Sonic Adventure 2 WIP
Version Played: Steam, briefly Xbox 360.
Completion Status: Main story completed, collectables remains.
Would I recommend? Yes! For anyone who is a Sonic fan or wants to be. Can either play Sonic Adventure first or just play this one stand alone.
Sonic Adventure 2, one of the most beloved games of the Sonic franchise, and was also thought to be the last. A 3D platformer with multiple playstyles, several characters, and an amazing, heart wrenching story. Trust me, there's a reason why people say this is the best Sonic game.
Gameplay:
As mentioned previously, Sonic Adventure 2 has a variety of play styles, coming down to three main ways to play the game. Sonic and Shadow's speed stages, featuring fast fun platforming. Tails' and Eggman's mech stages, where you shoot up enemies and rack up combos. And Knuckles' and Rouge's treasure hunting stages, finding the Master Emerald shards and other items. My personal favorites are the speed and treasure hunting stages, as the platforming is really fun and Sonic and Shadow's abilities are so fun to use, and searching for items is so fun! The mech stages are fun too, but they can be finicky and a bit rage inducing, (especially as Tails.) Still, I really enjoy them especially the low gravity sections as Eggman. Some stages I really enjoyed were:
- City Escape: It's a classic! Amazing soundtrack, fun gameplay, a great first level to a great game. The "skateboard" section on the beginning where Sonic uses a scrap of metal from the helicopter as a board is so fun, and I only recently just found out you can do tricks on the ramps to get high, and I've been replaying this level for years on the Xbox 360 trial version! Also the truck scene is iconic and I love how exhilarating it is.
- Green Forest: This level is so exciting. It starts out with Sonic overhearing Eggman warning Shadow that the island will blow up, the line Sonic says will always be so exciting to me, he's like "Blows up?!" idk I just love how he says it. Anyways, the music goes crazy, there's a time limit above your head, and you gotta mad dash to the end to save Amy and Tails before everything blows up. So much fun!
- Pyramid Cave: I think this may be my favorite level in this game, it sure has my favorite level theme! I love the Ancient Egypt themes of this level, (yes Yugioh gave me an interest in Ancient Egypt,) and the hourglassses are such a fun element. This level I have definitely played the most, outside of multiplayer, and outside of City Escape, that had like a decade headstart okay?
- Final Rush: An amazing end to the hero story and it was genuinely so fun to play through. The rails were so fun, and I love the different paths you could take. Sonic is so awesome for grinding on thin rails thousands of miles above Earth. This level just feels good to play and the fact that you're so high up gives me a rush... a Final Rush. Badum tss.