_files/G004552UV34.jpeg) Sonic is back. After devastating appearances on the
Sega Master System, Sega Genesis and two appearances on the Saturn he would rather forget, Sonic is back to his eight and 16-bit glory days.
Titled Sonic
Adventure, Sonic now must test his skills in terms of not only
running through 2D planes, but also action and adventure gaming in
full 3D.
The storyline follows the evil Dr. Robotnik whose quest to find all the Chaos
Emeralds involves a creature that thrives on these exact emeralds.
Named Chaos, this weapon of Robotniks gains its strength directly from the
emeralds with each emerald allowing the alien to grow that little
bit stronger. Thus begins your quest to stop Dr. Robotnik before he takes over the
world.
Enemies include such creatures as monkeys, spiked
balls, tanks and mechanical scorpions. There are also the two boss
characters, Chaos and Dr. Robotnik. However, Sonic and his friends are more skilled than ever
being able to carry items, pan views, jump, shake items as well as
perform actions specific to each character and collect power-ups
that allow the introduction of new, more powerful
moves.
Players are presented with the option of playing five
separate adventures that all tie into each other. Using different
quests for each of the five characters splits up these adventures.
These characters include our blue hedgehog friend Sonic, high flying Tails, the return of the punching and flying echidna
Knuckles, the cutie pie but highly deadly with a
mallet Amy, mechanical and homing missile activated E-102, and the struggling to keep up with his frog
Big the Cat.
A range of items and power-ups
can also be collected during your quest, including: invincibilities,
rings, shields, extra lives and high-speed shoes. Unique items that
are kept forever and allow new, more powerful abilities include:
light speed shoes and Ancient Light (Sonic), Rhythm Badge (Tails), Shovel Claw (Knuckles), Warrior Feather (Amy), Jet Booster (E-102)and Big the Cat’s Lift Belt.
Apart from the
general and platform gaming however, mini-games also exist. These
include such action sequences as the sky chase (a 3D plane shooter),
sand hill (a sandboarding race), snowboarding, twinkle circuit
(high-speed fun park racing), Whack-A-Sonic (a variation on the
whack-a-mole carnival game) and Chao Races which allow players to raise and race
these cute little characters.
The Chaos breeding features makes up a key part of Sonic
Adventure. Players are able to breed, feed, move, race,
transport, as well as download these creatures to the VMU for use in
the Chao mini-game. Players can earn extra abilities and
experience for their Chao for use in the Sonic
Adventure primary quest while having something to do when away
from the Dreamcast. The actual game involves elements of
adventuring, fighting and the option to enter various details on
your character.
Options in Sonic
Adventure include: the ability to test sounds, select between
sound outputs, choose message settings with voice and text or voice
only options, play in full screen or 50hz options and the ability to
select from five languages -- English, French, Japanese, Spanish and
German. Sonic
Adventure also supports the VMU for saving and mini-game
support.
— Brad Penniment
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