Sonic Superstars Hands-on Impressions – Still Going Fast

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Attempting to recapture that same feeling that kids in the 90s got from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, Sonic Superstars is throwing the titular character – and his friends – into another acceleratingly quick 2.5D platformer. Based on the same Retro Engine that brought the critically praised Sonic Mania to life, Sonic Superstars might just be the game that fans have been begging for.

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Going Back to the Roots

Along with Sonic, you’ll have Knuckles, Tails, and Amy to choose from to join in on the adventure while you’re blasting through zones at incredibly high speeds. Each character has their own unique movement abilities that make them handle a little differently from one another. Sonic has an air dash, Knuckles can glide, Tails is able to fly briefly, while Amy can double jump around the environment. You can choose who you’d like to play as before jumping into a level, and there seems to be a lot of replayability here with trying to get a higher score and quicker time for each character on the roster.

I had the opportunity to play through 4 zones, while the full game will have a dozen for players to work through. Bridge Island, Speed Jungle, Pinball Carnival, and Cyber Station were the zones on offer during this hands-on preview. Each one had a distinct visual aesthetic to them, while also being backed up by some unique gameplay elements. Speed Jungle had vines you could grab to leverage yourself higher into the environment. There were even these extremely tense moments where a fog surrounded your character, limiting your visual surroundings so you could only see basically half the screen. That is a very chaotic feeling when moving at such fast speeds and not