So yes I'm going to go ahead and do something I said I'd never do. You see this game has kind of become like an inner demon of mine that I've wanted to review but purposely haven't because I haven't actually completed the game since I don't own a Wii U. I've only played the game for a 3 hour session once.

But it still plagues me and considering I've watched a whole playthrough as well as having played enough of it to get a feel of the controls and such, I think I have a good enough understanding of the game to review it regardless (and it's the TdV so teehee lol). Besides the game itself seems largely unfinished so I find it kind of fitting in a funny way.

To clarify this is more of a bonus review than anything, that I'm doing mostly out of fun so I won't really be making this as part of my staff reviews, but instead mostly because of the TdV and also because I really want to rip this game apart, which means this will be different than my regular style of reviewing and catering a bit more to fans of the franchise (though people completely new will also understand just how awful this game is, I guarantee it) I mean I swear I will kill this ga-

Ahem, I mean lets just get to it then yah?


Unreal lack of polish, and friggin mummy Sonic.

So graphically this game looked decent when looking at the announcment trailer, but how did the game turn out when it was actually released?

Oh boy... It's a roller coaster in terms of quality in the graphical department and for the most part it's pretty bad, I mean at many points the game looks like it belongs on the PS2 rather than the Wii U. Heck there's even some textures in the game that look like they belong on the friggin N64, I mean, I know this game was rushed but really, in 2014 a game with textures that look they belong on the N64, HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? I mean the world itself, in particular the hub worlds, looks like they could've had some (tiny) bit of potential, environments being fairly varied in how they look. Even so they're very barren and lack detail.

But that's not all, it gets worse. Lets talk about another notable change this time around... The character designs. Basically the main cast has been mostly redesigned. Now I will give a little bit of credit where it is due, since they redoing the actual size of the characters especially Knuckles is something I kind of liked, I think it's good that they're trying to differentiate the characters aesthetically more since they do look a bit similar, But the "sports tape" basically all of them except Tails are wearing LOOKS FLAT OUT STUPID. OH HEY GANG WE'RE 1/4TH ON OUR WAY TO BECOMING MUMMIES WOOHOO!

Ugh...

Awful textures and stupid mummy bandages aside the problems just keep coming...

Pfft? Frames? What are they even good for, and who's ever heard of play testing?

Now, something that will become apparent as you progress is just the awful framerate issues. During many sections of the game especially speed sections the framerate drops a lot, to the point where it becomes almost unplayable. And even so you're not even going very fast compared to most Sonic games which makes it even more jaw dropping. This is the most powerful console a Sonic game has launched on to date, YOU'D THINK THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THIS RIGHT LIKE THEY HAVE IN PREVIOUS GAMES, BUT NOPE, HERPTY DERPTY FLERP NO PLAY TESTING HERE. WE'RE JUST GONNA LET YOU SUCK ON IT TEEHEE!

*tries to cool down*

And there's also camera issues galore, often randomly getting stuck during gameplay or being too close to your character which makes getting around the giant hub world alone extremely annoying.

Framerate issues are present during cutscenes too, characters randomly teleporting to another location on screen for a few frames OR EVEN SOMETIMES JUST OUTRIGHT SKIPPING FRAMES happens, a lot. Really the awfulness of the graphics as a whole drives me to the conclusion that this it's largely because they rushed to game to get it out in time for the holidays. Something you'd think the developers would've learned to not do from previous Sonic games *COUGH 06 COUGH* even if it was Big Red Button that developed this and not Sonic Team.

Oh and that means there's bugs, plenty of them in fact, it's like a glitch hunting fest. Like the infamous Knuckles infinite jump glitch which means you can pause the game while jumping with Knuckles to jump more or less infinitely high which can be used to skip most of the game and of course there's many other smaller random bugs that can and probably will makes your game experience even more miserable than it already is.

In conclusion graphics wise this game is a complete and utter mess. Sonic Heroes looks better than this game AND IT WASN'T EVEN RELEASED DURING THE SAME CONSOLE GENERATION WTF.

Screwing up the one thing that's been consistently good in Sonic games

Oh yeah and you're probably thinking right now, well the music is probably good right? You know? The one thing they've basically gotten right in almost every Sonic game even 06 (I mean Solaris Phase 2, is just eargasm) but NOPE!

There's often times barely any music playing and when it actually does play, it's mostly mediocre AND THE SOUND EDITORS, SHOULD'VE BEEN FIRED OUTRIGHT LIKE THE REST OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND THIS GAME. A lot of tracks seem completely and utterly out of place like they weren't even intended for the level they were on, It's like they just made a bunch of random tracks without even knowing anything about the game and were like "HEY JUST PUT THIS SOMEWHERE IN THE GAME, WHERE? IDK JUST DO IT, IT'LL BE GR8 M8 TRUST ME *FART*"

Also the voice actors sound completely out of character sometime, just... Thought I'd mention that as well. If you weren't convinced enough that the sound and everything else sucks already.

*sigh* I don't even think I need to conclude this...

Herpty Derpty flerp nonsensical story, oh no must escape bad guy, BUT THEN OTHER BAD GUY? DERP!

So it starts off with our heroes... *cough* Amy, Sonic, Knuckles and Tails going after Eggman in a weirdly fittingly placed running track in the middle of a forest because Idk he dun goof'd again. Then suddenly, after a bunch of crappy one liners and making sure to drill it into people's heads that Knuckles has an IQ that makes you question how he can even breath (cuz he can't tell left and right apart HAHA SO FUNNY *eye twitches*) it turns out he planned an ambush attack and Metal Sonic shows up after them and they end up at a door by some ancient tomb where they're cornered by Metal Sonic and Eggmans minions, which then after literally like a minute they decide to escape into (becuz Sonic can open it with his hand). And Metal Sonic walks extremely slowly for some reason because plot convenience! And he's like "gosh darn it! (inside his head)" *punches wall* Then well inside, the gang find some weird Snake like creature called Lyric which has been imprisoned in the tomb for some amount of time because IDK, reasons. And then the gang acts like idiots and release him and get attacked but still manage to get away and like get some weird enerbeam weapon that Tails magically makes work like a energy lasso thingy because he knows everything about everything before anyone does even though they released Lyric... And like. Idk they go back in time to imprison Lyric again because now he's the main threat.

Totally makes sense.

GANG: BOUNCE PAD!
ME: HUEHUEHUEHUEHEUHEUEHEUHEUEHEEUHEUE

The story of this game as you may have already noticed from my summary is full of plot holes and often makes no sense whatsoever. The only interesting thing is that there's two villains in the game, Lyric and Eggman unfortunately Lyric is a very uninteresting and boring character which pretty much makes that not matter anyway.

The annoying part doesn't stop there, what is really annoying about the game, is the one liners... Both in cutscenes and just during general gameplay, the characters keep saying things to really drill it into your head the one and only personality trait they have.

U c Knuckles is a moron (is funny cuz he's stupid teehee) Tails is super smart and can therefore use AMAZING INVENTION SKILLZ FOR PLOT CONVENIENCE , then there's Sonic who's so damn edgy, oh And you know then there's Amy who's... The token female character and that pretty much sums up their personalities. Seriously they really are so one dimensional and the one liners ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF KNUCKLES are extremely annoying, watching how much effort they've gone through to carry across the point that Knuckles is a moron is almost kind of sad. He's supposed to be naive and gullible not a complete all around moron... And sometimes they just exclaim Bounce pad when you jump on a Bumper and expect you to laugh at it, I suppose. That's not even at the same level as them just dangling some keys in front of you.

I will give credit where it's due there's a few actually funny jokes buried AMONG THE HUNDREDS OF AWFUL ONES where they try to be edgy and fail, which when you've played the game for an extended time and start to accept how awful it is seems like the most amazing thing ever... But all around the story really is completely awful, and these very rare exceptions don't really help elevate it from being utter crap in any way.

The only actually even slightly redeeming thing about the story (maybe even the game as a whole) is Sticks the new character introduced in the game, though you don't actually get to play as her, I did like her quirky personality. And thanks TO NOT HAVING ANY OF THAT STUPID SPORTS TAPE actually looks pretty cool aesthetically as well. Good job big red button, you did a thing that didn't actually suck, who would've thought you had it in you.

How to fail at game design 101

Of course the awfulness continues, as if the other factors doesn't make it horrible enough, the gameplay is horrible as well who would've thought. Well basically the game is divided into three parts there's your combat/platforming sections, your speed sections and the hub worlds.

Starting with the hub worlds they are huge and completely pointless, aesthetically it looks like there could've been some potential hadn't the textures looked flat out awful. I mean really why do every Sonic game insist on having hub worlds? They don't really add anything game besides making it feel bigger than it is, especially here where they're huge, I MEAN YOU CAN'T EVEN RUN IN THE HUB WORLDS, IS JOGGING AROUND IN A HUB WORLD FOR 10 MINUTES EXTREMELY SLOWLY TO DO A FETCH QUEST FOR SOME GUY YOU DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT WHILE YOUR CAMERA GET STUCK AND BEING AMONG CRAPPY TEXTURES FUN TO YOU, HUH? IS IT?

I didn't think so.

And then we have the platforming sections. Basically every character has their own gameplay "ability" as Knuckles can climb and hang from walls, Amy can swing from places using her hammer and so on. Every platforming section usually has you controlling two characters which means you can often choose between one of the unique abilities they possess, the problem is that the platforming is so overly simplified that it doesn't really change things much because it's so easy you never actually have to really think about it. If you somehow actually die there's basically no punishment either. I'm serious this is probably the easiest Sonic game I've ever played and probably one of the easiest games I've ever played just flat out. It's so devoid of challenge it's a chore to play. I'd rather be grinding in an RPG since at least then I can spend that time playing a game I actually care about! Speaking of which...

There's combat. Yeah remember how I said that Unleashed combat was meh. Well compared to this Unleashed looks like friggin Fire Emblem in terms of depth. All you do is more or less mash the same button and that more or less kills everything. I think there was like one actually imaginative boss in the entire game and that was it. All the regular enemies consists of pure button mashing and they don't even vary much aesthetically. You know what's funny, there's actually people out there who considers this game fun, I MEAN THE GAME HAS 6.6 RATING IN THE VGR HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?... *Starts sobbing* why Sega... Why did you allow this... And there's a dodge roll... Which you'll never use and isn't even implemented well.

Ahem... And then there's the speed sections which I already mentioned. Basically the frame rate drops horribly during almost every speed section like I mentioned previously. And even in the case when it doesn't, they're nothing more than simple linear temple run style level (except Temple Run is actually fun and I kind of regret not playing it instead of this).

Some other crappy things about this game:

1. There's also an upgrade system in this game which is completely pointless.

2. Gathering 100 rings no longer gives you an extra life and instead works purely as a life bar, rings in general are useless but there's more than ever to collect.

3. The controls are utter crap too not that it matters much because the gameplay is so boring on it's own that whether the controls were implemented well wouldn't have changed how boring it is either if anything I'd rather have even crappier controls BECAUSE MAYBE THEN THERE WOULD BE SOME DAMN CHALLENGE TO IT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT A COMPLETE SNOREFEST.

4. You know the enerbeam thingy well that also sucks, you can throw around enemies and swing around in some places with it... But it's completely under utilised, and like previously mentioned how it was introduced made no sense. Woo.

5. The good thing is if you enjoy doing completely pointless fetch quests while encountering bugs, and playing through gameplay completely devoid of challenge, this game has got you covered! Why am I doing this to myself

An unfinished utter piece of crap

The one good thing about this game is Sticks. One character, That is literally it. Everything else about this game sucks I'm not even joking. It could've been better maybe if they were given more time to finish the game because a lot of things wrong with this game like the graphics and sound could've been made passable. But even then the gameplay sucks. Even for being an obviously rushed game I'd expect more from this, since it makes Sonic 06 look good. At least that game could work as a guilty pleasure and it had awesome music and an often nonsensical but entertaining story.

So in conclusion: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME EVER, DO NOT SUPPORT THIS GAME IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM, SAVE YOURSELF THE PAIN.

THIS GAME IS LIKE ALMOST THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL IN THE WORLD... ALMOST.

Sonic is dead.

Making this review was mental torture but neccesary mental torture, now I must calm down before I explode because my brain cannot brain anymore.

Thank.

Oh boy, what a rant. You know, I still haven't worked up the effort to try the demo. I think I saw enough with the one playthrough I watched.
And to be technical, SEGA is making a spiritual successor to Shattered Crystal, which I've heard is okay. Not great, but okay.
But hey, at least you got this all off your chest, huh? If you hadn't, I probably would've at some point.

Gamin'Gal : Yeah, it's a game you really just love to hate.

And I know from what I've seen Shattered Crystal definietly seems better than Rise of Lyric and it's cool that you can play as Sticks but I've still heard it's below average or just average at best, so I don't really intend on getting it either.

But I guess it could be worse, either way I'm not holding my hopes up.

And I just now remembered I forgot summoning people to this... Because I'm an idiot, So summoning everyone on my summon list who I assume hasn't seen this yet.

WELCOME TO ONE OF ZLINQX REVIEWS WITH 110% MORE RAGE

Eirinn :
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Yeah like I said guys this isn't one of my normal reviews, I hope you enjoy the angry me but if not, don't fret, I'll be back to my normal less angry self by the next one

Fail summon:

Razor-987 :

My my, AVGN mode there as I can tell

Why do you have to go through this? Oh wait, you can't escape this fate, that's right xD Anyhoo, nice review (or rant, whatever ).

Yes. This game sucks. This game sucks really bad. I played it a few days ago, and I  started going to since yesterday because of it.
The camera... oh god the camera, man. The voice actors also pissed me off.

btw dis was gr8 m8.

Wow...Talk about a rant inducing game! I'd probably go on a limb to say Rise of Lyric is worse than Sonic 06. Or at least the true successor to it. This game didn't need a deadline, had more than enough development time, a bigger budget, and a much higher quality console to work with.

I saw a lot of gameplay videos and you've addressed every issue very well. Very nicely done, Zlinqx. Hey, did u remember the part where Knuckles was dumb? SO EPIC ND FUNNY RITE? I dieded laughing (Not...)
Which is funny because he delivers all his lines straighter than the rest of the cast. He's just so blunt. At least in the show he is.

Shattered Chrystal is a bit better than Lyric from what I've heard. Although it's more of a Metroidvania than a disappointingly slow traditional Sonic game.

" I mean I swear I will kill this ga- "  

Might want to chill out there buddy. haha

Carrying on, despite all the raging that you did this review pretty much states everything that is wrong with the game. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric IS a horrible game. I agree with almost everything you stated beside liking Knuckles new look. I just can't get use to it I'm so use to his original look.

I couldn't even watch part one of a playthrough, I have no idea how you were able to do it.  

This is a good review of rage, I really did see the 110 %.

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haha glad to see you tried to take a different approach with a review. It was an interesting read to say the least. I could tell by reading how much you despise this game.

I will say though that this style doesn't fit you as much as your normal style. I am happy though that you are branching out and trying new things!

Keep up the good work!

Damn, the game DOES look awful. And you have given plenty of proofs to show it. However, I have to admit that the style you used - MANY CAPS - was a little distracting. But you are still worthy of a 4.

Zlinqx :   Reading this review was mental torture. I decided to read it all the way through so I could rate it up but after sitting through the first 2000 unnecessary poorly punctuated words cobbled together in the grammar of a common ten year old, I could not bring myself to do so. Your scathing attitude towards the game is limited in its effect by the repetition of your arguments against it. This review drags on and on, saying the same things many times.

You let us all down this time Poserboy McHopkins.

Why did I come here to support you? Do I want to cause myself mental agony?

 P3

Postman3 :

I can understand there being some spelling mistakes mostly because I was tired after writing this so I did read through the review again (I already did once after writing it) but I didn't really think I found anything that bad, so it should be alright.

At some points I did use incorrect grammar on purpose for the sake of exagguration for comedic effect, so unless you're referring to that, I'd like it if you could give some examples (english is not my native language after all so I may have made some mistakes I'm not aware of).

As far as me being repetitive in my arguments, I don't really see how to be honest. The review was long but I pretty much mentioned at the start of it that I'd be going more into detail about things, and I never actually talked about the exact same thing twice, really I only see me bringing up how awful the textures were once in the gameplay section for barely even a sentence of the review and that's it.

I'm honestly a bit confused what is that makes it so bad

Zlinqx :   Okay. Most recent to least recent offenses. Here we go.

< I'm honestly a bit confused what is that makes it so bad >   This sentence would work as two sentences if you bothered with punctuation at all. I mentioned poor punctuation. It can make sense as one sentence if you phrase it like this, "I'm honestly a bit confused as to what makes it so bad." or "I'm honestly a bit confused what it is that makes it so bad." As two sentences, You could say, "I'm honestly a bit confused. What makes it so bad?"

<  As far as me being repetitive in my arguments, I don't really see how to be honest. The review was long but I pretty much mentioned at the start of it that I'd be going more into detail about things, and I never actually talked about the exact same thing twice, really I only see me bringing up how awful the textures were once in the gameplay section for barely even a sentence of the review and that's it. >

You need a comma after "how" to show the pause in your opening sentence of the paragraph. You would say "to be honest" without pausing to emphasize the word "how". Also, you say you go into detail yet you have paid very little attention to detail in your common textual speech. That's ironic. There should not be a comma before the word "and". The very use of a conjunction is to join your clauses which defeats the purpose of having a comma there, thus making it improper. The comma after "twice" should be a period to prevent a run-on sentence. "Really" is the word that needs the comma after it. Starting a sentence with an interjection requires that punctuation.
Being improper wouldn't be a major thing if it was a little English test you were writing in school but on the internet, younger minds see it and absorb it as proper English before they even have a chance to think differently. You have used the internet to spread your ignorance rather than combat ignorance and shield others from your own.

< At some points I did use incorrect grammar on purpose for the sake of exagguration for comedic effect, so unless you're referring to that, I'd like it if you could give some examples (english is not my native language after all so I may have made some mistakes I'm not aware of).>

You need a comma after "points" to indicate the subordinate clause ending. The term "exagguration" is not a word. Please say "exaggeration" the next time such an opportunity to use such an advanced word presents itself to you. Nobody should ever use improper grammar or spelling or pronunciation to make others laugh or even to market a brand or product. It's a despicable practice which only serves the purpose of increasing ignorance and muddling the language abilities of people worldwide. The comma after "effect" should be a period or semi-colon because you have, in effect, started a new sentence after that word. "English" is always to be capitalized because it is a proper noun naming a language. Even in parentheses, the rules of punctuation still apply to the sentences within them. That may come as a genuine shock to you. You need a comma before continuing with "after all" and then a period or semi-colon after that throwaway phrase. If you use a period for such an instance, remember to capitalize the next word. If you opt for a semi-colon, do not capitalize the next word.

< I can understand there being some spelling mistakes mostly because I was tired after writing this so I did read through the review again (I already did once after writing it) but I didn't really think I found anything that bad, so it should be alright. >

This could be made into a few sentences. It looks terrible as a run-on sentence. The first sentence could have been, "I can understand there being some spelling mistakes mostly because I was tired after writing this." It would be fine to stop there and begin a new sentence. The next sentence could be, "I did read through the review again (I already did once after writing it)." That would be fine. Cap the paragraph off with, "I didn't really think I found anything that bad, so it should be alright." Those sentences flow much better than a run-on sentence.

Now let's take a closer look at that ghastly review you wrote.

< Thank. >

The final note in an epically unpleasing dialog. You should have either said, "Thank you." or "Thanks." The word "thank" by itself does not make sense.

< Making this review was mental torture but neccesary mental torture, now I must calm down before I explode because my brain cannot brain anymore. >

I agree. Nasty to read as well I can tell you. The comma should be a period or semi-colon once again. If only there was a symbol I could just throw in your face whenever you make this error to let you know about this particular one rather than typing all these words to explain it. The nonsensical sentence would be amusing if I was not suffering a similar fate. "Necessary" is the proper spelling. Double the "s", not the "c".

< THIS GAME IS LIKE ALMOST THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL IN THE WORLD... ALMOST. >

One "ALMOST" would have been fine. You said "LIKE" when attempting to use a metaphor. Please use the word "like" when you are using a simile, saying that you like something or some person or making a direct comparison. For a full range of the uses of the word "like" see the Wikipedia page for it, complete with improper uses towards the bottom.

 < The one good thing about this game is Sticks. One character, That is literally it. Everything else about this game sucks I'm not even joking. It could've been better maybe if they were given more time to finish the game because a lot of things wrong with this game like the graphics and sound and such could've been made passable. But even then the gameplay sucks. >

For some reason I am seeing a comma between the two sentences "One character" and "That is literally it." Oh, the shame of it. Let's get a period there instead.

There is no period between the sentences "Everything else about this game sucks" and "I'm not even joking." Also, you register a "suck" count of one. The fifth sentence here is an abominable run-on sentence. It could be shortened by leaving out the aside statements of "maybe if they were given more time to finish the game" and "like the graphics and sound and such". Those are problems you mentioned earlier and it is terribly unnecessary to pepper your sentences with them. You started a sentence with "But". Your "suck" count has reached two.

The subheading containing "utter piece of crap" which aptly describes the review as well.

<  You know the enerbeam thingy well that also sucks, you can throw around enemies and swing around in some places with it... it's completely under utilised, and like previously mentioned how it was introduced made no sense. >

Underutilised is actually one word. The auto-spell-checker would not have been triggered if you had bothered putting the two words together just to check. Your "suck" count meter reads a three. There should be no comma after underutilised. If you previously mentioned that it "made no sense", why are you saying it now? Is this repetition like a skipping CD track in your head?

< The controls are utter crap too not that it matters much because the gameplay is so boring on it's own that whether the controls were implemented well wouldn't have changed how boring it is either if anything I'd rather have even crappier controls BECAUSE MAYBE THEN THERE WOULD BE SOME DAMN CHALLENGE TO IT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT A COMPLETE SNOREFEST. >

There are those two words again, "utter crap". This time it's part of a multi-layered, full paragraph run-on sentence. The second sentence could have been, "Not that it matters much." It could have been followed by, "The gameplay is so boring on its own." Notice how I took the apostrophe out of "its". That's because it is not a contraction. The next sentence ought to have been, "Whether the controls were implemented well wouldn't have changed how boring it is." You can make your point without resorting to "either" which is not even called for. Do you see how actually using periods can make sentences that make sense?

< Gathering 100 rings no longer gives you an extra life and instead works purely as a life bar, rings in general are useless but there's more than ever to collect. >

Let's have a period or semi-colon between bar and rings. You are essentially starting a new sentence there.

< Ahem... And then there's the speed sections which I already mentioned. >    

Oh, so you're mentioning it again for our benefit - in case we were just skimming the first time.

< Basically the frame rate drops horribly during almost every speed section. And even in the case when it doesn't, they're nothing more than simple linear temple run style level (except Temple Run is actually fun and I kind of regret not playing it instead of this). >
You have unnecessarily used "basically". Don't do that. You started the next sentence with the conjunction "and". Both unnecessary words which are improper to use at the beginning of sentences.

< There's combat. Yeah remember how I said that Unleashed combat was meh. Well compared to this Unleashed looks like friggin Fire Emblem in terms of depth. All you do is more or less mash the same button and that more or less kills everything. I think there was like 1 actual imaginative boss in the entire game and that was it. All the regular enemies consists of pure button mashing and they don't even vary much aesthetically. You know what's funny, there's actually people out there who considers this game fun, I MEAN THE GAME HAS 6.6 RATING IN THE VGR HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? >

You need a comma after "Yeah". A comma goes after "Well". In the next sentence a comma goes after "is" and add another one after the first  "less" and you actually phrased "more or less" perfectly the second time you use it (in the same sentence) so the same commas won't be necessary in that context. Your "like" count is up to two. "You know what's funny" needs a question mark, not a comma. Make sure to capitalize the next word when you do that because it is a new sentence. The sentence "There's actually people out there who consider this game fun." Notice how "consider" should not have an "s" at the end. The period at the end of the sentence is important. "I MEAN THE GAME HAS A 6.6 RATING IN THE VGR." Do not forget the article word "A". Do not forget to put a period there before you go on with your next sentence.

The rules of punctuation and grammar don't disappear just because you've decided to go all caps to simulate yelling. I don't even know why you're so pissed. What? There can't be children with learning disabilities who like to play the game at home and came to rate it up online? There somehow aren't people who consider a 6.5 to be their below average enjoyment rating for a game? What's got you so miffed?

< And then we have the platforming sections. Basically every character has their own gameplay "ability" as Knuckles can climb and hang from walls, Amy can swing from places using her hammer and so on. Every platforming section usually has you controlling two characters which means you can often choose between one of the unique abilities they possess, the problem is that the platforming is so overly simplified that it doesn't really change things much because the it's so easy you never actually have to really think about it, if you somehow actually die there's basically no punishment either. I'm serious this is probably the easiest Sonic game I've ever played and probably one of the easiest games I've ever played just flat out. It's so devoid of challenge it's a chore to play. I'd rather be grinding in an RPG since at least then I can spend that time playing a game I actually care about! Speaking of which... >

You have started the first sentence of the paragraph with "And". Don't do that. It's never correct and neither is rattling off a sentence starting with "Basically". There needs to be a period after "possess". Don't forget to capitalize the first word that new sentence that starts right after it. Take away the word "the" after "because". It does not belong there. You used "actually" and "really" in the same clause to serve the exact same function in the sentence. Pick one in this instance and delete the other. A period goes after "it" to end this horrible sentence. The next sentence should read, "If you somehow actually die, there's no punishment." Cut out those unnecessary words that muddle your grammar. When you start to say something different; that's when you put in a period and capitalize the next word. There ought to be a semi-colon after "I'm serious". It says something completely different than the following sentence so it is another sentence but it's also part of what that sentence is saying just not as a subordinate clause. Semi-colon is the best fit for that situation. "Speaking of which..." should not end any paragraph. It might have worked as one of your dubious subheadings but not the end of a paragraph. Please, pay attention in school so you don't write like this for the rest of your life.

< Starting with the hub worlds they are huge and completely pointless, aesthetically it looks like there could've been some potential hadn't the textures looked flat out awful. I mean really why do every Sonic game insist on having hub worlds? They don't really add anything game besides making it feel bigger than it is, especially here where they're huge, I MEAN YOU CAN'T EVEN RUN IN THE HUB WORLDS, IS JOGGING AROUND IN A HUB WORLD FOR 10 MINUTES EXTREMELY SLOWLY TO DO A FETCH QUEST FOR SOME GUY YOU DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT WHILE YOUR CAMERA GET STUCK AND BEING AMONG CRAPPY TEXTURES FUN TO YOU, HUH? IS IT? >

Let's have a colon after "Starting with the hub worlds" so that it introduces the sentence properly. Ending the sentence with the word "pointless" would have been wise. You're always in danger of continuing into run-on sentences. Stop that. "Aesthetically" would then require capitalization and already requires a comma after it before you carry on. Make the rest of the sentence like this "it looks like there could've been some potential if the textures hadn't looked flat out awful." You did use "hadn't" improperly. That requires a change.

My rule of thumb is that if a sentence doesn't sound or feel grammatically correct, it isn't. My mother and father are English speakers. Yes. They always spoke properly with us up to a certain age. The internet hadn't become available to me until age 13 and you tube didn't start until I was 19 so my parents remained my primary resource for how sentences are formed properly; just from listening to them in my formative years. You didn't receive that guidance in English during your early days? So what? Make some friends who speak, spell and phrase everything properly. Observe what sentences I myself type up on a regular basis. With examples of the proper sentence form, you don't need to break down the sentence into its components and study them as I had to in school. Proper grammar will come naturally if you associate with those in the know rather than those who "exaggerate for comedic effect" all the while not knowing any better.

Cut out the words "I mean really" before you ask your question. Are those words really necessary for starting a question? They don't add anything to your question. Question: Why does every Sonic game insist on having hub worlds? "Does" is the past tense of do. "They don't really add anything to the game besides making it feel bigger than it is, especially here where they're huge." In your writing of that sentence you missed the words "to the" and you forgot to stop it with a period. Don't start your rant sentence with "I MEAN". "YOU CAN'T EVEN RUN IN THE HUB WORLDS." See? A period. How difficult is that?

< Of course the awfulness continues, as if the other factors doesn't make it horrible enough, the gameplay is horrible as well who would've thought. Well basically the game is divided into three parts there's your combat/platforming sections, your speed sections and the hub worlds. >

"Of course, the awfulness continues." Aptly describing your attempt at a review once again. Also, there's a comma that wasn't there in your paragraph and a period to wisely end the sentence before a new idea is explored after the period. "As if the other factors don't make it horrible enough, the gameplay is horrible as well (who would've thought)." The final aside goes in brackets to indicate that it is not part of the main sentence. As an entirely rhetorical comment, it requires no question mark. "The game is divided into three parts." Don't start a sentence with "Well basically". It's horrid.

< The only actually even slightly redeeming thing about the story (maybe even the game as a whole) is Sticks the new character introduced in the game, though you don't actually get to play as her, I did like her quirky personality, and thanks TO NOT HAVING ANY OF THAT STUPID SPORTS TAPE actually looks pretty cool as well. Good job big red button, you did a thing that didn't actually suck, who would've thought you had it in you. >

"The only even slightly redeeming thing about the story (maybe even the game as a whole) is Sticks, the new character introduced in the game." I find your excessive use of the unimportant adverb "actually" disturbing. When you repeat a word too much, it loses all meaning. Get an English thesaurus. It will help you develop a real vocabulary by listing bunches of similar words that you can look up the correct meaning of in dictionaries.

See above: You've successfully made that comma before "and" redundant by using "and". That redundant comma has to be destroyed.

Between "SPORTS TAPE" and "actually"(shudder), insert "she" to serve as the proper pronoun of whom you are speaking.

I'm sorry. Is Big Red Button a game developer? Why haven't you capitalized the words of its name? Why isn't there a comma after "Good job"? There should be.

"Who would've thought you had it in you?" is a new sentence because it is a divergent idea. There is a question mark there because it is a questioning idea.

Your "suck" count has reached four.

< I will give credit where it's due there's a few actually funny jokes buried AMONG THE HUNDREDS OF AWFUL ONES where they try to be edgy and fail, which when you've played the game for an extended time and start to accept how awful it is seems like the most amazing thing ever... But all around the story really is completely awful, and these very rare exceptions don't really help elevate it in any way. >

"I will give credit where it's due." End the sentence there. Don't be a moron. This is where you always seem to run into trouble. End the next sentence with the word "fail". Lose the word "which" and continue with "When you've played the game for an extended time and start to accept how awful it is, these jokes seem like the most amazing thing ever." Do not start the next sentence with "But". Don't precede "and" with a comma. These are fundamental mistakes that boys and girls half your age can and often do grasp.

< U c Knuckles is a moron (is funny cuz he's stupid teehee) Tails is super smart and can therefore use AMAZING INVENTION SKILLZ FOR PLOT CONVENIENCE , then there's Sonic who's so damn edgy, oh And you know then there's Amy who's... The token female character and that pretty much sums up their personalities. Seriously they really are so one dimensional and the one liners ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF KNUCKLES are extremely annoying, watching how much effort they've gone through to carry across the point that Knuckles is a moron is almost kind of sad. He's supposed to be naive and gullible not a complete all around moron... And sometimes they just exclaim Bounce pad when you jump on a Bumper and expect you to laugh at it, I suppose. That's not even at the same level as them just dangling some keys in front of you. >

There are only 3 single letters in the English language that can be accepted as full words. They are all vowels. They do not include "U" and "c". They are "a", "I" and "O". The "I" and "O" must be capitalized when standing alone because they are not articles used as "a" is. I'll ignore that nonsense in the parentheses because you are being stupid on purpose. Stopping the sentence after the close parenthesis would be advisable. You go on to make a list that is effectively a run-on sentence. I sense an "And" which should be capitalized. Even when continuing a sentence after ellipses, you do not capitalize the next word in the sentence. Use a comma after "seriously" please. The term "one-dimensional" is always hyphenated; ditto for one-liners. You should put your following rant yell in parentheses because it does not belong in the main sentence. If that description of Knuckles holds water, you should change your real name on Vizzed to Knuckles. Again you have used ellipses but this time a period would have been appropriate after "moron". It doesn't even make sense to start the next sentence with "And" which I believe is why you thought to capitalize it. Maybe you were doing the thing I just told you not to do where you continue a completely unrelated segment of the sentence after an ellipsis with a capitalized word. Solution: begin a new sentence. It works every time.

I'm going to stop giving you the examples you asked for now. This is too depressing to go into this much detail to correct. I don't think you're even smart enough to correct everything you got wrong on the basis of my examples. Do you understand anything I've been making reference to? I'm reasonably sure your total "like" and "suck" count are very high given your quite limited vocabulary. I read through compositions like this saying to myself, "What a complete dill weed this guy is! Does he do everything in his life this poorly?"

It's a fine thing to say you hate the game. You have unfortunately developed very few ways of expressing it. The things you hate are so nasty that they bear repeating quite a few times. Just look at what you've written. Complaining about the same thing more than once should be a red flag.

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Postman3 : As far as my grammar goes you've certainly proved it's definietly not the best. I never said it was though. I wouldn't expect that either from someone who doesn't speak english as their primary language, and I do in fact think I've got a decent enough understanding to where I can at least convey my opinion about the game.

You're not really critisicing the things I discussed in the review as much as you're criticisizing my punctuation and usage of words, again, like I said a lot of words I used that were miss spelt were done so on purpose, which you acknowledged in one or two cases and didn't seem to catch otherwise. As for my usage of punctuation I did make mistakes, some I was unaware of others I would've normally noticed but didn't so I'll try fixing that.

Secondly this review unlike my other reviews was mostly done out of my own enjoyment and to be entertaining, not to be informative. If I'd wished to do so I would've reviewed a different game altogether, because this game already has a featured review.

I think I succeeded in my goal to make something entertaining as plenty of people did still like it. I simply think we have a clash of opinions on what makes a review entertaining and good.

If I had really wished to educate younger people about proper grammar usage, I would've taken up a job as an english teacher instead. So dissect this post if you'd like, but if you really want to discuss this further there's comchat.

Wow, Unique approach with this review. I could tell you didn't like this game at all and I mean it does look kind of bad if I say so myself. Keep up the great work Zlinqx and can't wait to see your next review ^^

Zlinqx : I haven't played this game and I don't plan to, but, I have watched the show and  thank you for bringing up the flaws in the characters!





Nobody seems to complain about this, but, all of the characters have been warped beyond recognition.Sonic is a jerk who  barely seems to care about anything.(although not as bad as lost world),Amy is a self centered control freak, tails isn't Sonic's unofficial brother and is more like "just the smart guy" and Knuckles...Ugh.








 Someone who worked on this show must have had problems with buff guys, because Knuckles is just the worst.It wouldn't be so bad if it was just a gag where maybe he has bad judgement or can't understand complicated stuff, but, here he LITERALLY KEEPS TRYING TO REMIND YOU HE CAN'T FEED HIMSELF!


If you seen the movie "Free Birds" (which, by the way, is underrated) The character, Jake in that movie is what I think Knuckles should have been.He's dumb, sure, but, he can be his own character and make thought out decisions.





I just really think that the characters hurt the most in this re-boot.I, admittedly, still watch the show, but, I'm just not able to care for any of these characters and I hope this game is the only one to be based off of this show.

In terms of rushing the game I am guessing this was SEGA's doing more so than BRB. They have done it a lot and for quite a while and have some weird idea that there needs to be a sonic game every year which makes the games either bad or mediocre. Heck recently the CEO said in an interview "I believe if we cannot maintain quality then we better not release anything at all" I really hope SEGA keeps that mentality as right now Sonic is a walking meme.

I have no problem with knuckles being a moron as this is meant to be separate from the main series (I really doubt that would be the case if the game did well) so I think changing the characters was a good idea but the problem is that Knuckles is already acts like an idiot in the main series so there isn't much difference. Sonic is meant to be the "leader" but acts like a jerk to everyone and I am supposed to be supporting this character as well. Tails and Amy... um... I don't remember much of what they two did in the game. Tails is intelligent and can make machines while Amy is just there. At least Amy isn't fangirling over Sonic 24/7. I prefer Amy in the cartoon somewhat as she acts like the mother/mentor of the group.