Two months have passed since Dr.Robotnik / Eggman tried to take over the world from his new base, the ring satellite found in space.
Eggman had plans on draining the rings from the planet to keep Sonic at bay. But that plan fell through when Sonic burst into the base to stop him in his tracks.
Sonic, after stopping Eggman’s latest plan, figured that would be the end of his mad plans, but Sonic was wrong as Eggman had planned to return to get his revenge with a new threat and plan in store.
While Eggman is planning, a strange asteroid started hovering around the planet, Eggman, mad at the heroes he curses, plans on making them all.
(Sonic was the only one there…)
The strange asteroid was picked up by Eggman’s scanner, seeing this he shrugged it of as it could have been any rock but later on, he had an idea to use the energy stored within the rock for his latest plan to turn it into a new base to make all that stand against him, beg for mercy.
Eggman, using his new weapon/base targets Greenflower City to show Sonic, he has the power to do what he wants. Sonic is too late to do anything to save the city, Eggman comes to gloat one last time before putting his plan into action.
Sonic and Tails give chase to put a stop to Eggman’s plans and our game begins
Gameplay
Sonic Robo Blast 2 or SRB2 is a Sonic Fangame that goes back to the classic roots of Sonic, using a modified version of the Doom Legacy engine
It’s an FPS but without guns, it works really well. You have your main 3 heroes. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles who all play different, akin to “Sonic 3 & Knuckles”
One new feature to Sonic’s Moveset is the “speedthok” that will send Sonic at high-speeds.
I should talk about the characters and the level difficulty. Sonic is the hard mode, you are fast and quick, but control is something you need to earn.
With Sonic, there is no safety net to catch you if you make a platforming mistake or mistakes
You have speed, and skill on your side.
Tails is the slowest one, while speed is not on your side, you have full control of your character, even while going fast.
Knuckles is faster than Tails but not as fast as Sonic, Knuckles has a low jump like in the classic games but like the classic games, you can climb walls, and glide
You have 7 zones and the final zone. This is version 2.1.19 that I am using
There are stages that level themes akin to the classic games
There are emerald tokens that will warp the player to a special stage that plays akin to “Nights into dreams”
You have the Green Hill themed like stage. all green and full of life, water flowing flowers dancing. For a place that has been wiped out. Greenflower zone looks nice
You have a chemical plant themed stage. Techno Hill, the area outside Greenflower has been turned into a toxic mechanical factory that is pumping out toxic slime.
You have your water-themed zone. Deep Sea, your underground labyrinth with hidden ruins, and flowing waters that lead into a deeper underground labyrinth.
Castle Eggman is one of Eggman’s castle, guarded by his robots, and full of traps to keep you on edge.
Arid Canyon is an open level that has been taken over by Eggman. Hot oil and deep canyons, using Rope pulleys to cross the deep canyons
Red Volcano is your lava/fire stage that is ready to blow. Lava rising and lowering, and falling platforms.
Egg rock, the final zone and the last wall of Eggman’s defense. Low gravity, anti-gravity, and crushers. This stage will test your platforming skills with Metal Sonic.
Egg Rock Core zone, the final fight. It’s you and Eggman.
The game difficulty is based on how well you can control the character, using Sonic for the first time is going to be hard, whereas using Tails or Knuckles may offer a better playing experience.
Final thoughts
SRB2 or Sonic Robo Blast 2 is a fun game, I say it’s pretty stable, the game is still being worked on still.
My issue with the game is the learning curve, for players who played SRB2 to death, this is no issue but to a new player, this is a huge turn-off, and may even turn players away from the game.
I had a few deaths in SRB2 that felt cheap (Questionable) But for the most part, it went well
I didn’t bring this up, but SRB2 has online and a big community of modders and the online is fun when you can get things going without resyncs.
But overall, SRB2 is a fun fan game that does a good job of bringing the classic heroes to 3D well. If you love Sonic and 3D platformers and doom like controls, SRB2 may be for you. if you don’t like doom like controls or 3D platformers but like Sonic. Give SRB2 a try, it’s free, and you may be surprised what this game has to offer
Thanks for reading.
Sources
SRB2: https://www.srb2.org/
The game devs: https://twitter.com/SonicTeamJr
SRB2 Speedrun.com: https://www.speedrun.com/srb2
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