#also Kirk Thornton still sucks. robotic ass performance fr. didn't fit so many of the lines

[sage-nebula]

Finished Shadow Generations. Honestly, I didn't like it much and if it wasn't for the fact that it came with Sonic Generations, I would regret buying it. There wasn't enough story / character content for me to feel invested at any point—you have to go out of your way to keep talking to characters after each level or else there's basically nothing—and just like in the Dark Beginnings animations, Maria was there essentially to be Shadow's emotional support, which I dislike. I feel like it was a waste to have her there, when we didn't get to see more dimensions from her. She's the same paragon she always was, and it sucks.

I also just didn't have fun controlling Shadow. For some reason, he controls so loosely that it was difficult to steer him where he needed to go. This was especially true for the manta ray surfing; Metal Overlord killed me five billion times because of how poorly that handled. (Though that in turn made it hilarious how quickly Mephiles went down lmao.) It sucks, because I loved playing as Shadow in SA2, but 🤷‍♀️ his doom gimmicks were just not fun with how out of control they were. The amount of stupid deaths I had because his flight mode clipped through barriers in the last level is insane.

Anyway, I have a feeling that if I cared more about Shadow, I might have enjoyed this as much as others. But I'm past the point in my life where I find his edgy shtick cool, and again, I don't like how Maria was his emotional support instead of the other way around.

At least Sonic Generations is here, though. I do like Sonic Generations.