It’s literally just me with the controller, trying to best my previous self. But, it was both humbling and exciting as hell, because I can’t level up my characters or buy beneficial DLC. I haven’t been schooled by a game so hard in a very long while. But no, Sonic Mania brings it all home, adding in enough difficulty to want to make you tear our hair out.Īll these years, I thought I was good at Sonic games, but Sonic Mania has wasted no time in kicking me off that high horse born of arrogance and putting me in my place. You may think I’m joking because come on, there hasn’t been a super hard Sonic game in ages. Just… I won’t even waste words trying to describe it. This game looks stunning while still keeping it’s very obvious 2D-Mega Drive/Sega Genesis roots in mind. THANKS, SEGA TEAM (no, but actually, thanks). I’m not sure who asked for it, but it’s there now. It’s the little, small details like that that will tickle even the blackest of hearts when it comes to the nostalgia of these games.Īlso, speaking of old levels… Blue Sphere has made a reappearance. The level designs for the old levels were kept roughly the same, too! More than once, I raced through a zone (like Flying Battery or Hydrocity Zone) and thought, “There should be a checkpoint/star post right about… here.”Īnd, there it would be, 9/10. Although it may seem lazy, those levels were a breath of fresh air amidst the new-and admittedly amazing!-levels. Eight of the thirteen levels are from older 2D side-scrollers and it’s glorious. One of the ways the dev team captured the feeling of the old games was by simply… porting in old levels. Whoever was in charge of this game finally, for once in the collective lives of Sonic Team, knew what they were doing: making a game where speed and reaction time were the paramount components. Speaking of the gameplay, it plays like the old games, down to the reaction times of the smallest jerk of my finger (I’m playing on the Switch)! 10/10 would recommend for the sheer positive feelings alone (saying nothing of the gameplay or the music or anything else). Sonic the Hedgehog was my gateway drug of gaming, and going back to something that felt so reminiscent of my first gaming experiences was pure, disarming, and just… happiness-inducing. I haven’t felt nostalgia this strongly for something since… ever, probably. Don’t lie), I was flashed back to my childhood: sitting in my 90s garb-plaid tights and white keds-and sipping my Squeeze-it while running from zone to zone in the earlier Sonic games. I turned it on and even from the first, initial blaring of the “SEGA” jingle (I know you just heard it in your brain. If it was possible to choke and die because of nostalgia, this game would have done it. You’re welcome to judge me after you play this game, you might be right there with me, sobbing into your controller. Words cannot describe how many “yes” buttons this game pressed for me (although I’m damn well going to try), and I will admit that I might have-possibly, maybe-cried. Not only is it chock full of nostalgia, it’s also just a damn good game that’s finally answered the wishes of Sonic fans the world over.) (Assuming you’re not a super-fan like me, and enticed by things like Collector’s Editions, you can pick up this newest great addition for $20. If you’ve ever played/enjoyed the older Sonic the Hedgehog games ( Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic 3, Sonic and Knuckles ) that were originally released in the early 90s, then drop whatever you’re doing and buy/download Sonic Mania from the e-shop on whichever system you have handy. Sonic Mania is the game Sonic fans have wanted, and that Sonic Team has finally – hallelujah! raise a freaking chorus of angels! – delivered. They’re exactly the same and it’s the best thing ever. Sonic and the gang are back, and they aren’t better than ever.
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