Sonic Origins

If parts of this collection seem interesting, it's definitely worth picking up and giving a go. This review comes from someone who's played the original games through and through before Sonic Origins. Whether someone's a newcomer or experienced player, the collection isn't all too bad as some make it out to be. Sonic Origins gets negatively misjudged for its pricing, and how different the games themselves are compared to how the originals played. Even though, Sonic Origins improves on the gameplay flow of these games for newcomers to either the Sonic franchise, the classics alone, or experienced players whom, like myself, enjoy a lot of the changes made for a refined gameplay experience. The package itself isn't in its most perfect state, but the issues are ones that newcomers can gloss over without necessary complaints. From my own experience however, this collection doesn't do too much that's making the classics appear, sound, nor play too differently than the ways they always been, besides the few things that may trigger long-time players of the classics. Even so, a big, new version of Sonic Origins Ultrafix (a mod that fixes gameplay and visual bugs, as well as audio-related issues) released on the 23rd of this year, and those who own the PC version of this collection should be able to set it up with ease, or modify their game to what suits them most. Despite my my second thoughts on whether to buy and play this collection, since I already have multiple ways to play from the first Sonic game to 3&K, I don't have any regrets. Nor, any problems for all this collection has to offer. One of the best things is that saved progress can be synced through Steam Cloud on your Steam account, so you can bet on playing these games from time to time, still with game progression in tact. That especially, is something that also makes completing these games far easier for anybody, rather than either playing on the original hardware with its own save limitations, or using a method of save states by third-party means. I still see myself playing the original games, even after my experience with Sonic Origins, because they're still valid ways to play these games on their own, even if somewhat more cumbersome for newcomers to visit. Playing the classics the ways they were intended to be played at the time they came out doesn't necessarily mean to completely invalidate the positives that Sonic Origins achieves. If parts of this collection are bothersome, it's fine to play the way that's most preferred.