Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Reviewed by Dyson Turner
Well, in reality trilogies usually flop whether it is music,
movies or video games. They are never usually as good as the
original or its prequel. This is not the case here, not only
is this game actually better the previous 2, it expounds on
it even more. This game corrected every little mistake that
was found in Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2, and makes them even
better. Plus it adds in even more reasons to play, more
secrets, and just more Sonic fun. This game was well hyped
before its release and I have to say it lives up to every
little bit of it. Everything that was rumored and speculated
about is right here in this game. All the secrets, all the
new options everything was here. My first impression of this
was wow! This makes the original Sonic the Hedgehog games
look like nothing, this game is far superior to those, the
graphics were even better more memorable music, more fun,
more things Sonic & Tails can do. You will have to delve
deep in to the heart of this game to fully appreciate all
the things that have been thrown in as side bonuses. For
instance, Tails can now fly, there is now a save feature,
and there is a new character plus much more. This game
boosts the replay value by a high amount and is just more
overall fun in this one over the original 2. This in my
opinion, was the best of the series, this perfected the
game, this added every cool thing all the Sonic fans dreamed
about. Truly this is a superior game.
Story 10/10
Well, after the events of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and everyone
in the world thought they rid he world of Dr. Robotnik once
and for all. So as we may or may not know Sonic's plane that
was piloted by tails crashed again, and thus Sonic having
possession of the Chaos emeralds came down on a mysterious
island called Angel Island. He is running along and he runs
into his greatest adversary yet, a feisty young Echidna by
the name of Knuckles. Since Sonic did not see Knuckles in
his way, Sonic dropped all the Chaos Emeralds, Knuckles
wasted no time in picking them up, laughing at Sonic going
away. Sonic soon re meets up with Tails, and the two are on
their way to stopping Robotnik and catching up to this
worthy young Echidna. Mean while back at Robotnik's ultra
secret hide out he has recaptured many of the furry little
animals, and turned them into robots. He has found out that
Sonic has landed on Angel Island, and knows he may still
posses the Chaos Emerald's. He will try once again to take
that Chaos Emeralds back. Well since this game had 4
characters let me get more in detail with each one individually.
Sonic the Hedgehog- He's been the hero throughout the
series, he has been trying for years to put a stop to
Robotnik and his evil doing. It seemed as though not much
has worked, and even though he tried, Robotnik would always
escape. Sonic has been described as young harsh and rude at
times, and his main agenda of life is moving fast.
Tails the Fox- Tails young and in experienced. He tries
desperately to fit in with Sonic, even though he knows he
wills never beat Sonic in a foot race, Sonic take him along
anyway. Tails has been gifted to be born with two tails,
which gave him a very un fox like ability to fly. He has
learned that ability even more in this version, since he is
a little older and stronger.
Dr. Robotnik- Your main oath like enemy, he has invented
many machines and is now trying desperately to rule the
world. He has gave this many tries and has not yet to
succeed. This time he is bent on determination and will stop
at nothing to put an end to Sonic and his furry friend Tails.
Knuckles the Echidna- He is relatively new to the series,
and seems to be like Sonic's rival. He also possesses
relatively close to Sonic's speed plus many added
incentives. He was named properly "Knuckles" because of
his sharp and lethal Knuckles he possesses on each hand.
Knuckles like Sonic is considered the king like creature in
Angel Island much like Sonic is back at his place. Knuckles
feels threatened by the young Hedgehog and will try and
thwart him at every chance he will get.
Graphics 10/10
Well Sonic appears to be smaller in this version, but that
is not a problem his detail has vastly improved. Even though
throughout the entire series he has been detailed this time
it seems as though he has got an even better face, an a more
detailed body. Tails look a bit bigger though, maybe the
represent the fact that he has grown some since the last
adventure. The backgrounds are just as gorgeous as ever, and
really took an overall turn for the better, everything is
clear and large. There is more things in the background than
ever, and it overall took a better look than the previous
ones did, if that is at all possible. Like on the first Act
when the Grove catches on fire, it looks very realistic like
the smoky backgrounds, the burning trees, and other things.
Knuckles the new character is highly detailed him self and
is a bit taller than sonic, is he strands more up right
though, that may have something to do with it. Also last
second touches have been added, for instance, Sonic has new
waiting too long animations, and they look a lot better than
they did before. It also seemed, even though the other ones
were colorful, this had the most colors packed into it. I
truly though that the graphics on this game were great and
some of the best that I had a chance to witness for the Genesis.
Sound 10/10
The music in this game is outstanding! This has to be the
second best in the series, the best would be its sequel. The
sound effects took a turn in the right directions, as you
would hear more last second things going on in the
background and the fore ground. The music in some of these
stages were truly remarkable, especially in the opening
stage and some of the later ones, it was the type that kept
you humming after you played I reckon. One thing that I
found to be a huge error, on the part of Sega was the fact
that they severely changed the opening theme, all though it
was good too, but it just wasn't the same as the original.
Because that was different the invincibility stars music has
changed, as well, I know these aren't huge but they are
noticeable. Well the good music out weighed the bad, in this
game and I have to say besides the opening theme there
wasn't anything bad about this game. Most games for Genesis
would have considered having that opening theme well, and
would have been the high light music. The sounds went well
with the gorgeous graphics in this game, and made it an
overall enjoyable experience to watch and listen.
Game Play 10/10
This game is for one or two players, you have the same two
characters to chose from Sonic & Tails. They both have new
abilities which enhance the game, such as for a limited time
Tails is able to fly, and he can even hoist up Sonic while
doing this to take him over the heads of enemies, and never
before reached places. Sonic has a sort of a double jump
where, his spiked hair stands up and it results into a nasty
attack on any badnik. Also there are some new power ups,
which are way better than the rather lame ones from the
original 2 games. Now you have a fire shield, which makes
you invincible to fire, and Sonic can do a glide with it.
Then there is an Electric shield, which attracts rings to
you, gives you a double jump, and deflects projectiles. Last
but not least is a water shield which is like a bubble,
which gives you a quick jump, or if you are in water
unlimited air. There is a new Special Stage, which is hard
to believe even better than the one found on the second
Sonic game. It is set in a 3D atmosphere, where you have to
collect a certain amount of blue spheres, usually all the
ones available with no time limit, but in actuality after a
while the game speeds up increasing difficulty. You still
have to collect all the Chaos Emeralds, to get your bonus,
which is just like the one you got from Sonic the Hedgehog
2. Also there is an updated vs. mode in this one, you can
pick Sonic Knuckles or Tails to play as. If you don't have
the Sonic & Knuckles cartridge you won't be able to do any
of Knuckles trademark attacks. Anyway, you have either a
time challenge or a point challenge to choose from and a lot
of different stages to chose from as well. Or you can do a
race for it all and play through each one to beat a human
controlled opponent or certain unbeatable time. Also new to
this game is the Save mode, this was a VERY good idea on the
part of Sega to include it. Now at the end of each stage you
can save your game, it is auto so you come back at any time
to replay, and relive this Sonic game. Even though I think
this was the shortest Sonic the Hedgehog game, it has to be
one of the toughest. There are next to nil chances of you
actually completing the whole game during one play through,
the difficulty has been beefed up severely and is way harder
than the original and its sequel. The difficulty I would say
is hard, and this one even though it may seem like was not
geared towards the younger audience, which his a plus for
experience gamers such as myself. As I mentioned before
there was the save game feature, which was a good feature to
include also this game has some secrets put in it that you
can figure out.
Overall 10/10
This was an absolutely fabulous game bar nothing. This has
got to be of the strait classics for Genesis, and one of the
games you would not put down in a long time. My only real
small and little gripe was the opening music it could have
been better than this. It was still good, but I was
inspected more from it here in this department. Well with
all the things that have been approved who even cares about
that? Like the ability to save, another character better
graphics better everything. The fun factor on this game is
very high considering the fact that this game has more
packed into it than ever, and that you and a friend could
play this for hours without and side of boredom. Also when
Sonic & Knuckles came out it increases the replay value on
this game 10 fold. Not only can you relive the adventure as
Sonic you can also do it with Knuckles which increases the
fun and the replay ability. With Sonic & Knuckles it also
had more secrets as well. Although some would argue that
this game was not complete, and I would have to agree with
them. If you use a cheat code, you will see that there were
3 levels, which you could not choose, and there was no way
to chose. That was something missing, which I felt, should
have been added to make this game more complete. Also some
things that have been added, that make this a more worth
while experience. This is a game I would not pass up
especially if you have Sonic & Knuckles.
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