It's UncleBalrog bringing you another review for a game! Yeah, it's another Sonic game, but this time it's a hack of a Sonic game. A very good hack at that, and let's find out why!
   Sypnosis: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a game we all know and love that involves platforming, rings, and most importantly, SPEED. The whole deal with Sonic is that you're insanely fast. So after this game rolled around, time goes by, and a lot of it too. A game for the PS2 and Gamecube was made called Sonic Heroes. This game let you switch between the members of a 3-man (or animal?) team that had different abilities. The members were either Speed Type, Flying Type, or Power Type (it's been a while since I played Sonic Heroes so don't complain if I got that wrong...) Sonic 2 Heroes is a ROM hack of, you guessed it, Sonic 2 for the Sega Genesis. It pretty much combines Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic Heroes by adding a new mechanic to the game, which is the ability to actively switch between Sonic Tails and Knuckles, just like in Sonic Heroes. Each character has their abilities from their classic Sega Genesis days, but Sonic got a few updates to make him play like he did in Sonic 3. He also gets to use the Homing Attack when he gets the standard Blue Shield, which is AWESOME. But let's get to the real review, shall we?

Graphics: I originally thought about giving this a 7, but then I noticed the new sprites for the Sonic 3 shields. Since these weren't even in Sonic 2 to begin with, I gave it an 8 for adding graphically new graphical graphics that are graphically appealing. In a graphical sense, that is. Graphically...

Sound: I also gave this an eight, simple because Sonic 2's music is incredibly catchy and cool. (They also added more sound effects for Knuckles and the shields!)

Addictiveness: The original Sonic 2 would be getting an 8 for this. I'm giving it a 9 cos' the amount of updates this game made to the original Sonic 2 are just wonderful! Playing as Knuckles in Sonic 2? YES. Playing as Tails and lifting both Sonic and Knuckles at the same time? YES. Using the freaking HOMING ATTACK with a blue shield as Sonic? YES. This game just works with Sonic 2. For that, it is great.

Story: Meh, same as Sonic 2. Nothing too groundbreaking here. Remember, you don't play the classic Sonic games for the story!

Depth: This game, with the addition of the Heroes concept, offers you more options than the original did gameplay-wise. "Should I do this Zone as Sonic? What about Knuckles? Or maybe I'll just carry Sonic and Knuckles OVER the Zone as Tails!" Ask yourself that before you play a zone, it's very fun to weigh your options. However, it's even more fun to act on those decisions!

Difficulty: This game is getting slightly demoted in the difficulty field due to having more characters. It makes the game slightly easier in that regard, and there are also a few glitches I noticed with Knuckles' wall-climbing where you'd climb up a wall and lift yourself up a ledge in the middle of the wall. You'd then fall down through the wall, which is annoying, albeit hilarious. This game is still very hard to beat, just like it's original counterpart.

         All in all, this is a fantastic game improved to be an ultra-fantastic game. SEGA, start taking notes, because this game rocks. I know you're coming back from Sonic's...Dark Age... *shivers uneasily* but seriously, something like this NEEDS to be officially done by SEGA in the next few years.

         Well, that was a fast review for a fast game. I hope to see you guys soon!
BALROG OUT!

Awesome review!

This is a pretty good review of the game so good on ya, only thing I would recommend is spacing your sections so it's easier to read. I've actually played this game a while back and I agree with what you put, keep up the good work.

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