sonic mania plus

Sonic Mania Plus Review – Blue-Tinted Glasses

By Michael Leri

SONIC MANIA was one of the biggest ploys on nostalgia in recent years. Mixing the Blue Blur’s greatest hits with some new levels and putting it into one cohesive package adequately satiated the hedgehog’s starved fanbase. SONIC MANIA PLUS, as its name implies, is the updated version of that Genesis era love letter complete with…

  • Beautiful, Genesis-appropriate visuals.
  • Mighty and Ray are good additions.
  • Fantastic soundtrack.
  • Punishing checkpoints and lives system halt progress and thwart pacing.
  • Platforming hasn’t aged well.
  • Although cheap, Plus doesn’t add much.

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Michael Leri
Michael Leri

Michael Leri is Evolve's senior gaming editor. He prides himself on playing and finishing as many video games as he can in all sorts of genres from shooters to platformers to weird indie experiments. There's always something to learn from rolling credits and that thirst for experience and knowledge is mostly what drives him. You can find him on Twitter, Backloggd, Bluesky, and Letterboxd as @OrangeFlavored.

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