This game. The game that made me search the web for a playable version, with no luck. When I finally played the game, I was not disappointed. This is Tails Adventure, a Tails-only game that I just love to death, and I’m gonna review it! On to the review!

Graphics:10/10
This game looks great for the Game Gear! The sprites are detailed, there isn’t any flickering from what I can see, and it looks better compared to your average Game Gear game. I’ll even say that it looks better than Super Mario 3! Well, the Game Gear is better technology than the NES... so that could have something to do with it. The Sonic games on the Game Gear does tend to look good, but I’ll say this tops MOST of the games. The only Game Gear game that looks better is Sonic 3D Blast, and that game sacrificed everything else that makes a game good for its graphics. Needless to say, this game gets a perfect 10 in graphics for me.

Sound:9/10
The music in this game is very underrated. Why? Well, the music is memorable, and they depict the right mood for the levels. The chaotic theme of Poloy Forest shows how the Battle Kukku Army, the main villain of the game, burned down the forest. Wouldn’t you be in chaos if you just had a vacation, and someone decided to burn everything down? The theme of Volcanic Tunnel is very catchy and gives you the feeling of being in a cave. The only problem that I have with the sound is how ear-grating the beeps can be. I understand that this is the Game Gear, but Super Mario 3’s soundtrack didn’t hurt my ear! This might be a little unfair, considering other Game Gear games also hurt my ears, but still! At least the sound effects made the music not hurt my ear as much.

Speaking of sound effects, they are done really well. The bomb sound effect sounds like a, well, bomb, and all the other sound effects are also very well done. The fact that the music hurt my ears a little is the only downside to the sound of this game, so that’s why it barely misses a perfect 10.

Story:7/10
Well, it’s more complicated than any other early Sonic game, but it’s no Sonic Adventure 2. Basically Sonic and Tails went on their own way after the events of Sonic 2, and Tails found this island. He took a vacation on this island, called Coco island, when suddenly a forest got burned down. This was caused by a group of birds, called Battle Kukku, and Tails went after them. While it’s nice that there is a story concerning Tails alone, with new bad guys, it’s still a very similar story to the first Sonic the Hedgehog game. The story is just average, so it gets an average score of 7.

Addictiveness:10/10
This game is fun. I have always gone back to it, and every playthrough was as enjoyable as the first. The levels are fun to explore, the levels themselves are different, and the levels are well made. The game doesn’t really get old at any point, and that’s really important to me. I might like a game, but if it gets old, I’m not gonna play it as much anymore. I don’t really feel that with this game. This is an explorative game, and the levels are designed for that purpose. More on that with the next category, though. I’ve never gotten tired with this game, so it gets a perfect 10.

Depth:9/10
This is an explorative game, and it’s naturally pretty deep. You get items from bosses or exploring, and you can use those items to… upgrade yourself or get more items. The chaos emeralds actually do something every time you get one! It increases your health (rings) and increases the amount of time you can fly. Items range from different attacks, a sound test, and better upgrades from previous items. You get a submarine at a certain point of the game, and you can also upgrade that. It does have a lot of depth, but it could have more. I don’t find it that hard to find the items, and there aren’t that many items. It still has a lot of depth, but it misses the 10 mark.

Difficulty:8/10
This isn’t a difficult game, really. Well, it’s not as hard as Sonic 2, but it’s harder than Sonic Chaos. You see, the health bar is basically replaced with rings. Enemies drop rings. Enemies don’t deal that much damage, so you shouldn’t be finding yourself dying all that much. Also, the game doesn’t really have bottomless pits, really hard platforming, or crushing. I find that the explorative aspect fits well with the difficulty, so I have no complaints except for the final part of the game. The game gets… easier (if you have all the chaos emeralds), and the final boss is a joke. I wish the difficulty balancing was better towards the end of the game, but that’s my only problem. This gets an 8.

Overall:8.9/10
This is a good game that I would recommend anyone to try out, and beat. The graphics and music is great, the levels are well structured, and the difficulty is balanced pretty well. It has a lot of depth, so you have an incentive to explore, and the rewards are worth it (usually). This is a true gem in my book, and you should try it. End of review.

Gr8 review m8, I r8 8/8 no h8, hope this comment isn't l8.


In all realness, it was a really descriptive review, for my standards anyways, went in depth with everything... -insert more pointless praise here- 

Good work, Zero. This really sounds like a good game (duh! it's about Tails after all), and definitely makes me want to try it even more than I already did. lol


On a side note, Sonic 3D Blast was my favorite Sonic game to date, with the possible exception of Chaos. I can overlook the hate for my favorite Sonic title since you raved about a Tails game though. It balances out in the end.

ZeroTails : hi zero! great review! ive been mixed up a lot with work and new games, so havent been aroud much forthe past week. (p.s. tail is awesome! sonic is a little too prideful, but tails is always there to balance him out!)

Great review Zero! I can definitely understand why you like Tails now
I didn't see a huge flaw in your review, although there's always room to improve. If you keep it up like this, you'll get even better at making reviews!

Eirinn : I meant Sonic Blast . Didn't realize the mistake until after the review was posted. Thanks, though .

paper luigi : LOL, more pointless praise. Reviews have to be descriptive, so that's why I went in-depth.

FaithFighter : Thanks! We all have things to do with our life, so it's okay. Tails IS awesome! Better than Sonic any day!

juuldude : There's always areas to improve. Yea, this is the game that made me love Tails, so yea. I do want to get better at reviewing, so I'll improve.

Your reviews are getting better each time you write one, and I think they can get even better, I love the way that you format them and I love the length of your reviews. Good job with this one. I never played this game I think but it sounds fun.

sonicbros : This is actually one of my older reviews, and probably one that I'd like to revise at some point. I use a different format, and include more detail in my reviews now. Still, glad that you liked my old stuff x3. I might submit a review this month, which you might also like.

ZeeTee : Looking forward to it

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Cario Hamza : Nice job plagiarizing MY review on MY thread.

Eirinn : Please take care of this.

ZeroTails : he's tryna get dem Viz lmao