Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Video Game Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2


You know... I was a little disappointed with this game. After seeing that they revamped the physics from Episode 1, I was pretty excited about it, but after it playing it it doesn't really feel like they changed much.

Sonic 4 basically has no story, at least none of any importance, so I'm not going to bother commenting on that. The gameplay is slightly enhanced from episode 1 so that you can no longer stick to the side of walls and rolling into a ball has increased momentum gain. Still not as fast as the good ol' days though.

The level design... seems a little lacking at times. It feels like there are a lot more gimmicks in this game than there were in episode 1, especially with the new Tails-buddy-up combo thing. The music has improved slightly in my opinion, and they threw out the horrible boss theme from the first game. In it's place is a pretty a couple of pretty cool up-beat music tracks.


The graphics look really nice, although I'm not sure I prefer the 3D models over the 2D ones from the first episode. But getting back to gameplay, it's not bad, just not all I had hoped for. I give Sonic 4: Episode 2 a 7/10.

10 comments:

  1. Sounds a tad disappointing but I have to admit the music is really good. Enjoyed your review.

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  2. I have heard it was kind of disappointing. From the sounds of it they didn't stick to what made the first one awesome.

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  3. I don't like the ebil look in his eyes....

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  4. If Sonic ain't as fast as he was then he ain't Sonic!

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  5. Sonic was epic, even though I didn't play much of it.

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  6. Completely off topic, but I had two pet hedgehogs once. Your post is making me want another :)

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  7. I hate the episode idea. Just give me one original sonic game

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  8. I thought it would be better

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  9. Nice I played sonic when I was younger

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