Comments on: Sonic 3Disappointment

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 03:57:53 +0000

I played this game when I got the Sega Genesis Collection on the XBox 360, and I was not a fan at all. I hated that weird camera angle. I always missed platforms that way. It was frustrating.

By: bz

bz — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:54:27 +0000

I’ve had a (sort of) similar experience.

I’ve heard about Sonic 3D as a kid. This was either pre-internet or dial-up internet times. I’ve only seen the cover somewhere and my imagination kicked off. Sonic in 3D!! How exciting!!

I couldn’t really get any Mega Drive (Genesis) games in my town, however my dad went on a business trip and, after a lot of begging, brought me back a copy of Sonic 3D. I was over the moon!

I’m looking at the back of the box. Okay, this isometric levels looks weird, maybe it’s just a camera angle, but there’s a 3D level shown there (the special stage). Oh boy this is gonna be gooooood. Oh boy oh boy oh boy.

I’m inserting the cartridge, the epic intro commences (it _was_ impressive at the time).

Game starts.

What the f**k is this.

I was really disappointed. The game turned out to be something completely different from what I’ve expected. After some time though I grew to enjoy it to a degree, so in the end it wasn’t too bad. But I’ve definitely experienced that day one of the biggest disappointments of my childhood.

By: Dean

Dean — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 03:01:57 +0000

Was reading this for the second time! I love the title of this review!!

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 23:50:32 +0000

I first played the original Sonic games on a friend’s Sega Genesis, and I eventually got those games for myself when I got the Sega Genesis Collection on the Xbox 360, and this collection included all the games you mentioned. And you’re right, Sonic 3D was horrible. And that weird camera angle made jumping onto things with any real accuracy impossible. I did somehow finish it, though I’m not sure why I bothered putting myself through such suffering. I thought Spinball was fun, but I didn’t really want to play a pinball version of Sonic, either. I don’t know if I ever reached the final boss, but he does look rather frightening.

As for whether or not I’ve bought a game I really wanted, only to find it was bad…Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, for example. I loved the first two games, but this one was a huge disappointment.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 03:54:42 +0000

I used to buy games based off of movies I enjoyed. They were always disappointing. I don’t buy those kinds of games anymore.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 03:53:42 +0000

It’s always a shame when we love a game, and the sequel disappoints. Bad games seem to have good sequels, while good games have bad sequels. If I ever check out Epic Mickey, I’ll stick to the first.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 03:52:33 +0000

I played Sonic Spinball, too. It really was difficult. I never was good at pinball. I can’t time things right, and the ball, or in this case, Sonic, basically went the same direction no matter how many times I tried to direct him somewhere else. But, if my reward for my efforts was a terrifying spider-Eggman boss, I think I’m glad I couldn’t get through the game.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 03:50:55 +0000

I was fortunate Sonic 3D came with about 40 others on this collection on the XBox 360, so I wasn’t out much in terms of money when I suffered through it. It may have shortened my lifespan a little, though. Terrible game.

By: dean mozian

dean mozian — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 03:15:01 +0000

There are a bunch of games like that for me but I haven’t gone back to play them: All of the Crysis games and Far Cry 2 and 3 (though I will be getting FC4).

By: cary

cary — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:28:09 +0000

Epic Mickey 2. Definitely Epic Mickey 2. I loved the first Epic Mickey to a fault, and it took me awhile to get round to its sequel. The second game was a sad, souless, and extremely frustrating experience.