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GF Rating
4.6

2741 ratings

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GF Rating
3

Bad

Ugh.

posted by XxZeroxX (MELBOURNE, FL) Jan 16, 2007

Member since Nov 2005

3 out of 3 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

Let me begin off by saying that i am in fact, a sonic the hedgehog fan. This game however is seriously bad. There are two kinds of stages: Action stages, and town stages. Lets start off on the town stages. You run around a REALLY small town looking for people in need, buying things, or getting into an action stage. The town stages are frequently cramped, making it extremely hard to navigate (being fast doesn't help here). The quest system is 1.find person in need, 2.listen to that person talk, 3.accept, 4. 2-minute loading screen 5. more info on what to do 6. 2-minute loading screen.7.complete 8.load 9. reward 10.load. The shop is downright awful awful. with the only stuff coming in is stuff that you need for the main quest (wouldn't be so bad if you got them BEFORE the actually needed them!) Next is the action stages. These are (almost) as bad as the town stages. An average action stage is usually running and killing bad guys. So What's wrong with it? Well since you asked, Your attacks will sometimes shoot you way into different directions (which is often in a bottomless pit meaning you die!). Frequent bugs like falling through the level and running through walls into oblivion kill what could have been a good game. misc. Complaints
When you run out of lives, you get sent to the main menu. it forces you to do town stages again all thee way up to where you died (the action stages) the "checkpoints are after you beat action stages. Long load times are another complaint. like i said before each load is around two minutes and the occurs A LOT.
Pros?
Well, the pre-rendered cutscenes look absolutely gorgeous

Even if you are an extreme fan of Sonic i recommend you stay away from this one. If you must, rent it using your gamefly subscription. Don't make my mistake and shell out 59.99$ for it

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GF Rating
3

Bad

Terrible

posted by rmf724 (PENNSVILLE, NJ) May 30, 2007

Member since Mar 2007

2 out of 2 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

Had I read the reviews for this game I would not have rented it. It was a complete waste of time waiting for it to get here and now waiting to receive my next game.

The graphics are pretty good, but the game play is nothing like the old Sonic games.

If you liked the old sonic games I would not rent this.

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GF Rating
3

Bad

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posted by TankXL (EDMOND, OK) Feb 7, 2010

Member since Feb 2010

9 out of 10 gamers (90%) found this review helpful

First off, this is NOT a game for people that don't have a ton of patience; I wouldn't recommend it.

I heard a rumor on the net that brought me to rent this game. The rumor is, simply put, that there is a loading screen every 10 seconds during gameplay. I said to myself "There's no way that true." I got the game, put it into my 360, hit start, and 10 minutes later, I had gone through 7 loading screens, which took up a good 3-4 minutes total of my gameplay, and what I did get to play had little to no entertainment value. The loading screens actually became so annoying that I gave up on it before I even got through the first level. Don't get me wrong, I usually like most Sonic games, but this one was just boring and irritating.

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