Returning for Act Two as the newer Sonic delivers a behind-the-shoulder, forward-moving 3D perspective that sometimes shifts to 2D for intermittent stretches. Armed with just the spin dash and a need for speed, old Sonic brings back a great classic vibe. Playing as the original Sonic has you zipping through the undulating side-scrolling stages to collect gold rings, stomp foes, and navigate tricky platforming sections in 2D in a similar manner to the old-school games. You have to tackle every level twice-once with the old-school Sonic and once with the modern Sonic-and that might sound like a cheap way of extending the adventure, but each hero's run offers a very different experience. Saving your friends trapped in time on the hub world requires you to warp back to memorably reimagined stages culled from past Sonic games. The story is laced with pleasantly light humor and serves as the vehicle for bringing the old and new eras together. Left stuck in a void, modern Sonic meets up with his retro self from the 16-bit era, and the two team up to recover their buddies and set things right. An upbeat picnic party gets ruined when a dark, powerful menace sucks up all of Sonic's pals and scatters them through time and space. Generations stars not one but two different versions of Sonic that coexist simultaneously in the same realm as a result of the game's time-bending plot setup.

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