There are more bosses now, and again Eggman has sent out some faithful robots to take care of Sonic and Tails at the end of each Zone instead of putting his own ass in danger. Like in the picture, the robots don't look that frightening (not as much as Robotnik! Joke.), but still hurt if you touch them. The first level boss is a pushover, then it gets to places like Aqua Planet Zone which turns out just a bit mental. Yes, again, you must collect the precious gems known as Chaos Emeralds. But to get to the emeralds is a bit easier than searching the level for them. This time, Sonic must collect 100 rings and he will enter the special stage in which he has to achieve a certain goal in order to gain a chaos emerald. Unfortunately, for some reason Tails cannot enter the special stage, he just gains an extra life when you get 100 rings. He also starts off with three continues. We didn't want Tails as a handicap...

There are new items to be had aswell as new moves for Sonic and Tails including specially designed rocket boots for Sonic to boost off in mid air so he can collect normally unreachable items. Another feature is the spring, which when standing on it springs you up in the air (no surprise), and back down again. Plus you have Sonic's Super Peel-Out standing dash to give you a burst of speed, and Tails' flying ability.

Yes, now you can play as Sonic's best friend, Tails. He doesn't have the same opportunities as Sonic, as he can't use Rocket boots or play for a Chaos emerald. Instead, he gets lives. Lots and lots of lives. And he flies. Which is a bonus. Not a lot much else you can do with Tails. But if you missed playing as him in Sonic 2, then you get the chance to now, but the levels are no different, you just get to better ground with him. Still cool though.

This game feels like a breath of fresh air from the first sequel, if only because of the fact that you can play as Tails. Yay! This adds a whole new element of gameplay, should you play as Sonic and blast it through the levels regardless, or play as Tails and fly about searching every bit of ground for goodies? The only downer to playing as the two-tailed one is that as Tails you can't play for Chaos Emeralds, in the special stages. Shame that. Although it is easier than Sonic 2, it feels less strenuous to play. However, in this day and age a 2-Player mode may have sufficed as well for longevity, as you play this game and discover that there's not much to play for, even when in past Sonic games it was the same, but you still felt like going back for more. With Sonic Chaos this isn't the case. This does give you more than enough gameplay to last a while, so you get your money's worth still, just look out for that lastability factor.

Sonic Score: 8 out of 10!

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