Sonic Adventure
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Published by

SEGA Enterprises Ltd.

Developed by

Sonic Team

Released

Dec 23, 1998

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Sonic Adventure

Platforms

Dreamcast, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Genre

Perspective

Art

Gameplay

	Critic Score	User Score
Dreamcast	86	4.1

PlayStation 3	...	4.0

Xbox 360	59	3.7

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Description

Yet again Sonic and friends find themselves wrapped up in the schemes of Dr. Robotnik. This time he plans to exploit the power of Chaos, a malevolent being that feeds upon the power of the Chaos Emeralds. In their own ways five heroes will do what they can to save Station Square and, perhaps, the entire world.

The player can select from which character to play after meeting them with Sonic, and each has their own unique version of each level. Sonic's levels involve racing through a level as quickly as possible, destroying any robots along the way. Tails can hover over distances, and his levels are similar to Sonic's except that he must beat an opponent to the finish line. Amy can't charge up ramps or run as quickly as Sonic and Tails, but she does have a giant hammer she can break obstacles with. The goal of her levels is to avoid being captured by a robot sent after her by Dr. Robotnik. E102 Gamma is a slow, difficult to maneuver robot, but it has guns and missiles that can lock on to several targets at once, chaining together attacks and earning a higher score and more time on the clock. The goal of its levels is to reach a boss enemy and destroy it before time runs out. The final character is Big the Cat, a fisherman searching for his lost frog. Big's levels are almost entirely devoid of action or fighting; he just fishes. Each character can find items that increase their abilities as the story progresses, such as a ring for Sonic that lets him home along lines of rings, or improved lures for Big. A final chapter wrapping up the story is unlocked after all other characters have been completed.

Additionally each of the characters can visit the Chao garden where they can raise baby Chaos. By petting, feeding, and showing animals found in levels to the Chaos they can grow stronger, and optionally be put into races against other Chaos. As well each level in the game has additional objectives that can be completed to acquire extra emblems, although the emblems don't do anything in this version of the game. Finally at one time it was possible to go online and download additional levels and bonuses in the game, such a Christmas theme for Station Square and a level sponsored by AT&T, but since SegaNet shut down this is no longer possible.

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Alternate Titles

"索尼克大冒险" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"Sonic Adventure International" -- Updated Edition title
"ソニック　アドベンチャー" -- Japanese spelling

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User Reviews

Sonic's Glorious Return!	Dreamcast	Classic Nigel (150)
Simply an amazing "killer app".	Dreamcast	A O (74)
The First Adventure ... Begins	Dreamcast	Rouge (7)
Without a doubt, the best game I ever played!	Dreamcast	M.Allen (88)
Could have been great, but...	Dreamcast	optrirominiluikus (118)
The best Sonic game since S&K.	Dreamcast	Gary Smith (65)
A classical title, that I will always remember.	Dreamcast	Kluke (8)

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Critic Reviews

Super Play (Sweden)	Dreamcast	Oct, 1999	95 out of 100	95
GameSpot	Dreamcast	Dec 31, 1998	9.2 out of 10	92
VicioJuegos.com	Dreamcast	Mar 17, 2006	92 out of 100	92
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Dreamcast	Jan 14, 2000	9 out of 10	90
Consoles Plus	Dreamcast	Oct, 1999	89 out of 100	89
The Next Level	Dreamcast	Nov 04, 1999	B+	83
Gamekult	Dreamcast	Aug 30, 2000	6 out of 10	60
Le Geek	Dreamcast	Dec, 2003	3 out of 5	60
Gamereactor (Sweden)	PlayStation 3	Sep 21, 2010	5 out of 10	50
IGN	Xbox 360	Sep 14, 2010	3.5 out of 10	35