeing more players on Steam than ever before thanks to the theatrical release of the Sonic 3 movie.
Huh, it's almost like they should try listening to fans that have asked for a new one over the last two decades... At this point, I've given up hope though honestly. Saw a lot of people loving Frontiers, but I could not get into it. It just felt so generic with the world and level designs. The thing I loved about the franchise was that each level felt unique with the colors, design, music, etc.
Also, don't you have to get a mod to even run this above 30 FPS on Steam? I recall someone on YouTube playing this for the first time and having a hard time getting things working. Sucks that such a beloved game is treated poorly.
SA2 was only good as Sonic. Knuckles levels were pure disaster.
SA1 was a far better game.
I actually liked the robotnik levels least of all. Knuckles wasn't too bad cause of the music lol.
I agree the knuckle levels were the worst part of the game. It broke the flow of the gameplay and the music was off for a sonic game. It felt like those knuckle levels were made by a different dev.
The Sonic and tails levels, however, were awesome. The multiplayer mode was interesting and my brother and I spent hours
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Still have SA2 Battle. Those Knuckles & Rouge stages aged very poorly but I still have fun with all the other character stages. Shame Sega doesn't seem interested. I can't imagine fans were clamoring for a mediocre Colors port over either SA game being ported.
i still have it for gamecube ps3 and ps4 haha.
good game, but chaannky. or the camera is anyways
It's like most devs will never actually atleast try to deliver a fan favorite title. Simpsons hit&run remake or sequel, bully 2, new sonic adventures title, another thoroughly made good batman singeplayer titles. Smh the list goes on
Ewwww 3D Sonic. Should be playing a good Sonic game. Heck even Sonic Spinball over that trash.
Sonic Frontiers has won over Japan after years of poor sales.
For someone like me that started playing games at late 90s it was heartbreaking to see what happened to SEGA. Good to hear this because how things were going in the last years for them. I remember the time when they closed a lot of arcades in Japan. Or even when Microsoft almost bought them several years ago.
I have a feeling the sales will drop a ton the next week since everyone figured out it's barebones and a technical mess. Hype and name brand can only get you so far.
I wanted to like this game but they did everything possible to disappoint. Maybe they can use this as a stepping stone for a future title, but so far this isn't it.
For over thirty years, Sonic the Hedgehog has provided memorable video game music and brought many artists from around the world together.
'Nother Sonic hater.....got anything new to say? should've just cut and pasted....
The reviewer really didn't go into much details as to why this is such a bad game. He just said it feels dated by today's standards and that he didn't enjoy the game.
I remember playing the good guys campaign a few years after it came out back when the gba was still around and it was a very entertaining game. The levels i enjoyed the most were the sonic levels and i liked the idea that he gained new abilities as you progressed through the game. The tails levels were also fun where you could take out hordes of enemies with his mech. The knuckle levels on the other hand were very long and boring with the terrible camera angles and awful music in the background. Also the sonic levels near the end suffered from bad camera angles that made it difficult to control which led to many unnecessary deaths. This is all from memory btw but i think that the target audience for this game which i believe is ages 10-16 will enjoy it.
D+ are u kidding? Didnt even mention the amazing soundtrack. Bad camera angles get over it and deal with it. Its not even difficult to figure out where your going. You groan because your not playing as Sonic or Shadow? Im willing to say SA2 is the best 3D sonic game.
Oh wow, I remember playing this aged about 10. Amazing.