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Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 Review: Rolling in the Right Direction
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One of the biggest complaints in Episode One was the physics, and they’ve mostly been fixed. Sonic no longer stops on a dime in mid air if you take your thumb off the analog stick and you can no longer walk up walls like Spider-Man. The ball-rolling still seems to be slower than running when going downhill, making spin-dashing nearly useless, but hey, two out of three isn’t bad. The truth is this game controls pretty well, approaching levels folks might consider “good”.
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Out of all the mysteries in the world, there is one that ails me the most: when will Sega make another good Sonic game? After playing Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, I’m sad to say that now is not the time.
When a teaser trailer for Sonic 4 was posted back in February it boasted the game was “built from the ground up.” This was meant to ease the worries of cautious fans who were continually disappointed by a series of poor and mediocre titles. But when a trailer was released a few months later demonstrating the gameplay, some keen observers immediately noticed a flaw in Sonic’s movement: the momentum was off.
