NOSTALGIA FEELS
I’ve never been a big 3D Sonic guy, to be honest I think this is the only 3D Sonic game I’ve ever played. I still have a pretty good memory of seeing Sonic 2 for the first time on my cousin’s SEGA Genesis back in the day, and I still have a pretty good memory of seeing Sonic Adventure for the first time at a video game kiosk in Toys R’ Us. So I’m no stranger to Sonic, it’s just I mostly lost interest in the little blue hedgehog after he left the 2D realm.
I did own this game on the SEGA Dreamcast when the Dreamcast was the current console. Although I was more likely to be caught playing Worms Armageddon, Gauntlet Legends, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, Spider-Man, Hydro Thunder, or ECW Hardcore Revolution. Even back then I thought “man, this Sonic in 3D is kind of the drizzling shits lmao.”
MODERN DAY FEELS
So surprisingly, I’ve had a really good time revisiting the 3D hedgehog. The open world layout between stages still confuses me and I get lost constantly the same as I did years ago, and the 3D gameplay still makes me wish I was playing a 2D Sonic instead.
Despite the 3D mess, I found myself feeling very happy revisiting this game, and paying 2 bucks for alcohol free happiness was worth it to me.
QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS
Install the SADX Mod Installer.
When I first played Sonic Adventure DX on Steam, the game felt so choppy and “off” that I ended up losing all of my lives on the very first level (the BB level where the killer whale chases you) Sonic kept falling off of this one loop lol, and I felt like I might want my 2 dollars refunded.
After that I ended up installing the SADX Mod Installer off of the Steam Guides page, and all of my problems were solved. The game ran silky smooth (most important), the graphics were improved, the sound was improved, there was now an icon of the SEGA Dreamcast controller in the controls menu, and you even have the option to freely control the camera with the right thumb stick. The set up was really easy too, it’s one of those mods where you basically just click a couple of buttons and don’t have to even go into the game files, 10/10 would recommend this mod.
OVERALL THOUGHTS
If you played it on the Dreamcast back in the day, you should be able to get something out of this game. If you are a Zoomer who isn’t a furry (VERY RARE) then the aged gameplay might be a turn off. If you do decide to purchase the game, wait until it is on a deep discount, and install the SADX Mod before you fire up the game.
