[Sentai]

*Sentai Reviews Classic Games*

*Sonic Adventure (With DX DLC) on Playstation 3*

Let me start by saying I've had this game before. I owned it for the original Dreamcast, which is a system I will defend until I die, and again on Gamecube when it was released as DX. Originally released as one of the Dreamcast's Launch Titles, Sonic Adventure was the first true attempt at a 3D Next Gen Sonic game.

The story revolves around a City named Station Square. Robotnick is back, and has found the Ultimate God of Destruction. Chaos. According to Legend: When Chaos devours the Seven Chaos Emeralds he will be unstoppable. And Eggman intends to use that power to turn Station Square into his new citidel. As you progress through the game you find allies, who each have their own unique story. Sonic, Tails, Amy, Big the Cat, Knuckles, and E-102 Gamma. Sonic and Tails each have a similar play style. Classic Sonic Stages where you have to rush to the end, collect rings, and such. Knuckles' consists of searching a given stage, usually one Sonic has cleared, and search for fragments of the Master Emerald. Amy's levels are typical chase scenes, where you have to run from one of Eggman's goons trying to capture her newfound friend Birdie. Big The Cat's stages, again ones Sonic has cleared, are mainly fishing stages. You go around looking for his friend Froggie, somtimes fishing him out of Chaos who swallowed the small frog. And Gamma's are basically basic shooter-type stages. Where he fights back against Eggman, after Amy helped him break his brainwashing.

The DX pack, which was only 2 bucks, includes extra stages and Metal Sonic as a playable character in the mission stages. If you pay the five bucks for Sonic Adventure, I'd say spend the extra 2 for the DX pack.

I wish I could tell you this game aged well. I still enjoy it, but it has so many problems I can't recommend you buy it unless you're a huge Sonic Junkie like I am. The Camera in this is freefloating, but you have almost no control over it. Making platforming a real chore. The controls are solid enough, when they work. But you'll find yourself cussing at the camera so often you'll never notice. The story is there, I enjoy the characters and such. But the graphics are showing their age, the controls are hindered by the camera, and every other character using stages Sonic has been through is lazy. This title does have full trophy support, and their all really easy to get. So there's that.

Sentai Gives Sonic Adventure 2 DX for the Playsation 3: 3/5 Headders