Sonic still handles poorly, is slow to react to jump commands and seldom lands where you want him too. If youвЂ™re jumping into Colours for the first time with the Ultimate version, youвЂ™re going to be surprised with how poorly these areas are handled. *Every* level has a segment that it just didnвЂ™t need and itвЂ™s at the detriment of how well Colours handles its more exhilarating moments. Dare I say boring? The game knows youвЂ™re here for those moments youвЂ™re breaking the sound barrier with SonicвЂ™s relentless speed so why am I jumping up platforms, slowly waiting for them to rise or fall in order to get to the good bits? ItвЂ™s like the game doesnвЂ™t want you to have too much fun.

When Sonic slows down, when Sonic has to walk and jump and navigate up platform areas, itвЂ™s dull, lifeless and a complete slog. The flipside of those moments still rear their ugly head throughout, kicking you to the curb when youвЂ™re sailing through levels in a joyful exuberance. If it puts a smile on your face, itвЂ™s doing what its supposed to be doing and Colours provides such moments in spades. When the colours (heh) pop off the screen with aplomb and it all just comes together in a joyful Sonic feast thereвЂ™s plenty of reasons to celebrate why Colours is the only 3D Sonic game ever worth going back to. The height of enjoyment comes from nailling a run with a beautiful S rank awaiting you at the end of each level, knowing youвЂ™ve torn through it exactly the way you would expect Sonic himself to do so when heвЂ™s not being held back by your controls. When your bosses are giant mechs with easy to follow routines, itвЂ™s a Sonic game. When you know what youвЂ™re playing is unmistakably Sonic the Hedgehog, it flies. The sum of its parts rule is a mantra of the 3D Sonic games, and the Wisps, whilst inventive and fun in certain areas, take the meaning away of what a Sonic game should be.Д¬olours is at its best when Sonic is flying through loops and tearing through robots without a second thought. Particularly the presentation, the story, the always committed performances and the humour, lost in a muddle of gameplay mechanics that work well, but not together. I can see the sparkle in Colours, and itвЂ™s all over the game. So when I get into negative territory, itвЂ™s not out of want but for necessity. I consider myself a die hard Sonic fan, I have been my whole life. ItвЂ™s just better than literally everything else and unfortunately, this Ultimate version does little to convince me that my favourite hedgehog has any kind of future worth getting excited about with Sonic Team. ThatвЂ™s not to say Colours is actually all that great. At this point IвЂ™d take a 3D Blast remaster, but Colours was the obvious choice, chiefly for it not being absolutely terrible.

Yet Colours just about escapes falling into eternal obscurity with Advenure, Sonic 06, The Black Knight, Secret Rings, Unleashed, Forces, Lost WorldвЂ¦it goes on. If you look back through the smorgasbord of garbage that SEGA have churned out in support of their oldest mascot, youвЂ™d be forgiven for thinking that not a single one deserves that HD lick of paint offered to Colours, and youвЂ™d be absolutely right. ThereвЂ™s something to be said for Sonic Colours being perhaps the only game in the back catalogue of 3D Sonic games thatвЂ™s worthy of a remaster. Sonic Colours Ultimate: The Finger Guns Review. The blue blur returns in a retread of one of his best.

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