((WIP of Mystic ruins.))

Eggman Reviews - Sonic 4 Episode II.

I know what you all must be thinking. “Who in the hell does Eggman think he is, reviewing video games all of a sudden? What are his qualifications? I want someone professional, damnit!” Sorry to say, every other website you’ll go to will no doubt be giving scandalously low reviews to a game that frankly doesn’t quite deserve it.

Yes I’m a Sonic fan. Does that make me biased? No. I will admit when I think a game sucks. Glitchy, atrocious looking games that have a bad/no story, horrible characters, and most importantly bad gameplay, I will voice my opinion. But that’s all really reviews are, aren’t they? Glorified opinions.

Now, onward with the substance itself. The game thus far has been brilliant; vibrant colors that stand out when needed, combination moves with Tails that actually serve a function but aren’t always necessary, and updated music ques for even the fights with yours truly. The game plays very similarly to Episode I, not many differences being noted on my first run through when compared to it’s predecessor. The level designs accent past Sonic games well with no over-abundance of one thing compared to another where graphically, the second entry in the series surpasses expectations when bringing these environments to life.

Even the damn Flickies look better than before.

Some people commented on how Episode I blandly rehashes many past boss battles. I agree entirely. And it seemed Episode II was going to repeat this trend in the very first boss battle: I guarantee you, you’ll be very surprised to see how wrong you are. From what I already experienced, I don’t think originality will be an issue here.

My only true complaint would be the music of the special stages. It gets repetitive easily, especially seeing how you’ll be entering those special stages multiple times in a desperate bid to secure another emerald for your collection.

For now, that’s all my comments on the matter. I got more red rings to find.