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Sonic and the black knight shadow
Sonic and the black knight shadow





However, the level design is often poor and uninspiring, with each stage feeling linear and also a tad short. There is the usual range of challenges, including reaching an end-point of a level or killing a certain number of enemies, alongside new tasks such as giving rings to townspeople (involving a rather frustrating button pressing sequence). Over the quest, you will visit various mythological locations, including the castle of Camelot. Sound effects are also fairly well-delivered, but the pop-rock soundtrack feels a little jarring. Decent-ish voice actors (barring Sonic, who sounds like a Butlins Redcoat mixed with a village idiot) do their best with some rather terrible dialogue. The opening cut scene is beautifully realised with fantastic looking scenery, well animated characters and good weather effects.

sonic and the black knight shadow

The first thing you will notice in the game is the high level of graphical polish. As terrible as this may sound, it is not actually that bad in realisation as the story proves a reasonably well placed, if not a rather curious, take on popular mythology. Thus triggers the hedgehog's quest to defeat the dastardly king and bring peace back to the world. In a bind, she calls out for help, which results in Sonic falling out of the sky with, bizarrely, two hotdogs in his hands. While spreading his brand of evil throughout the Middle Ages, King Arthur corners Merlina, granddaughter of the famed wizard Merlin. The story is rather a bastardised take on history and myth, in which the fabled King Arthur has become evil and also strangely camp (check out his pink scarf. Therefore, the Sonic Team has decided that the best way to reinvigorate the franchise is by going back to the world of Arthurian legend for Sonic And The Black Knight. However, in recent years Sega has largely failed to produce the right games to back this up. Last year, a poll of 500 people at the London Games Festival placed the Hedgehog at the top of a list of favourite gaming icons, ahead of Mario in second and Tomb Raider's Lara Croft in third. What should first be noted is that there is still a great appetite for Sonic as a character. Unfortunately, Sonic And The Black Knight not only fails to arrest this trend but further muddies the Hedgehog's legacy. The recent quality of games featuring the spiky blue hog has been patchy at best, not least with the Jekyll & Hyde disappointment of Sonic Unleashed. Long gone are the days of whizzy adventures on the Mega Drive when stating a preference for the blue hedgehog or Nintendo's Italian plumber Mario was like Oasis Vs Blur in the heyday of Britpop.

sonic and the black knight shadow

Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog character has recently been navigating some rather troubled waters.







Sonic and the black knight shadow