SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS Reviews

I was hoping for something closer to to Sonic Adventure 2, but without all the jank. Well, not quite. While it doesn't have a lot of jank, I just didn't find it that engaging or interesting to play.

this game is good but it has too many bugs, i keep crashing out of nowhere randomly in between stages so i can't even play the game for long. And before i had a problem where it kept crashing on startup. Sonic team pc ports are always full of problems smh.

I would recommend this if you’ve never played Sonic Generations (since the original is not available to purchase on its own). If you have the original pc port already I’d say wait for it on sale. The mods are lacking and the Shadow Generations portion doesn’t justify the $50 cost IMO.

not recommended until there's a major patch. The Sonic Generations half of the game has stopped working entirely. If you play the Sonic half of the game for a while, then try the Shadow half, the Sonic Generations side will crash when you select it. Many people reporting this and still no fix. Sonic Generations 2011 is so jankily optimized it doesn't even launch on my system anymore. Its configuration tool doesn't recognize my hardware. It looks like they just slapped in the 2011 game into this one though, you'll notice when you select Generations the game relaunches and it's basically an entirely different game. Shadow Generations doesn't relaunch when you select it, you just jump straight in. This tells me they just duct taped these games together and didn't fully test everything before shipping. Why didn't they just release Shadow Generations as a standalone? Because it's too short? Why not make sure Sonic Generations was properly optimized instead of just tuning some of the graphics and throwing in the old DLC?

This game is simply amazing, with the only downside being how short it is but it's made with replayability in mind. Despite that, I managed to 100% both sonic and shadow in about 30-33 hours (could take less to some people mind you), the rest of the playtime went to testing mods, grinding lives, walking around, etc. Great music, AMAZING gameplay, nice graphics and good story telling. I wish I could say the same about the DLC, given half of it is just cutscenes and in the rest of the game, those doom scenes will get annoying the more you keep replaying levels. Overall, the game(s) is (are) a 10/10 for me, and I recommend it to everyone to try as well!

Both campaigns are short and sweet, which I truly appreciate in the age of AAA games that overstay their welcome! There's a couple mildly annoying gameplay-breaking sections such as the [spoiler]Sonic Colors mechanics in Planet Wisp and the mandatory Doom Morph jumps in the Shadow Generations final fight[/spoiler], but 95% of the time you're just having some fast-paced casual fun with this game. Highly recommended!

Best 3D Sonic so far. The Shadow Generations level design has improved so much compared to Generations.

Shadow Generations was fucking fantastic. They finally made the "open zone" formula work with this one, fuck Frontiers. Next game should be exactly like Shadow Generations, but only that, so all the budget goes to it and not remastering another game, since that hurt the final product, Shadow's game is way too short because of it. Other than that, playing Sonic Generations again was a blast, but I wish they had added a new zone for Sonic, even if it was DLC, a stage from Lost Worlds, Forces and Frontiers, but they instead gave them to Shadow which is really weird but whatever (they did ignored Lost World for him too and that's so funny lol). Getting all the achievements in this game was awesome, Shadow's difficulty was just right, and not having tedious online achievements with Sonic is a good thing too. Worth it, even if you played the og Generations before.

Without a doubt, this is the best 3D Sonic game ever made. The level design, sound/music, and mechanics are all fantastic. Best of all, this game is made for players at every skill level with levels that are easy to finish but hard to master, and bosses who are largely beaten via QTE but offer opportunities for skilled players to have some fun. Among modern games, this is a rare, but easy, recommendation for kids and adults alike.

shadow generations is so fun all the way through, I just wish there was more. it's probably the best 3D sonic game outside of the adventure series. it's worth keeping in mind that this isn't sonic generations with extra content - this is a launcher for two separate games. they have different settings/options, different framerate limits, and different controls. when choosing sonic generations in the main menu the game briefly closes and re-opens. if you haven't played either game i recommend sonic generations first because if you play shadow first, sonic will feel pretty clunky at times, and the level design is sometimes a downgrade. level restart is instant in shadow, and but it has to load in sonic. there have been basically no quality of life changes to sonic generations, which i would've liked to see. i've played through generations before, so i played shadow first. when i went back to replay generations i found myself getting much more frustrated than i ever did on my first playthrough, wishing it controlled and played more like shadow. but it's still a fantastic game!!!