Sonic Superstars

Sonic Superstars is a delightful return to the retro classic, with a nice blend of new abilities and a reimagined 2D world. The platforming was also a step-up from older titles..

While it did excel at some parts, it failed at others.. like boss fights! some were great but overall lackluster and boring. Textures also looked like 2 steps backward and SEGA didn't do it justice as it did with 3D titles!

Still it was fairly an enjoyable experience.

A brand new 2D Sonic that is a really solid follow up to Mania.

Superstars plays exactly like how you would expect a 2D Sonic to play. All the satisfying momentum and great level design you know from Sonic 2, 3 and Mania are here. The most drastic change here is that the graphics now use 3D over 2D sprites. To some this is a downgrade, however the models and artstyle is really well done and charming, I see it as a nice alternative instead of a downgrade.

The biggest detriment here is the music is honestly nothing special. For a Sonic game, that is usually a big flaw and for me takes this an entire point down.

Other than that, Superstars doesn't do much besides coop to differentiate itself from the other titles. It's just another really well made 2D Sonic game with all original zones, as opposed to Mania where only half of it was original zones. Any fan of Sonic should try this one.

It's intriguing to play another Ohshima-directed 2D Sonic game after it's been so long since Sonic CD.

Overall I'd say this is a solid 2D Sonic platformer with some issues, though I think most of these issues would become an absolute pain with the multiplayer. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would have. The main issues I think would be both the the boss philosophy where you can only hit Eggman/miniboss at certain moments and the music overall is pretty good but I wish Jun Senoue would find a YM2612 and the correct instruments so his compositions can properly emulate the Sonic 3 Genesis sound like this.

Bosses can get a little cheap at times but my favs were some of the later bosses surprisingly. I don't really hate them, but some of the earlier midbosses have a certain tedium waiting for the moment to strike...I think the later level bosses are a little better about this. I'll be playing this off and on throughout the year though, as 2D Sonic is best on frequent playthroughs.

This is gonna be the bast sonic game ever!!!!

Single Player 7
Co-Op 8
Time attack without bosses 8

Can I play this game