Sonic Adventure DX Director's Cut
by Sega Of America, Inc.
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Video Game Reviews of Sonic Adventure DX Director's Cut
Customer Review: Super Sonic
Summary: 5 Stars
In this game you can play as sonic, tails, knuckles, amy, E102-Gamma, and just to make it rock out even more, SUPER SONIC!!!!!!!!This game is so awesome that any sonic fan without one is not a true fan.Customer Review: Worth it for the price
Summary: 3 Stars
I love the original 2D Sonic titles, but when I played Sonic Heroes last year I wound up more frustrated than thrilled by where the franchise had ended up. I'm not sure what possessed me to go back and buy Sonic Adventure DX, except that it was cheap, and I'm a completist. After all, Sonic Heroes should've been the best version of the 3D Sonic games, just because it's the newest right?
As it turns out, I'm liking Sonic Adventure DX a whole lot more than Sonic Heroes, mostly because it doesn't have the cumbersome team-switching dynamic and force you to alternate between three characters. Here we get 6 characters total, and each is given a seperate path with varying gameplay; Sonic gets the traditional speed levels, Knuckles is a "marco polo" treasure hunt, Tails must race Sonic, Amy must avoid capture, Gamma gets a shooting gallery, and Big gets to...fish. Honestly the last one is a little odd and pointless, but otherwise the gameplay modes are all decent and enjoyable. The Sonic levels still hold up the best, but it was interesting to play through the levels in different ways.
A lot of things really hurt this game though. The graphics are dated, but it's not really a problem if you know this was a Dreamcast port and go in with the right expectations. The "adventure" aspect of the game that places Sonic in an overworld much like Mario 64 doesn't really work. It feels too confining for characters that move really fast, and doesn't connect the story together that well. The story also takes itself a little too seriously, with horrible voice-acting that made me skip the cutscenes the first time through. The worst offender though, and the one that makes every other fault a minor nitpick, is the horrible camera. It gets stuck on corners, shoots at awkward angles, and needs to be constantly adjusted. It's hands down the worst camera I've seen on a 3D title, especially one featuring a mascot character.
There's a lot to do here, and ultimately if you enjoy what you're doing then the game's problems aren't so bad. The game also packs in a fistful of the old Sonic Game Gear titles as unlockable goodies. They're actually pretty bad, but its fun collecting them for nostalgic value. Overall, Sonic Adventure DX is worth the investment as a discounted/player's choice title. The faults are many and obvious, but the game still has enough charm to earn its place in an expanded Gamecube library.
Customer Review: 2nd Sonic Game I've ever played.. Still good!
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, first of all, I'd like to let you all know, this is my mother's account and she gave me permission to use it. Also, this is my first review ^^"
Anyway.... This game, is awesome. The graphics are decent, even though I think they could have done a bit of a better job, comparing this remake to Sonic Heroes, that is. I loved the Sonic and Tails levels, and I basically liked the rest of the levels to death (I was raised a Sonic fan from the depths of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle... Which is still my favorite because it still challenges me sometimes :) ).
Sonic, is obviously the blue spiked speed demon of the whole thing, main star and most fun levels. His story is the usual good guy beats bad guy, even though those storylines are usually fun anyway, since you get more views and inputs from the villians (Eggman/Robotnik rules!!).
Tails, has been with Sonic since the second game. In SA, he is learning that he can indeed do things himself, and that he should start being more independent. I personally think his story is good for the younger people.
Amy's story, is that she finds a cute little bird (in the earlier games it would be considered a "Flicky") and learns that it had been seperated from its family. There's also a big robot thrown in that chases you throughout the levels wanting you and/or the bird (I think the bird's name is Lily). Her stages are somewhat like Sonic and Tails', except she can't do homing attack, and you're avoiding a robot called ZERO.
Big the cat... He must have one of the most out of place storylines of them all. Throughout the whole thing, his pet frog (named Froggie) had swallowed his "lucky charm" (a chaos emerald) along with Chaos's (one of the "bad guys" even though in the end-- *slaps mouth shut* nope, not giving anything away! Hee hee) tail. All of his levels are fishing for Froggie to try to get him back.. Big's levels I'd have to say are for those who can adapt and figure out the stinkin' fishing controls and/or be patient enough to wait for something to bite.
Finally, there's E-102 Gamma, who is the 2nd robot created out of Dr. Eggman's E-series robots. Gamma meets Amy at a cerain point, along with Lily, and realises that Eggman is not a good person and he should be good as well. Thinking of his fellow robots, he sets off to free the innocent animals that were incapsulated into the robots. His levels have time limits, but with every target you shoot, you get more time.
Ah yes, now to move on to the music. AWESOME. I myself am a fan of progressive rock (it's what got me officially addicted to Sonic so that I could be obssessed between game releases having beaten everything else ;D) and the songs on here match the characters, as well as my favorite songs. I'm not going to go into detail, since I guess that's for the Soundtrack if they have one. If not, well... you'll just have to buy the game and listen to them that way! Since you don't have to unlock ANYTHING to listen to them. ('Dun listen to any songs about last bosses or anything you'll regret listening to before beating it though!!)
Infact, the worst part of this game would have to be graphics, camera angles, and occasionally glitchy controls. The graphics in some of the cutscenes, I admit, are awesome. But I think they could have done a better job in the actual game as well as the other cut scenes. (For instance, one of them have a strange thing where Knuckles looks bigger than Eggman when he walks up to him lying on the ground... How could anybody be bigger than Eggman's belly!? 0_0')
The camera angles... I got mad at them when it comes to the levels where you're going in all directions (Big, Knuckles, Amy, KNUCKLES...) But otherwise, they're fine if you're good with the L and R triggers.
Finally, the glitchy controls.. Normally, it doesn't bug me.. But on the last boss (Not going into detail since you have to figure it out for yourself ;D) I kept losing because I would keep getting stuck behind pieces of road or sides of buildings..
However, when it comes to the things that matter the most (Gameplay, Story, and Music) it's a sweet game. That, and for those of you who are new Sonic fans... it will explain, A LOT. Ok then! That's the end of my review!
THANKS FOR READING AND I HOPE YOU GET IT!!
Customer Review: Amazing, F*cking Amazing (:
Summary: 5 Stars
Although Sonic Ad. 2 will always be my favorite Sonic game, I had a great time playing Sonic Ad. All it needed was better graphics, and Sega made that possible with this remake. But ever since Sonic Heroes, I've realized that the Sonic series has changed, probably for good. Sonic sadly isn't my favorite game franchise anymore. It's been overpowered by Final Fantasy.Customer Review: SONIC GOES TO THE X-TREME!,AGAIN
Summary: 5 Stars
THIS IS BEST SONIC ADVENTURE GAME EVER!IT INTRODUCES CHAOS,TIKAL,GAMMA,BIG,FROGGY,LILY AND THE REST OF THE E-SERIES ROBOTS.CHAOS IS A LIQUARD LIFE FORM WHO TRANSFORMS WITH EACH CHAOS EMERALDS AND IS CONTROLED BY EGGMAN.TIKAL IS AN ANCIENT ECHINDA PRINCESS WHO HERSELF AND CHAOS INSIDE THE MASTER EMERALD AFTER CHAOS KILLED ALL THE ECHINDAS.GAMMA AND THE OTHER E-SERIES ROBOTS WERE BULIT BY EGGMAN AND TOLD TO DESTORY SONIC AND FRIENDS.GAMMA WENT FROM GOOD TO EVIL WHEN HE SAVED AMYS LIFE.BIG IS A HUGE SUPPOSEDLY DIM-WITTED CAT.FROGGY BIGS BEST FRIEND WHO ATE ACHAOS EMERALD AND CHAOS ZERO IS ALWAYS HUNTED DOWN BY EGGMAN.LILY IS A FLICKY WHO WAS RESCUES BY AMY.THIS GAME ALLOWS TO PLAY AS MANY CHARACTERS FROM THE SONIC SERIES.IT'S ALSO MY FAVORITE SONIC GAME SO FAR.