Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Reviews

Playing Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Sega Master System is like watching porno with everything blurred out. You're not totally wasting your time, but your time would be better spent playing/watching the superior versions. Sonic 2 for Sega Master System is a perfectly acceptable game that sadly suffers from one major flaw: It just ain't good enough. The Genesis version totally destroys it, with better graphics, music, sound, and an awesome 2 player mode. Not a terrible looking game or anything like that, but I've seen better. For a Master System game, it looks fine. The backgrounds are pretty well designed and colorful, and the enemy designs are pretty unique. Everything looks smaller in this one when compared to the superior Genesis version, but the small sprites are not a bad thing, as this leads to more detail in them. However, slowdown is an issue, much more so than in the superior Genesis version, and this leads to problems in some of the tougher levels. Gotta love the classic Sonic songs. Sonic 2 has a bunch of them, but the Master System version makes them sound just a little tinny and monotonous. They still sound fine but could have been much, much better. The sound effects aren't even that wonderful, either, although again, they could have been worse. Controls and gameplay is when the game starts to suffer. The controller of the master System is not really suitable for such a high speed game. The lack of a 2-player mode is the big problem, however. Sonic 2 was famous simply for this wonderful addition (you could even race through levels against someone else), but the Master System version didn't even bother to include this feature. The level designs are classic Sonic though, and the game is pretty much the same as Sonic 2 for the superior Genesis. Sonic 2 is a classic game, when done for the proper system. The Master System version seems like a half-assed attempt to collect some money for the six people that still played the console. The lack of a 2-player mode is completely unforgiven. Avoid playing this version of the game.