The game is %50 good, %50 bad - 7.5/10

[Mr. Moon]

I've finished it and I can confidently say that this game is not a 9/10

But it is close to 7.5/10.

I was mainly interested the Shadow Generations part of the game. Since I've already played and beat COUNTLESS of times Sonic Generations and modded the s**t out of it, I have no interest in Sonic Generations since I already know it will be good. It's literally the same game with childish humor removed which is a big plus.

Yet I am still disappointed. Mainly because of Shadow's campaign being too short and too "oh this happened so this happened, then this happened and shadow beat it the end" kind of Story telling.

1 - Gameplay

I absolutely love how they evolved Shadow the Hedgehog's gameplay and he is not a clone of Sonic anymore in terms of Gameplay. He can use chaos control to homing attack to enemies and pass through fences and so on. He can use chaos spears at his will and his signature move of Chaos control is there. Amazing.

However, I am sad that they removed his whole gimmick of Chaos Blast and removal of his inhibitor rings. I was expecting him to remove them at some point to show he is the truly ultimate life form. Maybe against the final boss. Sadly we never got a moment of him showing his true power.

Most of the new Doom abilities were cool, especially the Wings. Even though I prefer Super form instead of wings that basically works the same as Super form. Yeah yeah, we get it. Sonic has the Emeralds. But no one said in timeless zone there can't be two 7 chaos emeralds. Especially Mephiles returned from "ereased timeline" of Sonic 06. So Mephiles technically couldn't even returned since he technically didn't exist at all. Think of MCU Loki film, they had a lot of infinity stones on their drawers just hanging there. Same thing.

I can only wish they add Super Shadow as a bonus content like how they added Super Sonic to Forces.

2 - Story

Story was pretty well designed, though it was pretty short. I wish they didn't limited themselves with only one stage per game and instead put two in per game, considering Shadow wasn't really in most of the Sonic Games. I am hella surprised they didn't explained why Shadow could travel to Frontier's Chaos Island. But most of the story overall was explaining a lot of things such as Shadow's name and how he became himself.

I am also pretty sad to see Shadow losing all of his doom powers. It does make sense story wise. Same thing with Super Sonic 2 basically. But oh well.

What I really wanted to see is a aftermath cutscene of Shadow and Rouge discussing what happened. Ending really didn't made a lot of sense for both games. Shadow was just chilling as if he didn't experienced some depressing stuff. It was pretty disappointing.

Conclusion: They could've done better. They absolutely nailed Shadow's levels and gameplay. I really hope we can see a solo full length Shadow game with Super forms or his Chaos Blast returning. Though I don't think they'll do another one for a long time.

Also I've finished the game under 4 hours. (Shadow campaign). Seriously, it didn't needed to be THIS short. You can easily finish it in a day.

PS: I recommend buying this game on sale only (If you have OG Generations already and only interested in Shadow part like I am.)

[Salmon Sashimi 刺身]

God I wish I could play as super shadow. Blasting down his levels with all hail shadow playing :( whyyyy sega

[The-Mighty-Lulnut]

They should have left OG Gens as is and just made Shadow's game a standalone.

[Mr. Moon]

Originally posted by Yorokobe Shounen:

God I wish I could play as super shadow. Blasting down his levels with all hail shadow playing :( whyyyy sega

I get why they didn't include it, but like why limit fun? Super Shadow could've been a unlockable once you beat the game.

I am seriously disappointed on that

[Mr. Moon]

Originally posted by The-Mighty-Lulnut:

They should have left OG Gens as is and just made Shadow's game a standalone.

I wish they only focused on Shadow levels and gave more thoughts ngl