Sonic Mania
Game » consists of 11 releases. Released Aug 15, 2017
An official throwback to the early-'90s Sega Genesis roots of the Sonic the Hedgehog series from some notable creators of the series's fanwork.
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5 (3) 4 (0) 3 (0) 2 (2) 1 (0) 3.8 starsAverage score of 5 user reviews
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Sonic Mania Review 0
Boring segment about the wacky history of Sonic the Hedgehog....now, SEGA has handed the reigns to the fans, and I've gotta say, this might be the most fun game I've played all year.The silky-smooth animation on the title screen is one of the first indications of the developers' passion and skill.When Sonic 4 came out, everyone hated it because it looked awful and played nothing like the classic games it was trying to follow up (and I use "trying" liberally). Sonic Mania does a 180 in the most b...
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It feels like an early to mid 90s game. 2
I have no nostalgia for Sonic. I had a SNES and followed that up with a PS-One and never owned any of the Sega consoles. Even when Sonic games went multiplatform I never bought any of the games. I might have spent a few seconds playing the originals whenever I would buy a Sega game collection but I never got deep into it because I didn't like the controls and why would I waste time playing Sonic when I could spend that time playing Comix Zone instead? So anyway, Sonic Mania was getting talked up...
3 out of 3 found this review helpful. -
Sonic Mania surpasses the Classics - Time to let the fans take over the asylum. 0
Sonic Mania shares a lot of similarities with another game that we never thought was coming: Mega Man 9.Both were made with a key thought in mind: bring back a classic franchise and update it so you can get that big nostalgia rush but at the same time improve upon it as much as possible.The team behind Sonic Mania managed to squeeze even more juice out of some of the things that were just throwaway segments in some of the classic Sonic games from the Genesis. For example they make a boss fight f...
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A faithful recreation... based on terrible source material 0
Much like the original Sonic games, Sonic Mania is a beautiful game with an awesome soundtrack, wrapped around an absolutely terrible physics platformer. Controlling Sonic feels like guiding a pinball more than it does directly moving a character, and the nonlinear and vertical level design feels confused with the games straightforward speed based gameplay.For my full thoughts, click here for the video review....
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Sonic Mania (Xbox One) Thoughts 0
My Sonic Mania Playlist I have played through quite a few Sonic Games in my day (mostly of the 2D variety) and although I was hopeful that Sonic Mania was going to be a good one I did not expect it to be as good as it is. The game is not perfect (as no game is) but it still stands head and shoulders above not only other recent 2D Sonic Games but above other recent non-Sonic 2D games as well.PositivesFirst and foremost I have to say that this games just feels right. The running, Jumping, dashing,...
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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