Sonic Adventure 2 is a lot more loud, in your face, and tinged with this layer of explosive “goodness”, for lack of a better term. It’s evident from Sonic’s theme in Adventure 2 that this is nothing like the last game: It Doesn’t Matter was remade for this sequel, with the same title and lyrics (seriously, the exact same lyrics), but the two are absolutely nothing alike beyond that. It’s certainly cool as according to the early 2000’s, but this game tries to focus on doing those elements right – which lends it a certain feel that doesn’t make it seem laughable or out of date. To this game, cool is being confident, energetic, and doing everything with flair. But Sonic Adventure 2 kind of thinks of cool in a different way. Cool is usually very transient, and with time tends to get kind of… out of touch and dated.

So what is Adventure 2’s focus? Adventure 2’s soundtrack focuses on being cool, which might not sound like a great idea at first. And much like Adventure nailed that wide reach, Adventure 2 absolutely nails that focus. It harkens back to Sonic 2, in a way: where Sonic 3 and Adventure tried to be wide reaching, Adventure 2 shrinks focus in style and tone to create a much more focused score, much like Sonic 2 did. And OH BOY, I love Sonic Adventure 2’s soundtrack. We’re here to discuss it as an idea, as some themes, and of course, as a soundtrack. Luckily, we’re not here to talk about Sonic Adventure 2 as a whole. Let’s get my opinion of it out of the way: I don’t like this game. Sonic Adventure 2 is not what I would call a good game.

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