Status: Available
Developer: Sonic Team
Distributor: Sega
Genre: Action
Players: 1 to 4
Only a few months after the release of Sonic Unleashed, whose overall quality is very average, Sega gives us cover in offering this time, Sonic and the Black Knight. Our blue hedgehog is thus immersed in the heart of the legends of King Arthur. Sonic Team has finally succeeded in rehabilitating a license over the years and is beginning to grow steadily?
The story begins with Merlin, a magician chased by King Arthur and his henchmen and Gawain, Lancelot and Perceval are in fact the implementation of Shadow, and Blaze Knuckles that we know well. Our magician decides to invoke a hero's.C 'is that our blue hedgehog who is projected into this world full of legends and full of chivalry. That's good, since it is part of the concept of the game made. After the unwelcome manants Merlina lady, we learn a little more.
King Arthur that once was good, just and appreciated by his people became bewitched, turning him into a Black Knight. The cause of this curse, the sheath of the legendary sword, Excalibur, which grants the wearer immortality at the price of this curse. We will have to find a solution to this problem.
To do this he will be assisted by a sword which is sacred, Caliburn, in which it recognizes your very british words spoken about his speech.
The stage is raised, and later also the environment, the atmosphere is really good. Detailed and varied, the different play areas offer beautiful forests, large green spaces, rural towns, mines and fortified cities with teeming detail of some valuable items which are usable, but we will come back a little further. The colors are too bright and everything is very smooth. From this point of view, the result is there.
Where it begins to spoil seriously, it is during your missions and the technical aspect itself. Like Sonic Unleashed, with the difference that this time, Sonic uses his sword Caliburn, we are entitled to multiple fighting unfortunately moving away from the heart of the original Sonic, the license, ie, be the Hedgehog the fastest in the world. For once, it's really missed.
During our cavalcades, there are many adversaries such as wild boar, rows or lines of knights armed with various weapons such as swords, jousting lances, bows, anything the typical arsenal at the medieval time. And then, a surprise, it is often stopped in its tracks by the scoundrel of all kinds, and as a consequence of slowing down our heroes. As you can reach the speed of Sonic which is not easy and it reduces even more fun.
In addition to the fighting, the result is hardly more encouraging. You shake the wiimote from left to right from top to bottom, or in any sense, we get the same shot. It is a bit light though, especially in view of available options. A special attack called Soul Savage you will get, if your soul gauge is full, to bring a devastating attack. To do this, simply press the B button and shake the wiimote targeting your opponents. The parade which you will be very useful is through the nunchuk's Z button. Finally, rather than their boss are not very difficult to fight with and summarize the actions in response to and generally wait for the right moment to launch a QTY and act accordingly.
The level design is much better. While the scenery take the proposed route, we are left with paths ending in two or even three minutes absolute, not to mention that regular opponents, does not have many variations. Of course you can make slides, use of carts, whose only goal, and to protect, or climb poles and use various other media, but the sensation of being free is not relevant. One has the impression of being perpetually in our journey together. Ditto for the difficulty should not ask too much difficulty. The game ended quickly, it will take about four hours, we are entitled so as to challenge or special bonus missions for a little longer lifespan of the game arises.
Several alternate types of missions: Chaos in which you must kill a certain number of enemies which will aim to collect a number of Rings to give them to some villagers, Eliminate the boss, walk towards arrival and our famous special challenges.
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