Sonic Adventure 2 Critic Reviews

The way the Advance interacts with the Cube is flawless, and if you have Sonic Advance (and we recommend you pick it up), it's a nice touch, with lots of promise for future games.

The graphics are flawless. Super-smooth, fast, seamless environments stretch on as far as the eye can see. While the GameCube should easily be able to do this, it's the frenetic pace that makes it most impressive.

If you’ve played or owned the Dreamcast version though, there isn’t much new to do.

Despite the messy structure, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle is still up there with the best of them, knocking most of the competition for six. And that's what counts.

A particularly good example of why SEGA and Sonic Team are so revered within the games industry.

Blazes across your screen with incredible graphics, addictive gameplay, and deep play options. Sure, it's not flawless, but it's definitely worth playing.

A sprawling, complicated adventure.

Aside from the camera-angle blemish, Sonic 2 for the Gamecube is still loads of fun.

A fairly solid title, but it falls short of the mark for a big "Sonic" release.

If you can keep yourself from blinking, you might be able to help the little furry freak collect his golden rings, like some sort of crank-addicted Hobbit.

The fact that most gamers have seen all of this before makes it a bit more difficult to see this game's strengths, while making its weaknesses that much more apparent.

The Sonic levels are explosive as ever, although the control isn't nearly as refined as it should be. The rest of the stages in the game are poorly concocted and void of fun.

Even on a system where you'd never expect to see the blue streak, there are plenty of classic wide-eyed moments of joy following the heels of the world's fastest, most arrogant hedgehog.

Unfortunately Knuckles/Rogue gameplay, camera problems, some sound problems and limited replay value hurt the game in the long run.

Sonic and Shadow's levels are great, but every one else's levels are, unfortunately, dull. In the end, 1/3rd of the main game is great but hampered by camera and some control issues.

A far cry from the Sonic of the early 90’s.

Anyone who paid for a Sonic title will be racing hedgehogs only 33 percent of the time, and that just isn’t enough.

I'm more annoyed by the gameplay mechanics and head-spinning level design than I am satisfied.

While it has its moments, its lack of refinement makes playing it a disjointed and frustrating experience.

Though the new multiplayer levels are nice, fixing the horrible camera should have been the priority.