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Sonic Boom: Rise of lyric review - Gamespot

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is a failure at some basic levels of gaming. While it's understandable that a franchise may want to move beyond the simple elegance of its origins, a muddled web of poorly connected and even more poorly executed systems is not the answer. The Sonic name deserves better than this, and so do consumers.

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Relientk773860d ago

Damn, it's been awhile since I've seen a score that low by GameSpot

zeal0us3860d ago

Most games haven't been this terrible. Just when things was starting to look up for Sega with Colors, Generation and Sonic 4 episodes. I would've thought Sega bad days were over but I was wrong.

theshonen88993860d ago

I'm so glad Gamespot uses the entirety of the ten point scale.

user55757083859d ago

the game isn't bad at all my friend has it. sure the characters look a little different but it def deserves around a 7-7.5/10

kind of wondering what sega did to piss off reviewers. maybe there's some kind of collaboration going on to get rid of sonic games? maybe the nintendo exclusivity pissed some off? maybe the nostalgia that its not like the original sonic games?

3-4-53860d ago (Edited 3860d ago )

* Sega........Make Sonic 5

Make it exactly like Sonic 1 & 2.

* Include 20 Zones with 3 stages in each zone.

The music should sound like it did on the Sega Genesis.

Trolltroll3859d ago

Special edition includes "Escape from the City" reremastered!

Ol_G3860d ago

They're just salty they didn't get a review copy saw this comin from miles away stil gonna buy tho

Magicite3859d ago

sONIC is a dead franchise now.

pcz3859d ago

this game would actually make a great xmas gift... to your worst enemy

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Snookies123860d ago (Edited 3860d ago )

Ouch, IGN gave this and the 3DS one a 4+ rating, but this is just really bad. I knew it wouldn't be great after hearing that they weren't sending out review copies. Yet still, I kinda hoped it would be good... Just please give us a Generations 2. That game was done so well.

LiViNgLeGaCY3860d ago

I agree. I absolutely loved Generations! :D

refocusedman3860d ago

Somebody just please bring sonic out to pasture. Its gotten to the point that my favorable memories of sonic are starting to be ruined.

-Foxtrot3860d ago

When fans can actually make unofficially Sonic games like sequels or HD remakes which play better then the ones SEGA churn out then you know they have a problem.

Each game they try and add a gimmick

Snookies123860d ago (Edited 3860d ago )

If only Sega hadn't shut down that awesome Sonic Fan Remix game... I still have the demo for it, and it's just amazing. Really hurts to think about now.

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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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Fntastic1372d 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-1372d 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_Scum1372d 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.

lellkay1372d ago (Edited 1372d 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

Pyrofire951371d 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?)

lellkay1371d 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-1371d 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.

DFresh1371d 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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PhoenixUp2825d ago

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

lptmg2825d ago

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

PhoenixUp2825d ago

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

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lptmg2825d 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.

derkasan2825d 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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