


Atopos is all sunshine and Mediterranean housing, while Spagonia features cobbled streets and plenty of tables on sidewalk restaurants to run-through. We played through three different daytime levels in our hands-on-a section set in Greece which was the subject of our previous previews (now called Apotos in the game), the European city inspired Spagonia, and the China-themed Chun-nan. Eggman uses the Emeralds to fire up a super weapon which splits the Earth into many different pieces, and its up to Sonic to get the planet back together. We're not completely sure how this relates to the game's story, but we do know that the evil Eggman is back, and has somehow got hold of the Chaos Emeralds.

Unleashed will feature two distinct gameplay styles-daytime levels will be your classic Sonic speed runs, while night levels will be more akin to a beat-em-up brawler (with Sonic transforming into a creature called a Werehog). Now just weeks away from release, we managed to grab some hands-on time with the 360 version of the new game, including wrangling with some of the bosses Sonic will be going head-to-head against.įor the uninitiated, Sonic Unleashed isn't going to be purely about speed. Sega's spiky mascot didn't exactly impress with his last outing-the eponymously titled Sonic The Hedgehog-but early indicators for the upcoming Sonic Unleashed looks to be significantly more positive.
