Sonic Superstars
SCORE: 66
I do not even know where to begin with Sonic Superstars. First and
foremost I have been a fan of the Sonic video games for a very long
time. I really liked Sonic Frontiers. There have been a few stinkers
over the years but generally I enjoyed the Sonic the Hedgehog video
games. Sonic Superstars is the exact opposite experience for me. I do
not like Sonic Superstars. In fact I despise this video game. I am
uninstalling Sonic Superstars and will only play it again if I am paid
to do so.
The first thing about this game that confused me is there is one or two
acts in each of the areas. Every so often we get a third level that is
specialized. So we would play Amy or Knuckles for example. The jumping
in Sonic Superstars is not precise and I would miss my marks quite often
in Sonic Superstars. The bosses are at the end of almost every level.
This got aggravating very fast because many of these bosses are a pain
to beat. Lose and go back through five to ten minutes of the same thing
again.
Graphically Sonic Superstars looks nice. There is a story related to
Fang and some character trapped in a robot body. I did not really
understand all of that. There are not many levels but they are on the
longer side. The chaos emeralds are earned through mini levels where we
swing from object to object trying to catch the chaos emerald before
time runs out. They start easy and then get much more difficult.
Each chaos emerald in Sonic Superstars grants the player some new power
that can only be used in certain areas and certain places in the levels.
Again the controls were a bit of a pain here. We change into certain
different things in specific areas of levels in Sonic Superstars. There
is a new area called Golden Capital Zone in Sonic Superstars. This is
similar to the Pinball Carnival Zone. By the way I have always hated the
pinball levels.
Sonic Superstars feels more geared toward the hardcore gamers. If you
die fifty times on the same boss you either give up or try again. Sonic
Superstars does nothing to help frustrated and stuck gamers. I normally
like to see all of a game. Sonic Superstars made me want to quit and
never come back. Sega missed a real opportunity here. In Sonic Frontiers
we can run around (even while fighting a boss) and make more rings for
ourselves. Violence and gambling are the main issues with Sonic
Superstars beyond its annoying difficulty.
- Paul
Graphics: 70%
Sound: 70%
Replay/Extras: 70%
Gameplay: 50%
Family Friendly Factor: 70%
System: Nintendo Switch/PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sonic Team
Rating: ‘E’ - SIX and OLDER ONLY
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