Customer Reviews

Sonic the Hedgehog

5 star:		(20)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(19)
2 star:		(16)
1 star:		(44)

 

 

I think this game should be recalled. There are too many issues to list but a couple are: extremely slow load times, too many areas in game where disk needs to load, bad point of view on characters (meaning you can't see where the character is going because the screenshot is showing an area that is of no importance), maneuverability of characters is terrible. I have never written a review of a product but hopefully this will save people money and they will buy a different game.

I wish I had rented it, cause it is ALWAYS loading, you spend at least 70% of the time waiting for it to load. Not only that but often times you don't actually play/control sonic during the game. I bought this game because of the good times I had with dreamcast, all honest, this one is a #@*!% of #$@% !

Sega really flopped on this one. I treid playing it for a few hours..the camera angles, yes you can adjust them..but as soon as you start running again, they resume their same terrible view point. This is the biggest waste of my money...Don't buy it!

Allow me to join the chorus of 'boos' for this game. The only Sonic game I've ever played was the original game on one of the Sega systems. When I saw this game pretty cheap at Target, I thought hey that oughta be fun! Turns out, it is the opposite of fun. Bad Control, bizarre camera angles (one moment, you are running or jumping straight ahead, the next moment, you are flying 90 degrees off into oblivion because the camera just changed..) LOOOONG load screens like every 5 seconds (brought on by the fact than you will DIE every 5 seconds through no fault of your own). It is just generally awful. Buy this for your worst enemy...maybe...but not for anyone you care remotely about.

If you read through the net, you will find very similiar comments on this game regardless of the platform. 95% of the reviews for this game are bad. A few personal comments. While the CGI for the crossover scenes between levels are decent (not that great but ok), the graphics during the game play is dissapointing. The basic game play is aweful too. I found myself dying not because of being killed by a villain but rather from me falling off some cliff (or rather) due to bad camera angles. It's not fun when you don't have a reason to die and yet you do. If you want to be frustrated for hours, then get it. Or else, save your money and buy a better game.

I am another who deeply regrets wasting my $60 on this game. If you can stand the CONSTANT loading, then maybe you could tolerate the glitchy graphics, and average (AT BEST) storyline and gameplay.

Total disappointment. Honestly, I enjoyed the original Sega Genesis version to this one, HANDS DOWN.

Save your money for Rainbow 6, or Battlefield Bad Company

I've just loved Sonic games for too long to not be upset about this. I'll start with the good news...
1-You can buy it for a cheap price.
2-The characters are cute little animals (well, not Elise).
That's about all I got for you. The rest is pretty much horrible...
1-Sonic takes Shadow's place (with Maria in Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic Adventure 2, SA2B) by kissing a human girl...other than the fact that that point is being bitten off Shadow's story, it's utterly disgusting. They actually kiss...didn't think they were going to take it that far...Sonic, just stick to Amy!
2-The storyline is a bad attempt at a good one. Ah, well-at least they didn't waste the whole time biting off their previous games...
3-Loading times take up about half of the game, sometimes it takes so long I think my game crashed...and yet, it's not worth the wait, bringing me to my next point-
4-Glitches! It's just so easy to make a list, and most of the time, they're not funny, which is weird for me, because I usually find glitches, hacks, mistakes, and bloopers highly amusing...
5-Funny how they called it Sonic the Hedgehog after the artwork Sonic Team made for Genesis, while this one's garbage...yes, I'm even upset about the name.
6-Again with the new character thing! Yes, Shadow and Jet were okay and Chip wasn't really that bad but ELISE and SILVER! My problem with Elise: When she kisses Sonic, he comes back to life-ew. My problem with Silver: He seems to be a futuristic Sonic, and he always seems to be Mr. Perfect (not referring to Curt Hennig). In my view, a completely useless character.
7-Camera angles get more annoying by the level. People who didn't have trouble with those are lucky.
Yep, that's it-a poor and choppy attempt at a so-called 'next generation Sonic the Hedgehog'. One Star!

i bought this at a brick and mortar store on impulse. what a sad waste of $20. bad game play, bad angles, bad story line, bad everything. i was thinking that it would be a normal sonic platform game. i was sadly mistaken. my only hope is to give it away to someone dumber than me. i'm just that mean. i hope sega is able to redeem itself in the future.

I have to say, that when I first put this game in my PS3 that my disappointment was immediate. The graphics, for what one would expect on the PS3 are very underwhelming. After playing games like Call of Duty 3 and seeing some of what PS3 is capable of, it is very disappointing to see PS2 level (at best) graphics in a game that costs the same as Call of Duty 3. The initial levels are boring and dull and do not suck you into the game at all. The initial cut scene is beautiful and gets your hopes up only to dash them moments later. PS2 games like God of War had MUCH better graphics. I am very disappointed so far with what Sony, Sega, and other software firms have offered for PS3. After screwing up the launch, I thought for sure that they would be looking to gain back some momentum by releasing strong, graphically beautiful titles that harness the power of the machine, but not so far, at least not with Sonic the Hedgehog. I recommend you skip this one, at least until the price comes down a lot.

This game is, in a nutshell, unfinished. The core of the game is flawed because not enough time was spent on programming. The long load times are not an exaggeration, go to youtube and search for sonic load times. The video's are not doctored, it will really take 5 minutes to do a mission which requires 1 minute of play. And the worst part is many of these glitches and load times could have been fixed. Easily. So shame on you SEGA for trying to deceive your fans by calling this beta version a completed game. THATS NO GOOD!