Ah, Sonic the Hedgehog, one of the best games ever created and...wait, I already did this game, why am I reviewing it again? Oh, wait, I've got the wrong game in mind, how does this happen all the time? Let me try that again. Sonic the Hedgehog for the Xbox 360, and PS3, is by far the worst console Sonic game ever developed. This game was intended to be a reboot for the series and instead, almost killed it. How exactly could one game do this though? Was it really that bad? Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to Sonic Month 2, where I will be looking at the modern era of Sonic games, seeing as how about half the games in the "Dreamcast Era" are on the GameCube, and we don't have that on Vizzed yet. We'll be looking at this game, commonly known as Sonic '06, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors, and Sonic Generations, all in celebration of two things. The first being my high school graduation, and the main reason being the reveal of Sonic Lost World late last month and the revealing of even more details going into E3. Now, let's get this show on the road, shall we?

Graphics
     Well, the graphics aren't too bad, they at least get a pass. The CG cutscenes show the game's true graphical potential, but the in-engine cutscenes are...we'll just say "Eh" and move on. The main problem I have with the look of this game is that Sega was going for a more "realistic" approach. While I guess to some people this can be considered a good thing, to me, it really isn't. Sonic was a cartoon by nature. I mean, come on, when's the last time you saw someone shaped like an egg try to take over the world by stuffing animals into robots? Speaking of Eggman, he definitely has the absolute worst model in the entire game. I still cringe every time I see it, it's just...ugly. The animations could also use some work, a lot of work in fact. The in-engine cutscenes make every character look like a puppet, even, no, especially the human characters. Let's just move along before I go crazy.

Sound
     While I don't like much about this game, I absolutely LOVE the soundtrack...well except those two remixes of the Sonic 2 ending theme by...AKON. No, I'm not kidding. I've actually never heard their music, but with the titles I've heard for some of their songs, I really don't want to. The titles are not something that I'm going to share on Vizzed though, that's how bad they are. Other than that, the soundtrack is amazing and is deserving of a listen. In particular, the main themes of the three main characters. Sonic's theme, His World, is really catchy. Shadow's theme, All Hail Shadow (originally by Magna-Fi, remixed by Crush 40) is just awesome. And Silver's theme, Dreams of an Absolution, has a bit of a "Green Hill" vibe to it that I find hard to resist. The stage music is also pretty good and I often find myself humming the tunes while playing the game. Okay, I guess that's all the praise this game will get, well except for one particular cutscene, so let's move on.

Addictiveness
     The only reason I would come back to this game is to show people just how awful it is. Sega tried so many things, but almost everything went completely wrong. It's a shame because I would've loved to say that I come back to this game for reason's other than to simply try out new glitches and bugs, but that's unfortunately what this game amounts to. Well, Blaze is a pretty alright character to play as, but you only get to use her a handful of times, and they aren't very long. As much as I love Sonic, this is one game I don't want to come back to.

Story
     Probably one of the absolute worst parts of the game is the plot. Why? Because it's just so stupid. Now, in order to save me some time and save you a lot of torture, I'll only be covering the beginning of the 3 main plots as well as what happens in the final part because the middle is just...there. Let's go in what appears to be chronological order, Silver, then Sonic, and finally, Shadow. Silver is a hedgehog from the distant future, and is always trying to destroy Iblis, a fire monster that has destroyed the world, alongside his friend Blaze the Cat, who originally appeared in Sonic Rush for the DS. After Silver gets extremely fed up about fighting Iblis all the time, a mysterious character, named Mephiles (But just for fun, I'm going to call him Dan Green because he provides the voice) appears and apparently has the ability to travel through time. He tells Silver that he must destroy the "Iblis Trigger" in order to save his future. Dan Green tells Silver that it was a blue hedgehog, who we all know as Sonic. Silver agrees to travel to the past in order to destroy Sonic. Meanwhile in present-day Soleanna, we see a celebration known as the Festival of the Sun taking place. It is here we are introduced to Princess Elise, who has got to be the most useless Sonic character in existence. Think of her as the Sonic equivalent to Mario's Princess Peach, except her kidnapping record is even worse. Anyway, during the celebration Eggman attacks and attempts to kidnap Elise, only for Sonic to come to her rescue...and then she's kidnapped only seconds later in the next cutscene. Finally, Shadow, who has the most interesting story in the game, is trying to sneak into Eggman's base to rescue Rouge the Bat, who was after the Scepter of Darkness, which apparently contains Dan Green. Now before I continue, I would like to point out that the best scene in the game happens about midway through Shadow and Silver's story, it's where Shadow kicks Silver in the back of the head, it's really the only scene worth watching. Now for the finale. After defeating Eggman, Sonic and Elise are simply taking a walk through...well, I'm actually not too sure about where they are, when all of a sudden a bright light shines right in front of Sonic's face, giving Dan Green the opening he needs to shoot Sonic in the back with a laser. Yes, it means what you think it does, Sonic...dies. Oh and Elise, whose tears release Iblis, cries over the death of Sonic. Now before I continue, I would like to point out that Elise has apparently not cried for 10 years, even after obviously hearing about her father's death as a child...do you see my problem with this game's story? Anyway, when Iblis is released, Dan Green merges with it in order to become Solaris, a being capable of destroying time and space. Sonic's friends gather the Chaos Emeralds and, with the help of a...kiss from Elise (which by the way, has sparked massive controversy on the internet) revive Sonic in his Super form. Sonic shares his power with Shadow and Silver, giving them their Super forms and defeats Solaris. Sonic and Elise are then set to the past, when Solaris was just a tiny flame in a lamp, and Sonic eventually convinces Elise to blow it out as it will erase the events of what happened, due to the fact that Solaris will have never existed. So yeah, the game gives you a movie-length plot only to make sure it never happened. Now before I start complaining about that, let's move on because as of right now, this review is probably my longest one yet.

Depth
     There are 10 levels in the game and you have to go through each one at least 3 times, one for each story. Look Sega, I know you're trying to make a longer game, but this isn't the way to do it. There are also 3 hub worlds, but they're very bland and boring and it's really hard to tell where you are sometimes when going through them. There's also some DLC, but because a) I don't have it, and b) I don't want to have to pay for something to add on to this terrible game, I'm not counting it.

Gameplay/Controls
     This, along with the story, is the worst part of this game. There are way too many playable characters to go through each one's play style, so I'll just list off some basics. Use the left analog stick to move, use the A button to jump...and I think that's all the moves that everyone has in common. Sonic and Shadow can homing attack by pressing A in mid-jump. Tails will fly, Knuckles and Rouge glide, Silver and Omega float in the air, and Amy and Blaze do a double jump, though Blaze's is FAR better. The rest I leave up to you to discover, that is if you play this game, which I actually don't recommend, seeing as how you'll probably wish you hadn't.

Overall, Sonic '06 is a terrible game, but it had so much potential. There were so many good things going for this game, but it fell on its face instead. I know it was rushed and that might be part of the reason that it's a terrible game, but they published it as a completed game and that's what I'm reviewing it as, I don't cut slack for development issues, even if it is my favorite video game franchise of all time. I want to like this game, heck, I want to love this game, but there are so many problems that can't be ignored, and as a die-hard Sonic fan, it's hard for me to call a Sonic game outright bad, especially one that had so much potential. Everything I've said up to this point is the reason I'm giving this game a 4 out of 10. Join me next time as we finally start to see some of the good side of Sonic, with Sonic Unleashed, both the Wii and 360 versions. Until then, peace out.

Haha, seeing as you gave it a 4 overall, I think you still went easy on this game.
I played it as well. Once. It was so bad.

Itachi9695 : This, my friend, is what a review should look like. Just the right amount of opinion, mixed with a hint of game detail. The grammar was near perfect, and your use of descriptive vocabulary kept me attentive.
The entire review was structured properly to fit the format of what is to be expected on this site. I must say that I'm impressed; I very rarely use the word 'perfect' when giving feedback, but I can't find any other word to describe this. Your skills are exceptional; I expect to see more from you in the near future.

Wow... That was a long review, reading it out loud, I almost ran out of breath! Yes, It's a suckish game and I played it while at a new years party. I didn't see the flaws back then, and seeing everybody's review on it, I TOTALLY understand of why people hate it so much. In fact, I was sooooo angry with the game, I gave it to my twin brother, and HE LIKED IT!!! How could he not, I repeat, NOT see the problems with this game? IT'S FREAKIN' UNBELIEVABLE, heck, he calls it THE BEST GAME EVER MADE!!! :O This deserves an OMFG HE LIKES SONIC 06??? And he says "yes, I do"  ??????? 

This was one long review, but good job. It had lots of detail, and it made quite a bit of sense. 

I hate Sonic 06' this is a surprise considering the fact that I stand up for games like Sonic R, and Sonic Labyrinth. Sonic 06' was just a fail.