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[NICKtendo DS]

So since the patch, I've been giving Sonic Lost World (Wii U) a second chance. Being able to control the Color Powers with the stick and buttons is a major improvement. I can actually control Crimson Eagle now!
But the fun didn't last long. The game is still brokenly unforgiving in some points (Insta-death bombcarts? Really?), so Lava Mountain Zone 2 I perma ragequit again.
Then came Yoshi's Island Zone. The Ultimate Life Farm! (Almost sounds like Shadow, but sadly isn't) Having all these lives was more than welcome. Now I had the courage and lives to actually T&E on some points. It takes 50-100 lives to finally understand how parcour works in its entirety. It's still a stupid system, but it's so much more satisfying actually knowing what the fuck I'm doing.

With that, I have finally cleared every level, obtained every Red Ring and cleared every Omochao request. All that's left to do is farm thousands of animals for extra RC vehicles and wait for the LoZ Zone.

Having cleared this game, two of the levels are still major offenders of the crime "being broken and unfair". The second Jungle Zone, with the searchlight that kills instantly, unlike the one from Super Mario 3D World that simply barrages you with enemies, like it should. And the second Lava Mountain Zone, for mentioned reasons. Nerf the bombcarts and searchlight with another patch and this game can be considered fixed.

I have so much more tolerance for this game now, but I'm not sure who their target audience is. Clearly too dark and unfair for kids, not Sonic enough for the diehards. The game's okay, at least after the patch before the DLC, but it's a bit of a let down. Only a hand full of levels are enjoyable enough for replaying, and I'm getting sick of playing Windy Hill Zone 1 over and over again :/

Since this sounds like a review now, I might aswell give this game a hiss out of meow.