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 A game that could have been so much better. |  1.9
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by  Bulzeeb15
from , , | Oct 28, 2007 |
THE GOOD:
Decent gameplay graphics
Voice acting done well
2 player mode
Evil perspective of the game
An introduction to a great new character
THE BAD:
Worthless military involvement
crappy military enemies
Tedious emblem collection
Lack of Eggman technology
Incredibly easy
dubs are off
Too many levels that were rather dull.
SUMMARY:
Alright, now that I'm a few years older, I think I can give an honest review. This game I believe would appeal more to the younger set, but for the older set like myself, it falls pretty short. As the title says, this game had potential, but it wasn't used to it's fullest. One specific complaint I have is the militaries involvement. Because of the hero vs dark concept, the military was un-fortunately overly involved. As opposed to Shadow The Hedgehog, in which not only was the technology worthy, but not overly involved. You see G.U.N. robots everywhere, but practically little to no Eggman robots. And G.U.N. robots are quite to defeat, even the bosses.
The game had it's moments in which there were stages that were very well done, like Death Chamber. And others, like Eggmans military stage, in which you tear through the enemies like butter. The game can tend to be pretty linear in all actuality. And the bosses pose little to no threat whatsoever. The storyline consists of Eggman trying to rule the world via release of the militaries secret weapon, Shadow The Hedgehog, as well as taking control of his grandfather's space station and using it for his own gains. Meanwhile Sonic and company try to stop Dr. Eggman, while avoiding the military, as they believe him out to be a villian based on Shadows actions, considering they look similiar.
Though it sounds good on paper, and was pretty interesting for it's time, the concept really does get old, and daunting. The pizaz of the originality is lost, and replaced with something rather un-imaginative and broken.
Sometimes, we all want a change, and that's what SA2B was known for, change. It was different then your average Eggman take over the world plot. But when looked into more deeply, the traditional is indeed better, and perhaps makes one wonder if Sonic should just stay 3D.
The sprites look pretty well done in comparison to games like Sonic Heroes, although Amy's as well as Roughes were pretty badly done.
The 2 Player Mode can keep you occupied for a while, although it gets old after while considering the stages aren't very long. You get an interesting set of cast like Chaos Zero and Meta Sonic. There are plenty of modes to choose from. Although kart racing is a waste of time. Only one stage, with karts that are crappy to boot.
The voices were done pretty good. Nothing too over the top, nothing too impressive though either. Whether Shadow is better in this game or "Shadow The Hedgehog", is up for debate though. This was indeed the best time for Knuckles, as he was displayed as an intelligent and mature person, as opposed to a muscle brained idiot. As for the dubs themselves, quite off. Their mouths don't move quite well with English dub.
I have to say that despite Shadow being a re-color, they did him well. His story was an interesting one to listen to, and he's a rather dynamic character. Sega really did do a good job with this particular character.
The emblem collecting was just worthless. Sure, you had a few cool un-lockables, but it wasn't pleasant, and there was way too many of them to collect. I mean, I got all of them mind you, but I never bothered to try it again.
The last thing I'd like to mention is the games difficult level. Really, there's not much to it. If your younger it can keep you content for a while, but once you get older, you realize how dull it all is with the difficulty. Some games, despite the easy difficult can keep you well entertained, but unfortunately this game doesn't stand up to that well.
After getting to the age I am now, and playing this game again, it's a real let down. I've been a hardcore Sonic fan for years, but this is just very dis-hearting to know that a game well loved like this one turned out to be nothing special at all. If things were done differently, perhaps it could have been good.
With the graphics, the sprites, the voice actors, and a few REALLY good stage designs like Death Chamber, this had the potential of being a great Sonic game. But Sega let the concept of originality get in the way of making something truely timeless.
This is probably only good for multiplayer, or a rental. Get Sonic Heroes if your looking for something somewhat challenging. And Sonic Adventure for a TRUE adventure. But this, this is just disappointing. |
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| An Adventure You'll Never Forget! |  4.6
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by  Catboy14
from , , Western U.S. | Sep 9, 2007 |
THE GOOD:
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle is an all around great game with an excellent story and plenty of side quests. In this fun filled action adventurer, you play as six different characters in two different stories, and decide whether you will save the world, or conquer it. On the hero side of the story, you will start out as Sonic the Hedgehog, who has just escaped from a military helicopter and must find his way through a busy city while following a preset path. He has a lot of the same abilities he had in DX, like jumping, homing, and spinning. But he also has brought a few new moves to the table, such as bouncing and grinding on rails. You will also play as Sonic's best friend Tails the Fox. He rides his robot walker, and he has to shoot and lock on to many enemies as he runs, jumps and hovers through his courses. And you will also get to play as the last member of the hero team, Knuckles the Echidna. His courses are open and have lots of places to explore, and you will have to climb, dig and glide through them in your search for shards of the Master Emerald.
The dark team follows a similar story. Dr. Robotnik AKA Eggman breaks into a top secret military base, riding in a robot walker similar to the one that Tails has. He awakens an experimental creature called Shadow the Hedgehog, who has a similar look, move set, and course layout of Sonic. Eggman also notices the keen jewel sensing abilities of Rouge the Bat, and convinces her to join him. Game play wise, she is the equivalent of Knuckles in the hero story, except she is usually hunting for the chaos emeralds, which Eggman needs for his ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Both of these stories intertwine, and you will directly battle members of the opposite team.
As for sidequests, there is a place called a Chao Garden, where you can raise and care for small and adorable creatures called Chao. You can change their appearance and make them stronger when you give them small animals or Chaos Drives that you can collect in the main game. And when your chaos are strong enough, you can enter them in various races and even Karate competitions! You can also breed hundreds of different kinds of chao of all different colors, shapes, and sizes! Take your chao to school so they can learn fun dances and how to play instruments. You can also decorate your chao with several objects to put over their heads, like masks, apples, and cardboard boxes!
There is a mission select where you can play your favorite courses from the main game, and even do different things in them. There is also a great two player mode that will let you do any course from the main game with lots of different characters, even ones that aren't in the game! There are also bonus levels that were made specifically for two player mode, a racing game, and a mode that lets two people battle their own chaos against each other!THE BAD:
I cannot think of very many bad things to say about this game, but some of the levels are kind of hard, and the same with the bosses, and it is extremely hard to beat the game 100%, but when you do, there is a very special surprise waiting for you! SUMMARY:
Overall, this is a great game with lots of things to do, lots of unlockables, lots of side quests, fair graphics, nice music, and a good storyline. There are lots of different parts to this game, and has quite a few puzzles, but but at the same time features plenty of action. Even if you are not a Sonic fan, you will probably enjoy this game very much. |
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| Sonic Adventure 2 : Battle |  4.5
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by  Jaw Knee
from Suck a dick, , faggot. | Apr 17, 2006 |
THE GOOD:
This game is awesome. The best one in the series. The game's new mature adventure takes gamers to the world of Sonic with two stories, rather than the previous six.  You are able to play as six characters, Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, Rouge, Tales and Eggman. Sega attacked this perfectly. All the character's missions have a huge impact on the two stories.
Another quality in this game is the story. Its more violent and mature than other Sonic Games such as Sonic Adventure or Sonic Heroes. The story is a dark adventure that tells the tradgic fairy tale of Sonic and Shadow. Sonic, being framed for destruction he was caused and Shadow. A lone clone desperate for answers to his shrouded past. The other characters in the game also have background stories themselves, but it all ends up on Sonic and Shadow.
The graphics were excellent for the year of 2002. They were updated from the DreamCast version and spilled on to the Nintendo Gamecube with excellent quality. The mouths actually move when the characters talk! The lighting effects and camera are both excellent as this game shreds its way to near perfection.
Minigames are always fun as well. The main mini game is about raising your baby chao. (Pronounced ch-OW)Chaos are little, multi-colored creatures that have the ability to grow wings, horns, fur and even claws, depending on what animal you let it play with. They also eat fruit and play with colored objects similar to crayons.
Other qualities in Sonic Adventure 2 is the excellent two player games.
The races in two player mode consist of raceing and grinding down a long maze of rails on several levels. The two player modes also feature characters that have absolutely NO role in Sonic Adventure 2 such as Hyper Metal Sonic and Chaos from Sonic Adventure.
THE BAD:
The controls aren't exactly bad but they could be a bit better. A few levels make it confusing to which buttons to use to get you through the level.
As the story progresses, you will be hailed with difficulty. Especially on the third adventure, if you are not a genius as solving extremely hard puzzles, then I suggest you take time to think about this game. I was not even able to complete the third adventure due to its difficulty.
SUMMARY:
Not much is bad with this nearly flawless game. The best Sonic adventure to date in my opinion. Plus the soundtrack is awesome. Out of all the Sonic games released by Sega, I enjoyed this one the most. I hope you can enjoy this as much as I did. |
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| Sonic Adventure 2: Battle |  4.2
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by  King ing
from Southampton, , England | Mar 12, 2006 |
THE GOOD:
*3 stories to choose from
*Fun mini-games, such as kart racing
*Chao raising mode
*8 playable characters, like Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Dr. Eggman, Rouge, Super Sonic and Hyper Shadow
*Great tunes
*Great storyline
*31 awesome levels
*Great 2P modeTHE BAD:
*Not so good graphics
*Mouth movements suck
*Game is too short
*Bosses are way too easy
SUMMARY:
SA2B is a fun, mind-jogging game with 31 grippling fast stages with 3 stories! You can choose to join the Hero team and help Sonic, Tails and Knuckles stop the Dark side, or vice versa. What awaits on the third story? You can unlock special mini-games to play, like the fun Kart race game. Also, there is a Chao raising garden which acts like a built in Virtual Pet game, as you need to take your Chao to school, give it food, animals and Chaos Drives to help it grow up big and strong. With the 8 characters to play as, SA2B is suited for every Sonic fan. The tunes will make a bad day a great one, and you dont have to select the stage to hear the tune, you can just go to sound test!!!!! The storyline is wicked, as Eggman is planning to use all 7 Chaos Emeralds to power up the Eclipse Cannon on the Space Colony ARK to eliminate all those on Earth to build the Eggman Empire. Will it all go according to plan? The level goals are great, as with Sonic and Shadow you have to complete the 3D action course at thier super speed, with loopy loops and strong turns. With Tails and Eggman you need to complete the course in thier gun robots using a shoot ability to kill the enemies whilst protecting your health limit. And lastly, Knuckles and Rouge have to find 3 forms of a certain object. What is more, you can compete with a mate in the 2P mode, including foot race, treasure hunt, and much more.
On the other hand, the grpahics in this game isn't veru good, like all Sonic games. The game is way too short and the mouth movements are not much improved from Sonic DX for cube (a.k.a: Sonic Adventure for dreamcast), in that one they were out of control pits stuck to animals faces, and in this one the characters have been in the antartic for too long, as their mouths hardly budge. Lastly, the bosses are SO PIMPZ! They do not produce much of a challenge, you can defeat some later ones in less than a minute!
I would strongly suggest that if you're a Sonic fan who could'nt care less about graphics or a games life span, get this. If vice versa, stuff it.
FINAL SCORES
Neoscore------------4.2
% Score-------------83%
/10 Score-----------------8/10
Grade---------------B |
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| Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Review | 4.5
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by Tails_Tails_Tails
from , , | Aug 14, 2005 |
THE GOOD:
The hardness level is pretty good. Not easy enough to beat in a day, but beatable. The story is very interesting. Every stage I clear, I learn something new about sonic and the gang! The chao garden is also to kill for. The game boy advance linkup makes it even cooler! 2 player battle is also fun with the extra characters!THE BAD:
Unlike Sonic Advance, you can't walk around and explore the cities. Also unlike the sequal, Sonic Heroes, you can't play with 3 characters at once. Also, in the instruction booklet, they don't include the ages. I was so overwelmed when I learned how young Tails was! SUMMARY:
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle is a high speed action game, a shooting game, and a treasure hunting game in one! There is also many bosses for this game to be not so short-not so long for this game to be better than the older game, Sonic Adventure; which you can beat in a couple days.
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle also includes Kart Racing when you beat one of the two routes on the dark or hero side. (Dark: route 280 Rouge, Hero: Route 101 Tails) When you beat both, you can play Kart Racing in 2 player mode!
In 2 player mode you can at first play high speed action with Sonic, Amy, Metal sonic, and Shadow.
You can also play the shooting games with Tails, Normal Chao with the Chao walker, Dr. Eggman, and a Dark Chao with the Dark Chao Walker.
And lastly, you can play the treasure hunting game with Knuckles, Tikal, Rouge, and Chaos 0 (zero)
The Chao Garden also rules. There is so much to say about it, so I'll let you find out for yourself.
This is all the Review time I have so I hope you like it! |
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| Shadow is here |  3.6
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by kratosroxmysocks
from , , | Jul 15, 2005 |
THE GOOD:
-graphics
-storyline
-characters
-levels
-chaos
-pick between good or evil stories.
-good replay value
-just Shadow  THE BAD:
-short for me
-bosses too easy SUMMARY:
Story:The story is complex, but you can understand it. The main mystery is Shadow's past, which there is little known.
Audio:When you break something, I expect a a explosion loud thing, but the sound when you break a machine is stale. Though the soundtrack is great
character design:If you seen Sonic, Tails, Dr. Eggman, and Knuckles, then you know what they look like, but Rouge and Shadw are diffrent.They look good in the game. Though they can be in better quality.
Environments:The environments are big but not massive. In emerald search they are not that big. But, the levels with the other characters are claustrophobic, they are kind of like the width of a road, but stretch long.
Graphics:The graphics aren't the best, they could be better. The background is really stale.
Story:5\5
Audio:3\5
Character Design:4\5
Environments:4/5
Graphics:3\5
Overall:3.6\5 |
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| SEGA has one more best-seller to feed the masses | 4.5
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by  Rune Zafara
from D-E-N-V-E-R, CO, | Jun 22, 2005 |
THE GOOD:
~GREAT soundtrack - I find myself humming the tunes to the stages all the time. Some songs are very mounumental, theres a ton that I lessen to on the sound test.
~EXTREMLY replayable - This isnt one of those games were you beat the last stage, the end. You put it away. Its a game were you can (and enjoy to) watch scenes from the story , fully replay intire stories from any point, and take care of little adorable pets called chao. Theres ALWAYS another goal to complete, and you can acess a very large amount of diffrent mission for a single level. I still play it, and I've owned it sence it came out.
~Great characters! -Once you get into the game, you get into the characters. I offten found/find myself laughing along with the characters, feeling happy for them, feeling pride, and almost every emotion for each one. Every person has a distinct personallity, that you will very soon fall in love with.
~Wide varity of stages
~Very detailed and sperate personalities for all 6 fun to play characters.
~Many unlockable features
~AWESOME 2 player features
~Sonic advance conectivity (Although it is only for the chao, your painfully addicting pets)
~The most effective Saving system... ever
~You dont have to be a die-hard Sonic fan to enjoy! I never even touched a Sonic game before, and I fell in love with this game. THE BAD:
~Because the voice acting was origionaly Japanese, the voices sometimes dont match quite right with the mouth movements.
~Some freaky movements. In the cutsceens,(most noticeably the last story)sometimes the characters move their hands in a weird, puppet fashion... SUMMARY:
StoryThere are two very distinctive storys that clverly intertwine with each other. You can begin by chooseing either the the 'Hero' side, wich consists of the classic trio Sonic Tails and Knuckles. The second story is the Dark story, were you play as Eggman(thats a first!), and two brand-new chracters, Shadow and Rouge.
Hero:It was just an ordinary day, intill Sonic is captured by a mysterious military force, code-named G.U.N. After Escaping the confines of a high-security helicopter, Sonic leaps down into te city streets in an effor to flee from his captors. Suddenly, a myserious black hedgehog appears in front of him, holding a Chaos Emerald in his hands. Meanwile, across the globe, unwxplained incidents occur following a death threat to the world by Eggman himself. Once aware of the connection between Shadow, the black hedgehog, and Eggman, Sonic begins his quest to stop their evil plan, helped by his old friends Tails and Knuckles.
Dark: While searching for a top secret weapon known only as "Shadow", the evil genuis Dr. Eggman penetrates the security of a high-level military base. Deep inside the compound, Dr. Eggman discovers that the weapon is acually a black hedgehog claiming to be 'the ultimate life form', a creature known as Shadow. He invites Eggman to the Space Colony ARk, and reveals the Eclipse Cannon- an enormous weapon capable of destroying an intire world. Eggman decides to join Shadow in his quest to conquer the world. Just as they begin to start their plan for destruction, the vilains are startled by a menacing bat named Rouge who offers her help as well. Thus, the plot to take over the world begins...
Gameplay Sonic and Shadow, Tails and Eggman, and Knuckles and Rouge have the same gameplay. Sonic and Shadow is a high-speed platformer, were you play the classic Sonic-style platformer. Run through the stage in very a adrenaline boosting atmosphere, and reach the goal. Tails and Eggman are in these clunky robot things, were they basicly walk through the level shooting things with homing missles. Have no fear, theres still the classic springs and pulleys, and is still pretty fun. Knuckles and Rouge have a very diffrent style of game play, were they climb massive walls and glide around, searching for the three pieces of the shatterd Master Emerald. These are fun stages were you can play around, and they are gigantic and very detailed.
Overall, its one of the most addictive platformers. You catch on quickly, and can play levels hundreds of times and not get bored of them. The characters run smoothly and quickly, and can stop on a dime. One bad point though is that the camera is desgined to follow behind you, so when you go backwards, the camera tries to fight you, and can get stuck. When playing through the first time, it isnt too hard to complete the levels. But if you try to get a high rank (whenever you complete a stage, you are graded on how good your overall score is. This is based off your score when finnished, and points are added for time and number of rings.) it takes some practice and skill, making the game easy or hard, however you want it to be.
If you are considering buying Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, buy it! Its a relativly older GC game, so the price has droped from the origional 45$. Although slightly hard to find because of its age, this game is truly a sega gem.
The two plots, Good and evil, intertwine with each other, and eventually unlock a very surprising and addictive third plot twist! Basicly you zoom, shoot, or search your way through over 160 missions, all of wich are very fun! A level consits of 5 missions, each of wich you are free to play after you complete the first mission of it in the story mode.
The story modes also are very streamlined and fun to play. With many things to do inbetween levels, the game wont get old for a very long time. After you complete a level you get a very strong sense of satisfaction and pride after completeing a stage, and a very, very strong sense of honor after completeing a story. The plot will leave you gasping and the charecters will leave you on the edge of your seat. A very, very fine game.
Worth the Money?
If you are a sonic fan and don't own this game: If you are familiar with Sonic and Co. at all, you will absouletely enjoy this game. Buy it. Its also a great rental, but this game will last a LOT longer than a week.
New to Sonic? No problem. This game is VERY easy to pick up, and you dont have to worry about missing out on something important in the plot. New-comers can catch on very quickly, and love it just as easily as well.
This game is great because of how much you can do, even after you think you beat it. For a casual gamer who likes to play for a wile, beat it and leave, or for a seriouis gamer who unlocks everything, has the best of everything and gets the highest score, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle supports a wide range of video game lovers.
You can play this game for a very long time, or a very short time, any time, anywere. You can pick it up after you've finnished the story, and quickly jump to your favorite stage using the very clever Stage Select screen. You can spend hours trying to get all A ranks, or just 4 minutes running through a stage one more time. 
I highly recomend it. A long-lasting cult classic that will always leave you satisfied when you eventually turn your gamecube off. Dont worry, theres no shame in buying this one! Get some change form under the sofa, and next time you visit a game store, look for Sonic adventure 2: Battle! |
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| Just like Sonic X, it's stupid. |  2.9
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by  Kiker
from , , Australia | Apr 22, 2005 |
THE GOOD:
Shadow is in this one.
They actually have fighting, not just jump to a certain spot of the enemy and they're dead.THE BAD:
Knuckles and Rougue mode is quite annoying.
Tails and Dr Eggman mode controls are terrible.
The graphics are, umm, ack. SUMMARY:
Lastability: 5/10.
Only for the die-hards. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle is either too easy or boring.
Sound: 4/10.
Too repetitive and all bad. How awful can Sonic's sound get when the military chases him?
Music: 6/10.
Some of it isn't cool or maybe all of it sucks, mostly because it's too much the same for each mode.
Gameplay: 5/10.
All you are seeing is a straight forward level with bosses for Sonic and Shadow, more straight forward and has gay bullets for Tails and Eggman and gay treasure hunting for Rougue and Knuckles.
Overall: 2.9/5.0.
You might as well go and stay away from this stupid game. Sonic Heroes is better than this so go buy Sonic Heroes.
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| Sonic Adventure 2: Battle |  4.8
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by  Super Vegeta
| Apr 21, 2005 |
THE GOOD:
Looking after Choa's is so much fun, there so cute. ^^'
Six different playable characters.
Two story modes, Good and Evil.THE BAD:
The games a little easy if your not going for high rankings. SUMMARY:
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle is one of my favourites from the long line of Sonic series. There are six playable characters, all with unique specials and formats of missions. The game is built up of many missions which are pretty easy to do the first time round if your not aiming for A rankings. There is also a bonus Chao mini-game you can do which includes raising the cute little things and racing them. The graphics for this game are really good considering it was converted from a Dreamcast game. The Sound effects are spot on and the music is really good, especially for the first level. The level designs are really quite unique to each other and same with the character designs.
Overall this is one of my favourite Sonic games ever and it's well worth playing through. |
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| Sonic Adventure DX and Sonic Heroes a both better than this game. |  3.8
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by  Kokoro
from , MI, | Apr 13, 2005 |
THE GOOD:
It's Sonic
Some of the levels are fun.
Good graphics
Robotnik/Eggman is finally playableTHE BAD:
The Chao system is overated infact the whole game is overated.
Tails is using a machine so he can't fly in this game SUMMARY:
Difficulty: Hard
Wow this game is a little overated if you ask me. I think the underated Sonic Heroes is better than this game. For those of you who despise Sonic Heroes and loves this game don't send your hate letter to me because this is just my opinion. I really liked the first level (I think) where Sonic/Shadow is running down the road. But watch out for the cars. Now that was a fun level.
If you like every other Sonic game then I suggest picking this one up. If you hate 3D Sonic games then don't get this. If you never played a 3D Sonic game then I suggest a rental first.
I rate this game a 3.8/5 |
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