"Fastest Hedgehog around faster than the speed of sound Sonic's number one. Sonic's on the run.Sonic gotta go fast! Gotta go faster faster fa-fa-fa faster!". Sonic advanced easily one of the most memorable and best Sonic games I've ever played. Although the story line is lacking and doesn't give much of a back story or reason to play from the beginning, this game is still enjoyable and entertaining. In Sonic advanced you are given the opportunity to play as four Sonic characters Sonic, Knuckles, Tails and Amy( although I played through the entire game as Sonic). Now going back to the story, there was no given back story you just select your character and dive right into the world of Sonic, running around going insane speeds and collecting rings and beating up on egg man and his crazy contraptions.

The graphics seen and experienced in Sonic Advanced are excellent in detail and portrayed in amazing detail in both stage design and character design. The stages are creative and animators did a good job on utilizing colors seen in stages to set the mood for the stage  and appeal to the stages overall theme. Sonic and Egg man (and I'm assuming the rest of the playable characters) facial and body animation is well detailed and can easily be made out what character is who.

The sound that can be heard in Sonic Advanced is pretty clear in sound quality and can be heard nicely. The sound alternates throughout and sets the mood for the stages, like for example on the casino/Vegas themed stage the music is  fast paced and joyful and makes the player feel like they are actually Sonic running around in a joyful casino Vegas stage. The characters do talk and there voice and dialog can be heard clearly. When you attack objects like Egg man's machines you can hear the damage being dealt like a machinery malfunction sound kinda like a crash boom sound and that also can heard clearly.

I was addicted to Sonic Advanced for a little while there simply because the stages got wilder i& fun in theme and more exciting as the game went on and what also contributed to me being addicted to the game was the fact that Egg man's machines got more complex and better as the game went on and more challenging to beat and out maneuver.  I'm pretty likely to replay Sonic advanced though because I enjoyed the level creativity and design.

The story in Sonic Advanced was a little lacking and it didn't provide a back story line/plot at the beginning of the game, you just selected your player and jumped right into the world of Sonic.In the game you play through many unique and creative stages none to are alike and you battle Egg man ever two stages you beat and for each stage Egg man's machines get stranger and wackier as the game goes.
 
The depth in Sonic Advanced, well the game is pretty long with alot of stages that are of decent length and takes a moderate amount of time to beat each stage. Boss battles are also long and it takes time to figure out a way to maneuver pass and deal damage to Egg man's machines. Sonic Advanced allows players the chance to take on Egg man as any of the four main characters in the Sonic franchise Sonic, Knuckles, Amy and Tails and each one has there own unique attack moves and abilities.

Sonic Advanced was fairly difficult to beat, Egg man machines where very complex and finding gaps in there defenses is difficult because he is on offense while you try to defend your self and find gaps in his defenses. Although the boss battles are difficult, running trough the stages were basically a cake walk.

Overall Sonic Advanced is a game I would recommend to anyone that is a fan of the Sonic franchise. The graphics are simply stunning in quality and stage designs are enjoyable and provide plenty of entertainment.