- Sonic Adventure 2 : The trial for dreamcast / Disc only.
Product description
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The world can be a confusing and dangerous place, especially
when there are two of you! Sonic must face the new, villainous
Shadow but you choose how the story unfolds - you can be a hero,
or make friends with the dark-side! In the most thrilling Sonic
Adventure ever created there are 6 playable characters, new moves
to master, over 30 challenging stages and 3 different 2 player
games - will you save the world or conquer it?
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When longtime Sega mascot Sonic the Hedgehog made his debut on
the Dreamcast console in Sonic Adventure, gamers were stunned.
Sega had not only used the game to show off the tremendous
possibilities of the then-new hardware, but they had
reinvigorated the platform-style arcade adventure genre with
massive, intricate levels, gleefully distracting minigames, and
even a new kind of virtual pet, called a Chao, that could be
combined with other pets, traded with friends, and even exchanged
over the Internet. Sonic Adventure 2 ups the ante of its
predecessor with all-new puzzles and levels, and even faster
action reminiscent of the early Genesis-era games. Knuckles and
Tails are back, as are the Chao pets (who can now talk!).
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Review
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The season indeed calls for greediness. Sega's Christmas
present, perhaps the best gift ever sent to anyone at any time,
arrived early this year. It was, of course, only a tease, a small
snippet of what promises to be an altogether delightful whole. It
was a preview copy of Sonic Adventure 2 for the Sega Dreamcast.
It was marvelous.
The preview, which contains only the "City Escape" portion of the
game's "The Trial" stage, begins with Sonic held captive in a
helicopter. He quickly escapes from his unnamed captors and
plummets to the ground on a snowboard with an evil grin on his
face. Players begin to control Sonic once he hits the ground in
what is obviously San Francisco.
Immediately, players will be struck by how beautiful the game
looks. The hilly, cable car track-laden streets hold an
incredible wealth of detail and color. Every tree and every car
reeks of careful design and rendering, and in-game textures (from
the patterned grass to the faded brick walls) have been crafted
to simply overwhelm the eyes.
Sonic himself now moves faster and more fluidly than ever. At a
sharp 60fps, Adventure 2 is a seamless rollercoaster -- and the
sense of speed it imparts is staggering. At one point, Sonic
begins running down the side of a building, picking up massive
as of momentum; when the camera shifts, it shows our hero
zooming right toward the front of the screen as a blue blur. In
fact, Sonic zips along like comic book hero Flash on speed, and
some of the speed effects are simply breathless.
A new helper Chao named OmoChao appears once Sonic has cleared
the snowboard portion of the preview. Omo will introduce Sonic to
new moves, such as the somersault and the grind, and this cute
little metallic blue creature reappears throughout the stage.
Sonic can even pick the little sucker up and hurl it at enemies
or, in a cruel but comic maneuver, toss it over a ledge.
Expect all the requisite nods to the Sonic canon. At one point,
our hero can use speed strips to race through a loop-de-loop.
Ring collecting is prominently featured as well, as are crate
smashing and bumpers that hurl our hero into the air. Simple
moving platforms pay homage to the early Sonic titles, and a
rampaging truck chase scene is a direct nod to the rampaging
killer whale scene from the original Sonic Adventure.
Cool new features allow Sonic to use ramps to leap into the air
and perform tricks. Pressing the "A" button on the Dreamcast
controller while Sonic is moving up a ramp makes this possible,
and the various front- and backflips, spins and twists are
suitably amazing. These leap tricks can be combined with Sonic's
new grinding ability; players can leap onto a rail and race down
it, dis with a 360 front flip and begin to grind on another
rail. Time will tell if the rest of Sonic Adventure 2 can
maintain this level of excellence throughout. What hasn't been
shown of the game, however, lends us to believe that this title
will deliver in the biggest of ways. Sonic Team has promised new
Chao virtual pets, five playable characters (including Knuckles
and Dr. Robotnik), a devastatingly beautiful jungle stage and a
villain worthy of Sega's greatest creation.
-- DailyRadar Review
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