[quote name='wildnuts02']wow this got a 3.5 / 10 at Gamespot....not sure if maybe i should return my copy to Amazon. They make it sound pretty bad...
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/sonicunleashed/review.html[/quote]
That's a horrible review. He frames it well, but instead of actually sounding like he played through THIS game, it sounds like he played through 4 stages, made up his mind he didn't like it, and then just clumped a bunch of tired Sonic insults on top of it.
Oooo, how dare 5 minute stages demand additional play for perfection! Didn't this happen with Sonic on Genesis? Except there you didn't get extra lives every half minute. This game IS harder than many modern games, and yes, you will overjump to your death at first. And yes, the controls are built for Speed more than platforming, but you know what? The Platforms are generally HUGE. It's not hard to land on these things. Especially once you get the stomp ability.
What's so unresponsive about werehog? His double jump sets you to grappling as soon as you do it. Having "specific spots to grapple edges" is... how just about every platformer with edge grabbing works. Jumping from pole-to-pole is really pretty easy, and there is a lot of "momentum sets you in the right direction" element to it, that takes away potential frustration.
If you think going through stages more than once, in order to perfect them, and gain all their rewards, is a BAD thing, then yeah, you might not enjoy Sonic Unleashed. But if you don't mind a bit of difficulty in your games, you can accept that the game has varied gameplay, and you think you could enjoy all of it's parts, this game is EASILY worth the money you paid for it off of Amazon. I think I'd easily give the game an 8 at this point, with the potential to raise or fall depending on how the later portions of the game play out.