Sonic Adventure vs Sonic Adventure 2

[RETROVETRO]

Which one do you think is the better game
Sonic Adventure or Sonic Adventure 2?

 

[Frickinfrik]

SA1 because at least it doesn’t have that fucking godawful Security Hall level.

 

[Scotty]

SA1. And it's not even close.

 

[Segadude113]

Which one do you think is the better game
Sonic Adventure or Sonic Adventure 2?
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BOTH. Both on Dreamcast, both on Gamecube, both on PS3/XBOX360, both on Steam!

 

[Doc X]

Objection! Neither; here's the true lord of the Dreamcast!

 

[blindpr0phet]

I prefer 2, but maybe that's just nostalgia talking. And my love of the chao garden. And my love of Rouge the Bat >_>

 

[moonbits]

2, easily.

Straight forward, more varied & refined gameplay and drastically better music.

1 with it's stupid open world where Sonic has to take the train can go straight into the trash.

 

[SecretStrategist]

I'll say and admit that I prefer the first Sonic Adventure over the second as while the sequel did introduce Shadow and Rouge to the series, I've always liked the first one on account that it was an open-world experience in that you had to explore and find the location of the stages. In addition to that, I also loved the ambient and atmospheric music of the first Sonic Adventure when compared to the more rock and rap based OST of the second one.

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

For Me, Both Sonic Adventure games are good despite their advantages and disadvantages.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Sonic Adventure 1.

No reason, I just liked it better.

 

[Jeff]

SA1. Because it doesn't have that awful ranking system.

 

[NoctemDead]

Sonic Adventure 2 is a far better game to me.

I tried to replay through the first one and couldn't get into it as much (despite it being one of my literal first games and biggest objects of nostalgia, and I just re-bought it on Dreamcast).

2 is just a lot more fun and focused to play and I think it has higher bpm (bangers per minute) in the soundtrack. It's a game that I actually want to play more. Sonic Adventure is a game that I want to walk around the world in and relive nostalgia more.

 

[DrunkGecko]

sonic adventure 2 easily
it has metal harbor, it has nu metal hedgehog, it has big tiddy bat

 

[BoysenBarry]

SA2 is probably the objectively "better" game. It's so much more polished, has more content, and has more involved level design and mechanics, as well as a story that, while still messy, is much more coherent and consistently entertaining.

However, I have such an incredible soft spot for Sonic Adventure 1 that regardless of any of its many, many flaws I have to say it's my favorite. Everything about the game is so cozy, from the hub worlds, the chao gardens, the different characters, the hokey cutscenes, everything. The game is so ambitious with what it tries to accomplish on new (at the time) hardware that even when it fumbles, I think that it does so in a way that adds to its character. It's a game that I've found myself going back to when I'm going through a rough time and just need something familiar and cozy. It's not perfect, not by any means, but to me it may as well be.

(some stats for reference of how often I keep coming back to the game lmao)

And as for versions I definitely prefer the Dreamcast versions of both, but the PC versions with the Dreamcast restoration mods are almost certainly more "definitive" versions of the games.

 

[cuttyflam]

SA1 because at least it doesn’t have that fucking godawful Security Hall level.

No way you think Big's stages are better lol

 

[Segadude113]

No way you think Big's stages are better lol

i figured out how the rod works.

 

[Frickinfrik]

No way you think Big's stages are better lol

It’s like a pick your poison kind of situation. Either you go fishing or you get thrown into a level with an unreliable radar, randomized emerald locations, and a very strict time limit.

 

[cuttyflam]

i figured out how the rod works.

I still don't completely understand that fuckass rod honestly. I probably never will.

It’s like a pick your poison kind of situation. Either you go fishing or you get thrown into a level with an unreliable radar, randomized emerald locations, and a very strict time limit.

Both are incredibly boring slogs but at least with the gem hunts you have a radar that lets you know you're close to an emerald, so while it's still incredibly bad (sometimes they took me up to 15 or 20 minutes, no lie), they at least have ways for you to get to your goal quicker. With Big's stages you're just thrown in there with the expectation that you don't check yourself into a padded room because of how god awful the controls are

 

[Rox00]

Both games are great in their own ways but Sonic Adventure 1 has the best Sonic theme so Adventure 1 is better.

 

[Scotty]

It’s like a pick your poison kind of situation. Either you go fishing or you get thrown into a level with an unreliable radar, randomized emerald locations, and a very strict time limit.

I'll take Big's fishing levels over ANY Emerald Hunting stage in SA2. At least you can beat those relatively fast.

 

[Lena CE]

Both are fantastic, its such a tough call. SA1 has a more enjoyable Sonic thanks to more open ended level design but I do appreciate the arcadey high score precision that SA2 demands. Whilst SA2 did downgrade the radar, I'd say the treasure hunting stages for Knuckles/Rouge are way more fun in SA2 than they were in 1. But then you get to play a traditional Tails in SA1 and he's awesome! Gamma and the mech stages in SA2 are kinda whatever for me, I don't hate them or love them. At least with SA1 the Gamma section is over in like half an hour and it doesn't have that ungodly ear piercing lock on ring that SA2 has.

Many people bash Amy and Big but I think both of the campaigns are short and ultimately solid, especially Amy's.

But when it comes to bonus content going for A ranks, playing alternate missions and delving into the Chao Garden is infinitely more fun in SA2 than in any version of SA1.

Musicwise both are peak, but I do appreciate SA1's greater variety in genre and style.

Whilst I conceptually like SA1 more as an overall package, the dealbreaker for me is that the overworld - while cool - just doesn't have enough going on to justify itself. Its small, there isn't much of anything to find and it just serves as tiny padding between actual levels. If there was just more to see and do I'd probably give it the edge, but thanks to SA2's pacing for a campaign playthrough being so damn strong I ultimately think I give it to that game. You may not have non-mech Tails or Amy, but everything else makes up for it.

 

[alpha_wolf24]

well thats a hard question to answer. do you mean as an overall package or just going off of Sonic gameplay? as an overall package Adventure 2 is better but i do admit the way Sonic controls in Adventure 1 is better imo. also Adventure 1 doesnt force the alternate gameplay styles on you so it has that over 2 also. but Adventure 2 has the better story and better overall feel to it imo. especially if were talking about the non Dreamcast versions

 

[sneakyguts]

SA 1

 

[dropsmegamega]

I prefer the slightly more open design of SA1 plus the levels themselves felt more creative imo. I feel like SA2 was already starting the "just go forward" 3D sonic level design.

 

[ChronoFiction]

Sonic Adventure 1, I just don't like the treasure hunting stages in Sonic Adventure 2, those weren't really fun to play through while in comparison Sonic Adventure 1's treasure hunting stage I didn't find nearly as dreadful as the ones in Sonic Adventure 2.