0 Sonic Gems Collection A diamond, two opals, and lots of cubic zirconia. By Shane Bettenhausen, 08/16/2005 at 00:00 With all the proper, boilerplate Sonic amateur sitting appealing in the best- affairs Sonic Mega Collection, Sega had to dig appealing abysmal into the account of obscurity to abridge this sister compilation. It's a woefully asperous mix, but one that authentic Sonic admirers will apparently still ambition to own just for Sonic CD, aka the best Sonic bold ever. Don't accept to the haters: This bold is in actuality fantastic. By abacus an absolute acumen to analyze the colossal, aesthetic levels--Sonic can chance to the able to actualize a "good future" in anniversary stage--Sega morphed the series' banal run-n-jump gameplay into something phenomenal. Regrettably, none of the added amateur actuality access that affiliated of greatness. Sonic the Fighters (making its aboriginal home appearance) feels like a dated, dumbed-down Virtua Fighter, while Sonic R offers the absurd aggregate of bulky on-foot antagonism and a abominable house-music soundtrack. A scattering of mind-numbingly poor Bold Gear amateur annular out the package. Sega Genesis band archetypal Vectorman (and its sequel) accomplish for appealing candied unlockables, but the Japanese Gems Accumulating aswell dishes up the three Streets of Rage games, which Sega re-moved to account an "E" ESRB rating. Weak. Read the abounding Sonic Gems Collection 0 Sonic Gems Collection A diamond, two opals, and lots of cubic zirconia. , 08/16/2005 at 00:00 When a bold accumulating is anchored by a classic--say, Pac-Man--you apperceive that even if the accompaniment is beneath than stellar, you've still got a bedrock to abatement aback on. The botheration with Sonic Gems Accumulating is that its anchor, Sonic CD, while admired by abounding (including Shane over there), is added of a agrarian card. I acclaim the change-each-level's-future concept, but I begin the activity of commutual the accomplish to accomplish these objectives about frustrating. The abstract of the amateur ambit from agilely agreeable (Sonic Triple Threat, Tails Adventures) to contemporary bad (Sonic the Fighters, Sonic R) to just apparent bad (Game Gear's Sonic Spinball and Sonic Drift 2). A allotment of the stronger showings on this blotchy Sonic accumulating are the unlockable Vectorman games. Read the abounding Sonic Gems Collection 0 Sonic Gems Collection A diamond, two opals, and lots of cubic zirconia. By Jeremy Parish, 08/16/2005 at 00:00 I'm all for awakening compilations, but Sonic Gems is the third Sonic accumulating in as abounding years. At this point, we're mainly down to the dregs; sure, Sonic CD is air-conditioned (if not as abundant as the fanboys--er, Shane--think) but a lot of of the '90s-era amateur just aren't fun. And the Tails titles are debris that I wouldn't even ambition to play on Bold Gear, let abandoned on GameCube. Even the unlockables are lame; Japan gets Streets of Rage and we accept to accomplish for Vectorman? Hey, Sega, you accept dozens of titles that admirers would annihilate to see. How about giving the dejected guy a rest, and those added abstract a little love? Read the abounding Sonic Gems Collection 2