The collecting in the game is very well done. But then suddenly the hard levels come in and the result is this very odd shift in difficulty that requires a lot of acclimation from the player.īut with the intention not to complain too much, let’s just say that I still really enjoyed playing the majority of this game. The first half of Sonic Mania is simply put charmingly old-fashioned and just a breeze to go through. The whole difficulty curve is simply off here. I never liked this in platform games and I certainly did not appreciate it here. I do realize that the platforming genre usually requires from you to go back to the level after you memorize it and then finish it off properly, but here that happened way too much and at the points where you cannot control the outcome of your death given that the enemies are placed off-screen. Way too often playing the game you die in such an unfair manner that makes the experience quite frustrating to go through. ![]() It might be blasphemous to some fans to say this, but even the original couple of games had some issues, in particular the unfair enemy placement, and that element being brought back here was very problematic for me. My main issue with Sonic Mania is its overreliance on recycling the gameplay elements from the past without ever actually improving upon them. The story happens right before the third game, thus making this entry the fourth one in the timeline. It pretty much resembles a traditional Sonic game from the early nineties, mostly focusing on honoring the first four entries in the classic series. The game was made by a team of programmers who are genuine Sega and Sonic fans, which can be seen in the way the game looks and feels. The plot is rather simple, but it works in the context of the series. It’s just a shame that it sometimes missed the mark, but at least most of the game was excellent. ![]() While I personally find it a bit overrated, I do agree that this game is pretty strong at what it does right. ![]() When this game was released, it was critically acclaimed and hailed as a return to form for this classic Sega franchise. It’s an often problematic, but mostly excellent homage to classic games in the series. Sonic Mania is a 2017 platform game published by Sega for multiple systems including Windows.
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