Sonic Unleashed for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

This game got me so, so excited for Sonic again. After that horrible abomination that can only be referred to as Sonic 06', looking at the gameplay of this game got me so so excited to see Sonic to get back to his prime, and his roots. There are parts of this game that left me wanting more, and parts that I wish I didn't have to take in the first place.

Let's start with Sonic himself. Sonic is all aglow, with not a single detail being overlooked when it came to design, and not a single hint of pixelation to be seen; this is how cartoon characters are supposed to look when they're brought into 3D. All his animations are look so fluid and real, not unlike in Sonic 06' where most of the animation was done with motion capture. It made me feel like my favorite cartoon character of days had come to life, and it was a joy to watch him move at the speed of sound.

As far as the day stages go, we can all agree that these are by far the best expression of everything that made Sonic the legendary mascot that he is today. They're all about the one thing the blue blur is known for: going fast. Really fast. Getting from point A to point B as fast as you possibly can.

The night stages, on the other hand, are another story. The entire werehog, power-brawling, slow moving aspect of this can be considered the antithesis to all things that define Sonic. While in most sonic games, the stages are fast-paced, reaction-intensive and overall fun, the night stages in Sonic Unleashed are slow, repetitive, and boring, to say the least. There was really nothing I enjoyed about it, and I felt I simply had to play through them just to get back to all the good stuff.

All in all, Sonic Unleashed is one of those games that you have to take the good with the bad. On one hand, you have some of the most exciting Sonic gameplay and on another, you have the werehog, and that that encompasses. To your average gamer, it's a great game overall, but kind of a disappoint to true Sonic fans, like

Begining looks beautiful but cant get past the first loading screen.