Sonic Origins
Over 30 years after the launch of the original game, does Origins – compiling and remastering all the early classics – provide as many hedgehog-based thrills as modern gamers can handle?
An ultra-realistic contest between a blue hedgehog and a fox with two tails.
This is less realistic, because it has chequered flags at the start.
For many fans, Sonic’s brightest days remain back in 16-bit form, when the spiky blue speedster dashed across 2D worlds collecting those precious rings – so it’s about time Sonic The Hedgehog and its first follow-ups – 2, 3, Knuckles and CD – were brought together in a lovingly remastered collection.
The first thing that jumps out at you with Sonic Origins is just how beautifully presented it is, with brand-new animated sequences that provide the kind of narrative context that used to be just tucked into the manuals, while selecting the games isn’t through some dry menu list but via a kind of world map.