Markies's Status



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32 Unplayed
88.9% of Unfinished 7.8% of Total |
8.8% |
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51% | |
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40.2% |
Wishlist 745 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NES | 3 ![]() |
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56 Total |
Genesis / Mega Drive | 3 ![]() |
13 ![]() |
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46 Total |
SNES | 6 ![]() |
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48 Total |
Nintendo 64 | 4 ![]() |
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49 Total |
PlayStation | 4 ![]() |
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21 ![]() |
64 Total |
Dreamcast | 2 ![]() |
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4 ![]() |
21 Total |
PlayStation 2 | 7 ![]() |
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14 ![]() |
73 Total |
GameCube | 4 ![]() |
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2 ![]() |
26 Total |
Xbox | 3 ![]() |
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6 ![]() |
25 Total |
All Games | 408 Total |
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I picked up the original Sonic Adventure when I bought my first load of DreamCast games. I remember seeing the game on my friend's 80" Projector and almost feeling sick at the speeds and movement of the first level. I then played the game months later and got to experience it for myself. It was the first and only video game I ever called, "It's so bad, it's good." If you looked at the details, then the game is bad, but as a whole, I actually kind of liked it. With some deep hesitation, I picked up Sonic Adventure 2 a few years ago at a local store. Apparently, I was dragging my feet too much on the game as the Fortune Cookie decided that I should play Sonic Adventure 2.
You know how I just called Sonic Adventure, "It's so bad, it's good"?? Well, Sonic Adventure 2 is so bad that it is bad. The game is split up into fast action stages with Sonic, shooter stages with Tails and exploring levels with Knuckles. Much like the first game, the camera and controls are utterly terrible. The camera switches constantly and it makes hard to see where you are going some of the times. You miss jumps on Sonic levels and you can't look around in Knuckles levels. The controls also jump around as you go break neck speeds right into enemies or bounce around falling off ledges. The Sonic levels are mostly fine until the end when the game throws too much at you and you have to do some precise platforming. Tails' levels are mostly fine, but every time you shoot or lock onto enemies you hear this loud buzzing noise. You hear that throughout the entire level. Knuckles' stages are the worst. You have to find three pieces of the Chaos Emeralds in incredibly precise locations on a giant map. It's like finding a needle in a haystack. And your guide only helps you on one at a time. Several of Knuckles' stages took me over 45 minutes to complete. And their locations are all random, so there is no help that way either.
Overall, I really began to dislike my time with Sonic Adventure 2. At first, I could put up with the game's faults on smaller and more contained stages. But, once annoying boss fights, large stages and constant death pits everywhere started showing up, my patience for the game was done. I'm probably done with the Sonic series and I need the rest. The only people who would enjoy this game are diehard Sonic fans. Everybody else should just pass.