Sonic Mania Review! BEST Surprise of 2017? (PS4/XB1/Switch)
949Sonic the Hedgehog is back and going on adventures in 2D again! Does Sonic Mania combine the best elements of retro gaming for great modern gameplay or is this another flop? Find out in my review of Sonic Mania!
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Sonic Mania is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Headcannon and PagodaWest Games and published by Sega for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. An installment in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, the game was announced in commemoration of its 25th anniversary, and was released worldwide in August 2017. The game is largely inspired by the original Sonic the Hedgehog games released for the Sega Genesis, and features 2D graphics and remastered versions of stages from previous games alongside new stages. The player controls Sonic the Hedgehog and his companions Tails and Knuckles as they venture to prevent their nemesis Doctor Eggman and his henchmen, the Hard-Boiled Heavies, from manipulating the timestream.
Development of Sonic Mania was led by programmer Christian "Taxman" Whitehead, who had previously worked on enhanced ports of early Sonic games. Art, level design, audio, and additional programming were provided by the independent studios Headcannon and PagodaWest Games, chosen for their work in the Sonic fangame community. Upon release, Sonic Mania was met with generally favorable reception, with critics highlighting its faithfulness to the series' Genesis-era titles. Many viewed the game as a return to form for the series, which had suffered from mostly negative critical reception following a number of poorly-received Sonic titles that released after the 1990s.