Recently the long lived franchise received a much needed boost that came in the form of Sonic Colors. Previous to this, fans had been disappointed with much of the output of Sega. Many fans have turned to posting their own Sonic games online.
One of the most popular of these games is Sonic Ultimate Flash by Dennis Gid. This game attempts to recreate the feeling of the classic 2D games, as well as some recent ones such as the Sonic Advance series, by using flash. There are things that are heavily reminiscent throughout the application, starting with the first level, Leaf Forest. The look of this level reminds you of Green Hill Zone from the first instalment featuring the blue hedgehog, a palm tree beach level that has become a staple of this franchise ever since.
Green Hill Zone and similar levels in later instalments, such as Emerald Hill Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, are known for being colourful and easy enough for any new player to get accustomed to the game. There is ample opportunity to utilise the speediness of the main character without getting him killed in the process. Leaf Forest follows this pattern, exactly.
Leaf Forest is a brightly colored induction to a series of nostalgic levels, and it is hard to die here and easy to explore and pick up speed. This is good for anyone who is not familiar with the Sega games, of course, but, really, this game seems to be primarily for fans looking for a bit of nostalgia.
The levels progress in a way that continues this, although it becomes apparent that the game mirrors Sonic Advance 2 more that it does the games from the early nineties. This is not ever such a problem since the Advance series in themselves are a call back to those early games. The music is taken from both the Advance games and the Classic games, giving the game a familiar soundtrack alongside those trademark noises that we have come to expect.
The available characters are Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Cream with two more secret characters to be unlocked. The hedgehog still has his speed and Tails still flies, although Knuckles now, for some reason, lacks the ability to glide or climb. Cheese the Chao also does not have the skills that made Cream such an easy character to play in her debut game, but this does not stop this from being the closest thing to a real Sonic game that you can find, online.
A common trend in fan made projects of well-known franchises is the idea of putting a character from one into another. This has been done with this franchise in particular numerous times, but surely the combination that must stand out the most is that of the blue hedgehog and Super Mario Brothers. In Sonic Lost In Mario world, our blue hero is indeed, as the title says, lost in the world of Mario. Instead of animal powered robots and egg shaped scientists, he is now fighting the turtle-like koopas and the mushroom-shaped goombas. Instead of rings, he is collecting coins. The concept is simple, yet the dynamic movement of the hedgehog works surprisingly well with the precise platforming of the world of Mario.
Other cross-overs are in existence, such as ones with Pacman and Final Fantasy, but there is a tendency for these to have anything to do with Sonic in appearance, only, with none of the characteristic gameplay. Only a couple of examples have been mentioned, but they are good cases for playing good Sonic games online.
One of the most popular of these games is Sonic Ultimate Flash by Dennis Gid. This game attempts to recreate the feeling of the classic 2D games, as well as some recent ones such as the Sonic Advance series, by using flash. There are things that are heavily reminiscent throughout the application, starting with the first level, Leaf Forest. The look of this level reminds you of Green Hill Zone from the first instalment featuring the blue hedgehog, a palm tree beach level that has become a staple of this franchise ever since.
Green Hill Zone and similar levels in later instalments, such as Emerald Hill Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, are known for being colourful and easy enough for any new player to get accustomed to the game. There is ample opportunity to utilise the speediness of the main character without getting him killed in the process. Leaf Forest follows this pattern, exactly.
Leaf Forest is a brightly colored induction to a series of nostalgic levels, and it is hard to die here and easy to explore and pick up speed. This is good for anyone who is not familiar with the Sega games, of course, but, really, this game seems to be primarily for fans looking for a bit of nostalgia.
The levels progress in a way that continues this, although it becomes apparent that the game mirrors Sonic Advance 2 more that it does the games from the early nineties. This is not ever such a problem since the Advance series in themselves are a call back to those early games. The music is taken from both the Advance games and the Classic games, giving the game a familiar soundtrack alongside those trademark noises that we have come to expect.
The available characters are Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Cream with two more secret characters to be unlocked. The hedgehog still has his speed and Tails still flies, although Knuckles now, for some reason, lacks the ability to glide or climb. Cheese the Chao also does not have the skills that made Cream such an easy character to play in her debut game, but this does not stop this from being the closest thing to a real Sonic game that you can find, online.
A common trend in fan made projects of well-known franchises is the idea of putting a character from one into another. This has been done with this franchise in particular numerous times, but surely the combination that must stand out the most is that of the blue hedgehog and Super Mario Brothers. In Sonic Lost In Mario world, our blue hero is indeed, as the title says, lost in the world of Mario. Instead of animal powered robots and egg shaped scientists, he is now fighting the turtle-like koopas and the mushroom-shaped goombas. Instead of rings, he is collecting coins. The concept is simple, yet the dynamic movement of the hedgehog works surprisingly well with the precise platforming of the world of Mario.
Other cross-overs are in existence, such as ones with Pacman and Final Fantasy, but there is a tendency for these to have anything to do with Sonic in appearance, only, with none of the characteristic gameplay. Only a couple of examples have been mentioned, but they are good cases for playing good Sonic games online.
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