For many years, Sonic Hedgehog was considered a Sega charm: in his indigenous Genesis, he was even an unpopular king. But few people know that his title almost grasped another cartoon character. GameSpot portal speak About Ristar – a good or unlucky game to escape at a bad time.
It will not be an exaggeration to say that Mario will forever occupy the throne of the most recognizable game mask in history, but Hedgehog Sonic at least made him seriously competed in the 1990s. The penetration and speed of the blue porcupine made it a truly important character in the pop culture during the time of Super Nintendo and Sega Lolics. You can even say that Sonic has formed the image of the sega platforms in the minds of an audience.
But Genesis fans really know that the tireless hedgehog is not the best hero of platformers on their own platform. This honor belongs to Ristar: A cartoon meteorite, 30 years ago, shot Sonik's knee in a meaningful way so that he had spent all the eternal on the treadmill, offering the same negligible backwards.
Without jokes, Sonic would not blame the fact that in the 2000s, Sega desperately did not understand what to do with the character, and therefore rarely release really good platforms. The incredible speed and pastel tones of franchise are not really derived from three dimensions, while the platforms focus on mechanics similar to Ristar becomes the appropriate of many independent developers. In fact, Ristar is a pioneer who has gone ahead of time – unfortunately the publisher does not understand this.
For those who do not know what we are saying, Ristar is a small but excellent platform, appearing in the sunset of the 1995 Genesis life cycle.
It is reasonable to think that a high -quality project, and even developed by the publisher itself, is to receive the next part – but no. Ristar was unlucky to go out at the wrong time. Sonic finally became Mario's murderer, but at the stage of the Sega concept, many other ideas were built. One of them was the game that felt the rabbit – and it was she then turned into Ristar. But at the time of the release, the attention of critics and the audience was attracted to Sega Saturn, the latest foundation of the publisher, which is why Ristar has overcome, mostly, not noticed.
When comparing the trio, Sonic The Hedgeog and Ristar are difficult to not see the comparison of the first time. Yes, it is easy to enjoy high -speed play, but in fact, the player's ability is very limited. Partly because of this, it is difficult to convert three -dimensional platforms into format: Sonic can only run and jump.
Ristar also mainly based on the central mechanics – the opportunity to marry enemies and objects. But the developers have exhausted its maximum. To get started, Ristar's stretcher can be directed in eight directions, increasing the diversity of enemies and fighting situations. One of the basic capabilities of the main character is the opportunity to climb any vertical steep steep wall with appropriate time. And other memorable mechanisms have become glowing pillars, allowing you to achieve the speed with the rotation, and then shooting in any direction.
Both Sonic and Ristar are proud of a great level, but the platform of animated crawler is distinguished by notable creativity. The underwater parts, puzzles with a pacemaker on the level of music planet provide any new mechanism or idea. In addition, Ristar has something that Sonic only deals with the third part – really pleasant, important secrets. At each level, there is a hidden treasure, can only be achieved with the help of a secret pillar somewhere surrounded. Given that many levels in Ristar can go in different ways, it is difficult to find all the secrets for a segment.
The Ristar release window is not financially beneficial, but it has an important advantage – it allows developers to operate control resources to the maximum level. The game is not a shame when calling the hearing project most complete on Genesis: it has received both the orchestra and magnificent spring.