Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25819077-20150925041733

For this thread, I will be focusing on the X360 and PS3 version, which is the version I have played.

I bought Sonic Unleashed last October and played through it in 1-2 months. I loved the daytime sections but felt the combat in the night sections was to easy (my poor y button). I also felt like there was way too little plot exposition. The game starts with a bunch of cutscenes, but then half way through leaves you with no plot for like 10 + hours of gameplay. I also hated Chip. And the medals were a pain. But things can change over time.

I played the game a little recently, mainly because I wanted to play Rooftop Run, which has amazing music, visuals, and gameplay itself. But playing it for a little longer, I was reminded of everything I loved and hated, and where my opinions have changed.

First, I found myself happy to see Chip again. Even if he made it feel like it was for preschoolers at times, I still found myself liking him more as a character.

Second, I don't mind the werehog too much. I feel like the qte's were very well implemented. Climbing the clock was also a highlight.

The daytime stages are absolutely beautiful and amazing. Even if I'm an Adventure person, the boost was needed after the Adventure gameplay was driven into the ground, it breathed new life into the series.

I feel about the same about the story. It needed more cutscenes to carry it.

The boss battles were a let down. The werehog fights got easier every time, except maybe the Moray.The day fights got old fast. Both Gaia fights were ill conceived, especially the first one.

And the worst (and only outright bad) feature of the game was the medals. They made it feel like a collectathon (which I enjoy, Banjo Kazooie is awesome) which is the opposite of Sonic. They dragged the game on way too long

But why did it get such awful reviews? A 4.5 from IGN? I feel like instead of rationally looking at it, they thought "Sonic sucks. That Shadow game was stupid. The Werehog is dumb." and didn't give the game a chance.

Thoughts? 