Sonic Adventure is on Xbox Live Arcade right now, and is hitting the PlayStation Network later this month. Don't believe me? Watch the video above. It proves it, for GOD's sake!
I must confess that I just don't get what it is about this game that makes it any different from the more recent 3D Sonic games, in that it still seems to be all about cheap pitfall deaths, useless hub worlds, and a focus on speed over gameplay.
Nevertheless, some people like it, so this is for them. Makes me wonder why they didn't like Sonic 2006.
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11:00 PM on 09.16.2010 | 
"I must confess that I just don't get what it is about this game that makes it any different from the more recent 3D Sonic games"
Probably because you have no attention to detail, as it's pretty blatant how it's different.
"in that it still seems to be all about cheap pitfall deaths"
To a much lower degree, especially considering how all of the stages aren't overly linear racetracks suspended in the air as they are now, and how the stages were actually designed to take advantage of the 3D medium.
"useless hub worlds"
Which showed up in only two games afterwards.
"and a focus on speed over gameplay."
Obviously to a much lesser degree again, if you had any attention to detail you'd notice how this game is far more platformer centric than more recent games.
"Makes me wonder why they didn't like Sonic 2006."
Because obviously it's a shitty, borderline unplayable, glitchy mess with awful gameplay and design choices, an overly dramatic inappropriate story, and bland, ugly visuals and music, you moron.
Not to mention this is pretty much the last Sonic game to actually look and sound like a Sonic game.
Don't be fooled. This game is a shoddy port of a port of a port. They were so lazy they didn't even update the resolution. You know how much effort it takes to make this game widescreen on the PC? Next to none. About 3 lines of code, and honestly it looks great running at full screen resolution.
And for those of you confused over if this is SADX or not, it actually is SADX only with the art replaced to all of the Sonic Adventure DC art. However the features that were in SADX are still there, but they are only in a separate downloadable expansion pack.
As for Sonic Adventure XBLA, I think I'll pass. I haven't played it in years, and I fear for my memories. Besides I have DX: Director's Cut still. That's enough for me.
@jim: when sonic adventure came out.. sonic hadnt had a proper title on consoles in about 5 years (as im sure you know). sonic adventure had many flaws, but it was a lot of fun at the time. im convinced that sonic's other 3d games would have been not only liked better, but overall better games if they were only released every 4 or 5 years..
but like someones already said.. the game didnt age well. its alright, not the worst.. but its not something id drop everything im currently playing to go back and experience again.
also, its one of those things man.. you hadnt seen sonic in 5 years, so all the camera problems and tedium of the monotonous speed based level design was overshadowed by the fact that there was new sonic.. and in 3d! but when they did it every couple years with even worse camera controls and eventually even lamer level design/gimmicks.. it was over. nobody wanted it..
That's the best part of the game! The mouth moves for at least a whole second after they are done talking and it's funny everytime.
I loved the game as well as sonic adventure 2. Even with all the bugs, camera and control problems. Even with Big the cat (dam you froggy) I loved it for reasons I sometimes don't understand. I believe if they kept the concept from these games but fixed the above problems, sonic could of been great. But I just see new games with terrible concepts and the same problems (sometimes with more) And to me sonic is passed his expiry date.
Besides, Sonic Adventure 1 sucked my asshole.
Sonic Adventure was/is amazing. I will be getting this ASAP.
I'm sorry Jim, but you're just sounding like a complete ignorant right now. I know you like to pick on Sonic fans but this just makes you look bad and untrustworthy.
Anyway, here's one of the reasons we didn't like Sonic 2006. Maybe it will give you a glimpse of the difference between it and Sonic Adventure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDtY4TxVo64
What high school did you go to that was fun? Mine was full of jerks.