Thoughts on Sonic Adventure

Well, I've recently finished Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, (dont think I'll ever get 180 emblems, all A rank is insane [gots 140 though!]) but one problem with 2 Battle was that it lacked many Sonic stages. So I'm wondering about Sonic Adventure DX. Is it a good game? How many levels are there? Missions? How good are the graphics in-game and does the frame-rate bother you when you play? Lastly, what is wrong with the dialogue in SADX? The way Sonic's mouth moves in cutscenes looks terrible, but is it able to get by? And lastly is it worth buying for $20?

I disliked Sonic Adventure, and I disliked Sonic Adventure 2. They did a very bad job of translating the speed and platforming goodness of the 2D Sonics to 3D, and without that, Sonic is nothing.

Never played Sonic Heroes.

To tell u the truth i liked the ones on Sega alot better then the 3D ones since u could get other stuff

It's more confusing, exspecially the chaos, who are impossible to work with. SAB2 was alot funner for me. The levels are alot different too. Each of the characters has one kind of level, and all the levels of one type seem the same.
Sonic- Real levels
Tails- Race Sonic
Big- Fish for froggy (impossible)
Robot- Timed missions where you shoot dolls
Amy- Run from an evil robot
Knuckles- Treasure hunt

All the level seem exactly the same. In Ice Cap, the map is almost identical for most of the characters. It got kind of repetative. It also has some unlockable minigames, and racing. However, there are 3 main sections and sometimes they will lock you off from certain areas and you can't reach your chaos, which really annoys me.

I'd say it's worth renting, a little EH for $20... It was cool when GCN just came out. Other than that, you'd better stick with games that are actually good.

Sonic Heroes I wasn't impressed with. And I'm not sure about Sonic Mega Collection because its been a while since I've played the 2-D games and I'm not sure I'll be able to regain my interest that I once had in them.

If I remember correctly, there were ten Sonic stages, and the other four characters had five stages each. That totals thirty stages (though, as mentioned, quite a few of them were repeats of each other- nearly all (or maybe it was all) of Tails' stages were shortened versions of Sonic's.) Each stage had three goals- the main goal, and then two extra goals. Sonic Adventure DX for GCN added a Missions "sub-game" of sorts, but I find it more frustrating than fun (good luck finding the mission cards, my friend.)

In terms of graphics, SA2 looks tons better. The characters in SADX look like plastic figurines in my opinion. I didn't enjoy running around the "Overworld" that much, especially when I wasn't sure where to go next. I will also point out that Big and Amy are frustrating to play. Amy's too slow (how is she chasing Sonic around when she only moves at half his speed?) and Big's fishing was time-consuming, frustrating, and difficult. (You have to find Froggy on top of fishing him out- the Ice Cap stage was awful, it took me fifteen minutes to find him.)

Personally, I like SA2 ten times more than SADX. In fact, I'm actually trying to get the A ranks in SA2 (oh, yeah, SADX does not have ranks)- I only need to get twenty more emblems before completing the whole thing!!!

Originally Posted by Commander Keen

If I remember correctly, there were ten Sonic stages, and the other four characters had five stages each. That totals thirty stages (though, as mentioned, quite a few of them were repeats of each other- nearly all (or maybe it was all) of Tails' stages were shortened versions of Sonic's.) Each stage had three goals- the main goal, and then two extra goals. Sonic Adventure DX for GCN added a Missions "sub-game" of sorts, but I find it more frustrating than fun (good luck finding the mission cards, my friend.)

In terms of graphics, SA2 looks tons better. The characters in SADX look like plastic figurines in my opinion. I didn't enjoy running around the "Overworld" that much, especially when I wasn't sure where to go next. I will also point out that Big and Amy are frustrating to play. Amy's too slow (how is she chasing Sonic around when she only moves at half his speed?) and Big's fishing was time-consuming, frustrating, and difficult. (You have to find Froggy on top of fishing him out- the Ice Cap stage was awful, it took me fifteen minutes to find him.)

Personally, I like SA2 ten times more than SADX. In fact, I'm actually trying to get the A ranks in SA2 (oh, yeah, SADX does not have ranks)- I only need to get twenty more emblems before completing the whole thing!!!

I never got that far... which usually happens with games I rent. If they aren't good, I usually will go about half way and then give up. This was certainly the case.

Originally Posted by Commander Keen

Personally, I like SA2 ten times more than SADX. In fact, I'm actually trying to get the A ranks in SA2 (oh, yeah, SADX does not have ranks)- I only need to get twenty more emblems before completing the whole thing!!!

20 emblems? What the-? How the-? Holy crap! I still got forty to go....and I really wanna get a new level for Sonic....

I got Sonic Adventure way back when it came out for the Dreamcast. I have a soft spot for it, but it's far from perfect. It's an embarasment when compared to Mario's first 3D outing.
I bought SA2 for the Dreamcast too, but I never really liked it.