Fast and furious They should show this image to women in labour to remind them it's all going to be all right. Completists will want to find them all, but to be that good takes ages. Each environment features a host of hidden areas and secret shortcuts.
Racing furiously through the Green Hill Zone is still fantastic fun, as is pausing to rack up stupid amounts of points in the Casino. The variation in level design is also just as impressive as it was in 1992, all spikes and springs, cannons and levers, pinball flippers and floating platforms. The sheer speed of the game still has the power to thrill as you send Sonic zooming, spinning and bouncing in all directions. They are as expansive and exciting as ever. All the original levels are present and correct. Primarily because SEGA has been sensible enough to Leave Things Alone. The new Xbox Live Arcade version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 shines as a candidate for the job. When they were good, obviously, not when they were Top Gun movie tie-ins or had the word 'Gex' in the title. 3D graphics! Free-roaming environments! Intense online multiplayer battles for up to 32 racists at a time!Īll very well but sometimes you want to be reminded of how good games used to be. Has it really been 15 years since Sonic the Hedgehog 2 first hit screens? Yes, buy a calendar.
