Sonic 1 - YOLO Edition Review by: ZeroTails - 6.5/10
Sonic the Hedgehog no rings editionNow for my 3rd review, Sonic the Hedgehog YOLO edition. This hack basically takes Sonic the Hedgehog, takes away all the rings, and leaves you with one life. Aka Sonic kaizo edition without bad level design.
Graphics:10/10I've always been fond of the graphics for Sonic the Hedgehog. Since this hack does nothing at all to change the graphics of this game, the graphics get a perfect 10 since that's what I would rate the original. I've seen other hacks change the graphics and have it turn out terrible (cough cough Sonic in paynt cough cough) so this is actually a pretty good move on their part.
Sound:10/10The music in this game also stays the same to the original, which is also why this category gets a 10. I have heard other people's custom music for Sonic hacks and they do sound awesome but that's for the more complicated hacks. This one is quite simplistic to be honest. It also doesn't seem to try to get it's own identity other than it's a hard Sonic hack.
Addictiveness:4/10Ask yourself: How likely are you to replay a kaizo-like game? Well, I personally prefer challenging games that aren't cheep. This game is cheep for the sole reason that you die instantly and that you only have 1 life. I don't know about you, but I don't like playing games that are really hard, and near impossible. Good thing I don't play kaizo games often.
Story:6/10The story is the same to the original. I know I said this was the last freebie, but this is a hack. Stay with me. Dr.Eggman steals the animals and blah blah blah...you get the point. The story wasn't that good in the original game, so that's why the story gets a rating of meh. Other Sonic hacks have a different story but I still find them to be meh.
Depth:4/10There isn't that much to do in this game. You can't get the chaos emeralds, and the only thing extending game time is that there are no rings. If anything, the depth degraded from the original. Other Sonic hacks actually expanded the game more so this is kinda disappointing.
Difficulty:10/10This game is hard. Want to know why? What have I been saying throughout this review? That this game takes away all the rings, and leaves you with one life. This hack also makes all the monitors Dr.Eggman monitors so that you die whenever you open a monitor. No cheating for you, this hack also makes the level
select useless making so that you start off at Green Hill Zone Act 1 no matter what zone or act you chose. This hack also tweaks the level design a little tiny bit so that it's a little harder.
Would I recommend this hack? Only if you want to play Sonic the Hedgehog with no rings. I would personally recommend the original over this hack. I don't know if this person wanted people to die and rage quit at this hack, but if that was the point, then good job. When I make reviews of hacks I only want to go over the stuff the hack changed. Just a notice of how I will do hack reviews in the future. Also, if you want to play a hard Sonic hack, I recommend Sonic Erazor (foreshadowing!).
Graphics
10 Sound
10 Addictive
4 Depth
4 Story
6 Difficulty
10
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