Sonic Unleashed

After loads of amount of Rushed in, half-finished, horrible sonic games, SEGA has decided to take their blue mascot back to his roots, while adding some new gameplay elements. Can Sonic Unleashed be the 1st game with the name "unleashed" in it title that won't suck, yes. Is it the best Sonic game since 2005? Let's find out. The story starts with an epic cutscene where Sonic is fighting against Dr. Eggman. He's captured, then turns Super Sonic and follows Eggman. When Eggman captures Super Sonic, He takes the Chaos Emeralds and use their power to release an ancient being called Dark Gia and break the earth into large chunks of pieces. Due to being caught between the blast, Sonic is transformed into a wearhog. When he falls to earth, he somehow makes a shield and meets little flying dog, he calls Chip. In order to save the earth and cure his wearhog transformation, Sonic needs to collect the Chaos Emeralds and restore their power. The plot is an old school Sonic story with it just being Sonic collecting the Chaos Emeralds, but it has a lot of moments that you don't care about. Why do I want to see Chip trying to get some Ice Cream? It's nowhere as bad as the previous games, and it's not all that bad. In Sonic Unleashed, the gameplay is mixed between daytime gameplay, and night time gameplay. In story mode, you get a hub world, and it's just like next-gens hub world, boring, lifeless, and you just don't to be around it. You go here to get moves and get to the next stage. To the hubs credit, it's much easier to find different places. After the story is done, you can go and play the different level. The day time gameplay is extremely fun and addictive. It's the Classic Sonic gameplay of the Sega Genesis fans will remember and love throughout. There's a constant switch between of 2-D and 3-D gameplay. The game gets extremely fast, up to 300 miles fast. Controlling Sonic is reasonably well and there are tones of new moves. 1st is the Sonic Drift, this allows Sonic to drift and it works well and keeps Sonic's speed level up. There's also the ring energy meter. The more you collect rings, the more the meter builds up, and you can burst through anything. Think of it like the gauge in the Sonic Rush games. Lastly is the Sonic dodge, which allows Sonic to quickly dodge but pressing the bumpers. There also quick time events in the game which helps give the urgency that the series is known for. The Day time gameplay is incredibly fun and addictive and defiantly the high light of the game. So what about the wearhog gameplay? 1st, it's nowhere as fun as the Daytime gameplay. You basically go around beating the living crap out of enemies. There are some nice combo's and they are a nice way to break up the action, but there slow, and it gets boring and reparative. If this was 2-D Sonic on a console, it would be perfect, but the Wearhog isn't bad, just not as fun and feels like an add on. As with every new Sonic game, there's cost for full fun. Also, I felt like I was playing a kid version of God of War. Sonic Unleashed is one fine looking game. The framerate is incredibly smooth, despite the hectic speed. The environments and character designs look similar to Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama art work, with the Sonic Style thrown in it. The music has also gotten a much more soundtrack with tones of memorable tunes with new style of beats. The voice acting is decent, although some may not get over Sonic the Wearhogs voice. If your fan of Platforming, this is a solid buy, if you're a fan of Sonic, this the game you have all been waiting for. Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic next-gen, Sonic Riders, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, and Sonic and the Secret Rings are nothing compared to Sonic Unleashed. It is god compared to them. Too bad the next one will suck.