Sonic Adventure

The Good
Most of the Sonic levels are great, have a lot of running about, but also plenty of platform-jumping as well. There are original ideas, such as the stone snake and the mirrors in Lost World. The graphics are amazing, and there are some first-rate pieces of music. The Sonic levels have great replay value.

The Bad
The Knuckles levels become tedious (wandering about looking for pieces of an emerald, helped only by a less-than-useful tracking device). And as for the 'Big the Cat' levels. A fishing simulator? What on Earth were the makers of this game thinking of? Big himself is a pretty uninteresting character. The voices in this game are worse than abominable - Sonic and friends sound like spoilt brats - and the jokes are unfunny. Cut-scenes which could have been atmospheric are ruined by the terrible voice-overs. This game somehow fails to be greater than the sum of its parts.

The Bottom Line
Sonic and friends are once more called into action when the nutritionally challenged Dr Robotnik brings into being a liquid monster which he plans to use in his latest attempt to rule the world. This is a fully 3-D, multi-role platform adventure in which you must guide Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, etc through the various levels completing whatever tasks they are required to complete. Robotnik and his creation will turn up now and again, providing boss sequences, and there are times when you will need to explore the landscape in order to find entrances to further levels. All in all, the best Sonic game since Sonic 3/Sonic and Knuckles, but I still think those Genesis 2-D scrollers were the best Sonic games.

The Good
The graphics are great, and when the game is fast, it's FAST. The controls aren't excellent, but they do their thing. The first three levels are excellent in every way, and that's something not even Tails can stop (argh how I hate that irritating little thing).

The Bad
At first I liked the thought of some adventuring with Sonic, but that was not for long, because when I had started playing I realized that all I really wanted was to run, and to run fast. Sure, there are lots of opportunities for running like a maniac, but there are also lots of irritating parts where you just walk around town looking for the next level, and that isn't so inspiring. Oh, and the music and voice acting is terrible (although the music is better than in Sonic Adventure 2), bordering on unspeakably evil and bad.

The Bottom Line
If you have a Dreamcast and feel the need for a quick injection of great graphics and furious speed, then get Sonic Adventure, but you might wanna look for it in the bargain bins. The tedious adventuring parts and the horrible music and voice acting lower the score somewhat, but the game's worth its money, if just for the first three levels.

The Good
I will never forget the first time I saw the television trailer. As I watching it, I left that my eyes were going over to the television screen.

At first, I knew that Sonic would be the only playable character. After all, that's the character who I wanted to play. After watching the first part of Sonic's story, I knew that this video game would be part of my video gaming history collection.

The Bad
As for the graphics, they are so rubbish. The characters remind me of cute little dolls.

The video game also looks like it has been set in a night themed world. It's like there is no daylight at all.

The Bottom Line
The video game is very interesting. This video game will always be in memories of the good times. Even thought it's been made out for along time, now, I still play my Dreamcast console very now and again.