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We take the telekinetic Silver for a test run

After taking Silver around, we tried out some traditional Sonic speeding. He runs forward, able to ricochet off walls, enemies and speed bumpers floating in the sky. It was fast, but his speed actually made handling the hedgehog a hassle. Sonic's midair attacks let you juggle him from monster to robot to platform, but once you touch the ground... ugh. Hopefully this gets fixed.

We tested out the PS3 version, but expect the Xbox 360 game to go toe-to-toe with it, visuals and all.

May 10, 2006

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Brett Elston
Brett Elston

A fomer Executive Editor at GamesRadar, Brett also contributed content to many other Future gaming publications including Nintendo Power, PC Gamer and Official Xbox Magazine. Brett has worked at Capcom in several senior roles, is an experienced podcaster, and now works as a Senior Manager of Content Communications at PlayStation SIE. 

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