Sonic Adventure DX (Director's Cut)

The Good
There is a lot to do as there is lots of characters... a few gamegear games extras are nice n retro - not good but nice and it's sonic and who doesn’t like sonic? WHO?!

The Bad
It may be sonic but that doesn’t mean its any good, the graphics are very bad, low standard dreamcast rubbish that sonic team hasn’t updated or taken any advantage of the gamecube's power in any way, shape or form. The story is horrendous and complicated and just doesn’t make any sense at all. This factor isn’t helped by the horrible HORRIBLE voice acting and music, in fact it’s so bad it’s funny, the way it all just makes no sense! The gameplay is evil, the action stages play like 3D bits of the original Sonics abet not very good 3D bits, as there too buggy and glitchy, also the thing that really annoys me is that the core sonic gameplay hasn’t changed; it’s still just a case of holding forward all the way through the levels. Some variety is attempted in the different characters but, its just rubbish!

The Bottom Line
DON’T buy it! You might as well as go out with £50 taped to your head with mug me written on it.

The Good
I must admit that I've never played the Dreamcast version of this game, so I will judge this game's merits on the Gamecube version alone. The game have its strong points, I know people have criticized the graphics on this game, but I find them quite good. Also a strong point for Gamecube users is that the library of Game Gear Sonic games are unlockable in this game, when they are not present in the Sonic Mega Collection. This game is a good first attempt at putting Sonic into the 3D platforming world.

The Bad
However, there exists many flaws in this game, with many elements seemingly lifted from Mario 64, I would have thought Sega would tried tried to innovate within the 3D platforming field, much like the original Sonic innovated the 2D platforming field. They even lifted the poor camera system of Mario 64 and made it worse...The fact that you had to switch to free camera every new stage made it really annoying...Also certain characters seemed to be added for no reason...after the first 3 characters of the game, the game loses some luster...

The Bottom Line
This game isn't a necessity for gamers, not to sound like a Nintendo fanboy or anything, but I feel the Mario platformers are much better than this game to experience 3-D platforming.

The Good
A few years ago, I discovered Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast. It was a shock, and it was my dream to play it on my PC... So what's about Sonic Adventure Director's Cut on PC ? First of all, it is very fun to play, even on keyboard.The levels are very well designed and full of surprises and events (snowboard, races, pinballs...) You can play as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy... and two newcomers, Big the cat and a robot called E-102 "Gamma". Each explores a part of the story, which is better developed than usual. The game is not very long and not very hard, but filled with fun and energy ! And the music is very nice (the main theme is fantastic !)

The Bad
Well, here come the problems. First of all, the graphics are, err, old. The game is exactly the same as it was on Dreamcast, without any enhancements. Playing Sonic is cool, and Knuckles and E-102 too, but the others are a bit boring. Especially Big which levels consists in fishing... And you must finish all their stories to have the final fight... And I wonder where is that "director's cut", because adding some old Game Gear games in bonus isn't enough. And, the true flaw of this game : it seems somehow unfinished. There are still many bugs, the camera is alcoholic and the programming of the events and other cutscenes is not very well done.

The Bottom Line
Sonic DX is still a good game, but it seems very old now, especially with the lack of enhancements. If you like the blue hedgehog and don't know sonic adventure already, you may be interested in this PC version.