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Tethys

Tethys

Member Since 25 Feb 2009
Offline Last Active Apr 23 2009 02:44 AM

Sonic and the Black Knight

04 March 2009 - 07:07 AM

Disclaimer: I am not the majority. I played Sonic 1 on the Genesis when I was five and have never stopped playing each new game. Yes, I liked Heroes, Shadow, Secret Rings, and Unleashed (even though the Werehog was dumb and the two-games-in-one concept is never good). I didn't even completely hate Sonic '06. So the following are the musings of a slightly embittered Sonic fangirl.

Black Knight is basically Secret Rings + Unleashed (day stages) + a sword. Which, unfortunately, talks. But it's not annoying, and no stranger than the Minish Cap (Zelda), so not really a turn-off for me. The story, dialogue, and voice acting are all a step up from earlier games (making even an SA2 voice cast fan almost forget the 4Kids takeover is impressive). But that's really just the polish.

The gameplay is excellent. Swordplay is simple flicks of the Wii remote, and can enhance the speed of play in many cases. Rarely, Sonic will pause to engage a more powerful foe in brief battle before continuing his run. There are also townspeople (noticeably not human) you can stop to help, or accidentally wound in passing if you're not careful. And the boss battles are fairly simple (so far) duels, unless you plan on a five-star rank (tip - learn to read their attacks).

Aside from that, it's pretty much Unleashed with a bit of Secret Rings influence. I won't go any more in-depth for now, but maybe I'll expand on this in more detail later. Then I could get around to how awesome the music is...

The Return...

26 February 2009 - 03:02 AM

Hi! I'm about 90% sure that no one remembers me... from WAY back. When things were all black and purple, and TRiP was mostly M.I.A. And we were still waiting for a sequel to NiD after eight years.

But now, years after we got our wish, I've finally bought a Wii and Journey of Dreams. Then, I thought, "There's only one place I know where I can find people dedicated enough to still play this..."

So here I am! :D