Pretty Mediocre

When in need of a best-seller, always slice a game in half and release it as a full one. Always the best solution, right? Not this time. This is a pretty mediocre game. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was set to be released as a huge 34 meg Sonic adventure, which makes it a second to Sonic CD. That is, until a strict deadline and a dirty marketing scheme Sega had. The result was Sega slicing up the game in two halves, and this is the one you don't want to get, unless you have Sonic & Knuckles, the second half. Why? Because, since it was cut in half, it turned out to be the most glitchiest and smallest Sonic Genesis game ever. It shines with the graphics they are perfect, and almost of Sonic CD, the sharpest of the series. It's just perfect, and Sonic, Tails, and Eggman have been remodified to look their snazziest for this Genesis release. Knuckles, the new character, also looks great. But Super Sonic, from Sonic 2, has been upgraded to look "better". It also shines with it's music. In it's highest quality, considering the sound systems used were probably of higher potential in 1994, and being a Genesis game, it's not half-bad. Only downfall here is the Super Sonic/ Invincibility/ Title Screen music. You see, Sega nor Sonic Team had the rights toward the original Sonic theme, used in Sonic 1 & 2 and the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon. That meant they had to replace anything that even sounded similiar to the original score. Why didn't they have the rights, you ask? Because they didn't write it. Instead a Japanese band, Dreams Come True, wrote it. The storyline is another deeper-toned Sonic game. Continuing off of Sonic 2, Eggman's super Death-Egg has crashed on Angel Island, and he's been introduced to Knuckles the Echidna, the guardian. You see, he's the last descendant of the Echidna Tribe (alot of plotholes were explained in Sonic Adventure), and he has to guard the Master Emerald, which lets the island float. Although the Master Emerald isn't present in this game, it'll be in Sonic & Knuckles. The weird part about this is that, instead of actually going into the Death-Egg and blowing it up there, you don't even need to touch it. Sonic and Tails arrive, and apparently, Knuckles was tricked by Eggman into thinking that Sonic & Tails are the villians. The gameplay was pretty bad so much detracts from the gameplay. The thing that detracts from the gameplay is that there are too many secrets left unanswered, too many levels gone missing, and the detraction of Knuckles. The game ending was cut short, and it got a mock-up of the Death Egg blasting into pieces. The gameplay is horrible, the game is short, and the Save Feature is not needed at all, at least until after you get past the barrel in Carnival Night Zone Act 2. You won't want to play this, unless you plan on having Sonic & Knuckles to play next.

6/10