Sonic Adventure 2

 Dreamcast
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Jun 19, 2001
User Score
8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 593 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 484 out of 593
  2. Mixed: 61 out of 593
  3. Negative: 48 out of 593
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  1. MrWill
    Jun 27, 2016
    4
    People will have fond memories of this game, going back to replay the Sonic and Shadow levels as well as the chao garden, forgetting that this gameplay takes up literally a third of the game. The rest will have people divided. Playing as Sonic and Shadow can be exhilarating but the controls are unfortunately quite stilted with Sonic and Shadow slowing down drastically when the direction isPeople will have fond memories of this game, going back to replay the Sonic and Shadow levels as well as the chao garden, forgetting that this gameplay takes up literally a third of the game. The rest will have people divided. Playing as Sonic and Shadow can be exhilarating but the controls are unfortunately quite stilted with Sonic and Shadow slowing down drastically when the direction is altered. No inclusion of hubworlds and ore linear level design than it's predecessor makes Sonic Adventure 2's gameplay less immersive as it's predecessor. People will be divided on the Tails/Eggman shoot-em'-up stages which I found okay but the real killer was the Knuckles and Rouge treasure hunting stages. They take so long and take so much of the game and the radar just flat out doesn't work.

    Say what you want about Sonic 06, at least I didn't have to hunt for treasure with nothing but 3 flashing lights.    … Expand
  2. SoundSword
    Dec 11, 2014
    3
    Listen. None of the people who have told me that this game is good has played it in recent. I was excited to play my old Dreamcast and let the memories flood back to me. I played Sonic Adventure and found that while it is nowhere near as amazing as i remembered in childhood, it still was enjoyable. The second game is NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD as everyone believes. In fact most of these reviewsListen. None of the people who have told me that this game is good has played it in recent. I was excited to play my old Dreamcast and let the memories flood back to me. I played Sonic Adventure and found that while it is nowhere near as amazing as i remembered in childhood, it still was enjoyable. The second game is NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD as everyone believes. In fact most of these reviews are purely based on nostalgia and not actually playing the game. The first fault i can point to in these upsetting times where reality has ruined a nostalgia praised game is the false advertisement in the game. THIS IN NO WAY REPRESENT ADVENTURE. There is no roaming of an overworld, no interacting with people, no searching for the next level. It is a series of levels with a loose (and pretty cliche, yet bafflingly stupid) plot.
    The best part of Sonic Adventure 1 is that you were able to CHOOSE who you wanted to play as. Never did i want to be forced to play as Knuckles when I wanted to play as Sonic. In this game you are forced to play Knuckles treasure hunting levels more than Sonics running levels. Now i enjoy searching levels when i am in the mood to play them. But when you have no say in the matter, it gets borderline frustrating. Nothing kills the mood set after Sonic blases through a fast paced (yet somewhat glitchy) speed level than playing a slow search for damn-near-impossible to find shards or keys.
    What's even worse is Tails/Eggman's levels being retooled to be robot mech shooters that are so slow and poorly made that it ruins the game. Tail's levels in the original Adventure were high-flying alternations of Sonic's levels. Now you're grounded and forced to fight with a barely responsive laser that hardly kills enemies without taking damage yourself. You come to a Sonic game for momentum that isnt bashed across your head without a clue how to navigate.
    The next problem the game has is poor voice acting and editing. When a cutscene plays CHARACTERS TALK AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. It makes for astonishment. Really. Not to mention that Rouge and Shadow are terrible additions to the cast. Shadow is just an emo stereotypical dark Sonic. And Rouge is just annoying. The plot is also a minus as instead of disturbing a Chao protecting water god, Eggman, Rouge and Shadow control what is essentially the Death Star with Robotnik's face on it.
    Now the controls trick you. At first they seem very responsive. Jumps and homing attacks land. However soon enough they flop. Homing attacks cause cheap deaths, don't land whatsoever and cause you to lose rings or stray you from the course. The camera is also against you altogether. Its faces away from the goal pans when it should be straight and is completely nonadjustable. Also swimming in the game is close to impossible. Breathing mechanics are awful as they are but they have the gall to make 2D airbubbles that you wont ever hit in time to breathe.
    To make matters worse, the whole vision of Sonic is further strayed away from course. Sonic originally was a forest hedgehog saving his small woodland friends from enslavement at the hands of Dr. Ivo Robotnik (remember when he was called that and not stupid Eggman? A joke Sonic called him in Adventure 1 that wasnt supposed to be serious?) and protect his world? And each act was showing how closer and closer Sonic was getting to Robotnik's evil robotlike cities and world's? That damn near gone. Now its just random worlds that these characters visit and these character's are now jarringly existing in the "real" world entirely (for those who want to correct me and say that's how it was i Adventure 1, that's not entirely the case as the characters live in the Mystic ruins and visit the metropolis when it called for it). It makes no sense for a bunch of anthropomorphic cartoon animals to live in the real world. Games like Sonic Colors, Generations and Lost World, a game that really isnt as bad as people seem to say it is, fixed this. Overall this is where Sonic the Hedgehog started to decline in quality.
    Overall, this game does not hold up AT ALL when replayed again. The controls are unresponsive, the characters introduced are awful, the voice acting phoned in, the story downright stupid and the new game mechanics just destroy any fun momentum or variety in the story mode. The only few improvements are the multiplayer and Chao garden and even those arent as good as they could be considering the Gamecube versio has better modes in both of those categories with more characters and better things for the Chao to do. But the story mode in the Gamecube version is even worse than this. Nostalgia loses again for this one. As for me, i will go play the original Sonic Adventure that got it right.    … Expand
  3. revrevolution
    Jul 23, 2013
    2
    I don't understand why 'fans' rant and rave over this game. The game is glitchy as hell, camera angles are horrible, and the story is far worse than even that of the first game. The English dubbing is so awful, I can't believe they'd even bother putting it in the game. As a huge fan of the first Sonic Adventure game, this one absolutely fails to hit the mark in every way.
  4. Fabio
    Nov 29, 2004
    0
    Every mission is much of the same...bad camera...repetitive repetitive repetitive.
  5. Skyketsu
    Sep 13, 2014
    4
    Sonic Adventure 2 is clearly a step forward from the original and the game play has seen a decent improvement overall, however the game falls short of being enjoyable due to poor level design featuring the ever so annoying railing system and painful character controls. The Sonic and Shadow stages are enjoyable and even they see decline in quality as the game continues, not to mention thatSonic Adventure 2 is clearly a step forward from the original and the game play has seen a decent improvement overall, however the game falls short of being enjoyable due to poor level design featuring the ever so annoying railing system and painful character controls. The Sonic and Shadow stages are enjoyable and even they see decline in quality as the game continues, not to mention that these stages are few and are accompanied by the dreary and repetitive Mech stages and Emerald hunting stages.

    The story is incredibly basic which is to be expected, and the character of shadow feels like one big desperate attempt to make a 'cool' character rather than an interesting one. This game is often carried highly by nostalgia and I once rated it as my favourite game, however in age I have realized that Sonic Adventure 2 is more painful than fun. Play city escape like three times and you reach the pinnacle of what this game can do to amuse you.    … Expand
  6. SonicReturns
    Nov 17, 2010
    0
    It's really nothing to be excited about completeley overrated by the fanboys and just entirely lack luster. Speed stages are just hold forward and homing attck to win with terrible controll and overall blandlevel design. Mech shooting & tresure hunting (yes there's that in a Sonic game) is completely boring, broken and has bad controlls, bad camera, tons of glitches, this is nothing likeIt's really nothing to be excited about completeley overrated by the fanboys and just entirely lack luster. Speed stages are just hold forward and homing attck to win with terrible controll and overall blandlevel design. Mech shooting & tresure hunting (yes there's that in a Sonic game) is completely boring, broken and has bad controlls, bad camera, tons of glitches, this is nothing like the genesis title and is an overall unpolished game. This whole game is a chore and a terrible experience. Avoid like the plauge… Expand
  7. JugonDream
    Oct 28, 2003
    2
    El juego es malo, peor que pegarle a un padre en navidad. Lo mejor es usar el cd del juego como posa-vasos y jugar a parchis con tu chorba. Ahhh breo rules.
  8. BobRichardsin
    Oct 7, 2012
    0
    In 2001 Sega while being bored out of their minds made this awful trainwreck of a game. Sega was too lazy to fix the cutscenes so the characters lips don't match the dialogue. The controlls are really bad they're so stiff and clunky. There's three gameplay modes. Action, Shooting, and Treasure hunting nothing fun. This game is a waste of your time don't by it. Buy GTA, Spyro, Crash, Mario
  9. JohnV.
    Apr 12, 2007
    0
    Sonic/Shadow: Hold up and jump occasionally. . .or grind and do nothing. Uninspired level design exasperates things. Tails/Robotnik: do the same with spotty jumping and gliding controls. Worry about time limit and chaining enemies with crappy A.I. Knuckles/ Rouge: Get lost in large levels with timed switches that demand percision. Wouldn't be so bad if not for horrible music and Sonic/Shadow: Hold up and jump occasionally. . .or grind and do nothing. Uninspired level design exasperates things. Tails/Robotnik: do the same with spotty jumping and gliding controls. Worry about time limit and chaining enemies with crappy A.I. Knuckles/ Rouge: Get lost in large levels with timed switches that demand percision. Wouldn't be so bad if not for horrible music and boring levels. It defines the word tedious. The only good thing would be the Boss fights. But they're too little too late. Worst. . .Game. . .IN FRANCHISE.… Expand
  10. Blyze
    Sep 29, 2018
    0
    Worst sonic game.. They say Heroes is cringe but they forgot about this game.
  11. Gamerbro
    Apr 15, 2019
    3
    Where do I even start? This game is a jumbled mess of gameplay, going from fast and exciting levels (which end up flinging you off of the stage due to bad camera issues) to boring easter egg hunts with a broken radar. Don't even get me STARTED on the Eggman / Tails stages, which are just crappy platformers that are mediocre at best. Most of the Sonic and Shadow stages are fun, but thereWhere do I even start? This game is a jumbled mess of gameplay, going from fast and exciting levels (which end up flinging you off of the stage due to bad camera issues) to boring easter egg hunts with a broken radar. Don't even get me STARTED on the Eggman / Tails stages, which are just crappy platformers that are mediocre at best. Most of the Sonic and Shadow stages are fun, but there are so few that it feels pointless to even mention. The best thing I can say about this game is that it's not Sonic Forces… Expand
  12. Silver1995
    Dec 7, 2019
    4
    The most overrated game in the series. So overrated that those who are neutral or negative about the game will be offended and humiliated by many. Although the gray mass believes only the majority, only a few dare to say that the game is not good.
    Why am I negative about this game? The main reasons: a terrible camera, poor management, a bad story with a huge number of holes and    The most overrated game in the series. So overrated that those who are neutral or negative about the game will be offended and humiliated by many. Although the gray mass believes only the majority, only a few dare to say that the game is not good.
    Why am I negative about this game? The main reasons: a terrible camera, poor management, a bad story with a huge number of holes and shortcomings, especially some of the things made me pissed. Boring, except for the last in each campaign, bosses. There is no open world, which upset me greatly. And hell, you can’t just get into the Chao Garden.
    Although the advantages of this game are, for example, good graphics, some songs, high-speed gameplay for Sonic and Shadow. Some levels, it’s a pity that all levels are set against a player with a terrible Homing Attack, although I have seen worse.
    What is the outcome? This game is very much overrated, it has a lot of minuses, or rather, a lot. And for me, this game is terrible in almost all categories.
    My rating: 4.4 out of 10.
    (If there are errors, then I'm sorry, I used a translator)    … Expand
  13. spun4ik
    Oct 3, 2022
    2
    Единственный плюс данной игры это игра за Соника и Шедоу. ВСЁ
  14. Isaacb10
    May 20, 2022
    0
    Cause itz so baaaaaad hdhodyodgkxyodssufdy9f0uf9yeohxzigcoucksfldohfpigpufkhfkyf
  15. SonicUndergroun
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    this game is a hot steaming pile of spider cum, this game is **** it sucks doggy **** i rather **** a cactus than play this **** hitler game
  16. Saleemabdelhai3
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Boring gameplay, confusing story, and awful controls, and mediocre graphics.
  17. Zachary922i23i2
    Apr 21, 2021
    0
    Sonic adventure 2 is a great game to play but the only thing that needs to be fixed was the treasure hunting stages especially the radar system.Also why is tails in a mech and also his game-play was not fun, Eggman's gameplay was better.
  18. AthanNick
    Jul 26, 2021
    3
    One of the worst sonic games ever. It's really bad. With sonic or shadow you just autorun or just run with a few platformers here and there comparing to the original adventure game or just run with big open space with no platformers. Tails and eggman are just spamming and knuckles and rouges boring hunting **** The bosses are easy and garbage. Generally the level design is awful in myOne of the worst sonic games ever. It's really bad. With sonic or shadow you just autorun or just run with a few platformers here and there comparing to the original adventure game or just run with big open space with no platformers. Tails and eggman are just spamming and knuckles and rouges boring hunting **** The bosses are easy and garbage. Generally the level design is awful in my opinion. The only fun thing for me were the rails on the sonic and shadow levels nothing else. The story has many plot holes even though it's kinda descent. For a 2001 game might was a good game but it's really **** bad. I never had fun with it. It's just slippery, boring,buggy overall trash and WHY THE **** THE HUB WORLDS ARE GONE. they were lazy and they made the second game actually a lot worse damnnn on every aspect. Sonic adventure 7,5/10 sonic adventure 2 3/10. They destroyed the sequel in my opinion. 2,5 for the story and 0,5 for gameplay just hell nah. I heard a lot of people say that sonic adventure 2 has the best story. For me it s really descent and has a lot of plot holes and has things that does not even make Sense. I mean COME ON sonic and the secret rings has 100x better story. Btw I'm a sonic fan and . I don't hate the game becuase I hate Sonic. Sonic is my childhood… Expand
  19. garfieldfan26
    Feb 2, 2023
    0
    it doesnt havegarflid⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  20. GMB2
    Apr 12, 2023
    3
    3/10 not enough water, made edgy the hedgy, still made sonic forces a thing and it gave me aids
  21. MissUmbra
    May 27, 2023
    0
    I have been a Sonic the Hedgehog fan since I was 4 years old, being born at the tail end of the 90’s and I have played my fair share of Sonic games good and bad. I am not lying when I say that Sonic Adventure 2 is a good game. Not perfect, but still enjoyable. Pretty much everything it has to offer is very solid. (Not counting the music, but the music in any Sonic game is amazing 99% ofI have been a Sonic the Hedgehog fan since I was 4 years old, being born at the tail end of the 90’s and I have played my fair share of Sonic games good and bad. I am not lying when I say that Sonic Adventure 2 is a good game. Not perfect, but still enjoyable. Pretty much everything it has to offer is very solid. (Not counting the music, but the music in any Sonic game is amazing 99% of the time.) The only reason I am giving this a 0 is because:
    If you have Twitter, go to @SonicSaviorr and read his tweets. Then ask yourself what the **** you just saw.    … Expand
  22. haterofallgames
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    thoughts on Best Day Ever?
    Imo it was overhyped. It wasn't even a special, not even 15 minutes. Just a regular episode and Nickelodeon had this HUGE marketing promo for it?

Awards & Rankings

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#6 Best Dreamcast Game of 2001
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#1 Most Discussed Dreamcast Game of 2001
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#1 Most Shared Dreamcast Game of 2001

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Metascore
89

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Gaming Maxx
    97
    It's chocked full of speed and action throughout that should satisfy almost any Sonic fan.
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  2. IGN
    94
    If this is the last Sonic game in these declining Dreamcast years, it's satisfying to know that the DC didn't go out with a bang, but with a sonic boom.
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  3. AllDreamcast
    90
    The graphics in SA2 are truly next generation material, and Sonic's stages have never been faster or more intense.
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