Archive for January, 2009

Sonic Heroes

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

In Sonic heroes you play as a team. The good thing about this is that you can use the special skills each member of your team possesses. This team consists of Sonic, Knuckles and Tails.

When it cones to these special skills Sonic of course uses his super speed. Tails has been beefing up, because his skills is flying. Not only that he can lift his friends. Now when I see lift his friends, I mean both of them at the same time.

This is a great skill to posses and it will help the team in reaching unreachable heights. Knuckles uses his power. You can use knuckles and throw him at your enemies.

Other teams are available, but the game is either to easy or a bit hard. Team Sonic is the middle road, not hard not easy but medium. But if you are up for a challenge, go ahead and try out team Dark. This team consists of Shadow, E-123 Omega, and Rouge the bat.

If the game is too hard for you, or you want someone young to play the game, you can try out Team Rose. Team Rose consists of Amy Rose, Big the Cat, and Cream the rabbir Now that we know are heroes, what are they up to?

The graphics in Sonic Heroes are very plain and cartoon like, but they get the job done and when you are zipping through the stages you will not even pay attention to it.

A big drawback to the game is the camera. Everything is fine when Team Sonic is in super speed mode, but when you slow down and start to walk around you will notice the bad camera work.

Sonic Heroes is a good game to rent I would not buy it, don’t get me wrong the game is fun. But it is only fun for playing it once.

Sonic And The Secret Rings

Friday, January 9th, 2009

In Sonic and the secret rings the story is a bit different than usual. Erazor Djinn has been erasing pages from a story book. Sonic jumps in to put a stop to this.

This game is out for the PS3, Xbox 360, and the Wii. The Wii version is the better version in this case, because you get to use the Wii remote to control Sonic the Hedgehog. Many familiar faces make their appearance, but they play a different role than you are used to.

The graphics are really beautiful in this sonic game. The stages each have their own look and feel, as it should be with each game. You will notice that the graphical designers did a great job in designing the different stages.

My favorite is the jungle stage called dinosaur land. There are actual breathing and living dinosaurs in the game and you will run on their backs to move forward. Cool stuff!

So you get to enjoy pretty scenery while dashing through the levels and taking down enemies, using your familiar moves. The game starts out slow, but it picks up before you know it.

A cool feature implemented is that you can buy skills for Sonic to make him better. Some of the skills make stronger, run faster, etc.

You can replay the levels you finished and you will have different options to finish it: collect the coins, defeat the enemies, etc.

Some of the drawbacks to this addictive game are the bad camera and the loose controls of Sonic, which will have you making all kind of stupid mistakes. For a game where speed is one of it focuses, the controls need to be tight.

Overall Sonic and the secret rings is a must play for all the sonic fans out there, who are looking for some fun.