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Give it a play, but don't expect much.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 18
Date: November 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Though Sega lied about much of the problems from the Adventure series being fixed, those that can handle that and the load time will find in intriguing and somewhat fun addition to the Sonic series.

Though the town graphics seem sorta Dreamcasty, the rest of the games main stages are very fun and graphically appealing. Great use of colors and most of the textures are excellent. Many cut scenes are almost CG in quality, and despite the characters taller appearance, they do look really good. Voices are also well done.

As for the gameplay it is kind of messy still. Sega said they would have all the problems fixed from the Adventure series, but all in all some are even worse. For example in one stage your snowboarding down and suddenly the camera flips opposite, with no warning or anything. Later levels do this as well, but you eventually do learn when it flips (after several uncessary deaths).

Many unecessary deaths happen, and you'll learn to be very patient and sometimes will have to take it slow through the levels. Even the slightest nudge of the stick will send you careening to your death.

As for the camera, will it's very restricted too. you can reset it with L/R triggers, but the range is very limited. Tail's new ring bomb move is annoying in that everytime you fire it , it resets back to a default view, even with multiple enemies to hit.

Load times are horrendous. At one point you meet Tails, it loads for 15 seconds, you talk for about 15 seconds, then another 15 second load. This happens numerous times throughou the game, and on the action stages expect 2-3 different 15 second load times at intervals throughout the levels.

If you are a big Sonic fan, and can handle the issues Sega has had years to fix but hasn't, you'll find the game very rewarding and enjoyable once you get the hang of the levels. Otherwise give it a rent, it'll probably be one you either love or hate.

A waste of a trip to the video store

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 43 / 63
Date: November 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Don't bother even renting this game. It is by far the worst 360 game I've played. The most annoying feature is lack of configurable controls. The X-axis camera is inverted from what you'd typically find in a FPS game, and you can't change it. The camera gets blocked at the presence of any walls, as it doesn't move toward the character when encountering obstacles.

Definately do not buy this for kids. The game will only frustrate them. It has too many glitches, too many opportunities to accidently lose lives, and too many usability problems, taking away any chance of this game being remotely fun.

Thoroughly disappointed

Promising , but painfully falls short

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 13
Date: November 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge Sonic fan and I was eagerly anticipating this release on the X Box 360. I went out and bought it the very first day and couldn't wait to experience it.

After about 3 hours of playing the game, I have to admit that I am disappointed.

The graphics on the individual stages are breathtaking and Sonic's speed will blow you away at times. Also you have the option of playing with characters like Silver and Shadow the Hedgehog as you progress throughout the game ; which are both cool characters with awesome attacks and powers.

I have to admit that the gamely in itself is addicting and fun but goofy camera angles, horrendous load times, and corny side quests ruined the experience for me .Also the progression of the stages and storyline is very poor, scattered , and just pointless at times. Sega has had more than enough time to correct these problems but chose to ignore them. If you are a huge Sonic fan, I think it's worth the purchase, if not just stick to a rental. Either way prepare to be disappointed.

Cheese

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 28
Date: November 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I loved this game. It was like cheese, tender, and tasty. I loved playing as all of the characters, they are great. I beat the game 100%. To bad I'm not getting it until Christmas...

Depressing.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 16
Date: November 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The decline of Sonic Team since the death of the Dreamcast has been depressing. After a string of bad ports, uninspired portable games, and half-baked 3D platformers, I was hoping Sonic Team would get their main franchise back together with this title. I was wrong.

Sonic the Hedgehog for either the 360 or PS3 isn't worth $60. For one, the controls and camera have not been improved. Even though you can rotate and center the camera now, your view of the action is still in the hands of the computer. Five years since Sonic Adventure 2 and they haven't made any enhancement to the controls? Inexcusable.

But the strength of the Sonic franchise has always lied in the levels, and this game even manages to fail in that regard. Sprinting about as Sonic the Hedgehog could be fun if it weren't for the fact that every stage is saturated with enemies, missiles, and bottomless pits. Silver, the new character, has some fun psychic abilities that are marred by control issues and bugs. When compounded with the ridiculous amount of bullets and missiles he has to contend with in his levels, Silver's part of the game seems to deliver more frustration than entertainment. Shadow comes closest to being enjoyable, but his emphasis on combat and vehicle riding detract from the speed that made him such a great character in Sonic Adventure 2.

The graphics are nice, I guess, but there are certainly games on the 360 that look much better and deliver higher quality gameplay. Save your $60 for titles like Gears of War or Oblivion, and if you *must* play Sonic, wait until it goes Platinum. It's depressing to have to say this, because there was once a time when buying a new Sonic game was pretty much a no-brainer; but that era is over. This franchise has fallen from grace, and I doubt it will be recovering any time soon.

On the plus side, at least this game isn't Sonic Genesis.

Break out your old sega version

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 14
Date: November 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you have this in your hands in a store drop it. Definately not worth the money. Maybe if it was 20 dollars but not 60. The original sega versions are done alot better and way more fun.

Camera angles and control make this game horrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 20
Date: November 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I never write reviews on anything, although I enjoy reading other people's reviews (so thanks to everyone who does write them). This game was so frustrating to play that I had to write about how horrible it is. I recently got an Xbox360 and my girl friend decided to rent Sonic since she was a big original Sonic fan. We have been playing it for about 2 hours now and it is nearly impossible to control the character. The camera angles seem to be random and you have no way to control them. When fighting enemies you will be facing one, press the A (or X, depending on which character you are at the time) button to attack and the camera angles changes drastically. Enemy fire is coming in from all directions and there seems to be no way to smoothly control the character to attack them back. As another reviewer mentioned, you can't configure the controls at all. The only options are for video and audio! So in order to play you have to re-train your brain for the horrible user interface they put into this game. I'm used to an inverted look and total configurability (from playing Halo 2). As I was playing this game, I kept asking myself how a child would be able to play this game. I'm not sure how one could.

Bottom line: Don't buy this game, it is nearly impossible to play. I'm sure that after 5-10 hours of practice that I could have trained myself to handle the controls, but who wants to put that much time into just relearning? In the mean time you end up playing the same sequences over and over again! I left the room feeling extremely frustrated. I can't believe that a company could actually release a game that is this bad.

The Demise of Sonic is Officially Here

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 19 / 29
Date: November 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Let me start this review by saying two things: a) I never write reviews and b) I cannot stand when developers try to leverage brand to sell things, and then don't back up products with any substance.

In this case, the product is so bad, that I felt compelled to save other gamers the waste of time and money by writing this. Also I felt like developers knew that Sonic had a long lived and decent brand, and that they could push anything through the stores. As I described it to my gaming friends, Sonic for Xbox 360 is "offensively bad"

To make it simple:
- Bad graphics (non very distinguished from Dreamcast version, and falls way short of what other 360 games have to offer)
- Bad Play control (cannot customize controls, terrible camera angles)
- Bad Music (thankfully Xbox allows you to play it from other sources)
- Abysmal story and cinema cuts (you'd think they are addressing an audience that is 3 years old, not to mention that Sonic is totally anachronistic to what would be a decent Final Fantasy setting)
- Super buggy (at least this part of it is mildly entertaining, if not laughable)

save your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: November 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

there are very few video games which lack at least one good thing to mention. This is one of them. This game is a total waste of time and money. The graphics are cheesy, the characters movements are choppy and erratic and at times they get stuck in a corner, the load time between scenes is extremely long. What irritates me most is that when starting a town mission, there is often a load screen, then a 5 second cutscene, and then another long load screen. Very very disappointing.

NO Stars!!! C-R-A-P!!!!!! Not good enough for kids either.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: December 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Very bad controls, won't mention the old school looking GFX (are we sure this was meant for the 360??). Your view gets blocked more often than you play, easily die due to crapy camera style. Oh, lets not even talk about the hefty pricetag, thanks for nothing. RENT this if for some reason you want to torture yourself. If you want some sonic action break out the sega or dreamcast.

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