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In the Wii and PS2 versions, the ranks go from C to S, however in the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, they go from E to S. Much like in games at the end of a boss or stage, you’re given a rank.

#Sonic unleashed ps2 review plus#

However, the combat is flowing and all the combos are useful, plus while playing as the Were-hog you can climb, grab and throw enemies and even use the Were-hog’s stretchy arms… Yeah, I don’t know how it works either but, meh, video game logic.īosses are also really good, Day Bosses are against Eggman and Night Bosses are against some of Dark Gaia’s monsters. The Night stages are played with Sonic the Were-hog and are more platform oriented, but they’re still fairly fast paced and can also be combat oriented. While Colours and Generations took some cues from this game, they don’t have the depth that Unleashed has, plus some of the Day stages are beautiful, which only adds to the appeal, going super fast through pretty levels means a good time, no?

The Day stages are played with Sonic the Hedgehog, and they’re the standard get to the goal type, but what really helps is that the Day stages are all about Speed, and this is by far the fastest paced Sonic game ever. The stages themselves are divided between Night and Day. You could even do a little spot of shopping to either buy Souvenirs for Professor Pickle (who is the story hint character by the way) or buy food to either a) Give Sonic more experience or b) Improve your friendship with Chip (listen out for his pretty funny dialogue, too).

The first is the town portions, here you can interact with people or complete special missions. Gameplay wise, the game is divided into three sections. Oddly enough, in Japan it’s called Sonic World Adventure, in addition to that, Chip is a great character. Overall, I feel that Unleashed has the best story, it’s effectively what I like to call a “world tour” one. Sonic eventually discovers that the entire planet is broken apart and that the seven continents are now disconnected from the core, so he must now travel to each of the seven continents and find that continent’s Gaia temple in order to return power to the Chaos Emeralds and restore the planet to its original state. So after the ‘turbo dismount’ hedgehog edition, Sonic wakes up to find all seven emeralds drained of their power and some firefly looking guy, who he eventually calls Chip due to his love of sweet stuff, especially ice cream. Upon re-entering earth’s atmosphere, Sonic is temporarily stopped by an unknown green field before experiencing the first of his falls, get used to this because throughout the modern era, it’s a bit of a running joke – literally most games post 2006 involve Sonic face-planting at one point.

Anyway, after Sonic becomes the were-hog, Eggman jettisons him out of the space station sending him down to earth along with the chaos emeralds. However, the were-hog transformation does seem a little painful, and he has no control over it, and I like these implications. One thing I should mention, an immediate positive comes in the transformation from hedgehog to were-hog, although it seems fairly painful which could mean that the chaos emeralds could potentially have alternate effects, as when Sonic transforms into Super Sonic he experiences no pressure or pain. While Eggman focuses on his new victory, some of Dark Gaia’s energy bounces back into Sonic and combined with the energy of the chaos emeralds, causes Sonic to begin to change his fur becomes more intense, his muscular density increases, he gains claws and fangs… Ultimately transforming into what people will eventually dub, the were-hog, or a werewolf hedgehog. Eggman then fires a huge blast toward the earth, unleashing a force long since dormant, Dark Gaia. It looks like Sonic is victorious once again but, Eggman uses a new trap, one capable of containing Super Sonic, after removing the Chaos Emeralds from Sonic and draining them of their powers. The story begins with Sonic assaulting Eggman’s fleet as per usual, although it’s good to see Sonic taking steps to prevent Eggman’s plans before they come to fruition and it’s clear that this mobilisation raised a few alarms, when Eggman intervenes himself, Sonic transforms into Super Sonic and begins to chase the madman to a space station where his fleet had presumably launched from. One game that did kind of help to heal the wounds of 06 is Sonic Unleashed, one of my personal favourite Sonic games. Decrease Font Size Increase Font Size Text Size Print This Page Send by EmailĪ Day and Night Adventure awaits everyone’s favourite blue hedgehog in this title, but is it as bad as people say?Īfter the huge failure of Sonic 06, the franchise has struggled to recover.