Four Teams, One Goal (Sonic Heroes (Xbox))

Member Name: Goldensummit

Product:	Sonic Heroes (Xbox)
Date:	15/12/05 (272 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Graphics | Story | Music | Good For All Ages | Done By Sega | Sonic

Disadvantages: 3D | Classic Sonic Better

This is a review on the game Sonic Heroes. Sonic Heroes is the newest proper Sonic game. It is done in 3D shamefully, and has a whole lot of new characters for you to play with. This game is very similar to all the other Sonic games, but has its changes; it is a lot like Sonic Adventure 2, but different still. You get to control three people at once, and there are four teams.

Teams
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Team Sonic:

Sonic the Hedgehog
Tails (Also Known As Miles)
Knuckles the Echidna

Team Dark:

Shadow the Hedgehog
Rogue the Bat
E - 123 Omega

Team Rose:

Amy Rose the Hedgehog
Cream the Rabbit and Cheese the Chao
Big the Cat and Froggy

Team Chaotix:

Espio the Chameleon
Vector the Crocodile
Charmy the Bee

They are all good, Team Sonic and Team Dark are the harder teams, and so if you are a first timer, I would recommend you playing as either Team Rose or Team Chaotix.

Game
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The game itself is pretty good, when you are in mid game, you can switch between your team members by pushing a button. The controls are easy to get use to so don't worry. Each team has their own specially made story-line, so it won't be so repetitive. The aim of the game is to get to the end of each level, without dying, also collecting as many rings as you can, and all that stuff.

It has the same basics as the original Sonic games do which is good in some ways, so you will know what you have to do, but there are different types of bad guys, and levels.

Each character from the teams has their own speciality, like one of them will be very strong, the other one will be the fast one, and the third will be the one that can fly, like in Team Sonic for instance, Tails will be the flying one, Sonic is the fast one and Knuckles is the strong one.

When you collect one hundred rings, you will get a life up, that is why it is so important to get as many rings as possible.

This game is also two player, you unlock two player functions by completing levels in one player mode, the more levels you complete, the more two player functions you unlock. Two player modes has loads of stuff for you to do, but you only have one unlocked at start which is racing, but that is also very fun.

Other
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The game is pretty playable, fairly enjoyable to play; it is good mostly for one player, but the two players is fun also. I would not say that this is better then the classic Sonic games, and still would not even say it is the best 3D Sonic game, but it is still worth playing. The game is pretty addictive at start, and then you will start to dwindle away from it, and start playing other games that might be more fun, or just as fun.

Sonic Heroes is the first game to introduce the three character play, and the Sonic teams, which makes this game different to the other Sonic games, and also which makes this game sort of good. The games graphics is awesome, very good graphics, with all the detail in the characters, and the environment, and just everything really, all great graphics.

There are voices in this game, done in English, so you will hear the characters talk, and make grunting noises when they attack, to show you that they are normal, and not stuffed or anything like that. The background music to this game is good, has all the type of music from all of the Sonic games, but like always, it is different to the others, yet the same sort of mood.

The sound effects in the game is good, with all of the blowing up noises, and the footsteps, and the grinding on the rail noises, it makes the game really good. The game is difficult, then not difficult, depending on which team you decide to be, if you are Team Sonic / Team Dark, then it will get a lot harder during the game then you being Team Rose / Team Chaotix.

The game is now in the platinum range, so you should be able to find it for around £15 - £20, which is good for this type of game, as it is not too dear, and you never know if you will love it. I thought this game was not bad, but I have seen much better Sonic games out there, so I shall give this Sonic game 3 star * * *, as it is worth playing, and is pretty addictive, but it is not the best around. I recommend this game to all Sonic fans and pretty much everyone, as it is only 3+.

THIS GAME IS

An RPG
In 3D
With Sonic And The Gang

THIS GAME IS NOT

As Good As Classic Sonic Games
Rubbish
2D

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Summary: One of the newest sonic games around