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Sonic Adventure 2 (DC)
by Seven17
This game was never going to win a game of the year award, nor was it ever going to go down in history for groundbreaking graphics or unequivocal gameplay features. However, one thing noted by Sega (quite recently in fact) was that this game was an important milestone in the Sonic story, and the history of Sega Gaming. The storyline of ... this game certainly is a game changer for the series and after the introduction of shadow the hedgehog, he quickly dies in this same game.
This was only for "Shadow the Hedgehog" to be released on xbox exactly 1 year later with the classic, cheesy "no he didn't die" an then some excuse about the Master Emeralds which play a huge role in the storyline of this game. There are several things i didn't like about the storyline, chief among which is the misleading characters are dying, characters have gone missing etc etc because about 3 of the main characters, Sonic, Shadow and Tails presumably die in the same storyline when in fact, 2 missions later, they're fine.
The graphics are somewhat questionable when it comes to attention to detail but the actual intractable features like chao, enemies and breakable objects like boxes, are all very well made and designed. There are no horrible textures or any dodgey, bodged or ugly bits on these items, which i suppose is the main thing. The road signs however, are barely readable.
The sound is once again, not good but for an early 00's game actually isn't bad. It's not the actual quality as such but more the contents of the audio itself. A little confusing, so i'll clarify. In mission cutscenes characters sound quiet while others sound loud and they drown each other out. Other times the characters talk over each other at some length and they mis time their mouth movements making them speak out of turn and it just looks messy. The voice actors in this game are good, the only one i'm not too sure about is Tails who seems to be a 6 year old kid, with an incredibly squeaky voice, sometimes to the point where i just want to skip the cutscene but oh no, you can't do that.
Physics are an important part of a sonic game particularly at high speed, and its things like the auto focus on enemies when performing summersault attacks that makes me think, actually, this is playable and i could live with the game at this speed. Certain things like cars in the game though are disastrous and they seems to flail about wildly and uncontrollably... even though, you aren't driving them, you're racing around them, or crashing into them.
So in summary its not a perfect game nor is it even a groundbreaking revolution in gaming but i think that guy at Sega was right, it is an important milestone, and was a masterpiece in the sonic series, which took the story a bit further, and introduced something new to the 3D world of sonic.
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Sonic Adventure 2 (DC)
by NuclearDesolatio
Again like my Sonic Adventure review, if you have a Dreamcast you must have this game. Massively expanding on the initial Sonic Adventure, this in the words of Cliff Blezinski is 'Bigger, Better and more Badass!'.
The initial opening scene sets the tone for the whole game, where Sonic jumps out of a helicopter and comes spinning ... down with a metal snowboard attached to his feet! The first thing that massively strikes you is the MUSIC! Sega have hired top notch band Crush 40 to create some totally rocking tunes for this game! You will happily replay the first level multiple times just to listen to 'Escape To The City' again and again!
The graphics again have taken a giant leap from the first game with the sound (as well as the awesome music) is top notch! With this game they have taken away the multiple characters and you can now select from either Light or Dark. Light being headed by Sonic and Dark being headed by Shadow. Shadow is an awesome character and again Sonic Team introduces more characters such as Rogue The Bat and Vector The Crocodile! Shadow is created from Doctor Eggman to take down Sonic, however the plan backfires and now Shadow wants to take over the world!
With your VMU, again you can play minigames with your Chao and train them up as a great pet!
With online, you had the option of download extra missions and other elements from Seganet for the game, however since Seganet has closed down these features are now useless!
Another great innovation is a splitscreen mode, where with another player you can use characters unlocked from the game, to race, shoot and play a host of other minigames against each other (which actually are really fun!).
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Sonic Adventure (DC)
by NuclearDesolatio
If you have a Dreamcast. 1) You must be a Sonic fan and 2)You would have this game! As a launch title for the Dreamcast, this was like what Halo was for the Xbox! Many people picked up the Dreamcast just because of this game! Another revelation is that Sonic is in 3D and it works! Unlike the terrible recently released 3D Sonic games ... (such as Sonic and The Black Knight and Sonic Unleashed), this one totally walks over them! Sega went all out and managed to implement the 2D Sonic games in a 3D space, while keeping Sonic's trademark speed, sound and moveset, while introducing some great (and not so great) characters into the series!
Sonic Adventure is split into multiple storylines, with choices from Sonic, Tails, Knucles, Big The Cat (who should never have been invented) and more! Sonic's storyline is the biggest and the story is that Dr. Eggman (yes there is no Robotnik unfortunately) is up to his old tricks and again wants to take over the world with the help of the powerful being Chaos. He is trying to unlock the true power of Chaos and it is destroy with world. Sonic doesn't want this to happen and fights both Robotnik and Chaos! The graphics are absolutely superb for the Dreamcast and it really does capture the speed and sound of the famous blue Hedgehog. You will go through many different stages, going from beach to lava and more!
Using your VMU, the game allows you to transfer Chao's (little creatures from the game) to your memory card and then use it as a pocket tamagochi! You can swap with your mate and transfer it back to the game! This gives you new minigames and more!
Online did have leaderboards, however since Seganet has been offline for many years now, this isn't possible!
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