Sonic Rivals 2 review by T.B.O.G

Morris1113 · 11-23-2007, 09:35 AM

yo guys its your favorite brotherhood coming at you with another review for everyones favorite blue hedgehog....Sonic, it has been really sad that our blue hedgehogs releases ever since sonic heroes, completley went downhill. honestly ppl, what happened to the greatness, what happened to Sonic CD? what happened to Sonic Adventure 2? anyway, that isnt why we're here, this is about Sonic trying to make a comeback, and here we go

graphics 9 of 10
music 9 of 10
gameplay 7 of 10
story 8 of 10
voice-acting 9 of 10

-Graphics-
lets be honest, for psp this is as good as sonic graphics will get but this is really impressive, looking at the pics of the characters as they talk is really enjoyable to look at, when i saw MetalSonic i was astonished on how awesome he looked, not only him but everyone looked smooth clean, no sharp edges. the levels are also improved, a step up from sonic heroes, including the pop up icons and extras required of u to use and specials. as a special sonic fan from his very first debut, i like his start.

-music-
as soon as i started the 1st level as sonic, i already like the music singing, action pakced, wow thats how i like to start off a sonic game, some of the music skipped my mind because i was focusing to much on living but i like this music, truly awesome........where is the sound test?

thats a minus

-gameplay-
OMFG this gameplay is too HARD, im serious i lost like 3 times on the 1st level, omg i swear i was punching my wall, ripping out my hair, and threw the UMD across the room, they throw you right in there with no tutorial"i mean cmon sonic heroes provided this."the controll is similar to the old style i mean like well x is jump of coarse but thats it, everything else is awkward for a sonic title, the pop up reaction commands for your character to get an edge is frusterating becuase you have to be lighting fast to catch it. its really fast, im running and i see it and press the button but it just dissapeared as fast as it came, what a load of crap, now my enemy is catching me and he is on my behind. "and im not really fast when reaction buttons differ, QUICKLY PRESS X, oops i pressed L" its that frusterating. your dash isnt at all helpful, first you have to make ur character stop running and god forbid you to do that. and somehow you will find your enemy mysteriously going faster then you know you ever could, your running at your max speed which isnt very fast, and your enemy is either catching u or so far ahead of you and the sad and frusterating thing is, u cant do a thing about it. however when you brawl your oppenent, thing of super smash bros, not much to say but this prty much makes up for the terrible race, now you can beat your revenge out of the fool you were racing.

-story-
good thing about sonic is that his stories always differ in major points, im not gonna spoil this for you but apparently the choa have been kidnapped and once again the master emerald has been stolen "some guardian Knuckles is, how many times has this happened?" thats all i can say, but this is going somewhere, with metal sonic involved and this new hedgehog silver, how cool can this story get?

-voice acting-
of coarse sonic was always one for having briliant and talented voice actors to really make these characters come alive, even in a bad sonic game, hearing these voices from the characters worked so perfectly that i could always relax and watch it reguarless if it was a slide show such as sonic rivals or sonic adventure 2, awesome job sega, a toast to your great ear and cast.

this sums it up as best as i can for Sonic Rivals. in short, this game IS worth getting, it is multiplayer, im warning you that you will probably get upset for the duratin of the game until you get good, but throughout the game, if u are a true sonic fan, the story will take you away from the agony that is the racing portion, there are sidequests such as find the chow etc, enjoy Sega Fans, and a happy thanks giving from the Brotherhood Of Gaming

Morris1113 · 11-30-2007, 08:53 AM

for gosh sakes, 38 views and not a dang comment ROFL, thats mean. after all the trouble we went through to write this, i mean cmon we were busting our butts playing this game

trendy67 · 12-01-2007, 04:35 PM

thanks for the review man i wanted this game for x-mas. im not a hardcore sonic fan but if this game is anything like the sonic adventure games, im in!
is it so hard that it becomes frustrating to the point where you gave up hope? if thats the case mmh... no thanks man. lol

Morris1113 · 12-02-2007, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by trendy67

thanks for the review man i wanted this game for x-mas. im not a hardcore sonic fan but if this game is anything like the sonic adventure games, im in!
is it so hard that it becomes frustrating to the point where you gave up hope? if thats the case mmh... no thanks man. lol

lol no i didnt give up hope, it was just really hard, it is different then the sonic adventure games, its a side scrolling race sort a thing when occasional boss battles

gigermunit · 12-06-2007, 09:03 PM

thanks for the review, i think i might get this now.

Morris1113 · 12-07-2007, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by gigermunit

thanks for the review, i think i might get this now.

yeah i think its worth it, its a little challenging, actually quite a bit but thats what makes a good game fun, if sonic will not have anymore good titles lets have fun with what he has to give

youyongku · 12-07-2007, 01:07 AM

thanks for the review
maybe I'll buy this for christmas

Morris1113 · 12-10-2007, 02:49 AM

i would recomend it, its pretty awesome, then again it is pretty straight forward, but i still like it

xjarhead · 12-10-2007, 03:24 AM

I have played this game and for the most part i agree with your review.

Personally im not going to say it is a "must get" game, but i would say it is a must try game.

i got it as a rental a couple weeks ago and thought it was a decent game. a few of my coworkers really loved it. one of which went out and got the game the next morning.

If I stumble across this used then i may pick it up. It is a good game, just not something i want to spend $40 on.

oh and it is a pain in the .... to play at times. i also felt like tossing it across the room

Morris1113 · 12-10-2007, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by xjarhead

I have played this game and for the most part i agree with your review.

Personally im not going to say it is a "must get" game, but i would say it is a must try game.

i got it as a rental a couple weeks ago and thought it was a decent game. a few of my coworkers really loved it. one of which went out and got the game the next morning.

If I stumble across this used then i may pick it up. It is a good game, just not something i want to spend $40 on.

oh and it is a pain in the .... to play at times. i also felt like tossing it across the room

lol yeah, it isnt worth 40 dollars straight away, i stronlgy recommend renting it first or trying someone elses, this game has made me shout "MOTHER ****" so many times, its just rediculously hard, aside from that its straight forward, no real adventure so lasting appeal if i mentioned wouldnt last too long, but if u are a harcore sonic fan which i sorta consider myself then you will want to beat the game with all stories to see how the story progresses

Spartacus · 01-02-2008, 12:58 PM

THIS GAME FUCKING SUCKS SO MUCH!!!! I thought it might be relevantly remotely even close to the first one, And boy was I wrong xD

psp4lyf · 01-02-2008, 02:23 PM

thanks for the review bro

i was was playing it at school on my mates psp and i think i would rate it 4/10 overall, its arite

thg repo · 01-06-2008, 11:59 PM

This game is total rubbish 1/10.

Morris1113 · 01-13-2008, 05:40 PM

what did i say ^^;

mime · 04-11-2008, 06:06 AM

Nice........