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| Rid Hershel 4247th Post
 
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|  "Speed and a certain shade of blue - a review"
, posted Wed 18 Dec 14:57:
Sonic Advance 2 (rom) quick review.
Speed. That's the first thing that comes to everybody's mind when thinking about Sonic. Not platforming, not difficulty, not hard thinking. Just speed and reflexes.
Seems that the Sonic Team finally decided to make a whole non-stop Sonic game. You don't need to stop now. The huge multipathed levels are designed to run, run and run. Run through loops, slide through ice, bump into springs to be running again. Darn, now even in the boss battles you're running all the time.
That's very good. And very bad. It'll be fun for the Sonic fans, and anyone wanting some speed on his GBA. But the series detractors will see a more automatic and easy game too...
Graphically the game shines. The seven huge zones (two acts each) look amazing, using multiple scroll layers, transparences, rotation and all that the handheld can offer (and that's a lot). the characters animation is amazing and detailed. Musically, it's ok, but the GBA sound is too low anyway. And you know that by the end of the day you'll only remember the "ring" sounds that you heard lots of times.
There's a new button for special attacks (R) that is kinda useless, just lamer versions of the elemental fields (Sonic 3) powers that you can't use always.
And a new character, Cream the Rabbit. She's just ok I guess, and a bit ugly. I would prefer to have Amy Rose back, she was amazing. There's a small chao floating next to Cream, with the attack button she sends it to attack for her the nearest enemy. Sonic veterans will remember something similar from Super Tails in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, just this time with a Chao, and not automatic.
There's a multiplayer mode. I don't know how it plays, but there's a mode for single cart and another for two carts, that's always welcome.
The game is import friendly, since you can select languajes at the beggining. So, it's safe to import it, and you won't have to deal with the ugly THQ logo from the US edition.
Overall, a very worthy game that 2d platformer fans and specially Sonic fans shouldn't miss, just be advised, this one is on the easy side.. But if you didn't liked the Sonic games before... looks elsewhere for something new.
Myself? I'm importing it, along with Klonoa Heroes.
[this message was edited by Rid Hershel on Wed 18 Dec 14:58] |
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