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Sonic Adventure Review

Sonic Adventure review by Fausto Chavez After playing through this game, I've concluded there are really three games going on here: 1) the 3D action stages, 2) a puzzle game mostly between those stages, and 3) sub-games consisting of riding vehicles like airplanes, go-carts, etc. The action stages are terrific, while the sub-games seem lazily designed and largely forgettable (except the Snowboard) and the puzzle sections are more infuriating than fun and break up the action. Thank God for online walkthroughs, since it can take some time figuring the pointless tasks. These puzzles required to solve were a new element to the sonic system and in my opinion unnecessary and bring down the game. I don't think anyone is playing this game for the puzzles; just have to wade through them to be rewarded with an action stage, which are genuinely awesome. Thankfully, the game became more action oriented the it progressed. The action stages are well designed and still have the speed and aggr...