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Sonic Unleashed is considered by some the Super Mario Galaxy of Sonic games. Is it really? It's been highly praised for it's music and Day Levels. But that can get drowned out very fast by the extremely frustrating puzzle/brawler aspect of the Night Levels. The story follows Sonic trying to literally put the world back together from an ancient monster awakened by Eggman. The gameplay at first was a blast, and Chip was a good sidekick character. But then came the Werehog levels. These were supposed to be brawler like levels. With puzzles mixed into the gameplay. Then the input of many, MANY quick time events. It was not good, and that's what put Sonic Unleashed in the "meh" category. But in a way it's still genuinely fun. It's given us some great levels that are considered the best Sonic Levels ever. The open world aspect is also a good touch. To me, this is a great comeback from Sonic '06. In conclusion; 7/10. It's music and certain levels are a blast to play, but gets drowned out easily by the more, unnecessary antics.

2001 was a revolutionary year for gaming. The first Xbox was released, along with the award-winning Halo: Combat Evolved, the first fully 3-D Grand Theft Auto game came out, Devil May Cry, Animal Crossing, the Gamecube, and let's not forget, Metal Gear Solid 2. So, it was a huge deal when one of the biggest RPG games was getting a AAA high budget movie. The movie was conceived by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy. The animation look, was beautiful. Many people praised the lead, Aki Ross' look, and you can tell that they wanted the movie to be as realistic as possible. The cast was a huge ensemble. Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, James Woods, and Steve Buscemi. Now, here's why it BOMBED. Many FF fans and die-hard moviegoers wanted a more, fantasy-like game. They didn't feel the more Sci-Fi-esque tone. This was around the time when Final Fantasy X was released. The tone of that and Spirits Within was ultimately the downfall of the project. Now, 17 years later, it's very easy to thoroughly enjoy the movie, The overall experience should've been extremely praised. It's another example of a movie coming at the wrong time. The movie is good. It's animation is revolutionary. This was simply a huge milestone for animation. You will probably not see a movie like this for a long while. In conclusion, 8/10; It's misleading title will anger some fans, but this movie is pretty good overall.