Sonic R - The first fully 3D Sonic game? Sega Saturn review

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Turning Sonic into a fully 3D game wasn't straight forward and a lot of fans were disappointed that the Sega Saturn never got a fully 3D Sonic adventure title. What we did get was Sonic R. Developed by Traveller's Tales after their success(?) with Sonic 3D blast. Sonic 3D blast gave us a 2D isometric world where we could control Sonic in three dimensions, but I don't feel it captured the same pace and excitement we got when Sonic launched on the Mega Drive.

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Apart from Sonic R, we did get some other glimpses of what a 3D Sonic game might feel like on the Sega Saturn. Sonic Team themselves were working on titles such as NiGHTS into Dreams and Burning Rangers but managed to bring Sonic in as a playable character in their Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams demo disc. We also got Sonic Jam, a compilation of the 2D Sonic titles made for fans full of behind-the-scenes material. The game consisted of a lobby area where you controlled Sonic, in full 3D, in a world that felt like it was plucked out of one of the original games.

We'd have to wait until the Sega Dreamcast was launched to finally play Sonic Adventure, the 3D Sonic title we were all waiting for since the Saturn.

Just because we never got a 3D adventure title on the Saturn, doesn't mean they weren't trying to develop one. Sonic X-treme is notorious for its difficult development and is often used as an example of how Sega was failing as an organisation.

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Sonic X-treme Unity Demo: https://gamejolt.com/games/sonic-x-treme-unity/291545
Sonic R development: https://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_R/Development
Sonic X-treme Development: https://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_X-treme

This review was made using both an emulator, and gameplay footage from the Sega Saturn.

A massive thanks to all the gameplay footage
https://www.youtube.com/recordedamigagames
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfuzMK1vS190wDFUMcRyFQ
https://www.youtube.com/c/Longplayarchive



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