Sonic the Hedgehog review - Sega Megadrive
What the Mean Machines staff thought
Yep, it's true - Sonic is really great! I can't think of a Megadrive game with more spectacular graphics - even Mickey Mouse wasn't as visually exciting as this - and everything is just so fast and smooth it's astonishing! The design of the levels and the obstacles is ingenious (the Labyrinth zone is a blast!), and I love the fact that you can really explore the levels for different routes and secret rooms, rather than simply having to get from left to right. The instant-loss-of-all-rings factor tended to be a little frustrating, but it certainly didn't prevent me coming back to this game again and again. The wait has been worth it Megadrive fans - this is a game you MUST get! |
After about fifteen zillion millennia of waiting, Sonic's finally here, and it's almost as fabby as Sega would have us believe! The graphics are truly tremendous, with superlative backdrops and super sprites. I cannot stress too much the graphical excellence of this game - it is definitely the best looking Megadrive game yet seen, even more attractive than the Super Famicom's Mario 4! The speed of the game is incredible and when Sonic gets the supa-speed trainers, boy, does he shift! Playability-wise, Sonic's great, although I found that the gameplay does get a little frustrating after a while, especially as there's a few almost impossible situations the hapless hedgehog can find himself in. I'm bound to get billions of 'phone calls asking if it's better than Mario 4, and whilst Sonic's a brill game, it just doesn't have the depth to match Nintendo's masterpiece. Still, I must admit that Sonic is one of the best Megadrive games I've ever played! Buy, buy, buy! |
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Retrospective comments
There may have been a few people who played through their first go on Sonic in a cautious manner, but most of us held the D-pad to the right and hit Jump occasionally. If you missed out on Sonic first time around and have played it much later on in life, then you won't fully understand; Think how fast Burnout Revenge is on PS2 and you're getting somewhere close. |
Have your say about Sonic the Hedgehog
Tris Wicks - 05 Nov 2008, 02:05 GMT
Good times. Up until Sonic spoke. After that, shame and anger.
Tris Wicks - 05 Nov 2008, 05:46 GMT
BTW How come Sonic on the master system legs it faster? Blast processing? Ass processing more like.
Dan - 24 Feb 2009, 17:22 GMT
Oh how I slated the Nintendo fanboys at school when this was being previewed, Mario was going to get a run for his money and in that race there was only gonna be one winner at blinding speeds......wasn't there? Well, no, Sonic The Hedgehog was f-in wank. How disapointed I was when I played this, a sluggish main character that took forever to get up to speed, some garbage about collecting rings instead of just completing levels, that God-awful boss who was about as much of a challenge as getting bummed in a Turkish prison, offensive visuals......THIS was Sega's big whoop? Warra loads of bollocks. Within weeks I had a spanky new Famicom in my possesion and the new masters of gaming were Nintendo.
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