Shadow the Hedgehog

I was really psyched for this game. Ever since I can remember I've been a Sonic Fan, and of course I bought my GC Soley for SA2 Battle (Other games have come along of course) So what can I say about this game.

On the Plus Side the story is fantastic. So many different endings you can chose from, so many paths to take, it's confusing which one to chose first. Good bad normal, whew! Not to mention the agonizing question "WHO THE HECK IS SHADOW?" After all he burst-ed on to the scene in SA2, as the ultimate Evil Carbon Copy Twin, with no absolute answerers. Including the end to SA2. (before him there was METAL) The darker story really makes it different from most Sonic games Another Plus, the variety of weapons. This raised some controversy amongst SONIC Fans. Even I was a little unsure. You know worried "Are they really making this as a Sonic Team Game, or are they just trying to jump on the HALO Band wagon. Fortunatley they didn't go overboard with the weapon use (although it is easier to use them) no blood gore, any of that nonsense. No first person shooting game style. So that was good. With Vocing, my deepest concern. First off with a character driven game like Shadow, VOICES DO MATTER. With a plain shooting game like 007 they don't. When I heard they fired the far more superior cast with the crappy Sonic X cast, who can't act. Fortunatley they actually acted. Jasson Griffiths who voiced both Sonic and Shadow actually did very fine with their voices. I was nearly fooled into thinking "maybe they didn't replace them after all." Despite Knuckles sounding like a 70 year old constipated man, and Yugi Moto the voicing was far better than expected. Music wise this has a new array of songs and music lead by the talented composer Jun Senoue, (?sp) and featuring the bands of Jullian K, Crush 40, and many more. The level music is catchy, and does bring up old Sonic Compostions of the past.

Now on the Miss Side, the controls can be a bit overwhelming for new players. Homing Attack can lead you right off the edge of a cliff if not careful. And the Triangle Jumps are a nightmare. And the Camera Controls aren't as decent as they should be. It's easy to lose sight of your character in a tricky areas, or to have a blind spot on enemy attacks. The Audio/Visual Sync can be over done or out of place. Some sounds drown out characters voices while giving instructions, and characters can interrupt instructions as well. Plus Music is often drowned out by the presence of sound effects. Fortunatley this is usually only in stages, and not in the Cinematics. With the Cinematics there are constant loading screens between cut scenes which really slow the story down. Although there is a variety of weapons to chose from, many of them especially the RPG's have very poor accuracy, which can make long range shooting difficult, in difficult areas.

Overall I really like this game, it was fun and enjoyable, I still have YET to beat the VERY Final Boss. This game was not a disappointment for me, I liked it, and it earns a solid 8 from me.

Shadow The Hedgehog takes you on an edgy, fast paced, complicated adventure through Shadows story. If you are willing to overlook some less than perfect controls you are sure to have a wonderful time with this game, despite it's flaws it still continues to be one of my favorite sonic games.

I love this game it made and one of my sister's best I am going to get it from the library maybe I command that it is suppose to be for eight year old's or something I really like this game and I want it rate E for everyone but some of the parts are a bit confusing anyway, I wish it could have the blast video I can't wait top see what happens next because i'm also going to get Sonic the hedgehog from the library I always really hate Charmy I hope the Chaotix are not in Sonic the hedgehog because it makes me want to throw my digital camera at them shadow is so AWESOME! I can't wait ti'll I get XBox 360 off of amazon. for no good video game and about to sell my Nintendo 64 (IT SUCKS NOW!)

now don't get me wrong i am a huge sonic fan i loved sonic adventure 2 batlle(SA2B)and ever since that game i wondered a few things like how shadow and sonic are exactly alike but i did however like all the weapons and the cool alian monsters but when i saw the movies and the extremely cool cinamatics i thought that they would be part of the game instead i find that vehicles like that nice mortorcycle would be in more than 1 level also i thought that there would be better use of the vehicle instead of extras also there were very nice levels except some were ridiculous like falling ark which was awful and shadows unarmed combat is pathetic but either way i like using homing attacks more. i liked the guns especially the egg vacuum which sucks up everything except for big creatures, the one thing i hated was the pointless you decide missions because you learn of whose good and evil but non of it is clear till the end. Also some of the levels are a bit too cartoon like i did like them and all but shadow is the punk type cartoon levels aren't right also there is no explanation on how shadow looks like sonic there not twins since shadow was created before sonic there not clones because shadow was locked up for 50 years. Even though all this is present you can still have a lot of fun playing this game the better you are the more you will enjoy it

Shadow the Hedgehog takes place after Sonic Heroes and before Sonic Battle, only its one of the best video games in Sonic's entire history! Choosing to battle the demon-like alien Black Doom and his hellish army of aliens theor G.U.N and their military robots and soldiers even against Eggman and his robots and Shadow Androids, another added feature is the good or evil chooses in each stage which leads to another and yet deadlier envioment. Often characters may ask you to help with even the DUMBEST missions (collect rings from Eggman's amusement park for example) But it makes up with you getting deeper into Shadow's seemly unknown past.