Great story and Shadow
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the ending scene with Shadow hit me way harder than i expected”
Steam review · 21.2 h played ↗
Sonic Adventure 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%SEGA20123D Platformer · Platformer · Action
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A beloved, replayable 3D Sonic classic with great speed stages, music, story and Chao Garden, but a rough PC port with clunky controls and camera. Skip it if you hate jank or mech and treasure-hunting stages.
Great for
Sonic fans and nostalgic players who love speed stages, Chao raising and modding
Main risk
Most stages are mech and treasure hunting, on a janky port with camera and framerate problems
What players love
Iconic soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the soundtrack is absolutely iconic”
Steam review · 96.7 h played ↗
Chao Garden is addictive
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The Chao Gardens is my favourite part of the game by far.”
Steam review · 51.8 h played ↗
Nostalgic and charming
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Such a nostalgic experience, especially with the amazing music and classic gameplay.”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
Fast, rewarding Sonic and Shadow stages
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“polishes to (in my opinion) the best speed levels have ever felt”
Steam review · 13.9 h played ↗
Highly replayable with mods
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“if you know what you're doing and mod in some bug fixes, this is one of the absolute best 3D platformers out there”
Steam review · 128.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes, freezes and glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“This game freezes so much, its so frustrating.”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗
Poor PC port, speed and framerate bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“60fps max, causing 4x speed (I have a 240hz monitor).”
Steam review · 14.6 h played ↗
Clunky, janky controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The controls are horrible (with half of your actions mapped on a single button), the handling is finicky”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
Treasure hunting and mech stages drag
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The mech and hunting stages completely ruin the pace and made this game a horrible experience for me because there are multiple mech/hunting stages after every sonic/shadow level.”
Steam review · 16.2 h played ↗
Awful camera
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“the camera is completely, utterly and horrifically awful”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP/Vista/Win7
ProcessorPentium 4 @ 3.2 GHz/Athlon 64 3000+ or Equivalent & above
Memory1 GB RAM
Graphics256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 8600/AT Radeon HD3650) & above
Storage3 GB HD space
Recommended
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 DUO @ 2.4 GHz/Athlon 64 X2 4200+ & above
Memory2 GB RAM
Graphics512 MB (NVIDIA GeForce GTS250/ATI Radeon HD 4850) & above
Storage6 GB HD space
OSWindows XP/Vista/Win7
ProcessorPentium 4 @ 3.2 GHz/Athlon 64 3000+ or Equivalent & above
Memory1 GB RAM
Graphics256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 8600/AT Radeon HD3650) & above
Storage3 GB HD space
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