![]() ![]() The emulation used for games is again spot on it is very hard to find faults in any of the games. However Sega CD is a very good-looking game, way ahead of previous Sonic games, like Sonic & knuckles, is includes a very impressive opening scene in which Sonic darts about the screen doing his thing. Like the previous compilation, this is not going to win any awards for its graphics these games are very old and are not intended to match the efforts of modern times. Sonic The Hedgehog Triple Trouble (GameGear) Apart from Sonic CD, the other two games that appeal most are Sonic The Fighters, originally an arcade game, and Sonic R, originally a Sega Saturn game, the other games that make up the compilation are two Vectorman games, and six Game Gear games. ![]() The main draw of this game is the fact that Sega have finally included Sonic CD, a game that a lot of fans were disappointed at not being in the previous compilation, Sonic Mega Collection +. This time around, we have Sega Gems Collection featuring 11 games altogether, plus the usual assortment of Extras. The only people we could possibly recommend this to are collectors.After the success of their first compilation, Sonic Mega Collection +, Sega have decided to try their luck again, with a brand new (old) compilation of games featuring their spiky blue mascot. To start with, the games on that disc are actually pretty decent and, as an added bonus, extras like Flicky and Ristar really round the package off. If you have to buy a Sonic Collection, then the previous one is far superior. So there you have it, completely underwhelming all round. The fact that the only unlockable extras are the Vectorman games is scant consolation considering the Japanese version includes Streets of Rage and its sequels - three games that would definitely have made this compilation worth considering. The only thing that could have saved Sonic Gems Collection is the extra content, and it fails in this respect too. The only ones worth more than five minutes of your time are the mildly interesting Skypatrol - which, despite being unique in its aerial puzzling action, is still a frustrating chore of a game - and the reasonably competent, but no less tedious, Triple Trouble. The final nail in the coffin has to be the collection of awful Game Gear games, which were pretty terrible the first time around. It's painfully slow and unresponsive, and while there's plenty to master in terms of move sets and combos, we can't imagine anyone wanting to put in the effort when the fighting genre has been refined significantly over the last decade. Sonic R, the Mario Kart-style racer of the pack, while reasonably speedy, is an absolute pig to control, with each racer skating around the circuits with all the grace of an inebriated toddler.įighters isn't too hot either, shoe horning Sonic characters into the frankly decrepit Virtua Fighter engine. Which leaves us with the rest of the disc to consider, and we're sad to say it goes downhill rapidly.īoth Sonic R and Sonic The Fighters both look reasonable enough, and the clunky 3D engines powering them both lend a certain charm, but actually playing them is another matter. In fact, the only thing that has stood the test of time is the excellent music, which is hardly a reason to buy Sonic Gems Collection in itself, and will probably only be interesting for the people who played the game the first time around. That's not to say it's a poor game, mind - it's still a very solid and enjoyable platformer, it's just not as good as we remember it being, and we're not quite as forgiving as we were back then. To be perfectly honest, some of the level design is also a bit of a mess, feeling unnecessarily slap-dash, unfocused and as it lacks the streamlined purity of the earlier Sonic games, it can often feel like too much of an effort to play. ![]()
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