Sonic Generations is back, but this time it’s been made cooler thanks to the addition of Shadow the Hedgehog. Sega’s 2011 smash hit takes the best parts of classic 2D Sonic and modern 3D Sonic ...

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Kudos especially go to the Shadow 3D stages for their fantastic level design. It feels like player feedback and sheer smart decisions went into each, with it truly a representation of what the 3D ...

Shadow's five-hour campaign is separate from the Generations storyline but plays out in a similar way, in that each stage has one part in 2D and another in 3D. Shadow’s stages have all the fast ...

The latter gives you control of the red-eyed hedgehog as he makes his ... I really wish the new campaign was longer, though, as Shadow's powers and the 3D levels make you fall in love with his ...

Sonic x Shadow Generations ups the ante though, as it has pulled out all the stops to present the “bonus” game as the true main event. And it just so happens to be some of the best 3D Sonic ...

More tellingly is how Shadow's stages combine the blend of 2D and 3D from Sonic Generations but add a host of new abilities unique to Shadow. All of these new powers exist in service of what can ...

Knuckles still digs on occasion and glides once or twice, but he mostly sticks to punching things with his glowing red fists. The trailers depict Shadow using Chaos Control to teleport.

Alongside the remake portion comes Shadow Generations, a brand new chunk of gameplay similar to how Super Mario 3D World was enhanced by Bowser's Fury in the Nintendo Switch remake. "Sonic x ...

These new abilities have uses within the hub that Shadow returns to between each stage. Here, the abilities feel better, transforming the 3D space into a playground where Shadow's accumulation of ...

Please verify your email address. Connecting these stages is a stark-white hub world which Sonic restores life and color to by completing zones and rescuing his friends. The hub is set up like a ...

Shadow Generations is excellent from front to back, with highlights here being the Kingdom Valley, Chaos Island, and Rail Canyon stages. They showcase some of the best 3D Sonic level design in ...