I just rented the abortion that is Sonic the Hedgehog for the PS3. I thought I can get some enjoyment out of the game, it looks like I am one of the few that actually loved SA2 and really enjoyed Heroes. Nope, the game is a complete disaster, I don't even know where to begin.
You all know the loading screens by now, its worse than that video you saw, it happens all over the craptastic city you are forced to explore. You run around this uninspired place with boring NPC's, some have crappy side missions for you to do which is where all this loading takes place, none of the missions are fun. The city takes up so much time cause everything is loading, just let me go to one of the stages please. Oh and there is even loading in the stages, you are just running along and them BAM, load screen, wah?!
The action stages are a complete mess as well. The controls are horrible, everything is loose, the camera is trying to kill you. Sonic moves slower than in SA1 or 2, plus there is constant massive slowdown. Then mid level you become tails, he controls worse than Sonic. Trying to fly with him is like trying to control a drunk bee that is on crack. You fly up and the camera just stays on Tails, it doesn't adjust to let you see where you might be landing, you try to navigate tails and its just near impossible. Oh and his special move is to throw ring box bombs, wtf!?
The mach speed parts are near unplayable as well. Everything hurts you, if you hit a tree you lose rings, hit a wall lose rings, and don't try to jump cause that won't do you much good. The best way to stay on track is to do the ring dash but every time you do it the camera freaks out just a bit which is enough to send sonic off into a wall. AHHH!
The enemies in the game are crap. Sure they have never been good in Sonic games but at least in SA2 they served a purpose, you can chain them to get high scores and such, there was actually strategy. Here you get the same few robots, usually 4 or 5 at a time, they just stand there and shoot at you. All you have to do is jump attack them (which is also slow as hell), which is a series of X presses and they all die, no reward, nothing, just garbage in your way of more garbage.
I got to the snow level where you do the whole ski thing, there is no way they can screw that up right... oops. When skiing you don't automatically go down the slope like a normal person on a board would in here you can stop at any time and change direction, screw gravity, who needs it. The board controls almost like a tank, you need to hold up for it to move up but if you press left the board will just stop and slowly rotate left. Jumping is a guessing game, hmm will it jump when I press the button this time, nope I die again, this is fun.
Oh and there was this boss fight with Silver, it had to be the biggest piece of s*** fight in history. He can telekinetically grab you and throw you which makes you lose your rings, you can't move at all during the whole animation, you are totally helpless. The problem is many times he will just grab you a second time before you can even move again to get a ring and he kills you without you even being able to move. Its f***ing retarded!
At some point in the game I died in a level and found out the game does not let you continue from the level, you need to load a save. Well my save was about an hour back after I had done all the city s**t you had to do to get to the level, go f*** yourself Sonic team!
The only enjoyment I have had from the game is this one level that had lots of grinding around a giant ruined city. Luckily the grinding works well, guess that one was to simple to screw up. The level design in this stage was great, it was visually impressive, there were moments of coolness where you are jumping from building to building, twisting and turning on rails, it was good design. But the game still controls like a buggy pile of garbage. If this game just controlled like SA 1 or 2 it would be a very decent game.
I can't believe this s*** shares the same name of one of the all time greatest games. Everyone at Sonic team should be arrested for robbery, charging $60 for this should be a crime.
