#sonic
#sonic
by Amr (@siegarettes)
3D platformers are a genre that even it’s most prominent creators struggle to get right again. It’s not hard to look at the recent big disappointments in the space and see how difficult it is to bring back what people love about the genre, but for a modern audience.
Super Sami Roll isn’t one of those disappointments. Alongside games like Suzy Cube or Spark the Electric Jester 2, Super Sami Roll is part of the club of games that build their identities from a familiar base, but play with them in smart ways.
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Sonic Mania is an incredible achievement. It’s a game I looked forward to since its announcement, and one that I had total faith in knowing the team behind it. It’s smooth, modern, and has great boss fights and a few surprises that I appreciated.
by Amr (@siegarettes)
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Sonic Forces feels incomplete. It’s straining against its budget, with signs that it may have gone a few changes of direction. Everything is highly polished, but it’s clear that plenty got cut on the way, leaving them to assemble what’s left into something resembling complete. It’s frustrating, seeing something with so many ideas, but with almost none of them explored.