Sonic the Hedgehog was my very first plat former game, and I must say I was not disappointed. I loved Sonic, to be honest and I'm sure I am probably going to get a lot of hate for saying this, but I think Sonic was way better than Mario. Not saying that I don't like Mario, I do but I like Sonic more. Anyway, I grew up with the Sega Genesis and Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2, also Spinball but that is for a different review. I played the crap out of these games and never got bored of them. Even though they do lack story, I mean they never did tell you what Robotnik was up to really, you just kind of assume that he is after world domination. Or he just really hates Hedgehogs?

It's really no surprise that I rated this game a 10 overall, not to say that there are a few things that make this game less than perfect, it is still a great game nonetheless. And every game has a flaw or two. As for Sonic's flaws, sometimes you'll go to fast and hit something VERY unexpectedly and there was also the fact that it did not support saving up until the third installment of the series. Having a Genesis as a kid if you wanted to beat this game you had to leave the system on all night because saving was not an option, to bad too. If Sonic could have saved than this game would get pretty much no criticism from me at least.

Graphics and sound I rated a 9, the game looks and sounds amazing. The graphics, especially for its time look fantastic it is not all pixelated like the NES was and you could tell what everything was. The music was catchy and often got stuck in my head, but it wasn't bad. I really enjoyed listening to the music and sounds that came from this game. The Sonic series had some of the best game music I have ever heard, and I still at times hum a lot of the tunes, especially the Casino Zone song from the second game.

As for addictiveness, since this game was very hooking for me I gave it a 10. I always played Sonic when I was a kid. I still pick it up from time to time, I am still a lucky and proud owner of a Sega Genesis and the copy of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. I remember when I first played Sonic, I was instantly addicted. I played all night the first time, and was told to stay away from the Sega for a while because of playing to much Sonic. So needless to say this game and series is fantastic to me.

The story I rated a 4, because to be honest I don't really know if there was one. There was never any speech or dialogue box to follow, and you never really knew what Robotnik was after. Of course I think it is safe to assume world domination or something of the sort since Sonic doesn't have a Princess or a girlfriend. That is not until later in the franchise. As for depth a 7, this game has a lot of Zones and secret stages where you can collect Chaos Emeralds. The secret stages where not to complicated in this game, or the second one for that matter. All you had to do was control a spinning Sonic in a crazy maze like dimension(?) and find the emerald. Plain and simple, but you could not touch these strange looking red orb things because it would end the stage. Now for difficulty, I rated the game a 5. When I was first getting into the game I thought it was kind of hard but I think that was because I was young. But now when I play it I easily breeze through the game. Often times I'll perform speed runs of the game just to see how much I remember and how well I can play the game.

Overall Sonic the Hedgehog is a great game, and an awesome franchise and I seriously recommend the first installment. Especially if you are into plat formers, and I know that Mario fans often give Sonic hate, but I think that if they tried it they could grow to really like Sonic too. Anyway, until my next review thanks for reading.

XxEzraxX : This is the Review of the Week. I loved it, and I have the same story about it, could never beat the game until I got to play it on Vizzed. (And I love Sonic more then Mario) Awesome review!

I would totally agree with you. Sonic was one of my first platform games I have played as well, and I absolutely fell in love with it. I love the cute graphics it has to offer, and the music is great. It always got me pumped to keep playing and try and beat that level. I also agree with you that a lot of people who love Mario don't really like Sonic, however I am the other way around. I like Mario as well, however Sonic is just more my taste. Sonic brings back a lot of memories that I will never forget, and I still play Sonic to this day. And also, thank you for the great review! 

bombchu link : Thank you and that is awesome that there are people out there who have had the same experience with Sonic as I have, I remember being a child and hooking up the Sega and choosing between two games Sonic the Hedgehog 2 or Earthworm Jim lol

mscoral : That is a great way to describe the graphics, I didn't think of that but you are right they are sort of cute if you look at them, I remember that they were really great for the time the game came out. And I really don't get why some Mario fans are like that, I mean I like Mario to but I'm not going to go hating on Sonic and I mean Sonic was a lot faster which I personally think added to the game. And thank you very much for the kind words

This is an awesome review, you did well.
Speaking of which, nice detail...