Sonic CD | Review | Xbox Live Arcade | 19/12/2011
Overall: 
7
7The Good: It's a 2D Sonic the Hedgehog game. In terms of physics, Sonic is perfect here. Ported very well.
The Bad: The time travel element is confusing. The mediocre art design makes the game feel like one long blur.
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Is it really the best Sonic game of all time?The Bad: The time travel element is confusing. The mediocre art design makes the game feel like one long blur.
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When it comes to 2D side-scrolling Sonic the Hedgehog games, I feel that there isn't many people in the world more qualified that me to give an opinion. I have played them so much that I know them like the back of my hand and I have beaten a world record or two. Due to never owning the Mega-CD add on, there was one game which I never had the opportunity to fall in love with. That game was Sonic CD. It's regarded my some as the best Sonic the Hedgehog game of all time but has it stood the test of time?The short answer is... yeh, kind of.PRESENTATIONThe thing that sets Sonic apart from othe r 2D platformers is that each individual stage has so much character. Unfortunately Sonic CD seems to fail to live up to the art design of the rest of the series. There is far to much emphasis on bright colours and overcrowded backdrops. The end result is a game which seems to blur into one long stage. The game has been ported absolutely perfectly. The game has been reworked so that the resolution does not suffer from the stretched pixel effect. ...
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