I loved Sonic Adventure 1 and have replayed it so many times. The levels were pretty great and the small open world was fun to go around and find the hidden power ups.
Sonic adventure 2 was painful to get through. I hated almost every level. The only ones I enjoyed were the Sonic and shadow levels, but they did not feel well designed. So many times, enemies would just drop from the sky on you without any chance to doge them.
Hunting for the emerald pieces was so boring and tedious. I hated those stages. There was one time where I restarted and luckily found them all right near the start.
The tails levels were OK, but it felt a bit clunky to control. I think that was by design, but I didn’t care for it.
I played both of these games as a kid on the Dreamcast, so it’s not like I’m nostalgic for one and not the other.
I just replaced SA1 and loved it, playing SA2 reminded me of hating it as a kid.
Do you share my opinion? If not, what do you think of this game?
I like both games, but they’ve got very different feels. I did miss the Adventure Stages from SA1, but SA2 has some great stages. I think the early Knuckles/Rouge stages are alright, but the later ones just get too big if you don’t know where to look.
If you liked E102’s stages in SA1, there’s no reason to dislike Tails/Eggman in SA2 imo! And like you said, Sonic/Shadow stages are still great.
Keep in mind that SA1 has the Big stages as a requirement for completion…haha
I liked the big stages 😅 Plus it’s super easy to cheese .
The only annoyance I had with the stages in SA2 was that it felt like the Dark story had too many Eggman stages and not enough Shadow stages, or at least the Eggman stages were too long and the Shadow stages were too short, where the Hero story felt more balanced.
That’s a good point. They probably gave Eggman the spotlight because he’s the leader of the Dark side. But Shadow’s stages were just more fun, lol