if you played the demo, forget it, they made that level for the demo (using parts of a similar level from the game), and it really just shows off the bad points of that game, and none of the good ones!
even the music wasnt inspiring!

firstly, i'd like to get the bad points out of the way, firstly being, its nothing like the original (but i knew that before i brought it)... the camera couldnt be more annoying, it either doesnt lock on the bosses when you want it to, or it does when you're trying to jump to a platform, which is behind you! or it just plain faces the wrong way. i died quite alot because of the camera.
the other thing i dont like are the controls, sonic adventure had it pretty much spot on, but some where along the line they ruined it, and the most annoying thing by far, is all the loading sequences, it loads WAY to much, if you try and talk to a mission person for example, you talk to him, accept his mission, then it'll load it, but it'll load the guy… more »

if you played the demo, forget it, they made that level for the demo (using parts of a similar level from the game), and it really just shows off the bad points of that game, and none of the good ones!
even the music wasnt inspiring!

firstly, i'd like to get the bad points out of the way, firstly being, its nothing like the original (but i knew that before i brought it)... the camera couldnt be more annoying, it either doesnt lock on the bosses when you want it to, or it does when you're trying to jump to a platform, which is behind you! or it just plain faces the wrong way. i died quite alot because of the camera.
the other thing i dont like are the controls, sonic adventure had it pretty much spot on, but some where along the line they ruined it, and the most annoying thing by far, is all the loading sequences, it loads WAY to much, if you try and talk to a mission person for example, you talk to him, accept his mission, then it'll load it, but it'll load the guy talking again, for ONE sentance, then load the next bit of the mission, and when you finish, it'll load him again, for another sentance, then load again to get you back to the game. c'mon, even sonic adventure didnt do that!!
oh, and super speed levels are just suicidal, and the adventure fields could do with a map, other than on the loading screen.
ok, now the good points!
its Sonic! he's awsome, and he's been awsome since 1991!
the levels in the game are pretty well made, allowing you to take a few different routes (as some charactors anyway), the knuckles/rouge levels are abit easy, seems you can just fly across most of them, but equally good, except for rouge (and tails) dont have very good attacks meaning you just avoid most of the enemies.
the cinematics are excellent, and the story is pretty good too (althought it doesnt feel as epic as Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2), still Sonic hero's was terrible, i didnt even bother playing past lvl 2. so its improved atleast!
playing as silver is alot of fun, throwing things about and levitating (for a short while), if you stun your enemies you can even throw them too! Shadow is back again (anyone know how he came back in the 1st place?), he's pretty cool but in sonic adventure 2, he was pretty much the same as sonic, in this game he's drives cars and attacks differently, but its more fun not to use vehicles, as the vehicle controls arent brilliant.
you get to play as most of the charactors, which is good but i prefere the sonic adventure charactor select, with all the seperate stories, but its still good to run around as amy, tails, knuckles, rouge, the robot (forgot his name) and blaze.
the bosses are all really easy tho, which is disappointing, but they are fun to beat.
i've only given this game 3 stars because of the niggles they seem to have added since sonic adventure, which was a 5* game for me.
if you can see past the annoying niggles, its really is a fun game, but your main enemy really is the camera.

i dont really concider this an up or down side, but the games physics system seems to slow the game down a fair bit if too much happens at once, which also seems to stop controlling registering, meaning alot of falling to your death. lol
but i dont blame the game, its more of a hardware thing, probably doesnt happen on the PS3 version.

this game isnt worth more than £15, so dont pay full price for it, i only brought it while i wait for sonic unleashed, and because my dreamcast has broken!!

this is really only a game for sonic fans, as anyone else trying to find out what the hype is about will be confused, cos if you dont like sonic, and didnt grow up with it, this game isnt for you.

Okay, let's go back to 1991. The first sonic the hedgehog game is released on the sega mega drive, and it is awesome. I'm not gonna lie, i wasn't born until one year later. But i spent most of my childhood playing that game, and tbh, i still play it alot today on xbox live arcade. It's such a good game.

Now this game, released 15 years later, is said to be an 'anniversary' style release celebrating the first sonic game. So you'd expect this game to be just as good, maybe even better than the original. But it's not. In some ways, yes, this game is awful.
But it's not all bad, it has some good points.

The story line is pretty good, and the involvement of the characters is well done too. The soundtrack is pretty good too. The graphics are not as good as they could've been, when you compare it to the xbox 360's best like halo 3 and gears of war. But either way, this game is playable and quite enjoyable. So why is everyone bashing it so much? Yes, the controls and… more »

Okay, let's go back to 1991. The first sonic the hedgehog game is released on the sega mega drive, and it is awesome. I'm not gonna lie, i wasn't born until one year later. But i spent most of my childhood playing that game, and tbh, i still play it alot today on xbox live arcade. It's such a good game.

Now this game, released 15 years later, is said to be an 'anniversary' style release celebrating the first sonic game. So you'd expect this game to be just as good, maybe even better than the original. But it's not. In some ways, yes, this game is awful.
But it's not all bad, it has some good points.

The story line is pretty good, and the involvement of the characters is well done too. The soundtrack is pretty good too. The graphics are not as good as they could've been, when you compare it to the xbox 360's best like halo 3 and gears of war. But either way, this game is playable and quite enjoyable. So why is everyone bashing it so much? Yes, the controls and glitches are a pain, and the voice acting is terrible and annoying. And it is very hard. But seriously, if you love sonic the hedgehog, weather it's the original mega drive games or the sonic adventure series, you will like it.

Yes i know this review is way too long but i'm sorry, i had to say all this because it's about time someone did. This game gets too much of a hard time, it needs something nice said about it.