If you can get past the bad camera and usage of the arrow key with no customization to controls, the game is an amazing blast from the past. You will get a laugh at the bad voice acting and one liners.

Sonic Adventure DX was brilliant when it first came out almost a decade ago. It felt like the old Sonic games had really come to 3D, and it looked amazing! But, alas, it has not aged well. Or at least ported well.

Did I mention this is an awful port? The configuration utility only works half the time and doesn't even have many graphics options (you're out of luck if you want to play at a higher resolution or widescreen). Collision is glitchy, and I found myself falling through the floor more than once. Movement is difficult to control at the best of times. Simply playing the game can be a frustrating experience.

The only reason I would recommend this game is if you have some nostalgia for it. If this is your first time playing a 3D Sonic game, I would highly recommend you skip it (and play the excellent Sonic Generations instead).

I guess I'll start with the good news; when I bought this game, it used Starforce activation, but now it's DRM free, and upon redownloading and reinstalling it, I no longer had to activate it. In spite of the problematic nature of this port, I'm overjoyed at Sega's decision to make their Dreamcast Classics DRM-free, just as their collection of Genesis/Megadrive Classics were before them.

Unfortunately, this was the ONLY thing they changed since I last downloaded it. A few months before this review, I bought this, despite having the Dreamcast and GameCube versions, as I was curious about some of the mods and possible improvements. I uninstalled it the very same day.

Recently, I was able to find a fix that allows me to use a gamepad perfectly. I use a blue twin-usb adapter for PlayStation 2 controllers. A popular problem with few solutions, I encountered the issue where the camera spins around and looks up after defeating Chaos 0 in the intro. The external configuration tool, for some reason, refused to map some buttons, has no options for configuring the right analog stick despite utilizing it whether you want to or not, and annoyingly plays the Sonic Adventure theme for some reason.

Despite not mapping the R1 button, it became pause instead of the button I assigned. Yeah... that's not the sign of a good port, now is it? Just recently, I tried installing it again, and used x360ce to configure my controller to appear as an Xbox 360 controller. I took care to disable controller 2 (I use a twin adapter, though only one controller was connected) and set compatibility mode, and only by doing both was I able to get this game to actually work right.

Now my camera is fine, I have analog controls, but this game could really use some anti-aliasing. I don't know why the screenshots look so good, but while I normally don't notice this sort of thing, Sonic Adventure DX has horribly jagged and pixelated edges on every surface. It's incredibly noticeable, and I don't think there's a thing you can do to fix it. In addition, the highest resolution I can play at is 1024x768. There's an option for 1280x720, but it doesn't look very good on a 1280x1024 monitor.

It's the same Sonic Adventure you know and love, for better or worse, but a hopelessly effortless port that also lacks the Gamegear games of the GameCube version for some reason. Given the quality of the port, you're better off just playing them elsewhere, but it gives you a lot less incentive to play through the missions. If you've never played the missions, some of them are actually rather interesting, but for the most part it was a throw-away feature that exists more to extend playtime than any real entertainment value.

On another note, back when I got this game, I sent a message to GamersGate asking for a refund. I got it on sale, and it's DRM Free now, so I'm not bitter about it anymore, and I'm actually a little glad they didn't respond, but I have send several messages over the course of my joining a year ago and have never heard back. If anybody has the keys to the offices of GamersGate, I recommend wearing a clothespin on your nose, as I suspect you'll find skeletons sitting long-dead at their keyboards in cobweb-ravaged cubicles.

Sonic Adventure DX is a pretty decent game, at least when you get it working right. However, the recent (as of this review, anyway) release of Sonic Generations is not only a much better port, I personally find it to be a much better game as well. Unfortunately, it's Steamworks, it's more expensive than this game, and the system requirements are far higher than those of Sonic Adventure, but if you've already played Sonic Adventure, or you've played the originals to death and want more, Sonic Generations is an excellent tribute to twenty years of Sonic, and an easier recommendation as well.

Right from the get-go, this game will remind you of the old Sonic games. The music, the cutesy lines during cut scenes and the overall style of the presentation are unmistakable. In that sense, you get the good along with the bad. The levels are pleasing to the eye, from sunlight effects to leaving footprints in the sand. The story scenes, however, are packed with silly, pointless dialogue and are pretty longwinded for what is supposed to be light-hearted entertainment.

As the game progresses you'll add to the list of playable characters. Each time Sonic finds one of his friends they're unlocked for your use. There are six total; Tails, Knuckles and Big the Cat among them. Each also has their own side adventures, new to the DX version, which you can put off for quite a while - until you want to unlock absolutely everything in the game. Collecting emblems in these missions and the rest of the game allows you to unlock the other new feature for this version of Sonic Adventure: All of Sonic's old Game Gear games. Depending upon how fondly you remember those, the extra work might be worth it.

The original Sonic Adventure stands tall as one of the greatest titles available on the Dreamcast, so it's no wonder it was eventually ported to the Gamecube, and now serves its' rightful place on the PC. Presently, when a new sonic game is announced, I can't help but feel a foreboding feeling that it will suck, and the new releases do suck; the fact that they're released on the Wii is even worse. They offer basic game play mechanics coupled with corny and poorly written dialogue making the image that it's a game made for children. It's an even more tragic fact that a majority of them are released on the Wii. There's not much place else to go to enjoy the older titles, you know back when they had dignity and a more compelling script. This game is a replica of the original Sonic Adventure, and it's a classic, don't let the storm of new, shoddy releases deter you from considering this.

It's worth the money.

Sonic Adventure is a classic game from SEGA Dreamcast. It is a fun game but has its flaws. It does not age too well for a 10 years old game, but I recommend to all fans of the hedgehog! It is just too nostalgic and fun on its own way!

Ok, I'll admit to growing up with this game. However, I'm a giant fan of being somewhat fair and objective, so here goes.

Sonic Adventure is a three-dimensional Sonic game. Now, to a lot of people who haven't played it, that scares them. However, Sonic Adventure is actually played out like a Sonic game moved to 3D, rather than a 3D game trying to be Sonic.

Collect rings and take them to the Chao garden, with ridiculously cute and addicting virtual pets.

Sonic Adventure DX is one of the best Sonic games, and is a worthwhile game for anyone.