Sonic 3D Blast

The Good
Donkey Kong Country for the SNES can't touch this. This is Sega's swan song for the genny. It pushed it too the limits. Great graphics. Remember it takes more than 200+ static colors on screen to make a game graphically super. The resolution and shading is really great for the 16 bit dinosaur. This game brought sonic to the next level. No longer a side scroller, but a fully roaming sonic. Game play is excellent. For a genny cart it sounds actually pretty good.

The Bad
There is nothing not to like about this game unless you hate sonic.

The Bottom Line
The final installment of the sonic series for this system. This is a must game for all genny owners. The peak of game development on Sega's 16 bit machine.

The Good
The game was at least long enough and posed a decent challenge, and the graphics for the game were at least sharp and clean looking, but that isn't enough.

The Bad
This game just doesn't feel like a Sonic game AT ALL. Even more modern games like Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 at least still have that Sonic feel, but this feels like a different game series, not a Sonic game.

First off, the isometric view of the levels doesn't work right, and the controls for the game felt very loose and slippery. Sonic skidded around a lot when I tried to move him, and lining him up for loops and dashes was a frustrating chore sometimes. But what really bothers me is the gameplay: instead of just running through levels as fast as you can, you instead have to rescue little Flicky birds, which are trapped in robot enemies. There's no time limit, so you can take your time to find all the robots in a stage, but the real problem with this is that it also slows the gameplay down to a near-crawl. Plus, I can't stand Sonic's design in this game. He looks way to "kiddie", and the enemies and even Eggman look rather childish. The sound effects are okay, but the music isn't very good at all. I miss the days when Dreams Come True (a Japanese rock band) was composing all of the Sonic music...

The Bottom Line
A very embarrassing moment in Sonic's life. If you're looking for a good Sonic game for your PC, look for Sonic CD instead.

The Good
There is almost nothing to like about this game. Let me see....umm.....well the graphics were great I'll admit that.

The Bad
Well where should I start? For one you cant play as Tails or Knuckles, the enemies and story are unbelievably corny, and after a game like Sonic 3 and S&K its hard to believe Sonic Team could mess up this bad. Unlike the previous side scrolling super speed adventure of the classic Sonic's this game has you running (very slowly) around some badly designed level freeing birds, BIRDS!!!, 10 FREAKING STAGES OF BIRDS!!! This game is so boring it will give you a headache.

The Bottom Line
Avoid this game like it is trying to kill your family! What are you even doing on this page?? RUN RUN!!!!