Special thanks to this thread for helping me bitch about SA2: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=110149&page=1#
Ok, where to begin. I played this on the GameCube. Pretty sure it was just a port from the Dreamcast. Yeah, I never played it on Dreamcast, bite me.
I first played SA2 back in 2004. Maybe it was just dated or something but I couldn't find any adventure elements in the game. At all. Not one. Every course was just linear and run to the goal. Which is what Sonic games are about. But when the next stage came around and the adventure field didn't pop up, I just went, what the fuck!
Then it FORCED me to play as Tails and Knuckles and that skanky whore. And the only other choice I got was to play as their stupid emo counterparts. Now I love Tails and Knuckles as much as the next guy, and Amy wasn't that bad in the first game. But damn, why is Sonic Team making me play as all these guys? If I wanted to, I would pick them at the character select screen. But no, there isn't one.
I like Knuckles. He's pretty cool. Why is his theme some stupid rap song? On loop. Playing in the level. Over. And over. And over. And over. I never got past the Halloween themed level because I couldn't find those stupid emerald shards.
I especially don't understand how people can like this game. Seriously, the first game was so much more superior. The first Sonic Adventure was just plain badass. And then Sonic Team went and scrapped everything good in making the sequel.
These are the makings of a modern Sonic game. If you disagree and think the game is awesome, please tell me why. Because I can't figure out how anyone could like this game. And don't use the Chao Garden as a reason. We all know that the Chao Garden is vastly better than in the first game. The Chao Garden does NOT make SA2 a good game by any means.
Thoughts?