Why Sonic Generations (PC/360/PS3, 2011) is My Favorite Sonic Game
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 Throughout this Sonic marathon I’ve done over the past year, I’ve played and reviewed a bunch of Sonic games - some I’ve played before, others I’m playing through for the first time, some popular games, some obscure games - but now it’s come to Sonic Generations, my favorite Sonic game. Background and History Sonic Generations’ development began not long after the completion of Unleashed in 2008, with the desire to develop a title for the series’ 20th anniversary that celebrated the history of the series by incorporating what was seen as the best levels of previous games and incentivize replay value. It was decided by Sonic Team to split the game into two playstyles - one representing the 2D ‘classic’ gameplay, and one building off the ‘Boost’ gameplay as seen in Unleashed and Colors....