Shadow the Hedgehog

The Good
The music! Sonic Team games ALWAYS have cool soundtracks and are run-to-the-beat. The levels are split into three outcomes (sometimes two) Hero, Normal and Dark - depending on who you help (eg: Sonic - Hero, Yourself - Normal, Black Doom - Dark) which is different from other Sonic games that had come before it.

Shadow the Hedgehog is different to Sonic based games because Sonic knows what he's doing basically. Playing as Shadow, you don't know what the outcome is actually going to be. Although other Sonic fans didn't like it, because of various things such as Shadow's use of guns etc. I personally think that giving Shadow a gun and not keeping it homing attack and spin dash is separating Shadow from Sonic completely and letting people judge the game as a whole just "not another Sonic game".

The storyline and plot is to basically help Shadow find out who he is. Through Various stages helping either Sonic or one of his friends, Black Doom or Shadow himself. Gameplay is sometimes hard, but just running isn't going to get you very far in this game (contrary from most people who don't like Sonic games). If you miss something you need, you have to go back for it or you can only complete the 'Normal' missions. Super Shadow is also unlockable, which gives fans a chance to play as just Super Shadow rather than both Super Shadow and Super Sonic.

The Bad
You have to complete it ten times over to fight the final boss.

The Bottom Line
A must for most Sonic/Shadow Fans. It's a good game that takes patience to complete.