When I first played Sonic Unleashed, I was quick to give up on it after getting annoyed by how long the werewolf levels are compared to the more fun hedgehog levels. But after watching someone do a Lets Play of the game on You Tube and thinking it looked like fun, I decided to get back into it, and I'm glad I did.
Yes, you spend a lot more time as a werewolf than as a hedgehog, and so one's enjoyment of this game will hinge on how much they like/dislike the werewolf segments. I came to actually enjoy - not prefer, but still enjoy - those segments with their mix of fighting and slower-paced platforming, as well as their catchy music. And though it can get old quickly, I even like the big band jazz fight music.
Known in Japan as Sonic World Adventure, this game is basically a continuation of the Sonic Adventure series, going back to the "overworld" style of the first one, allowing you to roam around various towns/cities around the world and talk to people. The switching characters mechanic of the Adventure games has been replaced with Sonic himself transforming, changing gameplay styles along with him. It's an unusual way of doing the "multiple gameplay styles" concept the series is known for, but it works well enough. Still, when people say they want to only play as Sonic himself, this is obviously not what they meant.
There are sadly some really stupid design decisions in this game that really annoy me. For one, an overuse of Quick Time Events. You will find many moments where you launch off a ramp and you must push the correct buttons quickly, or you will die. Boss fights have these added to them as well. The thing is, besides the reflexes required, I've lost lives due to my muscle memory being based on the SNES rather than X360 controller.
Another dumb decision: in addition to the werewolf levels being a lot longer, as in over 20 minutes each for the most part, the game's final level took me over 50 minutes to beat on my second attempt (my first one ended in a game over after half an hour). How much spare time did Sega think players would have?
Bad decisions aside, though, I still enjoy this game overall and I'm glad I revisited it to completion. Plus, with 8 hedgehog and 8 werewolf stages, 1 enormous stage that mixes both, and many mini-stages, there's a lot of content.
Definitely flawed, but I'm glad I gave this game a second chance
When I first played Sonic Unleashed, I was quick to give up on it after getting annoyed by how long the werewolf levels are compared to the more fun hedgehog levels. But after watching someone do a Lets Play of the game on You Tube and thinking it looked like fun, I decided to get back into it, and I'm glad I did.
Yes, you spend a lot more time as a werewolf than as a hedgehog, and so one's enjoyment of this game will hinge on how much they like/dislike the werewolf segments. I came to actually enjoy - not prefer, but still enjoy - those segments with their mix of fighting and slower-paced platforming, as well as their catchy music. And though it can get old quickly, I even like the big band jazz fight music.
Known in Japan as Sonic World Adventure, this game is basically a continuation of the Sonic Adventure series, going back to the "overworld" style of the first one, allowing you to roam around various towns/cities around the world and talk to people. The switching characters mechanic of the Adventure games has been replaced with Sonic himself transforming, changing gameplay styles along with him. It's an unusual way of doing the "multiple gameplay styles" concept the series is known for, but it works well enough. Still, when people say they want to only play as Sonic himself, this is obviously not what they meant.
There are sadly some really stupid design decisions in this game that really annoy me. For one, an overuse of Quick Time Events. You will find many moments where you launch off a ramp and you must push the correct buttons quickly, or you will die. Boss fights have these added to them as well. The thing is, besides the reflexes required, I've lost lives due to my muscle memory being based on the SNES rather than X360 controller.
Another dumb decision: in addition to the werewolf levels being a lot longer, as in over 20 minutes each for the most part, the game's final level took me over 50 minutes to beat on my second attempt (my first one ended in a game over after half an hour). How much spare time did Sega think players would have?
Bad decisions aside, though, I still enjoy this game overall and I'm glad I revisited it to completion. Plus, with 8 hedgehog and 8 werewolf stages, 1 enormous stage that mixes both, and many mini-stages, there's a lot of content.