Sonic Mania Plus Review – Dignified Adventure

"The game is fantastic (although speed sometimes gives way to the platform action) and looks exactly like a classic Sonic game." Wait. "That's how we read in Sonic Mania Review from last year, when the game came out for PC, Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. For 20 euros it was (for the most part) to download the 2D adventure. Now, almost a year later, we can enjoy a physical version for a decade! Yes, it's fun! He is nice in the closet and this edition has extras.

A New Version

Basically, you will get the same game as the year before, which means you can quickly find your way. must cross 13 levels which are subdivided into various acts . Exactly what Sonic games previously offered. For fans it is also a feast of recognition because various ancient elements, including a Green Hill scene, have been incorporated into this brand new game.

As extras belong to the physical version two additional characters (Mighty the Armadillo and Ray the Squirrel) a mode of encoding. A mode that plays with levels and always serves you something different. The most beautiful extra is not in the game, but in the physical edition. Because there is a booklet of art. This is a small booklet that has the breadth of a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One game. There are some nice pictures of Sonic the Hedgehog itself.

In itself, it's not quite special, but SEGA has clearly done its best to give something more to the physical edition. That it's worth the extra 10 euros is the question. Think more about it for people who do not want digital products, but want to show their stuff!

A Private Road

So little box or no box: where each of them, of course, is the game itself. Sonic Mania offers a combination of fast levels and platforms. In addition, the levels offer different levels of height, which means that there are more roads leading to Rome.

Anyone who thinks that Sonic games run across a level as quickly as possible is wrong. Because levels do not just have multiple levels, but there is also a lot to discover. Whoever zooms in from A to B like a Speedy Gonzales will miss a lot of fun elements.

Levels can then be added as usual, but they are not. Many known levels have been renewed, including the first ones you will encounter: the Green Hill area and the chemical plant. In addition, the levels contain bonuses, optional, but allow Sonic to move from 2D to 3D. Not necessarily something fans like like the first hour (after all, a lot of Sonic 3D games are flopped), but rest assured: now it's fun!

SEGA proves that the hedgehog is following his time as does Nintendo Mario games. For more details on familiar items, read our review Sonic Mania from last year

Master Class

The question that remains: to whom it addresses the game? For everyone? Maybe not quite. Because take into account that you will have a good bite to play the game.

Someone who has too little skill like timing or too few platform games played the game soon to the game . side. For example, only the start of the game in the Chemical Plant Zone has some parts where you have to jump right to get back under the water. Not something everyone will like. Although you feel sure master as soon as he succeeds!