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Hello, people of AoW. Today, I've decided to review three games. Wind Waker, Sonic Generations, and Super Mario Galaxy 2(I almost typed Galazy). I chose these games because they've taken hours of my life away. I'm not kidding. If someone made a timeline of my life, it'd probably be seperated into different eras....of video games. Anyway, I'm going to get to the point of this thread already and review the first game, Wind Waker.
Wind Waker (Warning - I can't remember everything about this game, so please excuse any mistakes in the story section)
Story - You're a lazy blonde boy who sets out on an adventure to save his sister. Short and simple, eh? Well, sorry, but as the story goes along, this talking boat tells you that you need to also stop an evil man named Ganondorf. One thing bad about this is the long process of finding Triforce pieces.
Graphics - Cel shaded to the max. Because of this, it looked like a game for little kids, so people complained about it at first. Eventually, most of those people grew to like it. Since I was a little kid when I played this game, the
graphics never bothered me.
Gameplay - On land, you walk around killing enemies and solving puzzles with your sword and multiple different items. On the boat, you direct the wind using an item called the Wind Waker so that you can get to your destination.
Music - Epic. Just plain epic.
Characters - Most are really interesting, but some just stay the same throughout the entire game, saying the same lines over and over again.
Verdict and Reason : 8.9 . The game did have its good moments, but sailing can be quite a bore. Not to mention all the times you can mess up playing a song on the Wind Waker and all the times you have go to Tingle to get a map deciphered during the Triforce Piece Hunt.
Sonic Generations
Story - Sonic is celebrating his 20th birthday with his pals when a purple monster steals Sonic's friends. Sonic, determined to stop it, tries to hit it with a homing attack, only to be knocked out. He wakes up in a white world and sees a very familiar place in front of him. After returning some life to the place and finding Tails, Sonic goes on to return life to more familiar places and team up with a younger version of himself.
Gameplay -
Modern Sonic : This Sonic is for the fans that either grew up with this Sonic or are letting go of the past and moving on to the new. Whether you're dodging enemies, making certain platforms go faster using the most over used Modern Sonic skill of all time, or going on Jump Panels, Modern Sonic is all about speed. Modern maintains his Stomp and Wall Jump from Sonic Unleashed, his Boost from Sonic Rush, and his Homing Attack from Sonic Adventure. In other words, there's no doubt that this guy is the fastest thing alive.
Classic Sonic : Equiped with the Spin Dash, this younger, chubby version of Sonic is back and ready for action. From stomping Metal Sonic to eliminating enemies he's never seen before, Classic Sonic delievers the fun platforming gameplay found in the Genesis games. While it doesn't maintain the same difficulty, Sega has done well making this Sonic adapt to the Dreamcast and Modern era levels. In fact, if you collect all Red Star Rings in a certain act, you can use the Homing Attack with Classic Sonic! Anyway, to make up for the lack of ablities, Sega has brought back the Elemental Shields from Sonic 3 & Knuckles. When used in the right levels, these shields can be a big help. When I say big help, I mean BIG help.
Graphics - Friggin awesome.
Music - Recreations from music of past Sonic games. Which means that the soundtrack is awesome sauce pie.
Characters- Basically all the characters from Sonic Heroes and two characters from Sonic Next Gen. Sadly, only both Sonics and both Tails change.
Verdict and Reason - 9.5 . The game certainly has alot of replay value, great music, and light humor, but its just too short and the controls can mess up at times.
I'll post the SMG2 post in a seperate post so that this post isn't huge D:
Wind Waker (Warning - I can't remember everything about this game, so please excuse any mistakes in the story section)
Story - You're a lazy blonde boy who sets out on an adventure to save his sister. Short and simple, eh? Well, sorry, but as the story goes along, this talking boat tells you that you need to also stop an evil man named Ganondorf. One thing bad about this is the long process of finding Triforce pieces.
Graphics - Cel shaded to the max. Because of this, it looked like a game for little kids, so people complained about it at first. Eventually, most of those people grew to like it. Since I was a little kid when I played this game, the
graphics never bothered me.
Gameplay - On land, you walk around killing enemies and solving puzzles with your sword and multiple different items. On the boat, you direct the wind using an item called the Wind Waker so that you can get to your destination.
Music - Epic. Just plain epic.
Characters - Most are really interesting, but some just stay the same throughout the entire game, saying the same lines over and over again.
Verdict and Reason : 8.9 . The game did have its good moments, but sailing can be quite a bore. Not to mention all the times you can mess up playing a song on the Wind Waker and all the times you have go to Tingle to get a map deciphered during the Triforce Piece Hunt.
Sonic Generations
Story - Sonic is celebrating his 20th birthday with his pals when a purple monster steals Sonic's friends. Sonic, determined to stop it, tries to hit it with a homing attack, only to be knocked out. He wakes up in a white world and sees a very familiar place in front of him. After returning some life to the place and finding Tails, Sonic goes on to return life to more familiar places and team up with a younger version of himself.
Gameplay -
Modern Sonic : This Sonic is for the fans that either grew up with this Sonic or are letting go of the past and moving on to the new. Whether you're dodging enemies, making certain platforms go faster using the most over used Modern Sonic skill of all time, or going on Jump Panels, Modern Sonic is all about speed. Modern maintains his Stomp and Wall Jump from Sonic Unleashed, his Boost from Sonic Rush, and his Homing Attack from Sonic Adventure. In other words, there's no doubt that this guy is the fastest thing alive.
Classic Sonic : Equiped with the Spin Dash, this younger, chubby version of Sonic is back and ready for action. From stomping Metal Sonic to eliminating enemies he's never seen before, Classic Sonic delievers the fun platforming gameplay found in the Genesis games. While it doesn't maintain the same difficulty, Sega has done well making this Sonic adapt to the Dreamcast and Modern era levels. In fact, if you collect all Red Star Rings in a certain act, you can use the Homing Attack with Classic Sonic! Anyway, to make up for the lack of ablities, Sega has brought back the Elemental Shields from Sonic 3 & Knuckles. When used in the right levels, these shields can be a big help. When I say big help, I mean BIG help.
Graphics - Friggin awesome.
Music - Recreations from music of past Sonic games. Which means that the soundtrack is awesome sauce pie.
Characters- Basically all the characters from Sonic Heroes and two characters from Sonic Next Gen. Sadly, only both Sonics and both Tails change.
Verdict and Reason - 9.5 . The game certainly has alot of replay value, great music, and light humor, but its just too short and the controls can mess up at times.
I'll post the SMG2 post in a seperate post so that this post isn't huge D:
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