for my fifth review on vizzed i'm going to review sonic battle for the gba. sonic battle was the second fighting game of sonic (the first one being sonic the fighters) and the only one i've played (since s t f is unplayable on this site) do i like this game, or shouldn't it be a game? lets find out
WARNING: THIS REVIEW WILL BE VERY LONG MAINLY BECAUSE I TRY TO GET A LOT OF
Viz TO HIRE THE PLAYSTATION ITEM
with that said :lets get started with my review now ok
graphics :8 what do you get if you combine the graphicstyle of the sonic advance trilogy with a 3d background? then you pretty much get the ones of this game. the graphics look really cool, especially the 3d backgrounds. i know what you're thinking: if they're so good then why are you rating only an 8 out of 10? well that is mainly because i don't think the 2d characters and the 3d stages fit with each other so thats why. however the graphics are still very good for gba standarts
sound :8 WHAT?! ANOTHER 8?! well the music just seems kind of unmemoriable to me, which is weird because this is a game from a series thats known for its epic soundtrack after all. the sound effects are pretty cool in my opinion. sure its kinda akward to hear emerl with voices of sonic tails knuckles shadow rouge amy and cream (since chaos and gamma have no voices) at the same time (depending on emerl's moveset) but the sound effects are still really good since you can hear punches and other attacks very well and the voices fit with the attacks so i just give it an 8 out of 10
addictiveness :10 kinda predictable since i like fighting games and i'm really a huge sonic fan so yeah if you combine it i almost can't stop playing. the entire game in itself is very addictive and very fun to play. like most 2d games it is simple and yet very addictive. man the only way it whould be even more fun and addictive is if mario was here as well so i could use sonic, or even better: shadow, to beat the crap out of him (maybe that with come when SOMEONE HACKS THIS GAME!). however even though the story mode is some what cheap since this game cheats a lot (especially when playing as rouge) its still pretty fun to play through and the game is overall addictive and fun
story :9 the story is pretty intresting in my opinion. emerl is dicovered by dr ivo robotnik or dr eggman who wants to use him to take over the world, but emerl doesn't obey him. in fact he doesn't do anything so dr robotnik or dr eggman kicks him a couple of times but emerl still does nothing so dr robotnk or dr eggman just trows him away like a pile of trash. because of it sonic finds him and without knowing it he activates a link that lets emerl obey him. but at the same time dr robotnik or dr eggman, shadow and rouge try to get it at the same time and each of them for another reason. dr robotnik or dr eggman wants to use him to take over the world, shadow wants to destroy emerl to advoid a lot of trouble happening and rouge wants to train emerl to become the ultimate robot thief. each playable character (eccept for chaos and gamma) has his or her own story line or chapter or however you want to call it (the one of rouge being my least favorite because of how hard and cheap it is and the one of emerl being my favorite because it gives you the posibility to get skils from every playable character including gamma and chaos). after you beat one story line you unlock another until you get emerls chapter. here dr robotnik or dr eggman completed his weapon and wants to destroy the world with it (SPOILERS HERE not really dr robotnik or dr eggman just uses it for intimidation so everyone thinks he wants to do this and gets scared of him so the word is his). so emerl enters it and you have to fight dr robotnik or dr eggman. after you defeat dr robotnik or dr eggman ,INSANE AMOUTH OF SPOILERS, he'll activate another link to make emerl evil. but it works better than he hoped since emerl wants to destroy the earth because of it instead of helping dr robotnik or dr eggman to take it over. so sonic enters too, and puts up a fight with emerl (who has all of the ultimate attacks you can unlock in tails'base or lab). after you defeat emerl, he will say his last words, explode and well die (so sad i liked him a lot). and that is pretty much all i can say about the story, so yeah lets just go to the depth, shal we?
depth :8 the depth of the game is suprisingly good. the story mode is very big (having 8 chapters? thats a lot to play trough), the battle mode and multi player is fun and this game even has a couple of suprisingly addictive mini games.even if emerl is not good enough for you, you can costumise his move set and even unlock new moves (for me it took forever to get shadows chaos burst for emerl) maybe you will be able to unlock all super abilitiesif you are good enough (or if you just use the save and load option this site gives you for every retro game on it so you can keep retrying the fights) overal pretty much stuff to do for a fighting game on a handheld and that is why it gets an 8 out of 10. lets just get over with the difficulty
difficulty :8 the difficulty of this game is insane. emerl starts very weak (making the first knuckles battle insanely difficult), some characters are very hard to get used to and the a i cheats almost every time by spamming a lot of annoying moves and combos around (not to mention about gamma's self destruct when he dies which deals an insane ammouth of damage). speaking of which now i'm going to talk (more) about the story chapter of rouge. in this annoying chapter, every enemy cheats, rouge is kinda hard to master and some battles are just down right unfair. the amy and sonic battle took me 6 f**ing weaks to beat and then there is the fact that you even have to fight sonic tails and knuckles in one fight while being alone. hard as hell. the difficulty is overal unfair and extremely frustrating at some points, especially when playing trough the chapter of rouge
overal :9 sonic battle is a very enjoyable fighting game which you really should play if you like sonic and / or like fighting games i highly recomend it
for my fifth review on vizzed i'm going to review sonic battle for the gba. sonic battle was the second fighting game of sonic (the first one being sonic the fighters) and the only one i've played (since s t f is unplayable on this site) do i like this game, or shouldn't it be a game? lets find out
WARNING: THIS REVIEW WILL BE VERY LONG MAINLY BECAUSE I TRY TO GET A LOT OF
Viz TO HIRE THE PLAYSTATION ITEM
with that said :lets get started with my review now ok
graphics :8 what do you get if you combine the graphicstyle of the sonic advance trilogy with a 3d background? then you pretty much get the ones of this game. the graphics look really cool, especially the 3d backgrounds. i know what you're thinking: if they're so good then why are you rating only an 8 out of 10? well that is mainly because i don't think the 2d characters and the 3d stages fit with each other so thats why. however the graphics are still very good for gba standarts
sound :8 WHAT?! ANOTHER 8?! well the music just seems kind of unmemoriable to me, which is weird because this is a game from a series thats known for its epic soundtrack after all. the sound effects are pretty cool in my opinion. sure its kinda akward to hear emerl with voices of sonic tails knuckles shadow rouge amy and cream (since chaos and gamma have no voices) at the same time (depending on emerl's moveset) but the sound effects are still really good since you can hear punches and other attacks very well and the voices fit with the attacks so i just give it an 8 out of 10
addictiveness :10 kinda predictable since i like fighting games and i'm really a huge sonic fan so yeah if you combine it i almost can't stop playing. the entire game in itself is very addictive and very fun to play. like most 2d games it is simple and yet very addictive. man the only way it whould be even more fun and addictive is if mario was here as well so i could use sonic, or even better: shadow, to beat the crap out of him (maybe that with come when SOMEONE HACKS THIS GAME!). however even though the story mode is some what cheap since this game cheats a lot (especially when playing as rouge) its still pretty fun to play through and the game is overall addictive and fun
story :9 the story is pretty intresting in my opinion. emerl is dicovered by dr ivo robotnik or dr eggman who wants to use him to take over the world, but emerl doesn't obey him. in fact he doesn't do anything so dr robotnik or dr eggman kicks him a couple of times but emerl still does nothing so dr robotnk or dr eggman just trows him away like a pile of trash. because of it sonic finds him and without knowing it he activates a link that lets emerl obey him. but at the same time dr robotnik or dr eggman, shadow and rouge try to get it at the same time and each of them for another reason. dr robotnik or dr eggman wants to use him to take over the world, shadow wants to destroy emerl to advoid a lot of trouble happening and rouge wants to train emerl to become the ultimate robot thief. each playable character (eccept for chaos and gamma) has his or her own story line or chapter or however you want to call it (the one of rouge being my least favorite because of how hard and cheap it is and the one of emerl being my favorite because it gives you the posibility to get skils from every playable character including gamma and chaos). after you beat one story line you unlock another until you get emerls chapter. here dr robotnik or dr eggman completed his weapon and wants to destroy the world with it (SPOILERS HERE not really dr robotnik or dr eggman just uses it for intimidation so everyone thinks he wants to do this and gets scared of him so the word is his). so emerl enters it and you have to fight dr robotnik or dr eggman. after you defeat dr robotnik or dr eggman ,INSANE AMOUTH OF SPOILERS, he'll activate another link to make emerl evil. but it works better than he hoped since emerl wants to destroy the earth because of it instead of helping dr robotnik or dr eggman to take it over. so sonic enters too, and puts up a fight with emerl (who has all of the ultimate attacks you can unlock in tails'base or lab). after you defeat emerl, he will say his last words, explode and well die (so sad i liked him a lot). and that is pretty much all i can say about the story, so yeah lets just go to the depth, shal we?
depth :8 the depth of the game is suprisingly good. the story mode is very big (having 8 chapters? thats a lot to play trough), the battle mode and multi player is fun and this game even has a couple of suprisingly addictive mini games.even if emerl is not good enough for you, you can costumise his move set and even unlock new moves (for me it took forever to get shadows chaos burst for emerl) maybe you will be able to unlock all super abilitiesif you are good enough (or if you just use the save and load option this site gives you for every retro game on it so you can keep retrying the fights) overal pretty much stuff to do for a fighting game on a handheld and that is why it gets an 8 out of 10. lets just get over with the difficulty
difficulty :8 the difficulty of this game is insane. emerl starts very weak (making the first knuckles battle insanely difficult), some characters are very hard to get used to and the a i cheats almost every time by spamming a lot of annoying moves and combos around (not to mention about gamma's self destruct when he dies which deals an insane ammouth of damage). speaking of which now i'm going to talk (more) about the story chapter of rouge. in this annoying chapter, every enemy cheats, rouge is kinda hard to master and some battles are just down right unfair. the amy and sonic battle took me 6 f**ing weaks to beat and then there is the fact that you even have to fight sonic tails and knuckles in one fight while being alone. hard as hell. the difficulty is overal unfair and extremely frustrating at some points, especially when playing trough the chapter of rouge
overal :9 sonic battle is a very enjoyable fighting game which you really should play if you like sonic and / or like fighting games i highly recomend it