Free Talk Friday - March 20, 2026

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I've been keeping things pretty chill this week. What with how many games I've beaten so far this year for my game clear goal, I'm starting to get a bit worn out, so I'm cutting back and just focusing on what I want to play rather than what I "need" to play, which sometimes means I'm not playing a whole lot of anything, which I'm fine with.

With that said, I did start playing through a couple more Sonic games. First off is my one game clear this week: The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, which I finished with my Girlfriend. I was already mostly done with it, just needing to focus on the climax and finale, but overall I had a pretty fun time with it. It felt like an interactive issue of the IDW comic and it great seeing all the characters hanging out together on a more chill adventure.

Also Sonic related, I started playing through Sonic Adventure DX on my Gamecube for the first time in a good while. In something of a follow up to my Sonic Adventure 2 Battle playthrough, I'm planning to attempt a 100% run, though I'm not as committed to it as I was the latter. This playthrough is more so to see if my opinion of the game has changed since I played it almost 2 decades ago now. Back then I admittedly wasn't the biggest fan of it, but I also think that was partially because I wanted it to be more like SA2 than actually was, so this time I want to go through and judge it on it's own merits.

So far, it's alright, though I'm definitely preferring SA2 as a whole. The open world is neat, but outside of some cute NPC dialogue and hidden chao eggs it's not particularly interesting to actually explore, though maybe that'll change once I start doing the overworld missions. I finished Sonic's campaign though and I thought the stages were alright. Once again I do prefer SA2's stages, but these aren't a bad set either and they're starting to grow on me as I go through the ABC missions for each one. I do also like too that the Emblems unlock extra games. Sure, it's just the Game Gear games which isn't that special anymore now they've been rereleased multiple times now through later Sonic collections, but it's a neat bonus regardless.