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layable Sonic hadn’t been wait-
it at all.
Just to rub salt in the wound, Subspace Emissary blatantly tly runs out of steam in its
last couple of hours, dropping you into a goofy Metroidvania level and forcing you to
seek and destroy shadow versions of all the playable characters. It feels like a last bit of
busywork, especially after the eighteen hours it took to reach this point.
While Subspace Emissary will make you a slightly better player,
since it forces you to use the entire cast at one point or another,
it’s just poorly designed. The engine is made for ghting
other play-
ers, and trying to make it work as a platformer is the kind
of rookie error I
never would’ve expected to see out of Nintendo.
Of course, it is optional, but beating Subspace Emissary is
Of course, it is optional, but beating Subspace Emissary is the fastest way there is to unlock
all the extra characters and a good amount of the game’s music. It’s like a bizarre endurance
test of your willingness to unlock certain characters. If playable Sonic hadn’t been wait-
ing at the end, I don’t think we’d have nished it at all.
s music. It’s like a bizarre endurance
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