I bought Sonic: Generations last Fall after playing the demo. I liked the style, reminiscent of old Sonic games with classics like Casino Nights and Chemical Plant. I was ready to spend countless hours, like I had in previous Sonic games, beating my brains out and raging over levels. I actually enjoyed the game at first. Check out some gameplay.
So this is how it works. There are two Acts for each level, and in order to access these Acts you need to switch Sonics. There is Classic Sonic and Modern Sonic. Modern Sonic plays the updated version of the level while Classic Sonic is the typical side-scrolling platform game. Modern Sonic can do things like boost, bounce from enemy to enemy (killing them in the process) and has a different style. I didn't mind this style at first.
The bosses gradually get harder and harder. The last boss before the final boss really ticked me off and I spent A LOT of time trying to beat him. The way the game is set up really pisses me off sometimes, because especially in the boss level, sometimes Sonic doesn't grab the rail and sometimes he does. I don't do anything different. And thus I lose out on an opportunity to get a hit on Robotnik. This happens in other levels with Modern Sonic when he has to jump from balloon to balloon and sometimes he just doesn't feel like "attaching" to the next balloon and you fall to your death. It is a really faulty timing system that I just don't agree with. Near the beginning of this entire game, I raged A LOT. I mean, I got so mad I rage quit because it would make me so crabby. I almost didn't enjoy it.
The final part of this boss fight is friggen ridiculous. You and Robotnik are flying through this tunnel and you must avoid his hits with very little control of Sonic while holding down your boost button to catch up to him to get in a hit. Good luck if you run out of boost power, you are pretty much doomed. Then you have to start ALL over again and it just pisses you right off. I think I won out of luck, I just happened to get in that last hit, on my last ring of life, before he could hit me. Check it out.
After I finally beat this boss, Egg Dragoon, I was SO happy and SO ready for some new levels only to find I had to get two more gems (which I did easily after a rival battle with Shadow and a rival race), and then that was it? No more levels, just the final boss. Old Sonic games always seemed like they lasted forever, and there was always another level. This game is TOO short! I bought this game because I expected to work on it for awhile. In comparison to old Sonic games, you know it will never measure up. I gave this game a chance because I thought it would. I have avoided most other Sonic games because I knew they wouldn't amount to the same success old Sonic games did. But I figured since this one took old levels and revamped them, it would give me a chance to reminisce. Eh, not so much. Apparently, there is a DLC out there with Casino Nights (pinball style?), but I think I am done pouring money into this game. I tried the final boss, and I am not even sure I care anymore. At this point, I think I might just trade this game in to Gamestop for store credit towards Diablo 3.
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