gaming Sonic Heroes review

[Aosera 28]

In my view the most hardest Sonic game i've ever played. No, its not the stages. Stages are actually somewhat fun to gain A-Ranks, by just looking up scores on IGN or something.

What is hard is the special stages, not sure if this is game design to fight the controls or if its made to be bugged by mistake, since the only way sometimes that i could collect more orbs was to just boost in circles to the next orb due to not slowing down to much, if you are going to get the 3rd Chaos Emerald which is like the hardest to get in the game then this is the way i did it as Team Sonic, considering Team Dark and Team Sonic is the fastest, the best way to beat the special stages is strategy, like if too many obstacles then the more slower like Team Rose would be good since its easier to avoid that way... like the other 6 emeralds i think i got by somewhat skill in that regards, i had much more difficulity getting the 3rd one, and the fact that you have to go through the stage to get the key to do it again also can add some pressure, so if you want to take that stuff off your mind, listen to some audio online while doing it.The only bad thing i can say is "they talk too much" thats it like in gameplay wise.

Good thing i can say is it requires team work to get through the stage effectively, the concept and idea and execution works very well in that regards.

Super Hard mode with Sonic on the other hand is pretty insane once you get all the A-Ranks in the games which is unlocked once you do. Which is kind of fun to do.

Here is my personal favorite to least favorite to play through

1: Team Dark
2: Team Chaotix
3: Team Rose
4: Team Sonic

Also one thing i didn't like is sometimes there are glitches like with Vector i sometimes fell through the wall in Bullet Staton i think it was called though i didn't die luckily. And Sonic Team was even worse in some cases with the toad stages, if you pick Sonic and run straight through some loop. BOOM fall right through the stage. Or some failed scripted scenes. It has its flaws of that but its not implayable, some certain events are a pain which i noticed in main event of the game but thats like these few cases. Besides that its totally playable.

Otherwise this game is hard but that doesn't mean its really bad. But i won't say its perfect but its an ok playable game. S

I played the PS2 version which is infamous for some reason, though i haven't actually seen that much difference except the graphics is more sharper and framerates somewhat smoother on the other versions like Xbox, PC and GameCube. But it doesn't seem that different from the PS2 besides that. But i can't say for sure. This is the experience i got from the PS2 version atleast, i heard the GameCube is the best version to use though.

So there you have it. What do you think of the game in general if you have played it? I never beat it fully as a child but i always liked Sonic ever since Adventure 2 Battle on GameCube made me a fan. But back then Sonic Heroes was too dificult for me. But curious to how you experience the game itself

[takai 1,060]

Played it quite a bit back in the day. Really enjoyed the 3 character team dynamic. The music was catchy and I too found the game to be difficult. As a kid I never really beat games per se, just played what I felt like was fun at the time. I personally would consider Sonic Heroes a classic Sonic game.

[Aosera 28]

7 minutes ago, takai said:

Played it quite a bit back in the day. Really enjoyed the 3 character team dynamic. The music was catchy and I too found the game to be difficult. As a kid I never really beat games per se, just played what I felt like was fun at the time. I personally would consider Sonic Heroes a classic Sonic game.

Well the first 2 stages i remember much and loved it mostly. The others not so much. Though now as an adult i played it all the way through and find new appreciation for the rest of the stages and concept that i couldn't really do back then since i did too just play whatever seemed fun back then. I thought Adventure 2 Battle was more my thing then, but i think the reason i couldn't get into it was that i just didn't understood much what the game was going for. With Adventure 2 Battle it was very simple, you play a character, you do this and it has a story. So that was just more easier to grasp into. But Sonic Heroes is in regards very good, and the execution of Team Work as game mechanic is pretty much well done.

Edited November 8, 2017 by Aosera

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

I LOVE this game. I still have not beaten it just yet. I'm almost finished with Team Chaotix and Team Sonic. I'm leaving Team Dark for last since they're the most difficult team. The issue is the Chaos Emeralds. I can't seem to hold the bonus key in the level and if I go to the bonus stage...I keep hitting the bombs...such a pain...

But the music of the game is so worth listening too. Can't wait to get to the FINAL final boss...

[Aosera 28]

40 minutes ago, Lektra Bolt said:

and please don't complain about too much talking. Sonic games for a while had next to no story. The talking gave extra info that was missing from the scenes, adding info that they didn't explain.

 

Well it is annoying when it replays. Once is enough. I wouldn't mind it if it wasn't so repetetive. The game is overall good though despite that, but maybe its not too bad for everyone.

Also if you have played Shadow the Hedgehog video game, its explained that Shadow in Sonic Heroes to Shadow the Hedgehog is the real shadow. Its a short voice clip by Eggman during the final boss that he picked Shadow up in outer space and took him to that capsule which he got out from in Sonic Heroes. Though Eggman mind tricks him sometimes of being real or fake.

Well atleast real Shadow as in SA2 Shadow that you were in that game to Sonic Heroes and outwards

Edited November 9, 2017 by Aosera

[Denim&Venöm 19,082]

The creators stated that they went with the approach they did to gather new players. And considering that this was my first sonic game, i'd say it did its job well.

[Castle Bleck 19,374]

I don't have much experience with it, save for a few demos when I was younger.

 

That being said, I remember enjoying what little I did play through.

Edited November 9, 2017 by The Artist Formerly Known As A.V.

[Celli 4,338]

Controls are rather slippery compared to SA1 and 2, and some of the levels can go fuck themselves like rail canyon, plus the game has the worst case of padding. That said I had fun with team Sonic and Rose. It's not nearly as bad as Shadow the Hedgehog though. That's an awful game.