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  • ign lives to criticsize sonic games

    

  • every one report igns youtube account

  • Im sorry im a sonic fan but this has got to be the worst sonic game ever!!!!!!!! The battles are wayyy too hard. Harder then pokemon and plot is just ehhhhhhh I really dont like it at all

  • @KitLovesYou101 sorry but sonic colors is 50 x worse it's worst sonic game this is ok

  • @TheHomebre dude sonic colors is one of the best sonic games ever!!

  • @TheHomebre wtf sonic colors is amazing have you even played it

  • @Actionboy619 yes, why would i say it's one of worst sonic games if i did not played it.

    Game itself is not bad but player animation sucks :((( and multiplayer is failure. And no i don't mean that graphics are bad, i mean animations yep they suck look it up

  • Nice try Bioware, but I don't think even Shakespeare could write a deep story for this series. You have characters called Cream the Rabbit....you'd have a better chance making a epic RPG out of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Mario always does it right. It never takes itself seriously and has excellent funny writing. Why does everyone try to write a serious Sonic story? He's a fucking blue hedgehog made for kids. Lighten up and stop trying to be Final Fantasy for crying out loud.

  • This game looks good, but I wish they could have made it an RPG without it being turn based, kinda like how Sonic battle did it.

  • With over powered enemies for the first 7 parts and only underpowered ones for the last 3, the enemies never seemed to be at the power throughout the game. The story can be seen as either as complete blasphemy that destroys everything that is known from previous games or a cool new look at the Sonic universe the builds off previous games. To top it off the game was too short. Because there is nothing to do once you win, after playing through it once there is no point of picking it up again.

  • You can't spell ignorant without IGN...

  • I'm torn, the story is really good, but the sound effects are terrible and out of place. The music doesnt sound like Sonic at all they dont even use the Green Hill music at the Green Hill zone! And the combat takes forever its so boring and tedious. It's made worse by the fact that this is a SONIC game, therefore battles should take place at lightning speed. Which brings me to my next point: Why the hell does sonic move like a slug in the field?!

  • probably the reason the games is the way it is, is because it is made for kids, so it is going to be easy

  • i played this game and absolutely loved it, don't listen to this guy what so ever its all about personal opinion anyway, if you want to buy it, buy it but don't go on anyone else's opinion.

  • the reason this game is not that great is cuz the same people who made this made mass effect lol and mass effect was terrible but i do like sonic and rpg turned based games

  • My main problem in this game was a complete lack earning rings from battles and Cream's and Big's lack of battle movement.

  • This is gonna be one of those games that gets its long awaited sequel 10 years later

  • You can't say ignorant without IGN.

  • wait you can say mean things to people without getting a evil meter and stuff! Sounds like a game for me!

  • I hate how they criticize it for not having the "RPG" elements, if it isn't a RPG then what is it? Nothing, therefore they'l call it a RPG. You can't insult a games genre, that's fucked up.

  • Isn't it a little odd how Bozon criticizes the game for barely being an RPG (No choices, bare-bones dialogue, running around an overworld getting from A to B, standard combat system), while this game is pretty much a blueprint jRPG like the millions that have beenr released in the past 25 years or so? To be blunt, the jRPG does not resemble the defention of an "RPG" (Computer based or no) at all. Either deal with that, or go back and change the reviews of all those obtuse jRPGs that came before.

  • What's with all the hate for this review? People may not like it, but all the negative points they brought up here are valid. I'm a huge Sonic fan, but it's universe just doesn't have a compelling narrative. All the dialogue is pretty bland, almost like fanfiction. As for the gameplay itself, it really is just a starter RPG. There's nothing wrong with that, but those of us who frequent the genre are going to find it too easy to be fun. I'm personally enjoying it, but I agree 100% with IGN.

  • This game wasn't very good, but IGN's reviewers are so god damn ignorant it boggles the mind. They just seem to talk out their ass a lot. "You don't have random battles" being an example of first time effort, random battles are antiquated and only existed due to hardware limitations.

    Sonic doesn't lend itself to rpgs well. just about anything can be made into a good rpg, it just takes creativity. Something your average gamer (read IGN reviewer/member) lacks.

  • the only problem i have with this game is the sound in it and the graphics needed improvement.

  • IGN are actually mario fanboys. I won't listen to their reviews ever again. For those that wan't the truth the story IS good and has GOOD twists and turns. The lengths of the the game is surprisingly long- you go to a completely new galaxy after i thought i completed the game :O there is nothing wrong with the gameplay emlement- it is extremely engaging but can get repetitive when you are grinding your teammates a later levels (like pokemon still love it!)

  • This doesn't look like a Sonic game =/

  • @n343184 thats cuz its a rpg turned based. ign also hates it cuz they hate final fantasy. final fantasy 7 was probaly the greatest ps1 game ever made to this day and still my fav game of all time it was turn based and had randon battles but a great story

  • This video is so crappy that i chose to IGNore it.

  • I'm seriously considering to try to hack IGN's youtube channel and violate it.

  • @Jetshade1 while you are at it, can you hack... I don't know... Justin Beiber's account as well?

  • @Jetshade1 i would make praise you.

  • @Jetshade1 DO IT! DO IT PLEASE!

  • @Jetshade1 Please do that, I'm tired of these Lazy, Unprofessional, Bullshit reviews of games that are actually GOOD.

  • @rockhoppe they're really like high school kids, they dont want the world to know that they like an underground game, they want to be the cool kids

  • @LiesofGeass Yeah, seems like it.

  • @Jetshade1 don't worry this reviewer has been fired

  • This series deserves console treatment. Not this hand held bullshit. I'm so tired of these stupid gimmicks with touch screens and waving controllers around. That's just a cheap way of how to avoid coming up with an "actual" good idea for a game. AND YOU'RE WRONG IGN!!! THIS GAME WAS AWESOME!!!

  • I thought the game wasn't too bad. I had a lot of fun playing it but it coud've been better both visually and gameplay mechanics.

  • I don't buy the "It was a first try, give it a break" bullshit.

    Mario RPG was the very first back in 1996, and it rocked socks. Why was that game able to kick so much ass, but this one can't? The worst part about it is that there is no Sonic Team to scapegoat this time. Bioware fucked this one up. BADLY.

  • @EdmacZ I can't understand why BioWare did this game. SEGA has made some really good RPGs too...

  • When I play this game, I'm always mean too Knuckles, Eggman & Rouge, I don't know why...

  • i dint love the game but it was a nice game for there first rpg i hope they make a beter one soon

  • I am a big sonic fan and i agree with him.

  • when is the next 1? i want it

  • The music wasn't that bad, people. Quit your bitching. Be thankful no soulless asshole from BioWare put Justin Bieber every time you fought a Swatbot.

    I'd kill 312 puppies and a giraffe if that happened.

    Anyhow, I think IGN did a pretty fair review on this game. I liked SC:TDB a lot, to be honest. I am a fan of both the Sonic franchise and many RPG franchises, so naturally, I had to get my greedy hands on this game.

    My personal rating: 7/10. Now go eat a cookie.

  • Idk i liked how it played for some reason.

  • Is this the only honest sonic review

  • My problem is why is it mainstream and so much like the comics

  • My only problem with this game is the music. I don't like it

  • i thought the game was alright except all i used for most the game was the stulist WHY IS IT THAT THEY DIDENT PROGRAM MUCH BUTTION USAGE

  • It feel's like a first time effort... and it's the first game... do I need to continue

  • I thought that this game was fun to play through. and playing through a second time was fun as well.

  • Blaze should be on this game insted of rouge! who agrees?

  • My only problem with the game was the equipment section, it was totally f*cked up.

  • @chaosmonkey79 I actually like Sonic more than Mario, but you're right. Mario deserves his spot at number one.

  • @chaosmonkey79 You're right.

  • Isn't there gonna be a Sonic Chronicles 2?

  • @Nintendokid27 Yeah rumors are they're making something called Sonic Gauntlet: Enter Robotnik

  • He's the first IGN guy who didnt out right bash the game, he ACTUALLY had ligit points

  • sonic is the coolest

  • Oh youtube, how there be fanboys! Let me count the ways.

    WAY TOO FUCKIN MANY!

  • Well...I'm not the biggest Sonic fan but I'm enjoying the hell of this game...

    It's my favourite DS RPG so far...not even the hyped ones (like TWEWU) grabbed me like this one

  • Damn it, IGN Stop hating on sonic games, when you see sonic corlors, you will be speechless

  • this is the only sonic review where ign got it pretty straight i mean the game is not bad but it does seem just for beginners

  • I love this game.

  • honestly, this was a good idea on paper. But the combat system was very meh.

  • WOW!! they fail at executing and CHOOSING POW moves!! DID HE TRY TO USE ROUGE'S TORNADO KICK (a wind element attack) ON A METAL ENEMY!!??!!

  • It'd be pretty cool if there was a Sonic RPG just like this, but with no RPG.

  • I hate how IGN made Call of Duty Mw2 look so Badass when that game ruined everything

  • At first I didn't like this, but I recently started playing it again and now I'm hooked.

  • @gameboy9402 Pretty much the same deal with me. A friend gave it to me, and even then I couldn't get into it. The other weekend I picked it up again, got hooked, and blasted through it. Honestly not too bad, but the ending is frustrating.

  • I think an RPG was a Good move for Sonic and I hope to see more in future

  • i'm not playing this game for thr 4th time in a row because i don't like it IGN and WTF do you mean by the camera can't always keep up!

  • ign are gay ign are gay oh yeah they hate sonic but love mario i mean what the heck ign i think i am gonna call you ignorant gay nobs yeah this is my song about how dumb ign are oh yeah!

  • @legomariogamerreturn What? You think they have some sort of personal vendetta against Sonic? They mostly rate games accordingly, and the modern Sonic games are usually bad.

  • Ok the black knight I can understand, but sonic chronicles? Really IGN? It was the best sonic title in a long, and I mean long, time! I found it hard to respect sonic again after that 360 game crippled him, and a lot (not all) came back when I played sonic chronicles! I think you just hate sonic.

  • @Djstudiosgold

    XD you'd take this shit over black knight i'd take 06 over this game

  • Hey Mark Bozon, this is everybody from STFU, gamer team.

  • OMG MARK BOZON SUCKS AT SC:DB! I WANT TO... i ran out of stuff, lol

  • sonic sucks alot i mean alot but my sister had this game and for some reason it was fun as hell

  • IGN is unbalanced in their ratings, pathetic, and I thought companies' reviews would be better than regular user reviews, and I was SOO wrong, he talked so fast and griped it was for beginners.

  • Im tired of IGN bashing the sonic games all the time. I played both sonic chronicles on the ds and sonic unleashed for 360 and I thought both games were very good. These critics are way too nitpicky with such insignificant details. Both games were fun and that's the bottom line

  • THIS GAME WAS TIGHT!!!

  • IGN you suck.get off on you tube 

  • @SonicParadoxFan not many people like this game.

    but their alot of their other eviews suck

    heres how describe them

    fanboys

  • @SonicParadoxFan Why? Because they rightfully identified this blight on BioWare's track record as being kind of bad?

  • this game is one of the few good sonic games [sonic& Sega racing, sonic unleashed, sonic heroes and a few others] of this decade.

  • this was okay but i need more work.

  • the game is awesome in many ways but the final boss was crap :(

  • It is the best Sonic game I've played in a while. Mind you Unleashed was better then this, but it's a good game.

  • what? I love this game! it's not my favorite, But I really enjoy it!

  • i don,t like sonic not so mutch.. but a few game,s are good.. but this one was ok

  • yeah, i agree, sonic games are supposed to be about speed. that's what makes them fun!

    slow-moving sonic games are ridiculous. it's like making a mario game where mario can't jump!

  • I couldn't agree more,I've being watching reviews about this game and no one talk about the crapy music that didn't match the atmorphere of the conversations.

  • @nerftendo005 lol

  • I like this game a lot. but it is a Sonic game and it does feel like it too me.

  • Mario RPGs are very good though

  • yeah, especially Bowser's Inside Story. the whole plot was freaking hilarious, and it does feel kinda like a mario game

  • i want eba2, with wifi play.

  • This game is hard as FUCK when you get to a certain point, and it hardly ever tells you where to go.

  • this game is pretty good.....I dont have the game but I play my friend's one...I think it is kind of boring that you must fight almost with every enemy!! but the song is amazing!!! I am still on the shade thing and i dont think this game is bad after all...In MY opinion...this game is boring but every step you take makes you want to take more!!! so i like it...

  • you play games for entertainment. if the game is boring then it's not doing it's job. i had to force myself to keep playing. the story in a rpg should be like a good book. you don't wanna put it down because you can't wait to find out what happens next. this game however is so predictable. nothing very interesting happened in this game and they had the nerve to have a cliff hanger ending as if there's going to be a sequel(good luck with that).

  • I don't trust IGN for Sonic games. Does anyone think this game is good?

  • IGN was 100% right about Sonic Chronicles, but they didn't mention how shitty the music is.

  • i thought it was good. but the final battle is a fucking joke. 30 second super sonic battle...wow sooo epic

  • lol, i know, right!?

  • My thoughts exactly...

    Look at these games!

    Sonic& Blackknight thingie?

    Shadow the hedgehog?

    Sonic turns into a Wolfsomething?

    NOT interesting...

  • game was good but when i first faced shadow it like i died so eays

  • I got it, and the main thing I didn't like about it was that Sonic never went fast at all. I kind of liked the battles with the robots and bosses, and the storyline was cool. I don't know how to explain it, but I wasn't really interested in half of the game. I give this a 5/10. Like the guy in the video said: Good for RPG beginnners, not so good for Sonic fans. RPGs aren't really Sonic's thing, I don't think.

  • I usually am not the kind of person to hate on sonic games but this was crap. I do agree with everything that the reviewer said but I think there are some key aspects he left out. The game makes it where you have to play every battle possible to remain a level that keeps you able to play....

  • The battle mechanics suck. First of all there is no way to dodge which seriously makes having to do every battle terrible. Second of all is that 1/3 of the time it tells you that you "missed" for no reason (which makes doing every battle even MORE cohesive) And lastly there's nothing unique about it and nothing you can do to deal more damage.This game feels like a chore to play

  • when you are gonna get hit,tap your character and he/she will block

  • This game is cool. I'd give it a 7. deffinately not something you have to have, but reasonable. The music is kickass though!! Look it up

  • lol omg ign, i love all your reviews except for sonic, Sonic stories are suppose to BE simple! last time they tried to make an epic storyline= epic fail, lol

  • @TheSonicKid101 Say's who? Look at mario, when they made TTYD, they made a completely different story that made minor characters memorable and the story surprising. It wasn't another princess is captured, but had a twist, completely going against his games before.

  • IGN needs to stop hating Sonic games. I wonder if they are stupid Sonic fanboys.

  • well at least IGN is honest with this review. i agree with them with this game only i think its worse. Unlike Nintendo Power who 'thumbs up'' every sonic game that comes out.

  • @tencents6 THANK YOU!!

  • @tencents6 fanboy is a person that loves something and hates everything else, for example wii fanboy is a person that sez that wii is best and ps3 sucks, so ign are mario fanboys

  • @tomol6 O.K, so MARIO HAS FANBOYS NOW!!!! GREAT!!!

  • @tencents6 no they are mario fanboys!

  • @MotherPunker970 That makes it worse!!!

  • @tencents6 Sega needs to stop making these shitty Sonic games. Maybe that'll make reviewers like it.

  • @tencents6 They gave it a 6.5. It doesn't sound an unfair score to me.

  • @tencents6 ya i noticed they totaly trahsed sonic and the dark knight and i thougth tht game was rly fun its weird how there like trashing sonic games

  • @tmoney12351 i know they h8 sonic

  • @tencents6 u just contradicted yourself completely??? ign needs to stop hating them? but then u say ther fanboys?? ur a sonic fag my friend lol

  • @TheEnigmaStyle I'm not sure if you were kidding or serious, but if you are, when I said fanboys, I meant the kind that hates every Sonic game that comes out because they're not like the genesis games.

  • I think your right, it was quite the first time effort. The worst part about the game is the music. It isn't bad, just primitive. The best part was how well written the characters were. You cared about them. But why does knuckles know his past?

  • this was my frist ds game

  • REMINDER:

    Sonic is what got Sega famous. -.-

  • this was a great sonic game for me

  • jippii tomoroow i get the game im so excited.

    this sooo cool gameee!!!

  • your gonna love it when your supersonic

    thats the best fight ever!!!

  • your kidding right?

  • no why?

    whats wrong with that fight?

  • for starters it's a cheep 10 second battle. lord IX was the worst final boss fight i ever played. waayy too easy even for a starter RPG.

  • but thats just proving how strong super sonic can be

    but actually hes even stronger then that though

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  • @robertothejoker that was sarcasm right? i like this game but final fight was lame ;D

  • WTF?!? In this game Shadow says there is strength in numbers but in Sonic '06 ( which i think kicked ass ) he says the opposite! That makes no sense!

  • in sonic 06 in white acropolis he says theres no strength in numbers! i agree with you... its wierd

  • but the thing is...most games i like IGN thinks it sucks and its retorted.

  • yeah, definitely "retorted"

  • i now hate IGN! they hate sonic.for who ever agrees with me i came up with a new plan...when IGN reviews a game and says its bad jus t mute audio and watch some random gameplay and rate it yourself

  • Sorry dude, but bad games do happen sometimes, Sonic-related or not. And honestly, nobody really agrees with IGN's opinion 100% of the time. I didn't agree with their opinion of Zengage, because I thought it was really fun.

  • It's their opinion, get over it.

  • It was fun But easy But come on it was SEGA's first time

  • Sega didn't make this game. BioWare did. Sega just paid for it.

  • ???really???

  • Yes.

  • Though the game was fun to play at first, with a lot of things to keep me occupied, overall, I didn't really like this game.

  • they need to make a super mario rpg 2 the game was awesome

  • this game is good its not as good as marios rpgs but it was good for segas 1st rpg i liked it just a s much as smrpg

  • not a big Rpg fan but this looks interesting, should i get it? and how much is it?

  • it's 30 dollars. it's pretty fun.

  • I thought this game was awesome. It's a step in the right direction for sonic.

  • Sonics done...Im sorry crapy game after crapy game -_-

    RIP Sonic...

  • (i know this is kind of like spam and short but i gotta say it...)

    ...poor sonic, i loved 2 and 3 (3 because tails could actually fly x] )

  • yea the only good ones now to me are the rush series but two DS games cant keep the series alive.

  • I absolutely love this game. i'm playing it through for the 4th time now.

  • i personaly like the game. i think its fun. its not as good as some games but i think it is worth playing.i havnt finished yet so i cant really tell how good or bad it is

  • wowowowoo hold ur horses a bit, I didn't get half of that because he speak 2 fast

  • Sega should play super mario RPG

  • Man, a lot of people hate this game.

    It's actually not that bad, though the ending sucked, but otherwise, the game's playable.

    Nothing can be worse than Lunar Dragon Song, if you really think this Sonic game is bad and you wanna compare it to other rpg's? Don't try comparing it to the good ones, try it with Lunar and you'll love Sonic all the way, lol.

  • if you like sonic games, this isnt for you.

    case closed.

    its simply an RPG, nothing less, nothing more.

  • Its a great game and all, but the ending, lets just say it is not good at all.

  • It's good, but not the best.PIT and FFIV was cool too.

  • well yes. and im a big fan of FF it's just considering this is Sonics first RPG it is pretty good

  • LOL sonic isn't the best souce material for rpgs!? That's what they said about mario and look him now!

  • amen!

  • The thing is, Sonic is getting tired and played out. His personality has little to no depth, and he was cooler in the 90s. Ever since we've been bombareded with this "SONIC XTREME YEAAH SK8RDUDE XTREME SPORTS!" type of Sonic games, people have stopped caring. They need to stop trying to appeal to suburban cameo-clothed 10yr old rocker kids. At least Mario's ADVENTURES c