Metal Sonic has been the most famous rival of Sonic the Hedgehog for over a decade and a half and was best known for It's race in Sonic CD, Out of curiosity when I was searching for a new game to play in the Retro Game Room and I saw, a ROM hack of Sonic 1, Metal Sonic Hyperdrive. Out of curiosity... I didn't know what to expect, So I played through the game and at first I thought It was awesome and now, It's... Uninspiring. Rules of the Review: NO Cussing, Swearing, or Yelling. I must be honest with my reviews. Only share only MY experiences with the game. AND STAY CALM!!! Warning: Spoilers

Graphics: 7/10 Good

I'd say that the graphics are good otherwise barely changed from the original genesis game, the colors were picked at pure random and everything else I recall "not as good", Don't get me wrong, the graphics are still good, but, I find them uninspiring and just plain lazy. Sure I find the layers implemented carefully but they should do a better job polishing the colors and add a little more detail... Too bad it's the final upgrade or I would've been relieved. :/

Sound: 8/10 Great and Kinda Catchy

The sounds never change and It's still a classic, memorable thing to remember for years and remixed some Sonic songs has even been changed and some are just not Catchy and otherwise annoying. I like how Metal Sonic's music is remixed from the chaotix and each character can have their own track... It's probably worth it to listen to.

Gameplay: 9/10 Awesome

The gameplay and controls are really awesome... You can spend hours with this fun control! You can play as 5 characters: M. Sonic, The Creator's Character (Darkon360), Somari (S. Mario), Kirby, and the real Sonic the Hedgehog. M. Sonic has the Spin Dash, Super Peel Out, and Jump Dash. Darkon is AWESOME, He has no spindash, A Highly Effective Double Jump, A Launch attack!!! Somari has the Spin Dash as well and even has the Jump Dash. And Sonic's control scheme is exactly like Sonic CD. And Kirby has a useless double jump and has the shortest jump as well. :/

Addictiveness: 6/10 Okay

At first, you'll be distracted by this cool box-art of all well as a well drawn metal sonic and background just attracting you to the game, and you think it's cool. Then you play it and at first It IS cool and very fast making you want to play it again and again AND AGAIN but once you beat the game, You know your playing an uninspiring game but at least they did their best to keep people in the game... long enough.

Depth: 9/10 Sooooo Much to Offer

In M. Sonic Hyperdrive, there are 6 zones consisting of 3 acts each. Resort Isle: Just like Green Hill Zone but with nature getting pale and DYING! Techno Brain: Has alot of technology, not too shabby. Misty Ruins: Misty is Right, Ruins is wrong, has many layers though with no water and too much grass :/. Green Hill: WTH O.O!? Sky Fortress: A lot of enemy Metal Sonics taking place outside and inside the fortress. Cosmic Rush: The final zone of the game and the levels can be painfully long at times, Act 1 a city ON FIRE, Act 2 Inside the Mysterious Dimensional Castle, Act 3 THE CENTER OF THE EARTH What No lava? Huh. :/ The game also has 5 characters with a minigame and has an extreme mode and time attack, that's a lot for a genesis game off of Sonic 1's engine :/ .

Difficulty: 4/10 Not as accommodating

Okay in each of the zones have little to no challenge at all and can point something that's extremely obvious, and can actually get the levels in the wrong order and sometimes confuse the heck out of you and they don't fit at all and the final zone is not as hard. But the bosses is where the real challenge comes but the bosses can have a ridiculous pattern and annoy you to the edge, especially the final boss which has a crushing pattern that is unpredictable and you just luck to win and on top of that 25% of the area is spikes on BOTH SIDES!!! >(

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Overall: 7.4/10 Good but Uninspiring

I'm sorry but Metal Sonic Hyperdrive has been a experience that is way too easy and is easier that SONIC 2, however it does has some awesome gameplay and the speed and physics engine is still there and the action is a-okay. If it weren't for the easy difficulty, and uninspiring graphics, It's just not as fun as the Genesis Classic Games but it got a good score so that's a plus... right?

MARIOSONIC123... OUT!