The inspired design of the first level has been given the trademark sonic flavour with everything synonymous with the character- loops, ramps, speed boosts, vertigo inducing drops etc. The first level, clearly inspired by San Francisco looks beautiful, running at 60 fps, not a hint of slowdown and speeding along faster than Sonics 2-D games, which I feel is some achievement in 3-D. The first thing that struck me, as I believe would have been the same for anyone else playing the game for the first time was the astounding quality of the graphics. A game to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Sonic, produced by the man who created him was going to have high expectations, and I believe this game has more than met up to them. On June 23rd, I finally got to experience Naka's latest work. Since the announcement, I had been counting the days until I got to play it. Not suprisingly, Naka announced a sequal, aptly named 'Sonic Adventure 2'.
After waiting an eternity for a proper 3-D Sonic game I was not dissapointed but was left thirsty for more. Also, gaming gen Sonic creator Yuji Naka was to head development. As the Sonic Series has easily been my favourite series of games, I was delighted when Sonic adventure was announced, promising a 3-D interpretation of Sonics 16-bit exploits as well as progressing the series gameplay and direction.
Nowadays I am a videogames enthusiast studying a degree in the subject at Teeside, and I only have that blue hedgehog to thank for getting me this far. My Optimus Prime action figure was never to see daylight again. Once I had raced Sonic through that synonymous ochre and brown chequered landscape for the first time, I was hooked. However after seeing a rolling demo of the original Sonic on the Megadrive (aka Genesis)in Woolworths, I saw something special and pestered my parents into getting me THAT game. Videogames had never interested me before 1991, being a Transformers buff.
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