Recently, I bought Sonic 06 for the only reason ANYBODY buys Sonic 06, to see if it was really as bad as everyone says it is. The reason Im posting this is not because I want to start an argument, or because I was to suck up to SEGA, but I think I like Sonic 06. My first reason for saying this is how different it is. Ive always said that its the differences in Sonic games that make them fun, and in this case it works. A 3D sonic set in a life-like world is a good plot, and the extra Z axis they added adds a whole other level of design, meaning better enemies I feel. I also like the separate story-lines that intertwine all the time because it makes the game feel quite well thought. Its easy to write three different stories. Its hard to find a way for those stories to wrap around one another. Now, I wont be the first to say that the game is hard. Theres no doubting that. And sometimes the game just seems to be messing with us, thats what you get when you add an extra dimension to a game previously set in 2D. But I feel a lot of the game isnt considered. Ive played quite a bit into the game, and so far Ive only had one glitch when talking to someone and part of the screen turned grey. I might just be lucky, but who knows? I enjoy the diversity of characters. Sonic is fast but not really strong and cant jump high. Tails can fly, is kind of slow and not too strong. Knuckles is strong but not too fast and can climb. This formula may seem the same for the other story-lines, but getting down to it, theyre quite different. Now, if anybody has made it this far, first of all, congrats. Second of all, I said I /think/ I like Sonic 06. Ive given my reasons why this is so, but now here are the bad sides of it. The controls are clunky. I know its said many times, but its a big problem. Maybe its because they had to change the way Sonic and Co moved, but it just doesnt feel tight enough to play properly. Theres no objectives. Im not saying there are no missions, because they are. The loading screen told me, then someone said one line and then the loading screen told me again. But sometimes its hard to determine where you are meant to go. I go stuck at one point, because I couldnt find the switch to close the gates in the whale level, because it was on top of a rock hidden in a crate. Why are there so little lives? Sure, you might encounter a few, but once you get it, if you die you cant get it again. Sometimes you might have struggled to get as far as you did, but then you die and you go straight back to the start. Respawns suck as well. All in all though, I felt Sonic 06 doesnt get as much credit as it deserves. Yes, its frustrating and difficult, but its still fun. Some things I feel they just left in to make you laugh, like Tails always falling into the water as you run. I like Sonic 06, I also hate it. These are my reasons why. I invite those of you who read this to try making your own analysis. This page should be about fair judgement of the games, not constant posts about who do you like, Sonic or Shadow.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 09:17:29 +0000