Very well written and fair review.

I remember getting this game shortly after it came out when I was younger, and being almost immediately disappointed in it. I don't know what exactly I was expecting, but it certainly wasn't a feathery fetch-quest. The music for the Genesis version was definitely the highlight, along with the mostly good boss battles. And indeed, years later when I played the Saturn version, I thought the fully 3D special stages were very well done.

A couple years back I did finally beat the game on my ol' Genesis, just for completion's sake. I nearly fell asleep halfway through, due to the lack of any real excitement. I'd originally planned to collect all the Chaos Emeralds, since they very easy to acquire, but decided not to after I realized I'd only be prolonging the game further.

I'd be interest in your thoughts on Sonic Spinball. Speaking as one of the apparently few people who has conquered that notoriously difficult game, I generally don't see other people who hold it in the same moderately-high regard that I do.

Well done review bot.

I got the genesis version and didn't like it at all with the exception of the music. I think it controlled bad, Sloppy visuals, and it was boring trying to hunt down the flickies sometimes. Strangely enough, Panic puppet act 2 didn't need you to find all the flickies. It was just getting to the end of the stage while avoiding obstacles.


I've always been considering getting the Saturn version of the game. Visually, I love it. It looks like a huge step up from its genesis counterpart. Music wise while not as catchy, still sounds great. The special stages look fantastic.

Why couldn't the entire game be like panic puppet zone act 2 though?

Nice review.

Back when I used to own the PC version of this game, I didn't really care for it all that much due to how slippery the controls are. And getting all of the Flickies is pretty annoying.

Only good thing I like about 3D Blast is the soundtrack. Both the Genesis and Saturn/PC versions have really great music.

I think it's a pretty good Sanic game.

That is indeed a fair review. As for the music, could be the much too much effort into the music, and not enough into the rest of the game, or they compensated for the game's lameness with music. Even if the games suck, we can always count on Sonic to have a good soundtrack.
(also, I'm so sorry, Legendary Emerald, but I didn't mean to neg rep your post. I'm new to the forum, and didn't realize what that was til I already clicked it. [thought maybe it was a way to scroll down your post or something.] I hope you can forgive me.)

Nice review, Bot.

I bought this game a few years ago, I had heard of it but had heard very little. I must admit the music was good, but as you stated the gameplay didn't match up. But I think because of the contrast between the music and gameplay I grew a distaste to the tracks.