![]() ![]() Grab your friends because you won't want to miss this one. On the big-screen though, this Sonic Mania Plus mode is magic and makes for an ultimate party experience. Two player was manic enough and playing this mode on a small screen can be a bit confusing. Here, you can race up to four players in split-screen in a full-on race for the finish. Awesome.īut I'll tell you, the competition mode is nothing short of amazing. (No social features here, but it's pretty neat anyway.) There are also "secret" gameplay options that can be unlocked which slightly but effectively enhance gameplay, like using the special dash from Sonic CD. Time Trials now lets you save and play back your best runs to show off to others. There's more to the game than that, though. It somehow makes the original game look old-hat. ![]() It's one of the best "director's cuts" that you'll ever see, not to mention a quintessential example of how to revert back to a simple yet great formula. ![]() Not that I regret anything I wrote about Sonic Mania, but with Plus, the game's original team has gone back and improved upon the formula immensely. It's easily one of the best games this year." It's a great return for a hero that was in desperate need of one, and it gives me high hopes that Sega may just right this ship yet. It's insanely fun to play, despite some mild frustrations, and it's great to have 16-bit Sonic looking and sounding better than ever. But the team doesn't forget the heritage of which Sonic was based on, and keeps his 16-bit roots completely intact, while introducing fresh new ideas that fit our hero like a glove. I noted, " Sonic Mania continues to buck the trend of bringing back a classic the right way, like Doom before it. For me, Sonic Mania stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Sonic 3 & Knuckles which was previously the high point of the franchise.So when the original Sonic Mania came out last year, I gave it a score of 4.5 out of 5 noting that it was a vast improvement over failed Sonic offerings from years before (cough hack Rise of Lyric cough hack) and a wondrous return to his retro ways. If you didn't like Sonic games to begin with then you'll undoubtedly be disappointed but if you enjoyed Mania's source material then you couldn't help but smile through the 5-ish hours it'll take you the finish the game. Sonic Mania is near indistinguishable from the 2D Sonic games of the 90's and that's certainly a compliment. And to see an homage to one of the best pieces of Sonic history, I'd suggest not pressing anything on the start screen to see an awesome intro video. Every jump sounds just like it should and a boss fight with a character from Sonic CD even got a laugh out of me by using sound cues from the source material. The aforementioned Studiopolis stage has one of the best songs from a Sonic game, which is a series that even featured songs composed by Michael Jackson in Sonic 3. ![]() Sonic Mania doesn't just rock the look and feel of a Sonic game but the sound is as top notch as you'd hope. Green Hill Zone has never been better than it is in Sonic Mania. The Next Sonic Game - Kidzworld Weekly News Though it is a new move it fits right in with the classic Sonic move set. The only new gameplay mechanic is Sonic's drop dash, holding jump after jumping into the air will charge up a spin dash that launches Sonic forward after hitting the ground. Tapping down when flying through a level will force Sonic into a ball that'll damage any enemy as a jump would, barring anything spiked. Pressing down and mashing jump with charge a spin move that launches Sonic when released and was first introduced in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Sonic is known for his speed but he's also got a good bit of momentum speeding him down a hill or slowing him when he needs to switch directions. Running through an assortment of zones as quickly as you can is the name of the game, just like it has always been. If you've played any of the original 2D Sonic games you'll know exactly how to play Sonic Mania. The game's boss fights aren't ever too challenging but they're always interesting. ![]()
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