Sonic Games - The Good And The Bad

So we all know about Sonic games. Some of the games are a lot good while some of the others are so bad you would almost scream just looking at its cover or hear about it (nah, just kidding) :P. l'ts time to show the members of this union the good things and the bad things about the Sonic games from the classic ones to the latest ones.

We all each got some games that may be enjoyable to us but a horror to others. Tell the good things and bad things about Sonic games here. Here's mine of Sonic Unleashed:

Sonic Unleashed:

Good: Has great graphics, the songs fit each place really well, daytime stages look really good especially when you are boosting

Bad: Night stages are too long, There are more night stages than day stages.

As much as l hate the werehog (a little bit), l don't put it there. After all we all know most of us don't like it so don't go and blab about things like that here. Remember, no game is too perfect or too horrible. Secret Rings, Black Knight even Next Gen has some parts that makes the game worthwhile (a bit). Keep it clean. No spam, no flame, got it? Time to see the best and worst of Sonic games.

Sonic Heroes

The Good:

It flowed like a Sonic game. 2 action stages and a boss fight. It felt like a Sonic game. checkered hills, bright primary colors and well designed stages. It sounded like a sonic game. catchy tunes with no lyrics aside from the title track. No hub worlds. If you choose, no excessive playable friends.

The Bad:

The special stages were pretty sub par. The final final final boss could not be unlocked unless you played the game through 4 different times. There was no time trial mode, making it impossible to just go back and play a level if you felt like it once you beat it.

Sonic and the Secret Rings

Good

You play as Sonic 100%. You should always be playing as Sonic inSonic games not Tails,Silver,Shadowor Big the Cat.

Great graphics to say its a Wii game. The level design is goregeus espicaly night palace.

Awesome speed when you get further in. Once you have speed break and use it the game picks up good pace.

Bad

Frustrating at times. It's hard because f it being on rails and it shall take you a few trys to get through a level unlike Sonic Adventure 2.

Shahara the genie is that aloud. Just hate her she is so annoying and you waste time doing these things only to trick you at the end.

The story is not that good. To go along with pointless cut scenes the gameuses still pictures.

Some annoying missions don't get me started on the Dinosaur Egg level that caused me nothing but frustration.

Sonic Adventure 2

The Good: Surprisingly decent story and voice acting. Excellent stages with Sonic and Shadow. Chao garden was a fun distraction and plenty of hidden goodies to find if you chose. No Big the Cat. No Amy stages.

The Bad: The shooting and hunting stages drag on a bit. The shooting isn't too bad and it's fun to play as Eggman but the hunting stages which didn't seem bad in the first game feel like a long slog that takes forever.

Sonic Next Gen

The Good: ...

The Bad: Ideas were executed badly, story was cliched, too many bugs and glitches, load times were horrendous, A human kissing Sonic!?, camera was missed up beyond control, some things listed in the manual were lies, and the list goes on.

Sonic CD:

Good

It's 2D excellent special stages and Time Travel makes the game seem huge.

Bad: It was on the Mega CD and that sucked.

Sonic Adventure 1

The Good:

 The free roaming in this game is amazing. Story line was superior, which boggles the mind to why Sega would stray away from something that was working well for the series? The game play was flawless to a certain degree.  The designs for Sonic and the others for it's generation, and background was great. The ost was perfect. Stages were complex and fun, which is the way a Sonic game should be, so that was also great.

The Bad: Couple of minor bugs and glitches, that at times made the game unplayable, which ultimately at times made the game not so enjoyable.  And the controls were very sensitive, which created a lot of unnecessary mistake at times.

Sonic Next Gen

The Good: Some of the music sounds really good. And l'm not lying about it ;)

The Bad: Ideas were executed badly, story was cliched, too many bugs and glitches, load times were horrendous, A human kissing Sonic!?, camera was missed up beyond control, some things listed in the manual were lies, and the list goes on.

macrules_640

Yeah some of the music was pretty good, but that's the only thing it had going for it.

Yeah some of the music was pretty good, but that's the only thing it had going for it.

macrules_640

Like l said mac, no game is too perfect or too horrible

That's true.

Sonic had more Night levels than Day levels? Which version is this?sonictrainer

The Wii version but on the other hand the Wii version didn't bog you down with annoying town missions. The pacing was better though because you didn't have to return to stages to collect medals. In the Wii version you collected the medals depending upon your ranking in the stages. Also the Wii version only has Mazuri's boss fight and Empire City was totally left out. But due to better pacing was why the Wii version got better scores.

Sonic Adventure

Good: No Shadow. Is the closest thing to a classic Sonic game to me. Has music that feels like the Genesis, with rock almost non-existent except for the final fight with Chaos and the Final Egg level. Sonic and Tails were fast, and while you had to play both for the full final story, Tails was just as fast as Sonic, as well as having a race version of point A to point B. Good enough story.

Bad: Big's fishing could put you to sleep, if you hadn't already destroyed the TV with a thrown controller. Amy moves sluggish and her hammer attacks require you to just about touch the enemies to make contact. The stalker robot doesn't make it any easier. Gamma's levels timed you, and while he can move rather quickly, you would sometimes end up stuck somewhere and lose precious time, which would cost you your life....literally. Knuckles moves as fast as Sonic, with the price of his levels being emerald hunting, which would make the speed almost invisible anyway. Muzzles during speech move like Jell-O.

Sonic Heroes:

The Good: Stages were reminiscent of old Sonic games. Stages were fast paced for the most part.

The Bad: Each story had you play the same exact stages the other stories had you play in the same exact order, giving the game very little replay value. Every stage felt the same because every character felt the same. Not a very good soundtrack, but that's debatable because of personal taste.

Sonic Unleashed:

The Good: Spectacular daytime stages that were fast and fun. Great soundtrack. You only play as Sonic.

The Bad: Werehog stages. But they can grow on you. (At first I dreaded them, but now they're bearable.)

Sonic 06:

The Good: Sonic's stages were fun and were fast paced for the most part. Good soundtrack.

The Bad: Silver was too slow and Shadow used vehicles. Crappy voice acting and a lame story.

Sonic CD

The Good: bigger stages than any other Sonic game, all brilliantly designed, top notch graphics for the Mega Drive (bearing in mind the Mega CD used exactly the same hardware), outstanding soundtrack, thrilling boss fights, all the atmosphere you have come to expect from a Sonic title.

The Bad: the time travel element, although not always bad, has a tendency to break up the pace and flow of the game and might not be everybody's cup of tea

Sonic CD

The Good: bigger stages than any other Sonic game, all brilliantly designed, top notch graphics for the Mega Drive (bearing in mind the Mega CD used exactly the same hardware), outstanding soundtrack, thrilling boss fights, all the atmosphere you have come to expect from a Sonic title.

The Bad: the time travel element, although not always bad, has a tendency to break up the pace and flow of the game and might not be everybody's cup of tea

Menalque2

the idea that the Sonic CD's stages were brilliantly designed is HIGHLY debatable.

Sonic Unleashed:

Good: Has great graphics, the songs fit each place really well, daytime stages look really good especially when you are boosting

Bad: Night stages are too long, There are more night stages than day stages.

koolkat14

here is my favorite!

(same as koolkat14)

Sonic Unleashed

The good:awesome graphics,good storyline,involving real alike places

The bad:nothing is bad!it's just harsh critics from others are.

here is another one!one of the best from top 5 games I like more.

Shadow The Hedgehog

the good:play as the main antagonist of Sonic,good use of weaponry,storylines.

the bad:repeated story when you forget which stages you recently playing,the dialog may be confusing,no more bad things,that's all.

Sonic Chronicles

The Good: Dialouge was written for someone over the age of five. You get the impression that Bioware wanted to make a decent game. Game has a lot of polish in gameplay and graphics. Actually made the lame supporting cast useful for a change.

The Bad: Story was kind of "meh" not terrible and while it was a decent Sonic game, as an RPG it was a bit short and a bit easy. And someone forgot to tell Bioware that no one likes Big the Cat.

Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis

Good: Spin Dash thats all

Bad: Just about everything else the music sucks the gameplay sucks. Glitches virtually everywhere. A bad port of the 16 bit original. Sound so bad its painful.

Sonic The Hedgehog 1991

The Good: Addicting game play, well made stages, great music, great controls and no annoying side characters.

The Bad: No spin dash

Shadow the Hedgehog

The Good: You figure out Shadow's past, and get more backstory. His crying for Maria ends. Chaos Blast.

The Bad: Guns, which shouldn't be in Sonic. Vehicles for Shadow who can already move fast, making them a simple background prop. Chaos Control will zip you past just about everything that you may have needed. Controls act like the ground was just waxed. The start of dreaded 4Kids. Use of swearing in a terrible way, that was only used for the sole purpose to make Shadow look cool. Exhausting story, that has you go back and fourth for every arc until the final fight. Robotnik is all but obscured and completely stupid in this game. Your supposed allies attack you.

Sonic Adventure 2 Battle

The Good: Sonic and Shadow levels were fun. Chao were cool. No big levels. No amy levels. 2P levels.

The Bad: Shooting and hunting missions were garbage. Chao got boring at times. Graphics were kinda ok.

Sonic Rush Adventure

Good

Excellent sense of speed with cool bosses and online multiplayer.

Bad

Travelling to islands,the long intro and Marine the Racoon.

[QUOTE="sonictrainer"]Sonic had more Night levels than Day levels? Which version is this?kbaily

The Wii version but on the other hand the Wii version didn't bog you down with annoying town missions. The pacing was better though because you didn't have to return to stages to collect medals. In the Wii version you collected the medals depending upon your ranking in the stages. Also the Wii version only has Mazuri's boss fight and Empire City was totally left out. But due to better pacing was why the Wii version got better scores.

And the PS2 version, kbaily. l had the game for that version and that's why.

sonic and the black night

the good- sonic goes pretty fast most of the time, pretty good voice acting, sonic has attitude which he is missing in recent sonic games, good boss fights, graphics.

the bad- short game length, not much of a story line, only three combo attacks, nothing really to exciting at all.

Sonic Shuffle

Good: Interesting Mechanic using Cards, cartoon cutscenes

Bad: computer difficulty is TOO HARD, you have to play all mini games to play them freely, character models could be better

Sonic Adventure 1

The Good:

. The designs for Sonic and the others for it's generation, and background was great. .Sonic Stages were complex and fun, which is the way a Sonic game should be, so that was also great.

The Bad: Couple of minor bugs and glitches, that at times made the game unplayable, which ultimately at times made the game not so enjoyable. And the controls were very sensitive, which created a lot of unnecessary mistake at times. Big and Amy stages. Some annoying tunes (like Mystic Ruins).Poor voice acting. HUBWORLDS!!!!!

FinalDuo1886

Thats my good and bad of Sonic Adventure

Sonic Heroes

The good: colorful graphics. Cheery music. good controls on the GC version. truer to it's 2D roots than any other 3D sonic game. a not overwritten story. theres a multiplayer, is that what you like

The bad: the camera is dreadful. in order to end the game, you need to beat all the stages 4 times. Emerald stages can be hard. The PS2 version.

Sonic R

Good

Don't know

Bad

You can win every race with Super Sonic on the hardest difficultly,Short,The Tails Doll,Music is so bad, controls are bad,no replayability

Sonic R

Good

Don't know

Bad

You can win every race with Super Sonic on the hardest difficultly,Short,The Tails Doll,Music is so bad, controls are bad,no replayability

chocolate1325

You can say the idea was there but failed. I think we would all prefer a Sonic racing game running on foot rather than on a flying board or a car.

lol, the Tails Doll

Sonic 2 on the Game Gear

The Good: Sharp, colorful graphics, fun music, creative gameplay

The Bad: INSANELY HARD, no spin dash

Sonic the Hedgehog

The Good: Fun level design, challenging gameplay, and nostalgia.

The Bad: Too many water levels.

Sonic The Hegdehog 2:

Good: Took what made the first game great and made it even better. Great controls, good music as well and spin dash was a great addition.

Bad: Two player mode felt tacked on.

Lets see

Sonic Advance 2

Good

Great feeling and a sense of speed and the characters actually are fun to play as.

Bad

Egg Go Round boss and the special rings are hard to find.

Tails Adventure

The Good: Good graphics, intutitive gameplay

The bad: A bit slow, a lot of backtracking. Some items were flat out useless.

Sonic Rush

The good: impressive visuals. good music. similar gameplay to older Sonic games. new moves that makes the game even faster. plenty of interesting stages. good special stages. boss battles that reminds to older games

The bad: you have to play the stages twice as Blaze and Sonic. the last boss can be hard due to the accuracy matter

Sonic Rush 2

The Good: Sonic returning to his roots, Blaze and Sonic are more different, it grips you, No Shadow in sight.

The Bad: Crappy Voice acting, Crappy music, you just HAD to squeeze in a crappy gimmick.

Sonic The Hedgehog 3

Good: Keeps to the original game. The introduction of Knuckles was awesome. Had some of the best music from the 2D games.

Bad: Had to have Sonic and Knuckles to get the most enjoyment out of the game.

Sonic Chronicles: the Dark Brotherhood

The good: the gameplay was good. the graphics were pretty good too.

The bad: a lame story. some annoying enemies. very short and easy. poor music remixes. Can't stand with with any Mario RPG game

Sonic Heroes

The Good:

It flowed like a Sonic game. 2 action stages and a boss fight. It felt like a Sonic game. checkered hills, bright primary colors and well designed stages. It sounded like a sonic game. catchy tunes with no lyrics aside from the title track. No hub worlds. If you choose, no excessive playable friends.

The Bad:

The special stages were pretty sub par. The final final final boss could not be unlocked unless you played the game through 4 different times. There was no time trial mode, making it impossible to just go back and play a level if you felt like it once you beat it.

whoozwah

Sonic 3

Good:
Fast and well designed levels, save feature

Bad:
A few cheap enemies, the dreaded SDOD (Spinning Drum Of Death) in lvl 4-2.

Sonic 3

Good:
Fast and well designed levels, save feature

Bad:
A few cheap enemies, the dreaded SDOD (Spinning Drum Of Death) in lvl 4-2.

demoman_chaos

Yes, thats the worst part of Sonic 3. It took me 12 years to find out how to pass that level :evil:

Yeah I hated that part as well.