Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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The Sonic 4 Saga continues in Episode II with the return of a beloved side kick and fan-favorite villains! Following the events of Episode I, Metal Sonic has returned to form an alliance with Dr. Eggman! To face this new evil, Sonic will have to call upon an old friend to help him save the day!
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II is a adventure, platformer and co-op game
developed and published by SEGA.
Released on May 14th 2012 is available only on Windows
in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 2,081 reviews of which 1,539 were positive and 542 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.06€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP/Vista/Win7
- Processor: Pentium 4 @ 3.2 GHz/Athlon 64 3000+ or Equivalent & above
- Memory: 1 GB (2 GB on Vista)
- Graphics: 256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 8600/AT Radeon HD3650) & above
- DirectX®: DirectX 9c
- Hard Drive: 6 GB Free
- Sound: DirectX Compatible
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It's an "okay" Sonic game - much better than the Episode I for sure. The musics are disapointing. I appreciate that they introduce new mechanics in this game with the "combos" between Sonic and Tails: refreshing! ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☑ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☑ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☑ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☑ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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delist episode 1 then rename this to sonic the portable and the franchise is saved /j also the final boss crashed my pc oops
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Really good, just turn your monitor to 60hz if you have a high refresh rate monitor because the game will be double speed. If you love Sonic games, I'm sure you will like this. Especially if you aren't very picky like me. Like someone else mentioned in another review. It's a turn off your brain type Sonic game. Just don't expect something amazing and you will probably enjoy it.
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Contrary to what a lot of people may think, Sonic 4 Episode II isn't as bad as they remember. Sure, it's not on the same level as Sonic 3 & Knuckles (in my opinion), but it definitely has some good points : - The soundtrack is great ! From Sylvania Castle to Death Egg MK.II, there wasn't any "bad" music (for me at least). - The graphics are way better than Episode I, they ditched the weird plastic look and gave us polished terrain and backgrounds. - The physics are alright, even if S4E2 doesn't play the same as the Genesis games, it's still fun to control Sonic (unlike Episode I). However, several criticisms people often make are valid to some degree : - The lack of zone originality and diversity : even though it didn't bother me personally, we must admit that, while adding some elements not present in previous zones, they are heavily inspired by the Genesis zones : Sylvania Castle Zone -> Marble Garden Zone (S3) + Aquatic Ruin Zone (S2), White Park Zone -> Carnival Night Zone (S3) + Ice Cap Zone (S3), Sky Fortress Zone -> Literally Wing Fortress Zone (S2) , Death Egg mk.II Zone -> Death Egg Zone (S&K) (+ a little bit of Metallic Madness (CD) ?). Also, 2 acts per zone has proven to be better compared to 3 acts per zone (like Sonic Mania which has a lot more zones). Overall, while this game isn't worth the full price ($10), I recommend to buy it when it's 50% off. Rating : 7/10 , A neat underrated little game !
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This is not a great sonic game but I'd say it's overall pretty damn good. It's an enormous step up in every way from the first episode and deserves its praise. The physics still aren't perfect but they're at least fun to control now. Biggest mistake is that you don't gain speed while rolling down slopes. I tested it, you can go the same distance while spindashing down a slope and when you spindash up it. You also can still walk-up walls while moving at a low speed but that could also be seen as a bit of convenience so it's not the biggest issue. The spindash itself is quite weak. There isn't that much difference between quick-tapping it to instantly spindash and fully charging it up, both in how fast it is and how far you go. You will legit go FASTER if you airdash in the air and then start running on the ground again which is kinda dumb. Still, even with these problems, it feels 100% better than what was in episode 1 and is still more fun than a standard platformer without momentum physics. Unlike the first episode which I almost entirely hated, there were only a few things that I'd say are bad in this game. The second boss fight is annoying with how it keeps sending you into the backround so you can't hit the boss, extending the fight. The second act of White Park is cool and unique, but honestly feels more barren than other levels and shorter with you just running. The Sandopolis-like sand rising bits in the last act of Oil Desert can be frustrating if you don't execute them perfectly. There is a Sky Chase zone call back in the first act of Sky Fortress, and while I would genuinely say it's probably the best Sky Chase level in the series, it's still just lesser gameplay compared to the main game. I wanna point out how cool I think the special stages are. They're the half pipe again but I think this may be one of the best versions of it. I do recommend trying to get all the emeralds as the special stages are sorta fun. The last one is quite hard though. Pro tip: If you lose the special stage you cannot return to it after being kicked out. You'll have to collect 50 rings and jump into the big ring at the end of the level again. For some reason though you can just retry the special stages at any point while playing them, not even at a cost to your stock of lives I'm pretty sure. One of my biggest gripes with this game is how you're forced to play alongside Tails and use combo abilities with him. I wish I could just play as Sonic and not have to sit through the game pausing for a second every time it makes me use one of these moves. When it comes to the longer Tails flying sections, these again are just lesser segments of gameplay that I can certainly get through but would rather just skip. Also, it's real annoying that performing one of these moves takes you out of your super form. You'll have to waste time watching the animation of you turning super again every time you need to use Tails. This is honestly a more subjective opinion that some people may or may not have a problem with. The visuals and zone themes in this game are certainly better. The first zone though is on the same tier of originality when it comes to the first episode's zones, legit just being Aquatic Ruin zone from Sonic 2. Every other zone is stuff that has been done before in the series but they're not just taking directly from old zones, instead being actually new locations. White Park especially I'll applaud for being unique because there weren't any amusement park zones with roller coaster tracks in the classic games ( Unless you count Sunset Park from Sonic Triple Trouble which is an abandoned amusement park I guess. ) The visuals of this game are notably much better, actually being 3D modeled now and getting rid of that plasticky filter. The music is styled the same as the first episode. I like more tracks in this game though, especially Oil Desert 1 and 2, White Park 1, Sky Fortress 2 and Death Egg MK2 1. I still absolutely hate the shakers that are used throughout the entire ost. They hurt my head and stuff, too intrusive and repetitive. I'm not sure if many other people can relate to me on this though. Honestly, if this episode started off the series and it wasn't called sonic 4, I'd say that it would've been a good series that people would look back fondly on. It's honestly sad that the third episode was cut as I'm sure the improvements made there would've been even better. If you're a sonic fan then I definitely would recommend this game if you're interested in playing lesser sonic media. If you're not a sonic fan then you should go play some of the original classic games first and then come back to this if you're interested. Do NOT play the first episode though...
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Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II received 1,539 positive votes out of a total of 2,081 achieving a rating of 7.16.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II was developed and published by SEGA.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II is not playable on MacOS.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II is not playable on Linux.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II is a single-player game.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II does not currently offer any DLC.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II does not support Steam Remote Play.
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14 May 2012
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