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Again, HD is the intended sound quality, but 480p works well enough. Listen in 360p at your own risk! *gasp*

Sonic Unleashed is a game that is easy to dislike. While I enjoyed the "playthrough" of the 360 version I was able to experience thanks to dagoldenclip2, it tends to be critically panned by the (rabid) Sonic community and I understand many of the points they make. The Day Stages really don't provide much evolution until Jungle Joyride and especially Eggmanland and have repetitive and sometimes glitchy gameplay. As for the night stages, the Werehog's mention conjures up groans and facepalms around the room.

But the one thing that I would definitely give Unleashed/World Adventure over any other Sonic game is its attention to atmosphere. Maybe because the world it tries to convey to players is one based on our own, but it really does a great job of establishing a sense of great adventure in constantly changing and unique environments. Also, like any other Sonic game, the music put together by the geniuses Wave Master tend to be a highlight.

This is where the night stages of Unleashed shine greatest. The music in these stages, imo, is some of the best the series has recently had to offer in terms of setting the appropriate atmosphere, and they do so moreso than any day stage could. The biggest fault the game makes is replacing such greatness with that obnoxious Werehog Battle Theme every 5 seconds. It would've been better if they decided to come up with Battle....versions of the songs or something that kicked in but didn't ruin the flow of the song. But I digress...

This medley took a bit longer than the Day Medley since I was trying to fit the same mold as it, when the songs obviously aren't meant to be mashed together in the first place. The fact that making this meant taking out parts of my favorite songs of the game made it difficult to even begin, since it was hard to find some kind of flow without going "wtf but I cut out the BEST PART *restarts entire thing*". Granted, I did scrap this a few times. Eggmanland, Skyscraper Scamper, Arid Sands (lol again), and Dragon Road gave me a lot of trouble, plus that intro was slapped together last minute since I couldn't figure out what to do with the stage...intros. Funny thing is this has been done for awhile now, it just took me awhile to really appreciate how it came out.

Anyway I could go on and on about Unleashed. If you'd really like to hear more (about Unleashed/Sonic/Tails/Tales/wutvea) PM me or something...even though the game is like 3 or 4 years oldE by now I still see it as a very important entry in a series that I grew up with as a child and that has stuck with me until present day. And I still jam to at least one song off of the OST everyday or so. For anyone curious, I'm going back to finish my Colors medley (Wii and DS versions), then most likely moving on to Sonic R before doing Heroes and CD. Adventure 1 most likely won't happen, though Adventure 2 could work if it's done character by character *cliffjump*. The Advance series is something I never thought of until typing this up. Guess we'll see what happens. Ah well, enjoy.

Shoutout to Chewtaro!