Sonic ‘06 is Great!
Time for an uncomfortable conversation/semi-rant. I’ve been on a Sonic kick recently. In the last six months, I’ve played Sonic Riders (briefly), Sonic heroes, Sonic and the Secret Rings (quite unpleasant), Sonic Generations, Sonic Colors and Sonic Adventure 1 & 2. They all have their charm and a good deal of what I refer to as ‘Sonic jank’, but I knew, deep in my heart, that one day I would have to face it. The Sonic game that everyone maligns as ‘unplayably bad’ and ‘the worst of all time’: Sonic the Hedgehog for 360, aka Sonic ‘06.
Well, I’m watching credits roll on the final chapter/true ending, and this game was great. It’s huge, it’s beautiful, it has 9 fun, functional, playable characters and really only Sonic suffers from noticeable bugginess here and there (and even then it was no worse than usual). The story was great, levels were (mostly) great, music was great (as always).
So what I’m saying is, forget City Escape or Live and Learn, forget Final Chaos and Open Your Heart. When you take these games on their merit alone (here it comes), Sonic ‘06 is the best ‘Sonic Adventure’ game of them all. Idk how this game got so much hate, but it’s great, and if you’re a Sonic fan and you’ve never played it, you are missing out.
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