Sonic Mania Plus - PlayStation 4

This is how you bring a franchise back to its roots. Sonic Mania has classic gameplay similar to Sonic and Knuckles, Sonic 3, and Sonic 2 for the Genesis. Some memorable zones from those classics are brought back and "remixed" in Mania. The entire game is presented in classic sprite visuals along with modernized music and responsive controls. Levels can move fast, or the player can spend ample time exploring and looking for extra challenges. The game does little to break from classic Sonic, but there a few new ideas such as the scrolling plane section in one zone and jumping between the foreground and background in another. Encore mode, new with the Plus edition, has an interesting character switching and stock mechanic that significantly improves on the classic Sonic and Tails experience. Overall, a solid classic Sonic game. Hopefully Sega produces more games like this, and hopefully they give the developers more business in the future -- they clearly get the Sonic formula.

This game works perfectly.

This is what was missing on the collector edition of the Sonic Mania launch.. I am glad this product exists, I was very disappointed when I bought the collector edition with no physical game copy. It was just a useless mega drive with no game, just the code. Now Thanks to the fans to make this possible. We have a great cover amd physical copy that includes the full game plus the Extra content. About the DLC content and the new (encore) mode.. it is a very good new approach for sonic games. You will spend more hours with lots of fun in new ways to play this game using different characters! Still I am disappointed: no Ice Cap zone.. or even new trophies.

It came loose in the case like not clicked in and then it did not work. BUT they gave me a refund quickly and i was able to order a digital copy in time to save the birthday gift. THANKS FOR THAT.

I chose the PS4 version, instead of the Switch Version since I already have the Digital Version, I tried two new Charactors, and their pretty good, and the Encore Mode it’s quite enjoyable when having Charactors on your side. So I like the Artbook. (The Reason I got it Physical) So It’s a Great Game.

This is not a review of the packaging which is great, but rather the game, which I had not played until yesterday. Let me preface the rest of this by saying I am a lifelong Sonic fan and the first system I ever owned was a Genesis. Those original games still hold a special place in my heart and I've beaten them many times. Part of what I always loved about the Sonic games was that they weren't very difficult. As someone who generally sucked at platformers, I couldn't get into Mario and Mega Man the way other kids could. I preferred Sonic because it was fast, colorful, easy, and overall cool. When I heard about this game over a year ago, I couldn't have been more excited. It was supposed to be a return to form for Sonic with a brand new game celebrating the old and new. However, since it was digital only at the time, I held out expecting there to eventually be a physical release. Which there finally is here, however I couldn't be more disappointed in the game. I feel like it completely missed the point of what made the original games great in my opinion. My first problem with the game was discovering that 2/3 of the levels are recycled or remixed from the original games. I figured maybe half at most would be, but this just feels lazy on the part of the developers, like they were too afraid to try something new. But these recycled levels are unfortunately not my main issue as the levels themselves are still as fun to play as the original games, no my problem is the BOSSES. The bosses in this games are SUPER annoying and way too difficult. It doesn't help that the game only gives you a few lives before you're booted all the back to the beginning of the zone, which is two parts like the original games. And these levels are decently long too, which makes this even more frustrating. It's like the developers forgot what kind of game they were making as they tried to put in bosses you might find in other more difficult platformers. The problem here is most platformers move a lot slower and focus on precision. Sonic has never handled that way and this makes your attempts at taking out the bosses feel extra sloppy at times. I really wanted to like this game, but these bosses just ruined the experience for me. By the time I got the spider boss on the fourth level I just gave up. If I want to play a Sonic game that doesn't try to punish the player, I'll just stick to the originals. Update: I thought I’d update this review having now beaten the game. Yes, some bosses were very frustrating and all my other points still stand, but overall the game was okay. I still believe it was way too overhyped as genesis fans just were hungry for a return to classic Sonic. With that said though, I still think as far as nostalgia trips go, Sonic Generations was a far surperior game.

Bought for my husbands birthday. He was always talking about video games he loved as a kid so I was happy when I came across this for our PS4. Best of all we can both play it and challenge each other. It’s like the classic game with a few new options.

Don’t take it as a PS4 type of game. It is an expensive DVD emulating the original 16-bit game. If you are a fan of the original 80’s game, go for it. It was not the case with my purchase, thus the 2-star rating.

Got this for my son turned 8, he is a super fan, arrived on time, no complaints.

Hermosa edición y un juego muy disfrutable, un poco corta la historia pero muy rejugable. El paquete llego a tiempo y en buen estado.

Excelente, es el mejor Sonic hasta ahora, viene con un libro de arte y una portada reversible, lo compré en Amazon Prime Day y me costó 500, recomendable.

My son loved the game

Jugué la saga de Sonic por primera vez en PC en la Sonic mega Collection, y me enamoré luego de pasar cada uno de sus juegos, esta nueva entrega te transporta a sus orígenes, con una calidad en la banda sonora, efectos de diferentes juegos de Sonic y habilidades de las mismas increíbles, puedes ver cómo inicias la historia con unos gráficos similares a el primer Sonic, y según avanzas van mezclando las novedades gráficas y de efectos de otros títulos como el Sonic 3, y así sucesivamente, desde mini juegos, poderes, trucos, soundtrack, secretos en fin es una perfecta mezcla de generaciones respetando el concepto retro En cuanto a la historia es excepcional, cada personaje tiene una participación, y varios finales, los villanos uff nuevos y desafiantes, usaron mecánicas de varias entregas, pero claro si has jugado los títulos clásicos de Sonic serán pan comido, en esta historia el Dr Eggman descubrió una nueva gema, y Sonic y sus amigos deben detenerlos, mientras juegas verás las cinemáticas mientras frustras sus planes con batallas contra jefes de todos los títulos desde los clásicos como el jefe final de Sonic 2 hasta metal Sonic Sin más que decir es la edición plus que incluye 2 personajes más con mecánicas diferentes, puedes jugar cooperativo la campaña y por competición hasta 4 jugadores, el juego cuenta con desbloqueables claro y logros, además viene en una caja de cartón exclusiva, carcasa de vista doble versión Génesis y PS4, y un libro de arte con curiosidades del juego, en inglés claro aun así casi no hay texto, esta edición viene siendo para quienes se consideran fans simplemente ya que no hay mucho que cambie de la edición digital standard Ojo lo único que me desagrado fue que no cuenta con platino, los máximos logros son 3 de plata, esto me extrañó, para un juego relativamente difícil cuente con pocos logros