Perfecting the levels is where value for money comes into play and there’s a lot to do here. This is a game focused on replayability rather than longevity with the whole thing only taking about five hours. That sounds fairly lengthy but some levels only take 30 seconds or so to complete with the longest only taking a few minutes. Each area is then broken up into six main levels plus a boss battle. There’s a hub made up of different parts of his Amusement Park giving each area a different theme. The premise places you in outer space with Sonic needing to save an alien race called the Wisps that Doctor Robotnik has enslaved in typical fashion. Honestly, it’s unlikely you’ll pay huge attention to it because it’s fairly throwaway but kids will soak it up. It’s nothing revolutionary but it’s fun and there are some entertaining jokes and cheesy exchanges between characters.
Sonic games have never been grim in any way but this one is full of energetic music and plenty of cutscenes to tell a flimsy story about good versus evil. Sonic Colors: Ultimate is based on the Wii version and it’s clearly aimed at the younger demographic. READ MORE: Tim Schafer says Tolkien’s to blame for ‘Psychonauts 2’’s nightmarish teeth doorsĪ remaster of Sonic Colors, previously seen on the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS back in 2010, Sonic Colors: Ultimate isn’t probably a remaster anyone expected to see but here we are.Mostly, you just end up wishing it could be more consistent. Difficult to recommend yet also difficult to condemn without feeling a teensy bit guilty. Sometimes, it’s wonderful fun and easily one of the better 3D Sonic games out there (not that I’m saying much with that comment but still), other times, it makes me despair and want to retreat to mostly any 2D Sonic game out there. That’s the most frustrating thing about it. Do I hate Sonic Colors: Ultimate? Not really.