Sonic the Hedgehog 3D

Apparently the fastest thing alive

So after many years I finally finish the original Sonic the Hedgehog game... or really not the original, but the remastered 3D version for the 3DS which includes save states and other goodies. I got a version closer to the original on the Wii Virtual Console, but that was a bit of a shock to play for me the first time since everyone said it was so fast and so, but he really wasn't. Growing up I only played the 2nd game, and there you could spin-dash. In this game you need momentum which you loose if you stop or get hurt. God how annoying that is to loose such an important function. Thankfully you can choose if you want it in this remake.

He can't catch the fat scientist, fastest thing alive you said?

Can't say I got the story for this game, Robotnik (that's what I grew up with, I never played a Sonic game where he was called Eggman) has kidnapped some forest critters and put them in his robots to do... whatever Robotnik is after. So Sonic set out to stop them. That's pretty much it. Graphics are nice, but some of the worlds can be rather frustrating to pass through, especially all the water ones when the time limit is put in action and the horrible music is used for suffocating. Funny thing I found out is that it was an extra second after the countdown which really simulates the eternity of waiting for the saving bubble. If it would be nice to show it self. Music was alright, but the only memorable track is the first world, the classic Green Hill Zone. An interesting thing to note that the Chaos emeralds are here, but they don't actually do anything other than some credit-scene changes. And don't get me started on the damn mini-game to get them.

What is this maze-like contraption?

The added 3D effects don't do much as far as I can see. Overall I can't say I like this game, everything the second game did was a clear improvement creating a much more enjoyable gameplay experience. Maybe if I played this one first I might have found it fun, but as is it feels archaic without the additions to make it closer to the second game. Speaking of the second game it was just released as a 3D classic so guess what's the next Sonic game will be... when I ever finish that one.