Sonic & Tails.

In 1991, Sonic the Hedgehog, the Sega's reply to Nintendo's big success: Super Mario Bros, came out for the Sega Genesis (or Sega Mega Drive, if you live outside of the U.S.A) Due mainly to the console's superior hardware. The game was superior in Graphics and Sound to the Miyamoto's creation. This movement of Sega lead to the famous console wars of the 90's. But, that's another story... However, the point is that, after the release of the Hedgehog's first game, it was ported to the predecessor of the Genesis: The Master System, but, this wasn't the only game of the blue hero for the 8-Bit console. Two more games of the Blue hedgehog came were released for this console: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and, the today's game: "Sonic Chaos" (Named "Sonic & Tails" in Japan). Interested on this game? Keep reading this review, then.

Story: Dr. Robotnik is back... And as always, with plans to conquer the planet with the help of the mysterious, but powerful Chaos Emeralds. One day, Sonic and his best friend, Tails, hear that Robotnik has returned to South Island (the place in where the first game took place), and that he procured the Red Emerald. As a result of this, the other 5 emeralds are thrown off-balance, scattered through different parts of the Island. But, that's not the only problem... Without the power of the 6 emeralds, South Island and it's inhabitants will sink into the water. Now it's up to our heroes find the 5 missing emeralds, go after Robotnik, defeat him, retrieve the gem, and save the Island. (7/10)

Graphics: Nothing important to say about them, colorful, but simple... Nothing shocking or impressive about them. Backgrounds are simple as well. Only a few stages have good or bigger backgrounds. Animations? Pretty simple too. The only difference on this game are the sprites, that look similar to the Sonic 2's sprites... Not bad, they look good. (6/10)

Sound: If you have played the other two Sonic games of this system, you know what to expect here... Simple tracks that doesn't seem to fit with a Sonic game, but that sound pretty well. Yeah, that happens on this title as well. Some songs are catchy, others not, however, none of these are memorable. SFX... What can we say about it? That it tries to emulates the SFX of the 16-Bit titles... It doesn't sound nothing like the originals... But they sound somewhat similar. (7/10)

Addictiveness: Not very addictive... You'll rarely play it again. Honestly, the other two games are a bit more addictive than this one. (6/10)

Depth: Let's start with this... Before playing the game, you can play as one of the two protagonists: Sonic or Tails. Both have a different style of gameplay. Sonic can (for the first time in a 8-bit game) do the famous "Spin Dash" (Down + 1 or 2) and the "Peel Out" from Sonic CD (Up + 1 or 2), while Tails can do the Spin Dash as well, and Fly (Up + 1 or 2). The game plays like any other Sonic game of the 8/16 - Bits era. However, it must be mentioned that there are two new monitors on this game: The Rocket Boots and the Pogo Spring (However, Only Sonic can use them). There are also the Special Stages (That only Sonic can access.) to access to the same, Sonic must get 100 Rings, once done, he'll gain an extra life, and he'll enter to the Special Stage. (Which usually consists of running to the end of the same, or going through a labyrinth.) (6/10)

Difficulty: Not a really difficult game... There aren't many difficult situations or zones. If you have problems, it won't take you many time solve them. (5/10)

Final Rating: 6

This is not one of the best Sonic games out there... But at least it's pretty decent and fun to play for a while. Just play it and you'll see.

-Eddy Out-

I was always a big fan of the Sonic games. I am somewhat disappointed that it doesn't seem to meet expectations of how great the sonic games are supposed to be. This is a decent review however, and I appreciate how honest of a critic you are