See Sonic? See Sonic Run! | Sonic Runners Review

<p>It doesn&&num;8217&semi;t take a die-hard Sonic know-it-all to see that Sonic has had a few rough patches the past couple of years&period; From the major impact <em>Sonic &OpenCurlyQuote;06<&sol;em> left on the series&comma; it’s no mystery that Sonic fans worldwide would be hoping that SEGA could pull the blue blur from the dark ages&comma; but their newest game in the Sonic franchise&comma; <em>Sonic Runners<&sol;em>&comma; has seemed to please many fans and gamers alike in this new Sonic game for smartphones &lpar;iOS and Android&excl;&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><strong> <img class&equals;"alignnone" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;s15&period;postimg&period;org&sol;du6h4kuob&sol;11039952&lowbar;1544967585791591&lowbar;71561071&lowbar;n&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"449" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There’s not a ton to say about <em>Sonic Runners<&sol;em>&comma; being a freemium mobile game and all&comma; but the game is very fun&comma; and will have you sucked in before you can say &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sonic’s back”&period; If you couldn&&num;8217&semi;t have told from the title&comma; <em>Sonic Runners<&sol;em> is a game where Sonic and friends just&&num;8230&semi;run&comma; that’s literally all you do in the game&period; It may sound a little boring&comma; but think of it as a 2D version of <em>Sonic Dash<&sol;em> with a few elements from <em>Sonic Jump<&sol;em> and <em>Sonic Jump Fever<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The gameplay&&num;8217&semi;s solid&comma; with a smooth 60 fps in-game&comma; and I haven’t seen a glitch to this day&period; The controls are simple as running and jumping&comma; because that’s literally all you do&period; Sonic runs by himself&comma; and you tap the screen to jump and use items&period; Occasionally&comma; you’ll run into Dr&period; Eggman for a short boss battle&comma; but afterwards&comma; Sonic’s speed will increase&comma; and the game will become a little harder&period; You’ll also find small power-ups while running&comma; like invincibility and a shield&period; SEGA has again recycled Wisps from Sonic Colors as limited powers Sonic can use on his run&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;s21&period;postimg&period;org&sol;9rt1ootdj&sol;sonicrunners2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"796" height&equals;"448" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As far as the story goes&comma; it’s everything you could expect from a free mobile game&period; It’s not the best writing and can sometimes seem pretty cliche&comma; but again&comma; it is a free mobile game&period; At times&comma; the characters will have conversations that purposely point out how to use certain features in the game&period; I should probably point out that parts of the story tie in with <em>Sonic Colors<&sol;em>&comma; so I would recommend playing the game or watching someone play through before getting <em>Sonic Runners<&sol;em>&comma; unless you care little for the story&comma; then go ahead and download it&period; Also&comma; the strangest part of the story is how Omochao is apart of it&comma; it’s almost like SEGA is trying to make me hate the game&comma; because we haven’t seen enough of him before&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As you progress through the story&comma; you’ll be able to unlock Tails and Knuckles to play as&comma; and there have been rumors floating about more of Sonic’s friends being available in future updates&period; You’ll also be able to get &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;companions” such as Sonic and the Black Knight’s Caliburn&comma; or Sonic Unleashed’s Chip to play by your selected character for boosted points at the end of your play&comma; Chao have also returned and can be used for the same thing&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><strong> <img class&equals;"alignnone" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;s30&period;postimg&period;org&sol;6krnqcedt&sol;Sonic&lowbar;Runners&lowbar;009&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"600" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Every game has its ups and downs&period; While<em> Sonic Runners<&sol;em> can have both good and bad sides&comma; it also shows that as far as gameplay goes&comma; Sonic Team is giving a little more effort than previously&period; It’s a great way to kill some time if you’re waiting for your stop on a bus&comma; or waiting for <em>Metal Gear Solid 4<&sol;em> to download&period; I would highly recommend this game to any and all of my friends&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;