Admittedly, this will be a short review, as I need to go to bed and I'm new here.

Sonic 3D would have been much more enjoyable in the time where any game could add the moniker "3D" and be special.

There are numerous aspects of the core Sonic series that were transferred over for Sonic 3D, but not all in exactly the same way. There are still bonus stages that require 50 rings to enter, however, now they can be entered by finding side characters that stand around in somewhat hidden portions of the map. You still rescue fellow forest creatures when you destroy enemy robots, but now they are integral to continuing the level as you must collect them and ring them with you to the exit.

Of course, you can still speed charge, jump, and move faster than you can dodge. Movement is my chief complaint actually. Perhaps when this first came out, audiences were sufficiently dazzled by the graphics and novel pseudo-3D environment to overlook the frequently sluggish and occasionally too speedy movement. What I mean is that Sonic controls like a person wearing 3 year old Converse Chuck Taylors on ice; no tread and a slippery surface. Once you get moving in a direction, it is very difficult to stop and avoid sliding into nearby objects. In this videogame, that means, "Oh, I see a badnick. I'd better not run straight into it so I'll push a different direction. NO! Don't just slide straight into it!"

If you're determined to at least give this a fair try as I was, feel free to cheat or look up hints just to make it more palatable. A game controller would be better too, rather than a keyboard.


As always, play on, player! Also, bring back Firefly...

Good review for a short one I must say. One thing I did notice is that you didn't give a reason or explain why you gave it each score is it because you had to go or something?

This pretty good for a newbie like you.It's certainly better than my first review.I always knew Sonic 3D Blast on the Saturn was the best version with anlong controls,better music,3D bonus stages and better graphics.I always thought the genesis version had a lot of problems and while it does,I do enjoy the game,but it's not as good as Sonic's 2D titles.Anyway nice review.

The game itself is interesting to say the least. Its fun in my opinion. It was something different when Sonic converted to 3D fort the first time. I had fun playing this. I beat it 100% and it has a good ending imo.

I liked everything about 3D. I just thought the control was awkward