Sonic Generations (3DS)
The HD version of Sonic Generations is a very good celebration of the last 20 years of Sonic. The combination of beautifully detailed scenery, kickass soundtrack, and two contrasting but highly polished styles of play led to a fun, if short-lived, gaming experience.
SEGA definitely have a history of jumping straight into new technology so it isn’t all that surprising to see them being one of the first third party developers to support the 3DS, bringing a whole new version of Sonic Generations.
In some ways the 3DS version fixes some of the faults of the HD version. The bosses in particular are much better, each taking the traditional 8 hits instead of 4, and staying true to the original versions but with their own unique twist. The last boss in particular is a huge improvement on its HD counterpart.
There are only seven levels instead of nine this time but only Green hill is the same, making this a good compliment to the HD version. Each looks and sound superb however both styles are entirely 2D which leads to the biggest problem of the 3DS version, both styles are too similar.
In the HD versions classic Sonic stayed true to his roots, sticking with just the standard spin attack and spin dash. Modern Sonic meanwhile had all the moves, being able to stomp, homing attack, boost, light speed dash, slide, quickstep, etc. Mastering all these moves was the key to getting the really fast times.
Each style was unique whereas in the 3DS version very little is different. Modern Sonic still has slide, boost and stomp but halfway through classic Sonic learns Homing attacks. Being entirely in 2D doesn’t help either, leading to the two styles being more or less the same.
It also suffers from the same short length issue the HD version had. Getting all S ranks for an experienced player will only take you a couple of days, and that’s only playing a couple of hours at a time.
It does make good use of the street pass feature. You can only unlock so many missions on your copy without streetpass or spending lots of playcoins. By passing people with the game you unlock more missions, which you complete to access more rewards. The addition of online multiplayer is a nice but expected bonus.
Much like the HD version it still relies on beating high scores and times to prolong its life. Getting S ranks is a little harder this time around, it felt a little too easy in the HD version, here it feels just right.
Sonic Generations 3DS address some of the problems with the HD version but ultimately create some of its own. The bosses are better and it is harder to get S ranks, but the two styles become too similar halfway through and it is just as short as its HD brethren.
A nice compliment to the HD version but only really necessary if you are a fan of the series and/or you can get it cheap.
6/10
SEGA definitely have a history of jumping straight into new technology so it isn’t all that surprising to see them being one of the first third party developers to support the 3DS, bringing a whole new version of Sonic Generations.
In some ways the 3DS version fixes some of the faults of the HD version. The bosses in particular are much better, each taking the traditional 8 hits instead of 4, and staying true to the original versions but with their own unique twist. The last boss in particular is a huge improvement on its HD counterpart.
There are only seven levels instead of nine this time but only Green hill is the same, making this a good compliment to the HD version. Each looks and sound superb however both styles are entirely 2D which leads to the biggest problem of the 3DS version, both styles are too similar.
In the HD versions classic Sonic stayed true to his roots, sticking with just the standard spin attack and spin dash. Modern Sonic meanwhile had all the moves, being able to stomp, homing attack, boost, light speed dash, slide, quickstep, etc. Mastering all these moves was the key to getting the really fast times.
Each style was unique whereas in the 3DS version very little is different. Modern Sonic still has slide, boost and stomp but halfway through classic Sonic learns Homing attacks. Being entirely in 2D doesn’t help either, leading to the two styles being more or less the same.
It also suffers from the same short length issue the HD version had. Getting all S ranks for an experienced player will only take you a couple of days, and that’s only playing a couple of hours at a time.
It does make good use of the street pass feature. You can only unlock so many missions on your copy without streetpass or spending lots of playcoins. By passing people with the game you unlock more missions, which you complete to access more rewards. The addition of online multiplayer is a nice but expected bonus.
Much like the HD version it still relies on beating high scores and times to prolong its life. Getting S ranks is a little harder this time around, it felt a little too easy in the HD version, here it feels just right.
Sonic Generations 3DS address some of the problems with the HD version but ultimately create some of its own. The bosses are better and it is harder to get S ranks, but the two styles become too similar halfway through and it is just as short as its HD brethren.
A nice compliment to the HD version but only really necessary if you are a fan of the series and/or you can get it cheap.
6/10
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