Sonic Classic Heroes - Rise of the Chaotix is one of the best Sonic hacks that I have ever played. It implements the features from Sonic Heroes and puts it in Sonic 1 and 2. The only additions that this game needs is a Sonic 3 & Knuckles part of the game, along with the remaining two teams that were in Sonic Heroes, but are not in Sonic Classic Heroes.
Graphics - 9: I give this game a 9/10 for graphics because the game can display 3 playable characters at once instead of one human-controlled character and one AI character. The creator of the hack also ported over Team Chaotix from a 32-bit game and still kept the same sprites in a 16-bit game. The creator also added graphics for the Elemental Shields and the Homing Attack, making the graphics have a lot more to them that the original Sonic The Hedgehog 1 and 2.
Sound - 10: I love the original Soundtracks for Sonic 1 and 2, and the multi-player music from Sonic 2, so it automatically gets a 10/10 for the score.
Addictiveness - 9: I can play this game over and over and not get bored with it, so the score for addictiveness gets a 9/10. It also adds new features to keep the game fresh so I don't get bored with it.
Story - 4: This is where the review goes downhill since it is an older(ish) game. The classic Sonic games never really displayed the story in the games, so the additional cut-scenes added for new content makes it go up a point compared to Sonic 1 or 2. So, the category receives a 4/10, not bad but not good either.
Depth - 7: This section has been edited. I really didn't know what to do with depth, but the ability to play as 6 different characters, especially Charmy, Vector, and Espio, as they weren't even designed before Sonic 1 or 2. Also fitting 2 Sonic games in one is an accomplishment that Sega couldn't even do with Sonic 3 & Knuckles, so it deserves some praise.
Difficulty - Varies: The difficulty really varies depending on what of the three characters you are using, such as flying over every act of a zone as Tails makes it a 1, or using Sonic's normal move-set makes it a 5 or so, depending how good you are at the normal Sonic 1 or Sonic 2. Using Knuckles like Sonic 2 & Knuckles makes it a little harder than a Sonic play-through because of him going a little slower, but he has his gliding and his wall climbing, sort of breaking Sonic 1 and 2. You even have the Chaotix group to make it even easier because Charmy has unlimited flight and not Knuckles' Chaotix attached to the other character feature, but you still have that option to make it harder with the whole Chaotix group
Overall - 9.5: I say that the game is very solid, does not have too many glitches, and is very fun to play. Again, he only things that need to be added are Team Rose (assuming the creator can make decent Amy, Cream, and Big sprites), and Dark (assuming the creator can make decent Shadow, Rouge, and Omega sprites.) Along with Sonic 3 & Knuckles being in the game, just to make the game even more fun, and longer too!
Thank You For Reading! Sonic Classic Heroes - Rise of the Chaotix is one of the best Sonic hacks that I have ever played. It implements the features from Sonic Heroes and puts it in Sonic 1 and 2. The only additions that this game needs is a Sonic 3 & Knuckles part of the game, along with the remaining two teams that were in Sonic Heroes, but are not in Sonic Classic Heroes.
Graphics - 9: I give this game a 9/10 for graphics because the game can display 3 playable characters at once instead of one human-controlled character and one AI character. The creator of the hack also ported over Team Chaotix from a 32-bit game and still kept the same sprites in a 16-bit game. The creator also added graphics for the Elemental Shields and the Homing Attack, making the graphics have a lot more to them that the original Sonic The Hedgehog 1 and 2.
Sound - 10: I love the original Soundtracks for Sonic 1 and 2, and the multi-player music from Sonic 2, so it automatically gets a 10/10 for the score.
Addictiveness - 9: I can play this game over and over and not get bored with it, so the score for addictiveness gets a 9/10. It also adds new features to keep the game fresh so I don't get bored with it.
Story - 4: This is where the review goes downhill since it is an older(ish) game. The classic Sonic games never really displayed the story in the games, so the additional cut-scenes added for new content makes it go up a point compared to Sonic 1 or 2. So, the category receives a 4/10, not bad but not good either.
Depth - 7: This section has been edited. I really didn't know what to do with depth, but the ability to play as 6 different characters, especially Charmy, Vector, and Espio, as they weren't even designed before Sonic 1 or 2. Also fitting 2 Sonic games in one is an accomplishment that Sega couldn't even do with Sonic 3 & Knuckles, so it deserves some praise.
Difficulty - Varies: The difficulty really varies depending on what of the three characters you are using, such as flying over every act of a zone as Tails makes it a 1, or using Sonic's normal move-set makes it a 5 or so, depending how good you are at the normal Sonic 1 or Sonic 2. Using Knuckles like Sonic 2 & Knuckles makes it a little harder than a Sonic play-through because of him going a little slower, but he has his gliding and his wall climbing, sort of breaking Sonic 1 and 2. You even have the Chaotix group to make it even easier because Charmy has unlimited flight and not Knuckles' Chaotix attached to the other character feature, but you still have that option to make it harder with the whole Chaotix group
Overall - 9.5: I say that the game is very solid, does not have too many glitches, and is very fun to play. Again, he only things that need to be added are Team Rose (assuming the creator can make decent Amy, Cream, and Big sprites), and Dark (assuming the creator can make decent Shadow, Rouge, and Omega sprites.) Along with Sonic 3 & Knuckles being in the game, just to make the game even more fun, and longer too!
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