![]() ![]() Some of the bosses are extremely difficult and for a klutz like me, almost impossible. My hand-eye coordination isn’t the best (there’s a reason I was always picked last in middle school kick ball), which really cuts into my Sonic Mania skills. Playing as the titular Sonic and his bottom bitch Tails, I managed to get to the eighth stage, where I am now stuck. Minigames, like the obnoxious “collect all the blue orbs while avoiding the red ones” and “chase a UFO” are a nice distraction from the game’s speedy atmosphere.Īfter playing for about eight hours, I still haven’t beaten the game. It’s a simple technique that makes spin-dashing your way through the levels just a tiny bit easier. ![]() There’s also the new Drop Dash ability, which allows you to spin dash instantly after falling to the ground. Just throw better sprites, new backgrounds, enemies and levels into the mix and you’ve got yourself a highly-rated video game. Playing as Knuckles felt eerily similar, like the gameplay was so perfect the first time around that it barely required any fidgeting. Focusing on what makes a Sonic game good, like giving players a real sense of speed, could only have been created by fans who care about gameplay over gimmicks. The developers, a group of Sonic The Hedgehog lovers who made fan games of the spiny blue mammal in shoes before Sega picked them up, have an obvious love for the character and the genre. Some are reimagined classics, like Green Hill Zone, while others are entirely new, like Stardust Speedway Zone. Knuckles, Tails and Sonic are all playable, bringing their unique playstyles to 12 stages. That was until Sonic Mania sped its way onto my Xbox One. The way he soared through the air and climbed on walls was inspiring and captivating, I didn’t think I’d ever get to play a game again that captured that same level of challenging and enjoyment. I spent hours, maybe even days, locked inside my room, addicted to the red echidna protecting the Chaos Emeralds. I never lived through the Sega Genesis heyday, but I did play the original Sonic The Hedgehog and Sonic and Knuckles on a Sega Classics CD-ROM. If you’ve ever picked up a platformer and just want to relive the glory days of your youth, you need to pick up Sonic Mania. There’s no 3-D (other than a vector based bonus game) to be seen, focusing on the tried and true gameplay that made Sonic Mario’s adversary in the ‘90s. Sega’s return to the classic Sonic the Hedgehog, before the edgelord Shadow the Hedgehog existed, is a welcome sign for fans of the Sega Genesis-era games. ![]()
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