This is a game I have been asked for my opinions on for the past few years and have been very hesitant on talking about it due to how many people will disagree with me but regardless this is how I feel about sonic and the secret rings.

I feel this game is the worst in the sonic series for a variety of reasons ill get into but the positives I have for the game while few do show that it had potential.

I think the graphics are decent at best they aren't terrible but certainly aren't anything to ride home about in any means.

The soundtrack and sound quality is the best aspect of the game period and really fit the atmosphere that the game is trying to fit. The only issue with the soundtrack is how often the main theme is played in game but the rest of the soundtrack is on the great side.

The story in a lot of cases felt dull but a few notable moments here and there disappointing for me to say that.

The game itself has some fun minigames which is where I spent most of my time instead of playing the main story mode. in fact I once made a joke with a friend to which we called the minigame mode sonic party and that it was basically a Mario party ripoff without the board. (take that how you want it.)

The reason this game gets a 2/10 overall rating and a 10/10 difficulty rating is because of one thing mostly. And that is...

The controls. Even the more buggy sonic games had better controls than this and it kills me to say that. For the fact that if the controls were more tolerable it would have made the game itself much better.

Here are some examples.

Exhibit a: The tutorial took me a month to beat due to unresponsive controls and resulted in 4 broken remotes and a headset thrown at the wall.

Exhibit b: several challenges that were necessary for the games completion had used some of the worst controlling gimmicks and as such made me avoid the game entirely for 5 years.(at this point it was 2017 and I had owned the game since 2010 quit in 2012 which is where I quit).

Exhibit c: Several abilities that were made baseline in previous sonic games were locked behind a progression system that was so notorious that it spawned several memes and jokes online even to this very day.

Another positive I can give is that the stage design feels natural and fluent of a sonic game and maybe could have been better in a different game in comparison to this one.

Spoiler alerts for story coming up as I feel this should be brought up.

It all boils down to sonic hunting down for the equivalent of the chaos emeralds in this game the seven world rings.

And if he doesn't he dies. It doesn't feel like a sonic story and made me rage just from seeing it.


In conclusion as much as this game gets talked about and I respect peoples opinions on it. I really do not like this game and just wanted to give my reasons why. I am gladly open for a discussion on this topic so fire away.