![]() But, while out of bounds, a voice clip of Tails will play, saying things like: “Sonic… where ARE we?” or “Huh, this is… different….”. Instead of patching them out, Sonic Colors Ultimate makes one of the best decisions I’ve ever seen. There are some cool out-of-bounds strategies speedrunners used on the Wii version. Something cool I have to mention, though, is speedrun skips. But it’ll probably get patched as well (to my great sadness). I’ve had several instances of getting 3D gameplay in a 2D zone, which is awesome to mess around with. There are also some fun glitches you can encounter. I have a feeling we’re going to get quite a few patches for this one. Most are just annoyances, but a few impede gameplay. I honestly encountered too many bugs to list, but the gist here is that you’re going to run into some in its current state. I ran into many bugs, ranging from music tracks not playing properly to Sonic falling off of an automatic section to his death. Something else people may find disgusting is glitches. Every other world has the remixes standard. It appears they’ve removed the remixes from Planet Wisp in the standard version and locked them to DLC for no real reason other than money. After doing some research on it, I can see why they don’t want to go into detail. My review copy of the game came with it, but there’s no description of what it is on the eShop besides “3 exclusive original game remixes to set the pace for you while you put an end to Dr. Remixes have also been added, and while they’re fine, none are better than the originals to me Unfortunately, you can’t revert to an ‘Original Soundtrack Only’ mode. The Wii soundtrack still sounds incredible, with many memorable tunes. Unfortunately, there also aren’t online leaderboards to compete for the best times.Īccompanying your gameplay is some good music. You need to unlock all the Color Powers before you can truly enjoy the game, though, which means you’ll need to play a good portion of the story first. This style is where Sonic Colors truly shines. Going for ‘S’ ranks, beating your best times, and collecting Red Star Rings is quite fun and even made me enjoy some of the more mediocre 2D levels. Once I started playing levels afterward, though, things began to click. After beating the main story, I still didn’t understand why people loved this game. Putting all these things together made my initial playthrough impressions poor. Spike tends to go in one direction no matter which way I’m holding, and Frenzy has awful turning and momentum. Certain Color Powers, especially the ‘Spike’ and ‘Frenzy’ ones, also have very odd controls. But, any time the game wants you to slow down and platform, the controls can be quite a pain. Sonic controls loosely, which works fine enough when you’re going fast. I found the writing extremely painful, and since the jokes make up like 90% of the story, you aren’t left with much in one of the worst Sonic stories I’ve ever seen.Ĭontrols also have some issues. ![]() They went for a ‘humorous’ tone, with jokes constantly cracked but almost falling completely flat. As for the actual story in the cutscenes… it’s bad. Those look really good, and it’s apparent Sega had spent good money on them back then. While the resolution is higher, the graphics themselves look dated except in a few cutscenes that had a higher production quality, like the opening. Of the six levels in each world (before the boss), two or three seem like filler put together to increase playtime.Ĭutscenes are presented throughout the story, all of which have been upscaled in definition from the Wii. Quite a few acts are entirely in 2D, and unfortunately, these tend to feel thrown together. 2D sections feel like they dominate the majority of the game, with a few 3D ones strewn in here and there. The gameplay is split between fast-paced 3D sections and 2D ones that are more platforming-focused. Sonic Colors Ultimate has you racing through 45 ‘acts’ to save the ‘Wisps’ from Eggman’s control. That said, I was looking forward to Sonic Colors Ultimate so I could give the game another shot. I’ve heard many call it ‘the best 3D Sonic game’, but I couldn’t see what they were seeing. On the flip side, I’ve never cared for Sonic Colors on the Wii. It’s one of my favorite Switch games, and I’ve gone back to it many times. Despite what the net says, I liked Sonic Forces.
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