Hog of War: Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3, 2008) Review
NOTE: This review is part of a retrospective of the Sonic franchise. Feel free to read the other Sonic reviews I’ve done here - https://expithecat.blogspot.com/search/label/sonic%20retrospective Just to get this out of the way - before anyone comments saying ‘Expi you dumb fuck, Unleashed was also on Wii and PlayStation 2 and Java-based mobile phones !’ since I left those platforms out in the title, I didn’t include them since they are essentially different games with the same level themes and story. I will get to reviewing the Wii/PS2 version of the game and maybe the Java version if I feel like it , but I figured I’d at least start with the 360/PS3 version since that’s what I feel most Sonic fans think of when Unleashed is mentioned. So, anyway, here goes. Background and History Sonic Unleashed’s development can be traced back to 2005, when Sonic Team began development of the new “Hedgehog Engine,” an next-gen engine that would be used commonly in later Sonic games (at least the ones...