![]() ![]() These can net you medals that are used to unlock extras later on. Each level throws a few bonus stage opportunities your way as well, as you’re tasked with collecting blue balls and rings on a spherical level, while avoiding the red balls. The level design sees you having to navigate some pretty complex levels, with one or two requiring some extra thought as it turns you around. The game plays exactly how I remember those classic Mega Drive games too, as Sonic runs, jumps and spins his way through an impressively varied array of stages. You can play it with scanlines if you want to go into full nostalgia mode, however. As Sonic Mania takes place after Sonic & Knuckles, it’s certainly fitting that it looks just like it, albeit at a higher resolution to take advantage of today’s HD displays. Sure, I’d seen trailers and screenshots, but seeing the game in motion immediately took me back to my childhood. These new machines have discovered a new power that seemingly messes with time and space, leaving Sonic, Tails and Knuckles no option but to chase down Eggman and his robotic goons.Īs a bit of a fan of the old Sonic games ( Sonic 3 specifically) I couldn’t help but admire the beautiful visual design as the game opened. The game doesn’t tell you any of this though, hence the silent movie thing I mentioned earlier, but you get the general idea as you play. ![]() The beginning is almost identical to Sonic 3, except Sonic doesn’t run into Knuckles this time, instead he runs into the Hard-Boiled Heavies – Dr Eggman’s machines that have gone a little rogue. Much like that original quadrilogy, there’s a bit of a silent movie vibe to the storytelling as events unfold without dialogue, instead using simple in-game scenes. It’s those early games that are so important to Mania’s plot, such as it is. Sonic appears in his signature pose on the title screen, wagging his finger at you as if the last twenty years had never happened and this was simply the sequel to Sonic & Knuckles. Luckily, there exists a few folk within Sega who believe that Sonic the Hedgehog can be great again (not in the same way that orange idiot thinks he can make America great again) by remixing the Mega Drive games, to create something that is both familiar and new.įrom the pixel art to the incredibly 90s opening movie that recalls the old Sonic cartoon, the charm is instantly there in Sonic Mania. Seriously, go back and play them now, they’re atrociously designed and they simply do not capture the essence of Sonic in any way. Don’t tell me that the Sonic Adventure games were good, either. In fact, Generations aside, I’d argue that Sonic has been bad since he left the Mega Drive. Alright, let’s get it out of the way up front and address the elephant in the room: Sonic hasn’t been good for a while. ![]()
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