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I've got to laugh when I read reviews around the net about how *complicated and difficult* this game is -- come on, my 5.5 yr old (granted he is very bright and pretty good at video games) picked it up right away and did quite well. Sure, you have to give it a little thought, but most average 6 yr olds would catch onto it pretty quickly from what I've been seeing around here. It's a big fave for all the age groups and mom and dad like it too. It's fun for one, but even more when you have 2 or more playing. Loading times for the mini games could be shorter, vmu in controller is recommended since your cards will show on that and not be visible to anyone else and it's one of those addictive hard to put down games that needs a time limit put on. (Ohh, mean parents here, LOL.)
Different from Sonic Adventure, in that it's a simulated board game, not an adventure game. But a bit of a nice change as we wait for the long delayed (like next christmas now?!) Sonic Adventure 2.
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Nintendo started the revolution, by practically bringing board games to life right on your gaming console. Mario Party was a huge success, and there was huge anticipation for its sequel, Mario Party 2. Both SONY and Sega followed in this new genre, SONY creating Crash Bash which mainly focused on mini-games, making the game less interesting than Mario Party for that there was no storyline, just a bunch of mini-games.
SEGA hoped to make Sonic Shuffle a game with online features, in which you could go online (through SEGA.NET) and play against other people. That function was removed, for SEGA wanted this game to be out for the holiday buying fever. You'd think that with the Dreamcast already being a huge success, and there hasn't been one "bad" Sonic game. Sonic Shuffle breaks that great Sonic reputation.
The loading times are unbelievable, and I mean that in a bad way. For one fighting scene, it takes 15 seconds to load the fight, and then 15 seconds to get back to the board. Instead of jumping and breaking the dice like in Mario Party, where the amount of spaces you move is completely random, in Sonic Shuffle, it adds more strategy. You get cards, and you can use any of the cards in any order. When the time comes, you can even use your opponents cards, but you won't know what they are because you can only see your hand.
This game would have been a LOT better if it had a better loading times, and had a place where you can just play the minigames. This game doesn't live up to the standards for the hardcore gamers, but most casual gamers will enjoy this game as much as any other.
Pluses:
- More strategy
- More boards/levels
Minuses:
- Less characters
- Loading times
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I rented this game with some of my friends mostly because I think Sonic is really cool and I thought this game would also be. I couldn't believe it! Besides this game being Mario Party with different characters it has a huge learning curve. I will explain...Sonic Shuffle is basically a board game in which you get cards that have numbers from 1-6 & S (S is a random number from 1-7) in which you use to defeat enemies and screw up your oponents. A gem is placed somewhere on the board and it is a race to the jewel...as soon as you reach the jewel you have to face an enemie that defends the gem and if defeated you win the gem. The learning curve is not knowing where to go. The computer knows exactly which way to go, and even shortcuts to the gem! I'm not saying I am a sore loser but they could atleast make it an easier learning curve AND not have putten a N64 game onto a 128-bit system (mario party). If you are looking for a fun party game, look else where and see what other 4-player games they have out for Sega Dreamcast. Good luck shopping/browsing.
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This game is so cool. At first, I didn't like it, but after a while, I began to get into it. Before I knew it, I was playing this game at partys, and on story mode for hours and hours on end. I'll bet a lot of the bad reviews on this page were written after playing the game for ten minutes. Here are the good things about it: Great mini games, good plot, good graphics, only takes 4 blocks up on your Vmu, great party game, fun story mode, great way of having battles, cool characters, eventually 8 players to choose from.
The only problems with this game are: you have to unlock 4 out of the 8 characters, sometimes I think they made the computer a little too smart, bad voice acting, and more boards would be nice.
This game is one of the best games on the Dreamcast right now. If you are a Sonic fan, pick this game up. Don't hesitate because of these bad reviews.
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Wow, what a let down. Having played and enjoyed both Mario party games on the N64, I was looking forward to seeing what the dreamcast could do with a sonic board game. While Sonic and friends have never really reached the same level of character recognition as the Mario and Luigi crowd, I was hoping the graphic muscle of the DC would at least squeeze some light hearted fun out of Sonic Shuffle. What we found when we played for many hours last night was dissappointment and frustration. First, the graphics look just plain bad in my opinion. The opening shots and menus look promising but the actual game screens made me think I had seen better on the N64. In particular, some of the environmental effects like water looked awful, like the animations were running about 4 frames per second. Very choppy and unpleasant to stare at while you are waiting for the computer players to take their turns. You can't turn them off by the way, so there is no such thing as short game. Between that and the long load times, you can expect to be spending alot of time just sitting around yawning.
It's the gameplay, stupid! Even with lousy looks, this game could have emerged from the depths if it had good, engaging gameplay. Instead, this is an example of what NOT to do in a video game. Without going into great detail, I will say the the computer players cheat, the mini-games leave you with no control over your characters, and ultimately the complete random, unexplained nature of why and when things happen will make you feel like you are completely out of control of your character's fate. You may as well just sit back and watch what happens, because nothing you can do will really effect anything. This game is one of the worst I have seen to come from the folks at SEGA, who recently have been putting out some fantastic games- Jet Grind Radio and Skies of Arcadia would make me buy my system all over again. I'm thinking that maybe Sonic Shuffle was made by some sub-team of developers working in some broom closet in the basement of the Sega building. They should be fired or sent back to game design school.
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