1) Sonic Mania Plus – Average Metacritic Score: 89
Sonic Mania initially released last summer to widespread positive reviews and we even called it “one of the best 2D platformers of this generation” in our own review. Sonic Mania Plus is more of an expansion of last year’s game than a full new release, so while it keeps the high-quality Sonic action we saw, there’s not a whole lot that is new. That being said, the ability to play with new characters and new abilities adds a freshness to Sonic Mania.
The gameplay was already among the best we’ve seen from Sonic games, so that was no need to touch that, but Plus is worth picking up if you’re already familiar with the base game or if you’re new to it. It adds a few extra hours of playtime onto your pre-existing save, making it the definitive version, and it finally answer the outcries for a physical version to be released.
