Sonic Adventure DX Director's Cut

"A mediocre port of a mediocre game"

I don't like Sonic the Hedgehog. He is a punk kid/adult thing with an in-your-face attitude. I'm not saying I don't like the games, though. When I had my old Genesis, I would play Sonic games until I got everything and beat every level with all the chaos emeralds. This game takes the fun out of it all. You have to get the emeralds to advance in the story, and you have to get them at the end of many levels. Now onward with my review of Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut.

Story
The story of this game is uninspired and dull. The main badguy, Robotnik, once again tries to steal the chaos emeralds and through some advanced science steals the energy out of them. This time, he has the help of a liquid monster called Chaos. Chaos is a monster of ancient times, but I won't ruin the story of him for you. Tails races Sonic to get emeralds in many of Tail's levels. I don't know why he does that. In another storyline, Knuckles tries to restore the master emerald by using his previously unused power to sniff them out. In yet another storyline, Amy finds a bird and runs from a robot that is after the bird. In YET ANOTHER storyline, an evil robot finds good and frees his friends by killing them. In the FINAL storyline, some fat cat tries to fish for his friend who runs away. Robotnik also has a gigantic vessel called the Egg Carrier. This presents a few questions. First of all, DID HE BUILD THAT!? Even with the help of the only 6 capable robots you meet during the game, he would not be able to create something of that magnitude. Second of all, how does he afford the raw materials required to build that thing. I doubt he earned any money from anything he has ever done. The bank would not give him a loan due to all his prior debt. He probably didn't need that pool in there... Oh yea, one other thing. The Egg Carrier scenes are the only cinematics that look good.
Story (4/10)

Graphics
If you have seen any screenshots of this game, or played the demo at Walmart or any other fine store, then you should know about the graphics. They are terrible. These are Dreamcast graphics. The only thing improved is the character models, and even those suffer. The game is also full of graphical glitches. In one level, I had Big go to the edge of a pool and cast off, and right when he did, he warped to another area of the pool. The final battle has the only good in-game graphics.
Graphics (1/10)

Sound/Voice
I have one thing to say. HA HA HA HA HA! The voice and sound are laughable. The music in the background is annoying and old, and boss music doesn't have time to hit my ears, because most of the bosses can be defeated within 5 seconds. The voice is even worse than that. Sound does not match lips. The sound is the reason I died fighting Knuckles as Sonic. After my first attack connected, Knuckles let out an unemotional, ''Oh no.'' Notice that there is not ''!'' after ''Oh no.'' He says it as if he were having a casual talk with Sonic. I laughed so hard I dropped my controller and died.
Sound/Voice (1/10)

Gameplay
I do have to give this game some credit. I had some fun playing it. Sonic levels were solid, E-102 was okay, and Tails was not too bad. This leaves the others. Big, Knuckles, and Amy are not fun to be. Knuckle's levels are boring. Amy's levels are also very stupid (partly because she doesn't run well), and Big... well. Big's levels are the source of all evil. Everything wrong with this Earth can be traced back to Big the Cat. His levels take so long to beat, and they are stupid. Why did Big die when his fish got away? I would nominate Froggy as the smartest character ever for running away from Big.
Gameplay (5/10)

Logic
I know this isn't a real category, but it needs to be addressed. Station Square could never exist. Period. An eternal stream of the same three cars drives from the part of town you aren't in to the underground parking lot that you can't enter. Another thing that is wrong is that the trains cannot leave the station without a deformed animal or robot on board. There are only three workers at the train terminal. And all three stop you from entering when they go on ''strike.'' The casino is one of the least sense-making things in the city. Only deformed animals with special powers can enter the casino. When you get in the casino, there seems to be nobody working there. Slot machines easily give up rings when hit. The only games worth playing there are specially designed for Sonic, leaving human gamblers out of luck. Twinkle Park is just as bad. There are no workers, and the place seems to have been taken over by Dr. Robotnik and his little monkey robots. On the Egg Carrier, you would think Robotnik's security would be atleast a little tighter. There are no enemies that present a danger to you onboard. And once again, Robotnik could never afford or build the Egg Carrier.
I wont rate this game on logic, I just thought I should point that stuff out

Overall
This game has many, many, numerous faults. That fact aside, I had some fun with this game. Just one warning: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Rent it and play for a weekend. The bonus games are not worth it. Make sure you beat it with every character (even Big) so you can get the best part of the game. I won't tell you what it is, but I will tell you there is a secret character if you beat the whole regular game. If you've played atleast 2 other Sonic titles, you already know who it is.
Overall (2/10)

Reviewer's Score: 2/10, Originally Posted: 08/31/03