Sonic & Knuckles
SCORE: 82
Out of all the Sonic the Hedgehog games on the Genesis I like Sonic & Knuckles the least. We have the lock on technology so we can use Knuckles in Sonic 2, and Sonic 3. We have this new character Knuckles with all new abilities. Yet for me Sonic & Knuckles falls flat mainly because the pace is slowed down. Sonic & Knuckles is much more difficult than previous Sonic the Hedgehog games. Which leads to more frustration. The game even will provide cheap hits in some areas.
Sonic & Knuckles has more animations and looks better than any previous Sonic game. I like how they do different things with in the levels. It is obvious that Sega was trying some new stuff out. They left the sounds alone which is good. The spin dash is the main skill players need to use with Sonic. I lost track of how many times I had to use that to break out of a trap, get up a slope, or destroy something.
We seem to free less woodland creatures in Sonic & Knuckles too. There is a lot of repetition for the enemies. Not only that but multiple parts of the same levels look exactly the same. The bosses have some mild diversity, and are a lot tougher to beat.
Sonic
& Knuckles is still a solid Genesis title with quite a few things going
for it. It was not to my personal liking. The lock on technology and
replay for older Sonic games is interesting and cool. But the slower
pace drags this game down. I hated getting stuck in certain parts of
levels every single time I played through this game. A save function
would have been nice.
- Paul
Graphics: 90%
Sound: 88%
Replay/Extras: 90%
Gameplay: 60%
Family Friendly Factor: 83%
System: Genesis
Publisher: Sega
Rating: ‘E’ for Everyone
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