Sonic Adventure 2

TrueAchievements ( )

Sonic Adventure 2 is a great game with a few serious stumbles keeping it from perfection. The Tails/Dr. Eggman levels and minor camera issues make it a solid 4 out of 5 stars according to our scale here on TrueAchievements. I’d feel comfortable with a 4.5/5 but the Tails/Dr. Eggman levels are so bad, I just can’t go with the full monty. Now, for only 800 MSP, if you have any interest at all in a fun 3D Sonic game, by all means, pick up Sonic Adventure 2. I came into this not expecting anything spectacular, and I have a new entry in my list of “Top Games of 2012”.

Destructoid (6.5 out of 10)

Sonic Adventure 2 is a strange package. Many people will have already decided whether or not they want to relive their nostalgia in HD, despite the wonky controls, awful camera, and uninteresting boss fights. That being said, exploring the levels for either the alternate objectives or Chao animals can be entertaining, and the Chao Garden is as good as ever. The platforming hasn’t aged well, but this is probably the last chance you’ll get to revisit the wonderfully time-consuming Chao Garden.

VentureBeat / Gamesbeat (60 out of 100)

Sonic Adventure 2 HD isn’t terrible, it’s just a relic from an unpleasant era. All of its problems are the sort of thing that plagued countless games back when Sega originally put it out, but they’re also the sort of thing that people figured out how to fix in the years since. It’s worth remembering for being Sonic’s last title before Sega dropped out of the hardware business and started depending on stupid gimmicks to sell their most iconic property, but those with fond memories might be better off holding on to those instead of facing the reality that Sonic Adventure 2 simply does not hold up to today’s standards.