The best Sonic game since Sonic Generations (2012). Over the last 10 years, Sonic has been up and down. Sonic Lost World was decent, Sonic Forces was just kinda crap, the Sonic and Sega racing games and Team Sonic Racing were great kart racers and the 2 Movies were really great. So overall everything but the main games were good. That is why it is nice to see Video Game Sonic have a really great main game after so long.

First off the game play is pretty different from recent games. Its still boosting but its in an open world rather than level to level. There are still traditional sonic levels to play but they are not the focus of this game.

There are 4 Islands (Technically 5 but one is very small and you do one task and its 100%). The first is grassy, nature and stuff like that, the second is a desert island, the third is a lava and ice island and the fourth island is another grass and nature island. you do the same thing on every island. Collect memory token for 1 of Sonic's friends that are trapped there, Fight bosses to get gears for portals to cyber space, complete the cyber space level and get a keys, use the keys to get the 7 chaos emeralds, go Super Sonic and fight the boss, rinse and repeat. once you have done all that, the island is then about 30% complete as there is a bunch of optional side quests to do around the island.

This game gets heavily compared to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and that is basically what it is. Its Sonic of the Wild. This is a good thing because it works really well.

There are ALOT of Easter eggs, references and voice lines about previous games, locations and other characters from across the sonic lore like mentions of Cream, Sticks, Dark Gia, Space Colony Ark, Spagonia and more.

Mt Favourite thing to do is just to run around the islands and parkour. It just feels really good to do that, like swinging around in New York in Marvel's Spider-Man. It feels natural.

Of course there are issues. the biggest one being the pop in of objects and platforms. It takes you out of the experience a lot.

Fortunately the story and antagonist are really good. The story was written by Ian Flynn , who writes the stories for the sonic comics.

Plus they have announced a Road map for 2023 including a new story, new playable characters, new missions and new outfits.

So overall after a really great movie (Sonic the Hedgehog 2) that has become of the best and highest grossing video game movies of all time, A good follow up from Sonic Mania (Sonic Origins), A new Netflix show coming soon (Sonic Prime) and a main game that got 2nd, i believe, in the game awards for best game of the year, but was beaten out by Genshin Impact (Sonic Frontiers). I'd say Sonic has had a good 2022

The best Sonic game since Sonic Generations (2012). Over the last 10 years, Sonic has been up and down. Sonic Lost World was decent, Sonic Forces was just kinda crap, the Sonic and Sega racing games and Team Sonic Racing were great kart racers and the 2 Movies were really great. So overall everything but the main games were good. That is why it is nice to see Video Game Sonic have a really great main game after so long. First off the game play is pretty different from recent games. Its still boosting but its in an open world rather than level to level. There are still traditional sonic levels to play but they are not the focus of this game. There are 4 Islands (Technically 5 but one is very small and you do one task and its 100%). The first is grassy, nature and stuff like that, the second is a desert island, the third is a lava and ice island and the fourth island is another grass and nature island. you do the same thing on every island. Collect memory token for 1 of Sonic's friends that are trapped there, Fight bosses to get gears for portals to cyber space, complete the cyber space level and get a keys, use the keys to get the 7 chaos emeralds, go Super Sonic and fight the boss, rinse and repeat. once you have done all that, the island is then about 30% complete as there is a bunch of optional side quests to do around the island. This game gets heavily compared to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and that is basically what it is. Its Sonic of the Wild. This is a good thing because it works really well. There are ALOT of Easter eggs, references and voice lines about previous games, locations and other characters from across the sonic lore like mentions of Cream, Sticks, Dark Gia, Space Colony Ark, Spagonia and more. Mt Favourite thing to do is just to run around the islands and parkour. It just feels really good to do that, like swinging around in New York in Marvel's Spider-Man. It feels natural. Of course there are issues. the biggest one being the pop in of objects and platforms. It takes you out of the experience a lot. Fortunately the story and antagonist are really good. The story was written by Ian Flynn , who writes the stories for the sonic comics. Plus they have announced a Road map for 2023 including a new story, new playable characters, new missions and new outfits. So overall after a really great movie (Sonic the Hedgehog 2) that has become of the best and highest grossing video game movies of all time, A good follow up from Sonic Mania (Sonic Origins), A new Netflix show coming soon (Sonic Prime) and a main game that got 2nd, i believe, in the game awards for best game of the year, but was beaten out by Genshin Impact (Sonic Frontiers). I'd say Sonic has had a good 2022