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These missions take place in stages that you know from the games, like Scrap Brain Zone Act 2, and you will try to defeat five Caterkillars and reach the goal as fast as you can. Sonic Origins includes a Mission Mode that has two options: Story Mode lets you play through the games as one continuous story experience, or you can complete challenges in Mission Mode - why it’s called the same thing I’m not sure, Challenge Mode might have made more sense - that will reward you coins depending on your rank determined by how fast you complete them. It’s tricky to make progress when you don’t even have one ring! It would be nice to have a setting in the options to lower the difficulty by having it that when you get hit you don’t lose all of your rings, or at least when you start back at that point you have all the rings you had when you originally got there. It definitely helps that you have unlimited lives in Anniversary mode but I found some of the sections quite tricky and I was stuck going back to the last checkpoint every time. These games are quite hard, especially for someone who is used to having their progress automatically saved so they don’t have to do a lot of backtracking. It would have been cool if you could switch at the beginning of every stage because Sonic’s speed is very beneficial for some stages, and others would benefit by using Knuckles and his swimming ability. You are stuck playing as that character until you start another save file. It was nice having the choice of character to use in each title, though you can't switch to someone else whenever you want in a playthrough. Sonic Origins looks really nice as it was recreated from the ground up to look like the originals, not just emulated like some other game collections.

This includes letterbox backgrounds, new character animations, and harder challenge missions. That’s not the only DLC that Sonic Origins has for another £3.29, you can purchase the Premium Fun Pack. If you are looking for the remastered tracks you will have to purchase the Classic Music Pack DLC for £3.29 or $5 US. The music gallery lets you listen to some of the music from the original games - not the tracks that Michael Jackson reportedly worked on for Sonic 3 though, as they have been replaced.

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The images gallery has some neat additions, like viewing the manuals for each of the four titles and flipping through the pages. There is a museum here with artwork and music, but to view most of the items, you must collect coins while playing the games. It seems odd that Sonic Origins neglected to include some of the other classic Sonic titles like Sonic Spinball, Sonic 3D Blast, or Knuckles Chaotix - especially since this collection was released to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Sonic franchise. There is no rewinding time or save states so you will be stuck relying on checkpoints like in the original games. Still, even with this addition, this collection is very challenging, especially if you are a newbie to the series. Anniversary mode isn’t just the support for a 16:9 display it also gives the player infinite lives so you won’t be getting game overs and having to start back at the beginning. Once you play it like this, it would be hard to return to the original 4:3.Įach game in the collection can be played in either Anniversary or Classic mode.

This change is a welcome addition as it not only looks nice - no big black bars - but you can see further ahead and behind your character. All the titles have the classic 4:3 aspect ratio like they did when they were released years ago, but no CRT filter to give it that old-school look but there is also a new Anniversary mode that has a 16:9 ratio to fit better on modern screens.

This time around, players can select any of the three characters to play as for any of the titles in this collection Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic CD, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. Sonic is back, and this time with his friends Tails and Knuckles to take on four classic games that originally were released on the Sega Mega Drive - also known as the Sega Genesis - and the Mega-CD - also known as the Sega CD. Reviews // 4th Jul 2022 - 1 year ago // By Alana Dunitz Sonic Origins Review