What would you say the worst Sonic game of all time is?

Sonic a series we cherished in the early 90s has become a bit of a laughing stock in the industry with some awful game but here's the question what would you say is the worst you have played.

My vote would go to Sonic Labrthyn it's slow and boring and difficult and the controls are just plain broken and its not what Sonic is all about.

Out of the ones I've played, it's easily Sonic and the Secret Rings. I'm just too affraid to play Sonic The Hedgehog (the new one wit that title.)

Out of the ones I've played, it's easily Sonic and the Secret Rings. I'm just too affraid to play Sonic The Hedgehog (the new one wit that title.)

BuryMe

Out of the ones I've played, it's easily Sonic and the Secret Rings. I'm just too affraid to play Sonic The Hedgehog (the new one wit that title.)

BuryMe

Even though I love Sonic, the worst games in the franchise for me are Sonic Black Knight (very easy and really short) and Sonic Riders 1 (control was just a mess, never could get the hang of it).

Sonic the Hedgehog (360/PS3) A slap in the face of the franchise.

Sonic the Hedgehog (360/PS3) A slap in the face of the franchise.

Sonicplys

yeah that game was pretty bad. played the demo and felt like i was going to vomit. I cant wait for Sonic 4 though! Looks like an upgraded version of Sonic3. Should be awesome!

edit: ok so after doing a search. I found a game on this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJYwqu7N3Yg

Sonic R (for the saturn) looks to be THE worst. but Sonic Labyrnth for Gamegear looks equally as bad..... BARF!!!

Well, let's see... Sonic Heroes wasn't that bad, but it got boring very quickly. The controls aren't that great, and I really hated the Robot Carnival/Storm boss stages, they take very long, and once you lose a life, you have to start all over. I will admit, though, I used to like Sonic Heroes, but growing up, I started to like the game less. Shadow the Hedgehog wasn't that bad as a spin-off game, but that game got pretty dull too. Sonic the Hedgehog Next Gen was my worst Sonic game, it had the same problems as Sonic Heroes and Shadow, but what really hurts it are the terrible load times, they take way too long! I am also not fond with the rest of the newer Sonic games (Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic Unleashed, etc.). I used to really like Sonic the Hedgehog, but I may stop being a Sonic fan very soon... :(

I wanna say Sonic Heroes because it was a big disappointment. They must've made the levels for Team Sonic's story and then they got lazy and decided to give the other 3 stories the same exact levels in the same exact order. It got old after the second level.

But I think I've got to give it to Sonic Drift. I played it on the Gems collection for the Gamecube and it was pretty lame.

Sonic the Hedgehog (360/PS3) A slap in the face of the franchise.

Sonicplys

Every time I play that game, I think to myself: "How can this be considered a bad game?"

No joke, that game is pretty fun and it's a shame that most people don't realize that. At least playing as Sonic is fun.

Sonic 06 was one of the first games I got with my PS3. I was hooked, I played it for 6 hours straight to beat Sonic's story the day I got it because it was so fun.

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Sonic the Hedgehog (360/PS3) A slap in the face of the franchise.

GeoffZak

Every time I play that game, I think to myself: "How can this be considered a bad game?"

No joke, that game is pretty fun and it's a shame that most people don't realize that. At least playing as Sonic is fun.

Sonic 06 was one of the first games I got with my PS3. I was hooked, I played it for 6 hours straight to beat Sonic's story the day I got it because it was so fun.

Sonic 2006. The other, newer releases had less hype, less to live up to, and ultimately less to mess up. I watched a Let's Play of this trainwreck in action. Hilarious, from start to finish, the number of design choices that have essentially been the worst to be featured in adventure games for years were staggering. From sonic adventure onward, the whole story arc of Sonic got more and more ridiculous and convoluted, this is the epitome, the zenith, I have never laughed at something so bad for so long. A beautiful abominaton from start to finish.

Out of the ones I've played, it's easily Sonic and the Secret Rings. I'm just too affraid to play Sonic The Hedgehog (the new one wit that title.)

BuryMe

Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis. The original game was ruined in a port that should have been far better. mariostar0001

[QUOTE="mariostar0001"]Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis. The original game was ruined in a port that should have been far better. Emerald_Warrior

Sonic Unleashed and Sonic and the Black Knight.

Both of them are terrible games.

Shadow the Hedgehog was a disgrace. Yeah, swearing is real mature.

Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic moved by himself and it wasn't fun at all. The stupid horrid music had nothing to do with Arabians.

Sonic and the Black Knight, leave the sword fighting to Link. Again, the music was pathetic.

Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 was okay. Could had been better though without the version of Earth, humans, and introducing Rouge and Shadow. Oh, Big also.

Sonic Heroes was fine as well. But, the characters talking during the gameplay was completely annoying. The teams weren't bad, it just would have been optional instead of forcing us to play as the others to finish the game and going through the same stages again.

Sonic Unleashed was better. The music had the tunes that Sonic was supposed to have. Everything except the werehog were fine. That's the worst part for me.

Sonic Heroes

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Sonic the Hedgehog (360/PS3) A slap in the face of the franchise.

Talldude80

yeah that game was pretty bad. played the demo and felt like i was going to vomit. I cant wait for Sonic 4 though! Looks like an upgraded version of Sonic3. Should be awesome!

edit: ok so after doing a search. I found a game on this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJYwqu7N3Yg

Sonic R (for the saturn) looks to be THE worst. but Sonic Labyrnth for Gamegear looks equally as bad..... BARF!!!

Sonic R was actually decent, even with the annoying controls and silly music, at least once you got used to its controls. Sonic 3D blast for the saturn was somewhat underwhelming given the controls there were really hard to adjust to, and the visuals werent much of an improvement over the mega drive versionDarkman2007

As far as im concerned Sonic The Hedgehog 06 is probably the worst, just check out how many problems it had in this vid

Sonic O6 Glitches

Its bad enough when a game isn't great all around but when it has game breaking glitches all over the place that's just inexcusable for any game nowadays.

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Sonic R was actually decent, even with the annoying controls and silly music, at least once you got used to its controls. Sonic 3D blast for the saturn was somewhat underwhelming given the controls there were really hard to adjust to, and the visuals werent much of an improvement over the mega drive versionPanzer_Zwei

Sonic Blast for Game Gear. It was so awful, they upped the graphics so much that the game ran really slow, thus defeating the purpose of Sonic which is to go FAST!

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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

Sonic R was actually decent, even with the annoying controls and silly music, at least once you got used to its controls. Sonic 3D blast for the saturn was somewhat underwhelming given the controls there were really hard to adjust to, and the visuals werent much of an improvement over the mega drive versionDarkman2007

Well, in the case of SEGA that holds true for the most part. With recent examples like Alien Syndrome, Golden Axe, SEGA Rally, After Burner: Black Falcon etc.

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"]Coincidentally, both of those games weren't developed by SEGA, but by Traveler Tales, a western game studio.

Panzer_Zwei

Well, in the case of SEGA that holds true for the most part. With recent examples like Alien Syndrome, Golden Axe, SEGA Rally, After Burner: Black Falcon etc.

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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] I think handing a top franchise to another company is never a good idea.AcidSoldner

Well, in the case of SEGA that holds true for the most part. With recent examples like Alien Syndrome, Golden Axe, SEGA Rally, After Burner: Black Falcon etc.

SEGA Rally 1 & 2 were not just enjoyable, they were genius. In every aspect: gameplay, graphics, music.

easily two oh oh six

[QUOTE="AcidSoldner"][QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"]

Well, in the case of SEGA that holds true for the most part. With recent examples like Alien Syndrome, Golden Axe, SEGA Rally, After Burner: Black Falcon etc.

Panzer_Zwei

SEGA Rally 1 & 2 were not just enjoyable, they were genius. In every aspect: gameplay, graphics, music.

Sonic Heroes - Bleh

Shadow the Hedgehog - Horrible controls, uneven graphics, unneeded gameplay elements (Guns, Vehicles, ) and horrible framerate.

The Game That Shall Not Be Named - You all know what it is...and how bad it is.

Secret Rings - Decent, but could've been better.

Black Knight - Double bleh. It had better movement controls compared to Secret Rings, but the sword combat....ew.

sonic adventureohthemanatee

[QUOTE="ohthemanatee"]sonic adventureEmerald_Warrior

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[QUOTE="AcidSoldner"] While I will agree that handing off a franchise is never a good idea, I did thoroughly enjoy SEGA Rally Revo.Darkman2007

SEGA Rally 1 & 2 were not just enjoyable, they were genius. In every aspect: gameplay, graphics, music.

The Dreamcast edition is obviously underwhelming compared to the arcade experience, and the translation itself is also not on par to the quality of the arcade edition. However the flaws of the DC edition are easily overlooked thanks to the excellent extra modes and options. It's a must-have of the system.

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"][QUOTE="ohthemanatee"]sonic adventureohthemanatee

Sonic Shuffle is pretty bad even though its technically a party game.

Real Sonic with levels and stuff though I would have to go with Sonic Heroes or Sonic and the Secret Rings.

Sonic Heroes was the first time I noticed a big drop in quality, I didn't play any Sonic games after that.

Outside of the main branch Sonic games though there were quite few games not up to par, Knuckles Chaotix was awful, Sonic R was entertaining but over too fast, and Sonic 3D Blast was a little bit dull.

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"]

SEGA Rally 1 & 2 were not just enjoyable, they were genius. In every aspect: gameplay, graphics, music.

Panzer_Zwei

The Dreamcast edition is obviously underwhelming compared to the arcade experience, and the translation itself is also not on par to the quality of the arcade edition. However the flaws of the DC edition are easily overlooked thanks to the excellent extra modes and options. It's a must-have of the system.

Toss up between Sonic Heroes and Sonic Adventure 2. Never played the ones this gen.Rocky32189

Out of the ones I've played, it's easily Sonic and the Secret Rings. I'm just too affraid to play Sonic The Hedgehog (the new one wit that title.)

BuryMe

Exactly.

Sonic 3D Blast this installment was the first to try to put Sonic the hedgehog in 3D. This was first tried on the Sega Genesis and the game ended up Sucking the big one. The Sonic the hedgehog series never recovered after this game.

As far as im concerned Sonic The Hedgehog 06 is probably the worst, just check out how many problems it had in this vid

Sonic O6 Glitches

Its bad enough when a game isn't great all around but when it has game breaking glitches all over the place that's just inexcusable for any game nowadays.

Gohansephiroth