Quick impression of Doom, Sonic the Hedgehog for 360

Doom hits Xbox Live Arcade today, and I just finished playing through the demo which really made me nostalgic. The sound has been remastered in 5.1 and sounds great, the midi-like action music was a joy to hear. The controls feel natural and responsive. Combined with the new 4-player split-screen coop or deathmatch, or online coop and deathmatch, I think I'll be dropping 800 points on this baby!

The demo for Sonic the Hedgehog is also available as of today, and I'm still a little bit on the fence about it, which makes me kinda sad considering how badly I want to like the game. Graphically, it looks brilliant. There's great water effects, nature around you looks realistic, and the level had a lot of stone architecture that looked really nice. My main problem with the one level demo was that it felt just like the previous 3D incarnations of Sonic. I thought Sonic Adventure 1 & 2 were rather mediocre, and never played Sonic Heroes. I really hope this game brings Sonic back towards the kind of game where we all want with anticipation for the next sequel, I really do.