Sonic Adventure

The Good
Most of the Sonic levels are great, have a lot of running about, but also plenty of platform-jumping as well. There are original ideas, such as the stone snake and the mirrors in Lost World. The graphics are amazing, and there are some first-rate pieces of music. The Sonic levels have great replay value.

The Bad
The Knuckles levels become tedious (wandering about looking for pieces of an emerald, helped only by a less-than-useful tracking device). And as for the 'Big the Cat' levels. A fishing simulator? What on Earth were the makers of this game thinking of? Big himself is a pretty uninteresting character. The voices in this game are worse than abominable - Sonic and friends sound like spoilt brats - and the jokes are unfunny. Cut-scenes which could have been atmospheric are ruined by the terrible voice-overs. This game somehow fails to be greater than the sum of its parts.

The Bottom Line
Sonic and friends are once more called into action when the nutritionally challenged Dr Robotnik brings into being a liquid monster which he plans to use in his latest attempt to rule the world. This is a fully 3-D, multi-role platform adventure in which you must guide Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, etc through the various levels completing whatever tasks they are required to complete. Robotnik and his creation will turn up now and again, providing boss sequences, and there are times when you will need to explore the landscape in order to find entrances to further levels. All in all, the best Sonic game since Sonic 3/Sonic and Knuckles, but I still think those Genesis 2-D scrollers were the best Sonic games.

The Good
The game is in fact okay for the Dreamcast but the GameCube version is much better! Who needs a Dreamcast these days? I found it a little good at the beginning of Sonic's story but I couldn't do it very well... But after one week or so I found so easy!

The Bad
It's got an interesting storyline. But the graphics are rubbish! Like, I said the GameCube version is a LOT better!

The Bottom Line
The storyline is cool. But the only good story is Sonic well that's my words. I discovered Tails, Knuckles, and Amy's adventures so easy. Gamma's story is okay but not as good. Big's story is really rock solid!.

The long storyline goes on in Sonic Adventure 2, then throughout Sonic Heroes.

The Good
The Year is 1999 Sonic that little blue hedgehog who stole everyone’s heart’s back in 1990 has been absent for 5 years with no new Sonic game appearing on the Sega Saturn which probably partially led to its failure but now as a Dreamcast launch game Sonic is back! In full 3d! But did Sonic suffer the same fate as all 2d platformer to 3d transition except for Mario?

You may be pleased to hear it does turn out well being faithful to the old Sonics with the same action packed levels as Sonic but other characters have different game types Tails must race sonic through levels which I don’t care for personally but at least its different Knuckles must do a scavenger hunt for pieces of the shattered master emerald Amy must evade a robot trying to steal a birdie from her so Robotnik can take it a turn it into a robot two new characters being Big The Cat and E-102 in Big the Cat’s levels you must Fish… What? For Froggy his friend who has swallowed a chaos emerald which leads to E-102 who works for Eggman(Robotnik) and soon works to help Sonic and friends in all this chaos you may be asking what is the overall plot to this game well.

Eggman has come upon a creature called Chaos who feeds on chaos emeralds and grows bigger eggman wants the use Chaos to destroy Station Square and make Robotnikland and Sonic decides to stop him by collecting the emeralds first along the game you discover Chaos’s true identity and why Robotnik’s meddling was a big mistake even for him.

In between missions Sonic and friends can explore Station Square and the mystic ruins for items, routed to new levels and upgrade to your character, The music and sound effects in this game are great and wonderful action sequences like running down the side of a building or getting chased by a whale.

The Bad
Since the final Super Sonic game requires you to beat all characters campaigns some people will never finish the game because of Tail’s levels and Big’s levels and the games camera can make sticking a landing and seeing what you are doing.

The Bottom Line
This game is a great return of Sonic and should be played by all Sonic fans and any one looking for a good action thrill.