Sonic Advance 2

"A good game, but tough..."

GAME PLAY: if you've ever played a sonic game then you know what the game play is. jumping, running, jumping, falling, etc. but even though the game play sounds simple it still is almost unbeatable. i'm serious, do not buy this game unless a)you love Sonic the Hedgehog games. b) you really want a challenge. c) you don't get angry easily. to do half of the things in the game such as the Tiny Chao Garden, you must beat the game with a certain amount of characters, all of which have to have all 7 chaos emeralds, which are very tough to get. first you have to go through a level, and find seven special rings, which is tough and the you have to do a mini-ring collecting-game, which is probally twice as tough.

OVERALL:7.5/10

AUDIO/VISUAL: just the same as the first graphic wise, but i'm not saying there bad, because there really good. sound is good and the music, although not the best i've heard from a sonic game, it does match the levels and is catchy. even though there catchy they might get annoying. you probally won't be listening to the music anyway, you'll be too busy falling down bottomless pits and dieing!

OVERALL:8.5/10

REPLAY VALUE: sonic games will make you pull your hair out trying to beat them, so for those who like challenging games, you'll be coming back to this game a lot. There is also the tiny chao garden which is a relaxing mini-game which is fun. but if you beat the game 3 or 4 times your not going to really come back to this. you probaly won't
be playing this game again, if you didn't enjoy playing it the first time

OVERALL:7/10

RENT OR BUY: it depends on why your buying this game. if your buying it for the thrill ,don't, rent it. if your renting it so you can play the chao garden or so you can beat the game completly, don't, buy it.

BUY OR RENT: BUY

FINAL LOOK: this is good game, but as you probally get by now, it is very tough. the bosses in this game are mostly new one's how are difficult to beat. unfotunatlly you start the game only with sonic and have to play through the game to get to the other charecters, and despite being the main charecter, sonic is very hard to use mainly cause if you fall down a cliff, it's all over.

OVERALL FINAL SCORE: 8/10

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 03/20/03, Updated 03/20/03