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Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric Review | Hardcore Gamer

Developed by former members of Naughty Dog, the final of Sega’s Wii U exclusive Sonic titles marks the series’ biggest departure yet. With a new universe, new villains and even a new Sonic, Sonic Boom had the potential to break free of the issues that have held the series back since it moved to 3D. Sadly, it’s apparent the blue blur is still stuck running in place.

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MSBAUSTX3511d ago

And it is exactly what everyone expected. Crap! Sad really because I wanted this to be good. It is weird though because it has better ratings on the Nintendo Eshop. I will buy this when it is 20 bucks or less. They should have made a second generations type game.

Concertoine3511d ago

Its very rare i see poor reception on the eshop though

shaw983511d ago

I had hope for this game as the head guy was the guy that was the lead dev in crash bandicoot at ND. A lot of them are from old ND. What a disappointment. It is like a sonic fan fiction gone wrong.

ritsuka6663511d ago

*waiting for haters comments*

Edit: already beaten...

thezeldadoth3511d ago

this game is unfortunately being reviewed on the basis of older sonic games. People aren't looking at it like a crash bandicoot, spyro, jak and daxter game with sonic characters. They're looking at it as if the developers tried to make a traditional sonic game and failed.

This is one game where i'll be very reluctant to trust any of the reviews, i'll probably buy it this evening. I love jak and daxter/crash bandicoot. It'd be nice to play a game like that again.

Loadedklip3511d ago

While reviews are opinions ... the various glitches the game has is a fact.

Loadedklip3511d ago

Had hopes since it's basically NNaughty Dog Sonice game ... but boy it seems like a rushed mess.

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Top 10 Worst Sonic Games

Alex DS. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "I’m a huge fan of the series and love to talk about its best games… but its hard to argue that it’s all been great for the blue blur. From games that were loaded with glitches, slow-paced gameplay, and visuals that look more like a blue blur of… pixels and polygons. So, take this as a warning to avoid these 10 worst Sonic games of all time."

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Fntastic1022d ago

Never played any of these on this list, surprised Sonic R isn't there, but then i played that on my first PC and didn't think it was that bad, got some mild enjoyment out of it at least.

-Hermit-1022d ago

Lost World, Black Knight, Forces and Chronicles should not be on that list, I can easily think of worse.

Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal, Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2, Sonic Labyrinth, Sonic Eraser, Sonic R, these are all way worse than the games on this list. Knuckles Chaotix was terrible as well, I hated the way you had to control the players, it was a pain in the ass. Even games like Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic Spinball and Rivals 1 and 2 which I thought were decent were worse than some of the games on this list.

To be brutally honest, most of the Game Gear and Master System Sonic games are pretty awful too. Sonic Chaos on the Game Gear for example, you can't even see what you are doing because the field of view is so bad.

I would rather play Sonic 06 than any of the games I listed above, and that game is classed as the worst Sonic game of the lot.

People have nostalgia glasses on when they think about old 2D Sonic games. Outside of the mainline games on the Mega Drive, most of them were worse than the modern day 3D games.

Rebel_Scum1021d ago

Sonic 1 & 2 on the MS2 and GG were great games. Perfect blend of speed, secrets and challenge.

Sonic Chaos was shite. Too easy and gross looking sprites and backgrounds.

imo 1-10 for worst Sonic games would just be all the 3D one's and Sonic Fighters.

lellkay1021d ago (Edited 1021d ago )

There is definitely some worse games than Lost World,

The guy who wrote this definitely didn't dig enough into the franchise history haha

Pyrofire951021d ago

General question.
Is your favorite Sonic game the first one you played?
If not, is you favorite the same style as your first? (3D, 2D, some other distinction?)

lellkay1021d ago

My favorite game is not the first one I played. (First one I played was Sonic The Hedgehog on Megadrive/Genesis)

My favorite one is probably 3&K or Mania, so yes it is in the same style as the first game I played.

-Hermit-1021d ago

My favourite Sonic game is not the first one I played or same style.

The first Sonic game I played was Sonic 1 on the Mega Drive, my favourite is Sonic Adventure 2.

DFresh1021d ago

I disagree with Sonic Forces on that list but the others are correct.
Sonic Forces is hella under rated.

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Top 10 Worst Third Party Nintendo Wii U Games

With Nintendo Switch doing better by the day, Screen Critics looks back at the absolute worst of third party games from Wii U.

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PhoenixUp2475d ago

Article says it's about third party Wii U games, yet Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival & Pokemon Rumble U are on this list.

lptmg2475d ago

maybe they were made by third parties? I dunno much about those games

PhoenixUp2475d ago

Doesn't matter who they were made by, they're still first party titles

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lptmg2475d ago

one of the worst Wii U games I've ever played was Deus Ex. It's not by any means a terrible game, but the Wii U port was a massive disappointment with a weird control scheme and an abysmal framerate of like 20fps at best.

derkasan2475d ago

It's crazy how hard Devil's Third tanked. Don't think Itagaki's going to really recover from that one.

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Top 10 Worst Villains In Video Games

These villains are so bad…and not in a good way. Join WatchMojo as they countdown their picks for the Top 10 Worst Villains In Video Games.

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