Devoted to making a Sonic game that looks like the Sonic CD intro, Sonic Freedom does at least look nice. There are a few fan-made efforts to rectify this, and Sonic Freedom is one of them.

вЂњHand drawn 2D SonicвЂќ is one of those things IвЂ™ve been dreaming about for a decade, but still seems to remain out of reach. The overall experience is quite enjoyable and is worth a look! ThereвЂ™s even a nice reference to the very original Sonic Robo Blast during the credits, so make sure you play through the entire demo. Replacing the insta-shield or drop-dash is an air-dash that will thrust you forward to help cover larger gaps. Level design is a bit straight-forward, but what does prove interesting are two different shield abilities a tornado shield and a sort of combination between the fire and bubble shields. This remake takes some of the ideas from the original and creates a more cohesive and accurate traditional Sonic experience, with gorgeous pixel art and animation that rival the likes of Sonic Mania. WeвЂ™ve been covering Sonic Robo Blast 2 as far back as 2001 as itвЂ™s one of the most important 3D fangames in the Sonic communityвЂ™s history, but we often forget that there was one that came before it. Sonic Robo Blast is a remake of, wellвЂ¦ Sonic Robo Blast. Or if you like cute low-res pixelly Sonic things, like me. Definitely keep an eye on this one if youвЂ™re interested in the more technical side of things. Sonic 2.5 runs on this engine, and if youвЂ™re aware of how strict itвЂ™s limitations are, youвЂ™ll be impressed that something so smooth and fluid is running on it! Sonic 2.5 is note-worthy for being an excellent port of the original Sonic mechanics to a low fidelity system, and it gets me excited to see how else they plan on fitting SonicвЂ™s momentum physics onto the Pico-8 in the future. ItвЂ™s a great tool for people to dip their toes into game design. For those unfamiliar, this is running on an engine known as the Pico-8, a вЂњfantasy consoleвЂќ that is intentionally restrictive with itвЂ™s capabilities. ItвЂ™s not so much a game as it is a tech demo, but itвЂ™s impressive nonetheless. But thereвЂ™s just not enough to this game beyond the technical proof of very basic 2D physics. The game in its current state is a pleasant novelty, and thereвЂ™s a bizarre joy mashing A to spawn a seemingly infinite number of Knuckles until the stage is literally unplayable. This also means Sonic holds on to mid-air inertia for a while, so if you send him moving mid-air, spinning the world around might not do much unless you can get him to collide with something. Sonic is very floaty, which makes getting him where you want him to go slow and occasionally irritating. What I struggled to deal with was the physics. I can get past it being incredibly no-frills in its current state.

Rather than controlling Sonic directly, you control the direction of gravity by spinning the entire world around him using arrow keys, mouse, or touch screen.

This simple 16-bit styled browser game sets Sonic in a gravity maze similar to the special stages of Sonic 1, but with the goal of having Sonic strike some badniks, collect blue spheres, and then nab the emerald. If a genre of SAGE games is вЂњproof of concept,вЂќ Sonic and the Dreamcatcher doesnвЂ™t quite escape reasonable doubt. Check out what other games caught our attention below! So as a send off, weвЂ™ve decided to do a round-up of all the other games we played that, for one reason or another, couldnвЂ™t get their own articles. As we wrap up our coverage of this yearвЂ™s SAGE, weвЂ™ve still barely scratched the surface of everything available.

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