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ONM: Sonic Unleashed Review

It's quite fitting that Sonic Unleashed sees Sonic turning into a werewolf, because it's pretty much a game of two halves. One half is, in our opinion, the best 3D Sonic game we've ever played. The other half however is a generic, repetitive action platformer.

Sonic's history in 3D gaming has had more ups and downs than the National Press-Up League, mainly due to two reasons: speed and glitches. If it wasn't bad enough that many 3D Sonic games are simply far too fast to be controllable (and therefore enjoyable), it's even worse when dodgy coding means you randomly miss the trigger for an important set-piece, often chucking you down a hole as a result or - even worse - glitching you through the scenery and making you die as you fall off the edge of the level. It's happened since Sonic's first three-dimensional adventure (Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast), and has been an irritating bug in pretty much every one since. Except this one.

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buy a ps36363d ago (Edited 6363d ago )

I'm so happy this game is good... or at least alright.

Vespertine6362d ago

It's too bad reviewers tore this game to shreds just because of the wolf gimmick (which is quite fun, from personal experiance) and the hub worlds (which arent even bad either)

It's perfectley fine for Rare to make a Banjo game that focuses on vehicle building-- but it is absolutley unacceptable for Sega to add a fun brawled/platformer to a game.. I mean yes, it's not classic Sonic but it's fun nonetheless. (N&B is fun as well don't get me wrong)

People can't accept the fact that we finally have a good 3D Sonic game.
(I own the 360 version of this game)

poopsack6362d ago

nah man its just -2 for being sonic, and -omg teh pointz because sega decided to grab an awesome formula and add additional platforimng and brawling to it.

buy a ps36362d ago

that is why a rarely care about reviews.

Captain_Sony6362d ago

Reviews are nothing like they use to be. At one point they were judged by how other games of the type did and how popular they were. Now you get someones personal opinion of a game. That person might hate FPS, so they rate it based on how they feel. It just seems to me to be more of a "This is how I feel about it." review, rather than the old. Here is what the game has to offer and how it compares to similar games.There is little fact checking done today,hell most articles on the web today are written by people who are no different than you or I. They lack any real journalist training and simply get the job based on their ability to write a coherent sentence, not on how much journalistic integrity they have.

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Dedicated Sonic Fans Have Managed to Unofficially Port Sonic Unleashed to PC

Sonic Unleashed on PC? The Sonic community managed to do just that with with the fan project "Sonic Unleashed Recompiled."

PRIMORDUS424d ago

Actually the torrent is up and you do not need to own the 360 version of the game. Also it will never be taken down.

Chocoburger423d ago

Nice, I found it on 1337x! I actually liked many parts of this game, but some parts are also shitty. Its uneven, but overall a decent game.

PRIMORDUS422d ago

1337x is one of my favorite ever since the real RARBG went down. I usually only get from FitGirl or DODI.

gold_drake423d ago

u gotta give the hardcore fans credit, they are committed to fix segas 3d sonic games ha.

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A Sonic Unleashed Remaster Is Long Overdue

Still remembered as one of the best Sonic games of all time, I believe it's time Sonic Unleashed gets its overdue remaster after Sonic x Shadow Generations.

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-Foxtrot688d ago (Edited 688d ago )

I think it's best we leave these games we're they belong...in the past

Secret Rings, Unleashed, Black Knight etc, they weren't the best at least enough for a remaster

Generations is getting one because they had something easy to shove Shadow into before the Sonic 3 film and it's probably the better ones they've did over the past decade or so.

rayford15687d ago

Unleashed was one of my favorite P3 games would love a remastered version

NSANiTY686d ago

Minus the Werehog levels and I'm in.

Redgrave687d ago

Would be called.... Sonic Re-Leashed

Father__Merrin686d ago

Wouldn't mind a sonic 06 re release

gold_drake423d ago

gimme sonic heroes already!!!

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20 Best Sonic Games of All Time

Sonic The Hedgehog has had a long and storied history over the past decades, but which are the best Sonic games ever made?

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Rebel_Scum1396d ago

If I have to read another one of these lists that contains the sentence "The game that started it all" I'm gonna go nuts.

And when it comes to fan favourite zones in Sonic 3 (he mentioned Hydro City, Marble Garden and Launch Base), I'd replace Launch base and Marble Garden with Ice Cap zone. Never heard anyone refer to the others as favourites.

NJShadow1396d ago (Edited 1396d ago )

I sorta' stopped caring about this list when I saw Sonic Spinball (a genuinely great game) ranked lower than some of the noted atrocities.

Pyrofire951395d ago

Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed is still my favorite kart racer.
I've never really been able to play online tho. D:
Can't even play Team Sonic Racing online cause the servers are broken and don't queue people together.
P.S. This is such a random list. I really don't agree with it. Maybe this really is how they rank it but them just seems odd personally.