Sonic World Adventure
This game is amazing. The last time I fully enjoyed a Sonic game, and it felt like a AAA title, was 2000s Sonic Adventure 2. This games soundtrack, graphics, detail, replayablity, story, everything is top notch. The most important part of the game: The gameplay, is fantastic. High speed frantic action as sonic in the day and Beat em up exploration as the Werehog at night.
Even with the newer Sonic games out this is still the fastest most fluid and open boost Sonic game to date. (The speed can be a bit jarring at first) Most importantly, it does not hold your hand like the newer games. Instead of just holding boost to win, you must quick jump, wall jump, slide, quick step, drift (which handled to my surprise, very realistically. Similar to a car.) kick, ground pound, explore, grind, platform in 3D, do a three to five button quick time event. You are always doing something.
The Werehog has exploration and satisfying / fluid combat with overwhelming amounts of enemies on screen with an RPG leveling system and 40+ different combos to unlock.
Almost forgot to mention the beautiful hub worlds. Hub worlds are these small areas for you to free roam in based on different parts of the planet. (Spain, Greece, China, Alaska, America, Arabia, etc) You can also talk to different kinds of people, discover side missions (and acts 2 and 3 for Sonic / Survival and timed modes for Werehog) even go shopping for collectables and foods (that grant you XP)
My only complaint is the final level and Boss. They are not as fluid, polished or fun as the rest of the game. The pre-final boss: EggDragoon is infinitely more impressive and "epic" than the load fest they call, Dark Gaia.
Do not listen to "professional" critics or the Internet, try this game for yourself if interested. Anyone, not just fans of the series, can play this and have a great time. this isn't your typical 2 hour long modern Sonic game, try 20 hours.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned