Sonic Generations

Now i am a huge fan of Sonic The Hedgehog and i have been since back in the Mega Drive days.  I've got to say though that it has been sad to see the blue blurs decent from being at the top of the gaming world to being yesterdays news.

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Sonic Generations is the game that could change all that, by breathing new life into a dying franchise, Sonic Generations revisits some of the most memorable moments from Sonics past and lets you relive them.

The game itself offers two ways to play, for those of us who grew up in Sonics glory days on the mega drive, there is the classic side scrolling action that we all came to know and love.  The second way to play is the aptly named "modern" way which as you guessed is a gameplay that style similar to likes of Sonics dreamcast adventures.  

If we ignore the fact that Sonic Generations is slightly lacking in the story department, the game itself is more of a nostalgic flash back for old school gamers.  Returning to levels such as the Green Hill Zone and the Chemical Plant Zone brings back a whole load of memories from childhood days and its fairly impressive and made all the more better from the redesign of the levels.

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There is more to Sonic Generations than just traversing old levels.  There are also some classic fights such as the unforgettable battle from Sonic CD between Sonic and Metal Sonic on the Stardust Speedway Zone and Dr Robotnik's Death Egg robot from Sonic The Hedgehog 2.  This being said though, the boss battles in Sonic Generations are a few to short, in the actual story itself there are only four actual boss fights and a further three rival fights.

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Even though the boss battles are few, there are plenty of side quests for both Classic Sonic and Modern Sonic to go through.  There is quite a range of challenges from the simple beat the clock to taking control of some of Sonics friends such as Tails and Amy to complete the mission.  Even just replaying through the story levels has something to offer, by gaining red ring stars that are hidden throughout every level, you can unlock a variety of content from concept art to original background music.

Sonic Generations also features an online mode where basically all you have to do is complete the level in the fastest time possible and upload it to the leaderboard.  Not exactly mind blowing as far as online features go, but come on what did you really expect?!

So as I've said Sonic Generations is really more of a game for the die-hard Sonic fans who want to relive Sonics glory days, although i think new comers will still get something out of playing this game too.  Its nice to see Sonic, as Sonic should be, without any of the stupid gimmicks like becoming a were-hog!!!

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Sonic gets a 7 out of 10 

One day he's going to be back at the very top of the gaming world again.  Just wait and see.