"Umm....Rouge is hot???"

Yup and she’s back with Sonic, Shadow, Tails, Knuckles, Espio, Vecter, Big, Cream, Amy, Charmy, and Omega. It’s been a long time since the last Sonic game but its been worth the wait.

Graphics 10/10

The graphics are the best thing about the game. The work is amazing, and so are the cinemas. You can definitely tell that The Sonic Team put in a ton of hours, making just one cinema, just perfect. The background is amazing as well. I mean you can just look and it seems like your looking outside of a window. The characters are made perfect. I never found one flaw in any of the characters. And some of the stuff they do, like Team Blast, just blew my mind away! It’s like…whoa! Chaos Control is so very awesome.

Story 7/10

The story is somewhat, unclear to me. They go to the weirdest stages sometimes. Like from a casino, to a canyon, to a mansion. In the beginning it said they only had like 3 days before Eggman took over the world. When it gets to the Casino levels they have 24 hours left, then the next stage is during the day, then night, then day, then night. I was like…Huh? I thought I missed sometimes, but it’s just the writers messing up again.

Team Sonic - Starts out with Sonic running in a canyon. Then Tails and Knuckles come and tell them the bad news about Eggman. They decide to go and stop him. Before it's so late.

Team Dark - Starts out with Rouge looking for Eggman's secret treasure. Omega see's her and goes crazy! He starts shooting at her with his gun. Then Shadow comes and rescues her. Actually, then she rescues him. They decide to give Eggman a little visit. And spoil his plans

Team Rose - Amy finds out that Froggy, their pet frog, and Chocola, their pet Chao, are missing. A possible pet napping? You'll have to find out. Then their only clue flies away and Cream goes and gets it. Then Big saves her, then they start the look for their pets.

Team Chaotix - Espio, Vecter, and Charmy are detectives and will do anything for money. When they hear their newest client on a walkie-talkie, he tells them to do stuff for them. So they do it, for money of cource.

Controls 10/10

Ya, the controls are easy to learn. It takes about half a second to switch characters so that’s good. It’s basically just like any ordinary game. Up to run. “A” to attack The “L” and “R” buttons is kind of confusing to learn though. It’s just the camera, you have to get used to it. I have always hated the camera in the Sonic games though. Incase you're wondering, the ''X'' and ''Y'' buttons are used to switch characters.

Game play 10/10

The game play rules! You can play countless hours playing this game and never get bored. Well after a while you probley will but that’s beside the point. The point is that this game is fun and you will want to complete everything on it. All the stories are almost the same. They always are. Go kill Eggman. That’s the only flaw. It always is the same bad guy and a main robot at the end that likes to spoil your plans. Some stories are different though. Team Sonic wants to destroy Eggman to save the day. Team Dark wants revenge. Team Rose wants their pets Froggy and Chocola back. And Team Chaotix is following orders from their client. But the game is fun and even though they’re the same levels, it’s still fun to play! They even got multiplayer!! It's way better then Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. If you love that game, you'll love this one

Sound 10/10

The music from this game is fun to listen to. Turn on the audio room and you can listen to any song from the game just by clicking a button. Just for fun sometimes I listen to it when I’m on the computer, like right now!! The Theme Sonic is awesome! The lyrics, the sound, everything! You will be amazed. Even Team Rose’s music isn’t that bad to listen to. Team Dark does have the best music though. They always have, and they always will. Team Sonic has some good ones, along with Team Chaotix

Character voices 10/10

I don't know who said they sucked, or why. They don't. I think they're great! Some may be annoying though, like Big's voice. It's annoying, but they don't suck. Some are cool! Like Shadow's voice. It sounds perfect for his type. Dark, evil. Cream has a great voice for someone who is soft, loving, and caring to others. Vecter has a good voice. It's not bad or anything. Sonic has a great voice. But Rouge has the best voice of them all.

Replayablility 10/10

Replaying levels is very fun! Try and beat your score by clicking challenges. You can earn more emblems this way. The more emblems, the better. In order to beat the entire game you must replay the levels in challenges and do the bonus missions. It's fun to do, so give it a try.

Difficulty 8/10

The game is kind of hard, yet easy. Some levels you just hate, but some are just fun! Some are annoying. Let's take the Casino levels for example. They're annoying and hard. It took me forever to complete it. The mansion levels for Team Chaotix were hard as well. The longest time it took me in one of those was 30 minutes. They're hard. This game seems easy at times, but it's hard.

Overall 10/10

I had to give this game a 10/10. It’s just so fun and great to listen to. The characters, the game play, the everything. It’s just so fun wasting my weekends, when I should be doing homework, but I play this instead. We’ve all been there. Don’t rent the game. It’s a waste of 5 bucks. Buy the game! It’s worth $50.

Scores:

Graphics: 10
Story: 7
Controls: 10
Game play: 10
Sound: 10
Character voices: 10
Replayablility: 10
Difficulty: 8
Overall: 10

Buy or rent: Buy!

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 02/17/04