While it's 'objectively' true that the game has an equal 50/50 split of Daytime/Nighttime stages, in reality, you're gonna spend most of your time playing the werehog stages and it draggggggggs. That's why it got the reviews it did even though there were ALWAYS a ton of fans who appreciated it (seriously, this sentiment in the fandom is nothing new, it's just gotten more nostalgic), why Sega delisted it to protect the brand, why the SECOND mainline boost game is getting a remake instead of the first, and why, much as I'd have loved to see it happen because then we could've modded the medal hunt OUT of it, it never got that PC port. Because if you're only trying to complete it, you really will spend 70-80% of your playtime in Unleashed NOT playing the good part.Īnd unfortunately, nobody who's not ALREADY a diehard Sonic fan is going to judge it on any other metric. If I couldn't take my time and focus on the one aspect of Unleashed I actually enjoyed, if I imagine a reviewer on a deadline, forced to judge the campaign as a complete package, then those 4 out of 10s start to make a lot more sense. And like, I booted it up and replayed the day stages I'd unlocked CONSTANTLY, then every six months or so, I'd slog through another hub mission, or replay another night stage, looking for medals.

I got it when it came out, and finished it when I was hyped about Generations' impending release. Additionally, because I loved Sonic's gameplay so much, my goal in the Werehog stages tended to be to get them over with as fast as possible, in hopes that I might unlock another day stage.īecause of this, Sonic Unleashed took me almost THREE YEARS to finish. I don't tend to enjoy exploration in games, and as such, I'm not very good at it. But everything else about it was an absolute CHORE for me, *nothing* moreso than the medal hunt. I loved Unleashed's daytime stages, and based purely on them, Unleashed is WAY up there on my tierlist. Click to expand.What the heck, dude? People aren't lying to themselves, or the internet, about their own experiences.

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