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User Rating: 8 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 GEN
By bigdaddy2727AW | Review Date:
If your reading this then I like to point out that this review was released on my 20th birthday. And as a celebration this is a review of a game that had a huge impact in my life at a young age. A character that took my hand and showed me the world of gaming and made me into the gamer today. I am talking about a mascot that became a representation of both the good and bad side of games throughout his history and guy is Sonic the Hedgehog. Now I know some of you are saying "Your praising that **** stain of a series, I can't believe you, Sonic fanboy **** let me explain. Yes Sonic had gone through downward spiral of insanity a couple of years ago with loads of bad games like the **** God awful Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 and the even worse Shadow The Hedgehog but we all have to remember that Sonic had some of the best titles to come out in the 90s(the first three games), one of most recognizable fictional worlds in gaming history(Morbius), and one of the cutest things ever created (Tails). I was 4 when I played Sonic and I was hooked ever since and i remember watching the Sonic SatAM cartoon when it was out. So you can see that he holds a special place in my heart which is why I'm reviewing Sonic 2, one of my favorite games in my whole life, for my 20th birthday.
The story is your typical saving the world scenario, Robotnik watched too much Star Wars and decided to build something called a "Death Egg" and steal the Chaos Emeralds to power it so he can take over the world.
M Bison: "Of course!"
...that's $20 worth of copyright money for NC...ok where was I?
With all of this happening it's up to Sonic to save the day.
The gameplay is simple enough as well you get from A to B by running and jumping through platforming levels filled with enemies and obstacles whilst collecting rings which act as health because if get hit you lose all your rings, and if you get hit again with no rings you die, oh and there's a timer...no pressure. Along the way you'll encounter bonus stages where you can get a Chaos emerald. Get all 6 (there were 6 back then not 7) and you can become Super Sayai-uh-I mean Super Sonic and blast through the game whilst listening to Danger Zone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d29g6DZPwYw&feature=related
And finally the music of this title is the best in the MegaDrive era of Sonic, yes I know it's called the Genesis in the USA, especially Chemical Plant Zone...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LYB7iLZNWE...so funky.
Now I know how annoying Tails can be in Sonic 2 but that's what the 2 player is for.
Anyways this is a game that for pure fun and nothing else. Why is there talking blue hedgehog? Who cares! Sonic 2 is available on a lot of console such as Xbox Live Arcade, PSN, Apple App Store, even Steam and it's for a very cheap price of under $5 so if your intrigued go pick it up. And Sonic right now is in very good hands at moment especially after great titles like Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations which i highly recommend.
So thanks if you read this and here's to another 20 years of Big Daddy!

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