Sonic Adventure DX Director's Cut (2011)

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  1. cambria
    Dec 6, 2011
    6
    This is a re-release of the awesome title originally on dreamcast! Recognize this going in, the graphics are a lot of fun but may not be on par with the more modern stuff. This game was a lot of fun to replay, but BE AWARE OF THIS -- The game cannot exceed 1024x768 resolution, which means most PC gamers will have it horribly stretched on their widescreens or in teeny tiny window mode. IThis is a re-release of the awesome title originally on dreamcast! Recognize this going in, the graphics are a lot of fun but may not be on par with the more modern stuff. This game was a lot of fun to replay, but BE AWARE OF THIS -- The game cannot exceed 1024x768 resolution, which means most PC gamers will have it horribly stretched on their widescreens or in teeny tiny window mode. I use 1920x1080 and this game was taking up like a corner of the screen, best case scenario to retain its graphic quality, which is enjoyable still. A great title worth porting from an under-appreciated platform, it just should have been reworked to include at least resolution graphics options. HD Sonic is now available in "Generations"! But I wish this was too.… Expand
  2. BasilZero
    Aug 24, 2013
    8
    Sonic Adventure DX is an amazing addition to the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The game has revolutionized the series with its new look, new and expanded gameplay, groundbreaking visuals compared to older games, a decent change to the music, and a well developed storyline that revolves around each and every character with their own role in the storyline. The only main complaint is Sega's lackSonic Adventure DX is an amazing addition to the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The game has revolutionized the series with its new look, new and expanded gameplay, groundbreaking visuals compared to older games, a decent change to the music, and a well developed storyline that revolves around each and every character with their own role in the storyline. The only main complaint is Sega's lack of work on the PC port you are gonna have to search up some fixes for the resolution since Sega was too lazy to do an actual decent port of the game. Other than the resolution and window size mistakes, the game is pretty good.… Expand
  3. Purple_Beverage
    Jan 17, 2012
    6
    It seems like before this game was made Sonic and the Camera had a drunken night together and Sonic said that he didn't want anything too serious and the Camera talk this rather harshly because they work as well together as a Mouse trap in a bowl of hot soup.

    The control scheme is also quite weird, I wish you were allowed to remap the buttons but, nope, we are stuck with the arrow keys,    It seems like before this game was made Sonic and the Camera had a drunken night together and Sonic said that he didn't want anything too serious and the Camera talk this rather harshly because they work as well together as a Mouse trap in a bowl of hot soup.

    The control scheme is also quite weird, I wish you were allowed to remap the buttons but, nope, we are stuck with the arrow keys, which is rather annoying.

    I was hoping for the mouse to be the camera and WASD to be movement SPACE to jump and Q and E to be the action buttons.

    The story is also the same ol' same ol' for a Sonic game, Eggman is doing bad stuff, you've got to stop him.

    Music is nice though, but that's about it's only saving grace.

    Not worth $20 AUD, but if you can find it for say $2 or possibly free.
    Then I'd say give it a whirl, but if not steer clear and just look up the soundtrack on youtube.    … Expand
  4. ThatCooperGuy
    Oct 3, 2015
    5
    Now hold on, don't take my rating the wrong way, the "5/10" refers to the game as a whole.

    If I were just judging the Sonic levels, I'd give it a modest "7/10" because the bits with Sonic are the best part of the game and I always go back to play them. Tails is pretty much just Sonic's story, except he can fly and the levels are abridged. I'm not into Knuckles' treasure hunting missions    Now hold on, don't take my rating the wrong way, the "5/10" refers to the game as a whole.

    If I were just judging the Sonic levels, I'd give it a modest "7/10" because the bits with Sonic are the best part of the game and I always go back to play them. Tails is pretty much just Sonic's story, except he can fly and the levels are abridged. I'm not into Knuckles' treasure hunting missions and kind of wish he could explore the levels to get to the animal capsule like in Sonic's levels. Amy has the same issues that Tails' levels have, but she runs at a really slow pace & can't fly, though I do like using her hammer. Gamma is alright, he controls well plus I like blowing the crap out of everything, and even his story-line is decently delivered. Big the Cat is terrible and boring as sh*t, but I'm pretty sure every Sonic fan is aware of that. The voice acting isn't very good and the cutscenes are atrociously animated.

    So as a whole, Sonic Adventure is a mediocre game, but that doesn't mean there aren't any good stuff in it. Like I said, Sonic's levels can be a total blast and present how a proper 3D Sonic game could be pulled off if Sonic Team stuck with this formula. Not to mention, the game's soundtrack is FANTASTIC, it's probably my favorite OST from any video game ever, all the tracks seem to play at just the right moments and fit their environments quite well(even the cheesy "Crush 40" rock songs).

    It's a game with a brilliant soundtrack & solid level design pulled down by horrible cutscenes & tacked-on characters that make the game drag tremendously...    … Expand
  5. sdc
    May 24, 2015
    10
    This brilliant port of an ingenious Dreamcast classic has gotten some flack. Why? Because it doesn't want to ruin the graphics by stretching. Ugh. PEOPLE. To me, it's the classic, in all of it's glory; maybe even better. Framerate issues aside, I can definitely say that this is an easy recommendation.
  6. NoThisIsStupidr
    Aug 31, 2015
    4
    NOTE: I give Sonic Adventure a 7/10, however, this port of the game is extremely bad, and I mention why at the bottom of this review.

    Sonic Adventure is a fun game overall, but has some issues and quirks that do stand out. Presentation The graphics are nothing special, and the lip syncing was never changed from the original Japanese game, so the mouths don't match up at all. The    NOTE: I give Sonic Adventure a 7/10, however, this port of the game is extremely bad, and I mention why at the bottom of this review.

    Sonic Adventure is a fun game overall, but has some issues and quirks that do stand out.

    Presentation
    The graphics are nothing special, and the lip syncing was never changed from the original Japanese game, so the mouths don't match up at all. The music, however, is really good, comprised of many memorable tracks, and a few mediocre tracks, but nothing that sounds outright bad. The voice acting is nothing spectacular, but it gets the job done.

    Gameplay
    The gameplay is fun, for the most part. The game is comprised of 6 characters' stories, and one final, general story.

    Sonic is very simple gameplay, platform to the goal. He controls well, but sometimes you may run into a physics quirk.

    Tails is very similar to sonic, but instead of simply running to the goal, he has to race Sonic on many of the same stages that you play as Sonic. Tails can also fly, but otherwise, he's identical to Sonic.

    Knuckles has to look for three pieces of the master emerald, and his gameplay is more exploration centered because of that. In his stages, you run around a piece of a level you played on as Sonic, and you win once you find all three pieces. He controls okay, but not as well as Sonic or Tails.

    Amy's stages involve running away from an invincible robot towards the goal. Her acceleration is awkward, and she's a little slow, and her stages aren't that interesting because of those issues.

    E-102 Gamma is a robot built by Eggman who becomes self-conscious and goes rogue. His gameplay Involves running around shooting everything with a lock on gun. It's actually quite fun, as Gamma controls as you would expect, and everything flows nicely. It's not fast, no, but it's still very fun. One of the best characters. He also has a really interesting story.

    And then we have Big the Cat. He's a giant Cat that goes around fishing. Yes, fishing. In each of his stages, you hunt down his frog "Froggy" and fish for him. This was apparently made for a add-on fishing controller on the Dreamcast, but in case you haven't noticed, this port isn't for the Dreamcast. The fishing... actually works somewhat alright. It's nothing phenomenal, but if you understand how it works (nothing tells you this by the way) it's somewhat fun. Big himself, on the other hand, controls horribly. His jump is painfully low, and his top speed is tiny. This makes him a pain to play as.

    The story is nothing special, most plots are rather simple, and don't have much depth.

    Sonic's story is just prevent Eggman from doing evil.

    Tails' story is to help Sonic prevent Eggman from doing evil.

    Knuckles' story is to find the pieces of the Master Emerald.

    Amy's story is avoiding one of Eggman's robots and helping a bird.

    Gamma has the most interesting story of all, involving self-awareness, and has quite the powerful ending.

    Big's story is just catching Froggy.

    And the final story wraps up the little pieces of plot sprinkled throughout all the other stories. It's nothing special, but it's better than nothing.

    Overall, Sonic, Tails, Gamma, and somewhat Knuckles are quite fun, and Big and Amy are meh.

    However, with this review, I would like to bring light to how awful the 2010 release is. The 2010 version is the version that was released on Steam, XBLA, and PSN. It features textures worse than the dreamcast, no mip-mapping, some broken collision, and a awful resolution cap.

    There is a mod, called Better SADX, that replaced this version with the 2004 physical PC release, which has modding support. From there, you can improve the texture quality, use a non crappy config editor, and best of all, it has proper widescreen support, which doesn't stretch, but instead increases your FOV. It's a really great mod, and makes this crappy port into the definitive SADX experience.    … Expand
  7. Shadow1
    Apr 8, 2016
    10
    This game one of best Sonic games and this game is very interesting . Amazing graphics for his years , one of best Sonic storyline and gameplay is very awesome . Many levels . My favourite are Emerald Coast , in the sky , final egg and icecap , Casino , lost world and speedway highway .
  8. fujitanaoto00
    Sep 28, 2016
    8
    Jogo incrível e que marcou historia, saiu muito bem do 2d para o 3d, o jogo do dreamcast perfeito, diferente do adventure 2 o 1 nao te obriga diretamente a jogar com outros personagens como fazer voce caçar esmeraldas, mas peca em ter os mapas de exploração
  9. HorrornightLp
    Aug 12, 2020
    10
    Mega geiles Spiel!!! Mein zweitliebstes 3d Sonic!! Es hat mega gutes und abwechslungsreiches Gameplay mit einer sehr schönen Oberwelt und 7 Storys! DIe Musik ist auch geil und die Grafik gefällt mir auch so wie sie ist! Also ich liebe dieses Spiel
  10. spencerplewe
    Mar 13, 2020
    8
    It maybe the nostalgia of this originally being my first Gamecube game when I was 9, but I just can never dismiss Sonic Adventure as a disappointment. As a reissue on Steam within a year of SA2 HD though, without modding it, it comes out as more drab and flat than I expected.
  11. VoltronGuy
    Mar 16, 2020
    9
    This is a great game, letting you play as one of the character's stories to beat Dr. Eggman. The graphics are great for its time, and the gameplay is very fun and enjoyable. Asides from some strange mouth graphics, it's a great game that you should try for yourself, even though the game came out over 20 years ago!
  12. Lorack
    May 3, 2020
    4
    Pro
    +Sonic's, Knuckle's and Gamma's gameplay is fun
    +Voice acting is so bad it's good again
    +Fun endboss

    Con
    -Awful controls
    -Worst camera I've ever seen
    -Knuckels', Amy's and Big The Cat's gameplay is terrible
    -If you want to play all campaigns the game makes you play through the same levels over and over again with barely any changes
  13. NoodlePsychosis
    Jun 20, 2020
    8
    The fact that this port doesn't have proper widescreen is strange. The fact that there is a game breaking glitch in Tail's campaign unless BetterSADX is installed is unacceptable. The gameplay styles are mixed, some crazy fun like Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Omega, but clunky borefests like Amy and Big. And yet, I can't stay mad at this game.

    This is the best game imaginable to play with    The fact that this port doesn't have proper widescreen is strange. The fact that there is a game breaking glitch in Tail's campaign unless BetterSADX is installed is unacceptable. The gameplay styles are mixed, some crazy fun like Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Omega, but clunky borefests like Amy and Big. And yet, I can't stay mad at this game.

    This is the best game imaginable to play with friends at your side. They can laugh their butts off watching the absolutely hilarious cut-scenes. They can make fun of the ridiculous poorly paced plot, they can glitch out the game by falling through geometry they weren't supposed to, increasing the laughs tenfold. And at the same time, they can genuinely enjoy the gameplay. Whether its enjoying a mix of speed and platforming as Sonic, breaking levels in half with Tails, blowing up everything in the surprisingly fun Omega stages, or just exploring around with Knuckles, there's plenty of different game styles for passing the controller around the room.

    After making it through to the end and hearing the opening theme blaring full force as I smashed Chaos for the last time, I was surprised to see that despite all the clear flaws in this game, I hardly ever found myself bored here. The point of a game is to entertain. Whether it accomplishes that with intentional or unintentional ways, it gets the job done, and puts a smile on your face like any good game should. Sure its cheese. But damn if this cheese doesn't taste good.    … Expand
  14. schimidtwas
    Jan 15, 2021
    8
    Although I particularly prefer the original version, this one is not all bad, even with the textures and lighting inferior to that of Dreamcast, besides having more bugs, it is still Sonic Adventure. Several playable characters, each with their mechanics and history that connect throughout the game and at the end, and also from the striking hub worlds.

    I recommend.
  15. referencia
    Sep 10, 2020
    5
    Um jogo de ação e plataforma, com belos gráficos, que em termos de polimento não está legal, está péssimo, história que com o tempo você torce para acabar logo, personagens que... aah... patéticos (GAMMA, BIG), fases não memoráveis, mal otimizado.

    Pelo que saem dizendo do jogo estou bem decepcionado, ele pra mim foi uma das piores experiencias que já tive em um jogo do Sonic (depois do    Um jogo de ação e plataforma, com belos gráficos, que em termos de polimento não está legal, está péssimo, história que com o tempo você torce para acabar logo, personagens que... aah... patéticos (GAMMA, BIG), fases não memoráveis, mal otimizado.

    Pelo que saem dizendo do jogo estou bem decepcionado, ele pra mim foi uma das piores experiencias que já tive em um jogo do Sonic (depois do Sonic 4 ep1), Robotnik não é seu inimigo, o inimigo principal,é a câmera, eu lutei mais com a câmera do que os vilões, quando eu cheguei na metade eu fiquei louco querendo que o jogo acabasse logo, parece que conforme você progride e vai mudando de personagem, o jogo vai ficando cada vez mais incompleto, destaque para as histórias de Big, Gamma e Amy, tendo os piores controles e level design mais fraco de todo o game, e claro lutando com a câmera.

    Ele com certeza não é de se comparar com outros jogos da franquia como Unleashed, Heroes ou até mesmo o Forces, e se ele não tivesse uma história bem mais ou menos, eu iria compara-lo até com Sonic 2006, eu juro que estava implorando para que o jogo acabace logo.

    As pessoas dizem que Sonic Forces é muito automático e tem muitas paredes invisíveis (e é mesmo) mas nesse jogo, não falando muito em geral por causa do ano que foi lançado, mas no HUB da Mystic Jungle, meu amigo... quando você vai para a EggmanLand, tem mais parede invisível do que qualquer coisa. Pra dar um exemplo: na luta contra o Perfect Chaos, eu esbarrei em uma parede invisível e morri, eu me perguntei o resto da luta toda o por que ela estava ali. Então pessoal, o jogo não merece tudo isso que dão pra ele, e só pra constar, todas as fases, todas mesmo, não são muito boas.    … Expand
  16. Ax0l
    Dec 10, 2021
    8
    im going to 100 this **** wish me luck

    also yea fun game, but not rlly great port
  17. Uradisur
    May 3, 2021
    10
    Великая игра. Один из лучших динамичных платформеров. Одна из лучших игр про приключения. 6 разных персонажей, с разными игровыми процессами. Отличные уровни с суперской музыкой. Очень атмосферно. Очень милый сад чао. Замечательная игра. Я люблю sonic adventure.Великая игра. Один из лучших динамичных платформеров. Одна из лучших игр про приключения. 6 разных персонажей, с разными игровыми процессами. Отличные уровни с суперской музыкой. Очень атмосферно. Очень милый сад чао. Замечательная игра. Я люблю sonic adventure.
  18. Bruninho1997
    Oct 13, 2021
    8
    O jogo é bom, mas possui alguns bugs estranhos. Graficamente falando é bonito e possui uma ótima trilha sonora, o enredo também é muito bem trabalhado.
  19. RomanRiabusha
    Aug 3, 2022
    10
    Nostalgia...
    This review don't objective this is subjective, i just love it, i played this game all my childhood.
  20. SonicFan20
    Sep 15, 2022
    8
    Sonic Adventure Is the Very First 3D Sonic game. It Has Shown Its Age But Its Very Good. 6 Playable Characters With Their Own Story Teeing In To Eachother, A GODLY OST, And Some Great Graphics For The Time, And Amazing Story. the Story Is About Sonic Fighting A Water Monster Known As Chaos. Sonic,Tails,Knuckles,Amy, And New Comer Big The Cat And E-102 Gamma. Sonic Controls Very GoodSonic Adventure Is the Very First 3D Sonic game. It Has Shown Its Age But Its Very Good. 6 Playable Characters With Their Own Story Teeing In To Eachother, A GODLY OST, And Some Great Graphics For The Time, And Amazing Story. the Story Is About Sonic Fighting A Water Monster Known As Chaos. Sonic,Tails,Knuckles,Amy, And New Comer Big The Cat And E-102 Gamma. Sonic Controls Very Good And You Feel A Freedom Unlike Most Sonic Games That Is Made Better Because Of The Spindash. Tails Is More Of The Same But You Can Fly And there Is No Spindash. Amy Is Slower And Can Use Her Hammer To Smash Robots. Knuckles Can Do All He Could Back Is Sonic The Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles,But With The Added Dig,And Punch Ability. Big Can...Fish, Yeah His Gameplay Mechanic Is That He Can Fish For His Frog Called Froggy. E-102 Gamma Is About SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS OWN BROTHERS!!!! To Save The Animals From Inside Them. Levels Are Very Fun And Creative, One Momment You In A Big City At Night,And The Next You're Back in Ice Cap Zone. Now I Just Reviewd the Dreamcast Version But This Port. Ruined The Graphics,Not In Widescreen,And Messed Up The Textures Of Some Parts Of The Game. The Port Job Is Garbo. But Since This Is On PC, Mods Make It Widescreen And Fix Up The Graphics. The Original Sonic Adventure Is 7/10. The Port Is Only Slightly Better Because Of The Mods.… Expand
  21. CurryTheBun
    Dec 9, 2022
    8
    The controls are smooth and perfectly tuned to maximize the experience for those going through the Sonic Story segment. Level designs have a lot of thought put into it to help sell the fluidity and exploration of the Sonic game-play. However, Some of the set-pieces kind of feel a little outdated just by a bit, and the rest of the game needs a little bit more tuning/trimming of fat. BesidesThe controls are smooth and perfectly tuned to maximize the experience for those going through the Sonic Story segment. Level designs have a lot of thought put into it to help sell the fluidity and exploration of the Sonic game-play. However, Some of the set-pieces kind of feel a little outdated just by a bit, and the rest of the game needs a little bit more tuning/trimming of fat. Besides that, the story is well written to help the player empathize with both the villain of the story, Chaos, as well as the side character, Tikal.… Expand
  22. Sephiroth_7_7
    Nov 14, 2022
    9
    Probably one of my favorite Sonic games of all time, I might like it even more than sonic adventure 2.
  23. EpicE611
    Mar 16, 2023
    10
    If I could, I'd give this game higher, for people who don't like this game, I'd recommend using mods for the game, SADX is a good mod manager for the game, it really improves the framerate, graphics, gameplay, everything about it.

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  1. Thunderbolt
    Jul 4, 2011
    60
    A lack of polish in levels, badly acted plotlines and unnecessary adventure fields between core levels.
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