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Sonic the Hedgehog

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3.8 User Score:

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Based on 17 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sonic Team

Genre(s): Platform

Players: 4

ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)

Release Date: January 30, 2007

Summary

Sonic celebrates his 15th anniversary by blazing his way onto the next-generation consoles, with his first adventure set in the human world. Featuring interactive 3D environments and a large cast of returning and new characters, get ready for the reinvention of Sonic The Hedgehog, in his most intense, high velocity escapade to date. [Sega]

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What The Critics Said

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Game Informer

In the end, Sonic nuts will love it. Everyone else should stay away.

Pelit (Finland)

The 3D elements do not gel well, and controlling Sonic feels awkward and hasty. Sudden deaths are far too common for a modern game. Old school (un)playability does not work this time. [Feb 2007]

Games Master UK

Some good ideas and lush graphics marred by bad game design. [Apr 2007, p.66]

Play UK

A crushing disappointment for those who thought Sonic had finally found his feed in 3D. Uncontrollable, twitchy, awkward and confused, this game will kill off all hope of there being another decent Sonic outing ever again. [Issue # 149, p.66]

PSM3 Magazine UK

It is worth a rent, however, just to savour the few good bits, laugh at all the glitches... and to start crying when you remember what Sonic games used to be like in the '90s. Sob.

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PSX Extreme

If you're willing to withstand the constant onslaught of glaring issues regarding the control, you might be able to revel in some of those aforementioned highlights, but it won't last. In the end, you'll find yourself wishing for the good ol' 16-bit days.

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IGN

Sonic the Hedgehog is a mess. While there are a few glimmers of hope early on when players take control of Silver and his cool telekinesis ability, it's quickly realized that the game's design never really capitalizes on it.

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GameSpot

Sonic the Hedgehog may share its name with the Genesis original, but this game is even more broken than most of the other recent Sonic games have been.

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GameDaily

Wrought with visual glitches and pre-existing issues with poor camera angles, the mixture of zippy running missions grows tedious at near-Sonic speed, with limited control and boring exploration sequences. This one hits a brick wall, for sure.

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Games Radar (in-house)

Every installment has us hoping for a return to glory, but each one further craps on the hedgehog's legacy. The redeeming qualities here are few and far between, and it's just plain not fun.

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games(TM)

Thanks in part to an atrocious camera, extremely dislikeable characters and a handful of amazingly frustrating sticking points, all this iteration of Sonic The Hedgehog manages to achieve is a yearning for the old days. [Apr 2007, p.129]

Pure Magazine UK

Possibly the lowest point in Sonic gaming, sloppy camera and terrible level design let this down badly. [Mar 2007, p.53]

Playstation Official Magazine UK

The most muddled and irritating Sonic game yet. [May 2007, p.110]

VideoGamer

Sonic has been on a slippery slope for years and SEGA has done nothing about it, and this has culminated in what can only be described as a complete disaster.

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PSM Magazine

In short, the game is simply awful--though, to be fair, at least the FMVs are decent. [Apr 2007, p.88]

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Some scenes take so long to load up that they induce nostalgia for the days of tape drives and 300-baud modems. Glitches and a jittery camera don't make the game unplayable—just profoundly unpalatable.

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GameBrink

Not only are the voices horrible, as is the case for most Sonic games, but the story makes very little sense. Its like if you took any basic Nintendo story like Mario saving the Princess, lengthened it to several hours long, and filled it with mindless details that make no logical sense at all.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 3.8 (out of 10) based on 32 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Justin 95 gave it a1:
I have never been disappointed in any Sonic game until now. They screw up the entire game with glitches, bad controls and completely rushed. If you want to play a 3D Sonic game, better off to play Sonic Adventure 1, 2, and Unleashed. Stay away from this game as far as possible.

Seri E gave it a0:
What is the worst game you've evr played? ET? Superman 64? Yes there bad, but they were just games. Not big frachises. Sonic the Hedgehog on the 360 and PS3 IS the worst popular franchise game. By this I mean, worse then the worst Mario, the worst Zelda, the worst Street Fighter, the worst EVERYTHING. There are several reasons for this. One is that the story is unecessarily long and boring and contains wait too much humans. It was like an interactive version of Sonic X. The game has too many glitches too count. This may not be a hard game, but you'll come across a glitch here or there that will ruin the experience. Fro example, during the final boss battle I got stuck. Just stuck. I was in the air and...I froze. The game was working and it just froze. Sonic is extremely slow and so are Shadow the Emohog and Silver the Completelyuselessshittyextracharacter...hog. The gameplay just sucks. There is no enjoyment out of it. The controls are awful. Some of the worst i've ever experienced (and i've played SuperMan 64 by the way) Bascially, if anyone ever tells you this game is good then chances are they grew up with Sonic and are in denial that the series sucks and SONIC THE HEDGEHOD IS DEAD!!! Even so, I have a cousin who owns almost every Sonic games (even some of the spinoffs like Sonic Battle on the GBA) and even he says this game is shit. Don't get it. Don't even think about getting it. The only reason you should ever even so much as touch this game, would be if you're a game reviewer looking for a bad game where the jokes practically write themselves (Sonic and Elise beastiality jokes anyone?)

mr s gave it a0:
i gopt this game from a friend for a half a bottle of vodka..... i rater have the vodka back... crapy storry... horrible gameplay

o.o o.O gave it a0:
camera could be replaced with a drunk monkey and do better... just don't

bk k gave it a10:
This game is good. It may have it's flaw but but that doesn't the fact that the story is incredibly detailed.

ryan t gave it a7:
Good game but suggestion to sega, continue with shadows style in Shadow the Hedgehog, add weapons, cursing and make it cool again.

Desmond H. gave it a2:
I have played the game all the way through, and it sucks.

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