Ah, how times have changed. Sonic Heroes once encouraged us to tap into “the real super power of team work”, but Sonic Rivals says evil is so incompetent that the good guys can afford to beat each other up while saving the world.
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Hi Clark,
I've wondered this for a while – you're a big fan of Sonic – given how many disappointments have come from SEGA in recent years – what keeps you coming back?
I ask because I've wondered this about myself with Final Fantasy – is it nostalgia for you?
Guess I've just learned to cope with the rushed nature of the series – the disappointments still entertain me. There's a degree of nostalgia involved in that I played the first two games when I was young. They wouldn't have been at the top of my list at the time though (I was more of a Mario person).
I've always thought of Final Fantasy as a more consistently solid series (haven't played them all though). What disappointments did you face with those games?
It's more psychological – there's always a wish for things to go back to the "good old days" when you've been playing a series for years and years.
Certainly FFXIII, XI, and XIV were disappointing – still good (except for XIV, that's a terrible game :() but compared to the simple beauty of the earlier games they're… different.
The last Final Fantasy game I genuinely lost myself in was XII. The other games have been merely "fun"
I guess like some of the modern Sonic games for you!
Good job on this review. As it happens, while it's been years since I played this, I do remember having occasional issues with the level designs, the AI, and one or two boss fights. Going off of memory, you covered the key points on the game nicely.