After twenty years Sega presents us with a festive set of the most iconic games from the world of Sonic the Hedgehog. And the first four installments, which have lifted many gamers out of their chairs in the past, made them run to the store and buy a new console from Sega to play.
Just as Mario was Nintendo’s mascot in the 1990s and boosted its sales, Sonic the Hedgehog earned a big Sega Brand Support. Gamers needed something flashy to get them into the game, and the blue sprinter did a great job of that. Hedgehog’s speed, combined with a cute, simple story and almost endless challenges, made for a suitable proposition for players. Well, thanks to Sonic Origins, we will be able to play these most famous parts well together.
Let me remind you what the first parts were about. In the collection we will find the game Sonic the Hedgehog, which is the first part of this series. Thus, we meet the protagonist Sonic and a simple but functional plot in which the genius and evil Dr. Eggman, later introduced under his full name as Dr. Ivo Robotnikwants to conquer the whole world.
The first step towards fulfilling this dream is to trap the animals and Sonic’s friends into destructive robots that draw energy from animals. The second of Robotnik’s plans get magic emeralds, which are capable of powering his timeless weapon, with which he will conquer the world. Your task as a player is to complete a given level with Sonic, get emeralds, defeat Dr. Eggman’s robots and rescue enslaved animals.
The next part of the package is Sonic CD, which largely follows from the previous part. You keep trying to thwart the doctor’s plans. Robotnik will take over the planet, but this time you will also have time games that will take you to the future. Compared to the first part, Sonic CD even more dynamicbut the gameplay is easier.
The third work in the collection Sonic the Hedgehog 2. I would say this is the best part of Sonic, it made the most of everything that was possible at the time. And at the same time I caught annoying errors that we could encounter in the first part. The proof of the success of this work was the number of copies sold, which amounted to 6 million.
History remains the same. Only our hero is better controlled and even faster. And his friend Tails joins him, and with him the opportunity to play more people.
And the last part is Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which differs in that Tails also helps you in passing. You will also meet Knuckles, who is the keeper of the emeralds, and whom Robotnik takes his side, doing tricks with you and guarding various traps. The third part comes to me personally from the original parts the weakest but we’re not here to go over the individual parts, but to introduce you to the improvements that the Sonic Origins pack will bring to you. Because we do he promised a lot.
In truth, more than he delivered. Before the release of Sonic Origins, words like redesign, remake, or new resolution were all over the place. Well, the truth is that the only new and nice thing that Origins will offer us is that we can play all the previously named parts in more pleasant 16:9 resolution as opposed to the original 4:3. And it’s all. No, seriously, you’re not getting any better. The game looks almost the same as the original parts. And while Sega introduced the opening menu with beautiful graphics, that was absolutely all we could see of the notable graphical changes. Once you navigate through this menu to a particular part, the original version will be displayed.
I didn’t mind the original graphics at all, but with the flood of promises about how beautiful the collection will be, I feel very disappointed. For big Sonic fans, it’s probably a good idea to have these parts on hand. However, for the price of 40 euros, it would be more profitable for us to buy the parts separately. Which is no longer possible, because before the release of this collection, it became impossible to buy individual copies. I think this step is definitely wrong.
However, you can still get the first parts on your tablet or phone. where I have tried them. Graphically they look the same and are even available for free if you can put up with ads between rounds. And if you want to buy the full version without ads, it will only cost you 49 crowns per episode. The only positive is that you can enjoy the iconic pieces quite easily on the next generation PlayStation and Xbox, the bundle includes plus all DLC and the ability to play bonus characters right from the start.
Personally, I’m missing some collectibles in different parts to challenge players. Yes, there is a museum here again. This is where you can use special stars to unlock parts of Sonic’s world such as music, illustrations, and a new animated story that was added especially for this holiday edition. But this is not enough, and it seems that they gave us at least a little in a hurry. And if you want to extend your already meager joy with more musical accompaniment, hardcore mode and character animations in the main menu, you will have to pay extra another 10 euros.
The sad thing is that most of the fan remakes of the first installments work better than what we got in the version dedicated to more than 20 years of Sonic in our game world. This Sonic 2 HD is a perfect example of a remaster that I would easily give a few hundred for. If I had to rate Sonic Origins it would be like this 3 points out of 10. A higher resolution won’t get rid of the fact that Sega wants to squeeze money out of us again.
Verdict
Another collection that looks like a profitable remaster of the first part of the cult game. But, in the end, this is another money scam. Which is not quite adequate to what we get.
- We have all original parts together
- The original Sonic games are coming to most consoles
- No graphic changes
- Price
- Unnecessary markups for content that should be free
PC Review – Intel i5 9400 32GB Nvidia GTX 1070
Source :Indian TV
