The enemies you will face are the usual Sonic fare, none
are “new” except for the bosses which are unique and
challenging to defeat. The first boss comes out of
nowhere but if you pay attention, you will see that you
literally pass him in the level as he sits unassumingly on a
ledge prior to the battle screen. Defeating this firepower
spewing machine will take a lot of paying attention and
trial and error to get his pattern down.
The speed shown
in Sonic Winter
Adventures
is
some of the best
I have ever seen
on the Genesis.
Had Sega created a Sonic game this fast then gamers
might have actually fallen for the whole “Blast
Processing” advertising campaign. This game is fast and
there is a ton of stuff going on onscreen.
This thing has several attacks from the basic brute force
attempt to bouncing around the screen in a deadly game
of squash and spewing firepower when he calms down.
Just look at the background of the first level, that is
chunks of ice floating by in perfect line scrolling
goodness on top of even more parallax in the background.
If you think the Street Fighter II series is the king of
parallax scrolling then you need to check out Sonic
Winter Adventures it puts to shame what is in Capcom’s
fighting game.
Sonic Winter Adventures has an amazing ending too,
reminiscent of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
mixed with some Metroid exit strategies. This was very
well done and was a great end to this game hack. I can
not go into detail without ruining it, suffice to say, you
won’t be disappointed when you finish this hack.
There are a ton of Sonic hacks available not just Sonic
Winter Adventures, though SWA is one of the better ones
that I have found. This feels like a Sonic Gaiden (Side
Story) and could pass as a transition title for those waiting
with baited breath for another quality, official, Sonic
game from Sega.
There are only a handful of levels in Sonic Winter
Adventures, nothing near what Sega gave gamers
officially but what is here is amazingly cool. Playing this
game to its fullest requires taking leaps of faith in some
places then running like hell through other areas plowing
through a ton of enemies and hitting springs causing you
to soar to new heights, and that is just the first level.
If you know of a game hack that you want us to take a
look at, just let us know and we will check it out.
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