You'll never get me to hate Sonic Adventure | Retrospective, 1998 | Gaming Through the Years

This isn't an Arin Hanson callout post but it can be if you want.

This video is best viewed with headphones!

Time codes:
0:00 - The Death of the Sega Saturn
2:41 - The Return of Sonic
4:37 - How the Game Tells Its Story
9:04 - The Reintroduction of Amy Rose
10:38 - E-102 Gamma
14:24 - Story in General
15:50 - Technical Achievement, Setting, and Tone
19:41 - Sound, Music, and Voices
23:22 - Gameplay Variety
28:33 - Character-Specific Gameplay
33:51 - ...and Then There's Big
35:58 - The (Many) Problems of Sonic Adventure
42:32 - Critical Reception & Legacy
46:53 - Why I Still Love Sonic Adventure

Endcard Artwork by OcaRockaRina (Twitter)

Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Knuckles' Chaotix, NiGHTS into Dreams..., Sonic Jam, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut © 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003 SEGA, Sonic Team
Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic R © 1996, 1997 SEGA, Sonic Team, Traveller's Tales

Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario World 2, Super Mario 64 © 1990, 1995, 1996 Nintendo

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile © 1997 Namco

Featuring Music by: Jun Senoue, Masaru Setsumaru, Kenichi Tokoi, Fumie Kumatani, Takahiro Fukada, Karen Brake, Tony Harnell

This video exists for the sake of analysis and review and is thus protected under Fair Use.