Neo Sonic Universe

This game is okay except for a few things:

There are many glitches like getting stuck on walls and not being able to move. Another is that this game is fairly hard with Sonic, Shadow and Amy. Tails is as easy as pie! All you do is fly up, hit a few switches and fight the boss. With Sonic, Amy, and Shadow there is more strategy involved, you have to be smart too.

Knuckles is a perfect difficulty because you cant really fly but you can glide and climb, making this game a little bit easier with Knuckles, but you can not just fly through as you could with Tails.

If you are able to deal with a few glitches this is a good game to download.

This is a game of two halves and it's ironic that the most enjoyable game in this package is the one that is most unlike a Sonic game. Battle mode is well made and should keep you amused for a good while; fair praise to the creator for trying something different. Your opponent reacts intelligently and any bout can be saved by quick thinking and fast reflexes; exactly what a fighting game should be. In its own way, this makes a very competent alternative to Sega's very own Sonic Battle.

It's a shame then, that the platform game, the star of the show, doesn't come up to the same standards. The characters have only the most basic sprites and animations and as with too many fan games there is a workman-like feel to the proceedings; you follow the path that is set with no chance to experiment and explore. There's something nice about the simplicity of it all but the overall quality just doesn't come close to the battle mode.

Play this for the battle mode but not the platforming and you won't be disappointed. Treat the main game as an extra and you should find this very satisfying.

'This game is awesome' is what I would have said if the game didn't have this MANY problems:

1. I know Sonic is fast but he is too fast for me to control.

2. Why the heck did you put in a pit of spikes! There should have been a way to get out!

3. The boss in Coconut Paradice is too hard - I only got to this part so far because he doesn't have a pattern of attack. It is a random menace and he automatically kills me even when i have rings!

4. The enemies are too high up to reach some points and there is no way AT ALL to pass them.

5. Sonic jumps too low - I can't reach the higher enemies.

6. I am impatient sometimes and when games don't skip places. I am ok with the intro movie but I can't stand the parts before!

7. I need to have a control bar to change the keys and figure out how to do things!

Otherwise the game is great but needs just a bit more effort.

The battle mode is ok.

Neo Sonic Universe is a brilliant clone of Sonic the Hedgehog. I challenge you to tell me the original is better. This is really good!

Neo Sonic Universe features two playing modes. Normal mode, where you play through the different levels, defeat bosses and so on. You can play as Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Shadow or Amy.

Battle Mode enables you to fight against other characters, in other words it's a 2D fighting game.

This game doesn't disappoint, boasting graphics so true to the original you won't know what's going on anymore!

Very nice!