Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24252369-20140116235811

In Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, Shadow was great to play as.

Unfortunately though, (in my opinion) his gameplay has been reduced to crap ever since that first game he was introduced in.


 * Sonic Heroes was ok but you couldn't play as him individually.


 * Shadow the Hedgehog was kind of boring in level design, and instead of a high-speed Sonic-like gameplay, most of it was stopping to do something a certain number of times. The weapon usage was anticipated but dissapointing, and the human character design (for the in-game cutscenes) looked like they were inspired by Slenderman and some creepy toy doll.


 * Sonic 2006 was a little better, but still had many flaws with gameplay issues. The areas were too open, and boring and slow (again). At least the levels I played were.


 * More recently in Sonic Generations (and also Dash, the phone game), it looks like the developers have forgotten or didn't care to include the glowing visual effect of the thrusters under Shadow's shoes. I find this irritating as now it looks like he's just sliding or something.

I think that SA2 unarguably had the best gameplay as Shadow. His levels were just like Sonic's, except with a little more challenge and/or different obstacles, with none of the problems listed above. This is how his gameplay should be if they include him as a playable character in future games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za5vC7ct9Ko

Does anyone agree? Or have different opinions? 