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Best Game Ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game ever! I don't get why some of you guys don't like this... ok there's bad words in it but hey i'm 10 years old! But it has awesome music and you get to ride some sweet machines so BUY THIS GAME!

this game rocks hard

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this is soooooo cool sonic cant do this stuff hes a dork shadow is awsome hes the best charter in the sonic series buy it now this is like one of the best games in the world

dont listen

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: December 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

DONT LISTEN TO THE NON-SHADOW, SONIC, TAIL, KNUCKLES, AMY, ESPIO FAN WHO THINKS HE IS ALL THAT!!!

HE IS 0% RIGHT, 100% WRONG-- IM A GIRL AND I STILL LIKE IT!!! I HAVE LUVED SONIC SINCE SONIC 2 ON SEGA GENISIS. THIS GAME IS AWESOME- A GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT 4 THOSE 12 AND UP!!!

stop dissing my reviews

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 22
Date: December 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

hey little kids stop dissing my reviews. you can't say there not helpful, if the game sucks. to see the truth about this lackluster game, visit www.gamespot.com. it's the truth about this game. ps. i am hard rocker tom.

E 10 rating is completely wrong

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: December 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Parents stay away from this one. This game should have a more mature rating. Sonic says "dammit" constantly. Shawdow the Hedgehog has the most gratuitous use of foul language I have ever seen in a video game! Big thumbs down to Sega and the ESRB.

Sonic sucks!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 45
Date: November 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Sonic is the dumbest game out there. All shadow does is run around with a gun shooting fake looking creatures. One question: Why would they make this game E for everyone 10+ if this game is so baby like? If you like shooter games so much, get GTA or 50 Cent Bulletproof. I am 0% a sonic fan.

Sonic with Guns (^_^)!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: January 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This Game, Shadow the Hedgehog, is an okay game. The Gameplay sucks, but the game is still fun (probably just because it has GUNS!!!!!!!! (^_^)!!!!!!!!!!). The Gameplay sucks because SEGA tried to put two extremely different types of gameplay together; Shooters and the Fast-paced style of Sonic games (which KICK A**). But shooters are slow* and Fast-paced Sonic games are weeelllll...fast. So the gameplay is B-A-D! But for you over-protective dumba** parents, this game does have a tiny bit of swearing (the d-word is said when you die, but that only happens if you really suck**), but THE GAME IS RATED 10+ AND IT SAYS IT HAS "MILD LANGUAGE" IN IT, SO YOU PARENTS SHOULDN'T BE COMPLAINING!!! But the d-word isn't that bad (and I really doubt your child is going to become a mass-murderer because they heard Shadow The Hedgehog saying the "d-word"). But this game still has very good features, like it's interactive(ness?) and all the GUNS!!! (^_^)!!! But in the meantime the story is really, really, really bad (not to mention the acting). But this game is still fun and it's a MUST-BUY for all Sonic Fans (like me). I thereby (thereby is such a weird word) declare (oooooh! Now it's pro-like- thing-like) this game pretty good (4 stars!!!)!

GamEz***

*So people can actually HIT their enemies
**The Game is EASY!
***I like footnotes (FEET!!!)

Fix: The guy that rote Case Closed

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: July 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

In the sentence that said "you get S.L. for damn", I ment to say: You don't get S.L. damn"

Not for young kids

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

We bought this game for our son who loves the Sonic series. However, as others have said, the game includes frequent swearing so we no longer allow him to play it. The game also has a very "dark" feel to it, which I realize was part of the game creator's intent. IMO the game should be rated "T".

The Ultimate Hedgehog!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Shadow the Hedgehog is the strangest and most controversial game in the Sonic franchise. Pro reviewers who had grown up in the sunny 16-bit world of *Sonic the Hedgehog* regarded the game as an abomination. *Shadow the Hedgehog* takes place in a dark, amoral landscape laid waste by sinister extraterrestrials, and the equally bleak world of Shadow's gruesome past. Allies and enemies are often the same, and Shadow's amnesia and persecution from all sides makes the distinction between good and evil fuzzy at best.

The structure of the levels is similar to Sonic Heroes, except that the player usually has three possible objectives, and one's choice determines the future path the game will take. Some of the objectives are annoying, but most of the levels are well laid out and fun to play through multiple times. *Shadow the Hedgehog* finally replaces the Renderware engine of Heroes and previous 3D outings with a modern version, and I found the sense of speed, moving and exploding platforms, and cooperative camera a signficant improvement over previous 3D Sonic releases.

Shadow likes weapons, and he has a lot to choose from. There are lock-on rockets, Gatling guns, turrets, rifles, swords, and a huge variety of bizzare alien weapons, not to mention an Omochao gun and a "vacuum chicken!" All of them have different capabilities and effects, and I found the aiming system easy to master.

Shadow can be hard to control at first, because he skates rather than runs. He can also slide to knock down enemies without slowing down. With some practice, I found Shadow more fun and maneuverable than any character in a previous Sonic 3D game. The homing attack is also unforgiving at first, but can be aimed in midair and like sliding, is a technique that can be used fairly effectively once the controls are mastered.

The plot does a decent job of explaining Shadow's confusing past, although the limited number of cutscenes and bosses combined with the freedom to choose different paths often lead to awkward narration. For example, Eggman will attack the player in boss levels even if the player has allied with him previously, and will then eagerly solicit his help later in the game. The voice work is enthusisastic but very uneven, ranging from solid to extremely grating. The game does feature an impressive soundtrack and very high quality pre-rendered movies, and in-game graphics are generally more complex and impressive than earlier Sonic 3D titles. Unfortunately, the in-game rendered scenes often look like they were ported from the Dreamcast, and the models for the human characters are downright ugly.

I only recommend the Gamecube version. The PS2 version suffers from severe slowdown that seriously affects the controls and camera whenever there is a lot of motion on screen. I have heard similar complaints about the Xbox. It is a shame that Sega did not do a better job with the PS2 and Xbox relseases, because most of the complaints about poor controls and camera only affect those consoles.

Overall, this is a good if flawed game, and probably should have rated a 7/10 on the pro-review sites. I would only recommend it for teens and adults, though. The strong language is fairly mild, but I believe that the "dark" mission objectives and overall tone of the game are too morally ambiguous for young children.

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