The way the game works is this. You have a certain amount of 'hit points', the chances you have which decrease as you are attacked, before you die. These come in the lovely form of rings. You can collect more rings from boulders or enemies, should they be containing some in the first place. You have the standard jump button, which when double tapped makes Tails fly. There is a bar to the left as you are flying. This signifies the amount of flying time you have before you get tired, but you can collect items which boost this bar. Aswell as this you have an action button, which at the start has bombs as its default, when you press this button, it uses the item shown in the blue box. You can carry four special items between levels, pressing a certain button or direction when paused to switch to each respective item.

Each level has a certain amount of sections, and at the end of that level, you face a boss in many guises, for example, some 'evil ducks' sporting that little green number. You have to work out an attack pattern in order to defeat it, which usually requires your standard bombs, so you best keep them handy when you're choosing your four special items.

In sheer RPG-ness, you come across certain blue spiral things in your travels. If you find one of these, do not hesitate to walk over to it, as it contains a special item, which will be invaluable no-end to the success of your adventures. You may be lucky enough to find a Chaos emerald, which boosts the total amount of rings you can hold, and also increases your 'air time' bar, so you have a longer period to fly in the air without getting too tired. Other items include Remote Robots, which you lay and control to get through the tiniest places, and Hammers, just to lay it upon their ass.

To the uninitiated, this looks like a poor excuse to market Tails a bit instead of Sonic. If that's the case with you, man, you have to work on that interpreting business, pronto. The fact is, is that Tails Adventures is a marvellous adventure. It doesn't try to imitate any Sonic game, it is different, and it stars Tails - if it starred Sonic and his trusty speed maybe people would start mocking this game till it flushes down the pan. Although the speed is kinda slow, you get the feeling that the mood is just right because of it - you actually feel like you want to explore every nook and cranny around. Only thing to say is that with all RPGS and adventure games, its a bit difficult to interpret where you actually are meant to go next, but I suppose RPGS and adventure games wouldn't be the same if it didn't have that element of near frustration. Also, maybe a battery save would have been useful, but it doesn't detract from gameplay at all - unless you lose your Passwords sheet - then you're screwed. ^_^ Is there such as thing as a cross RPG/Adventure/Platformer? Believe it baby, Tails Adventures just that.

Sonic Score: 9 out of 10!

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