Well I just completely beat Sonic Heroes and I was pretty disappointed. It was the same basic thing as Sonic Adventure 2. Beat all four teams and then do the last story where you go through a sort of trial with the other teams and then kick Metal Overlord's ass while in super sonic form.
I just rented Shadow the Hedgehog and I really like it. They say "Hero or Villain, you decide..." and I thought it was going to be like SA2 again where you'd do hero missions or dark missions and last story, but it wasn't.
The game is set up in a kind of tournament format. You do each level and you get to choose what objective you want to do. Each one will take you to a different level, depending on which side you choose. You can go all hero through it, and then change to go to the dark side at the very end.
And there's a few different tid-bits that will confuse you in a MGS kinda way. It kind of reminds me of MGS2. Like, when Shadow has small memory flashbacks, it's done in the way Snake rmembers things from MGS2.
There's much more...choice. I like it.
And now, for the fun part.
ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE ON THIS GAME?!
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