How would you rank the Sonic games you've played?

After seeing all these topics on what Sonic games we own,i'm kinda curious how people would rank them.

My list(this includes crossovers):

1. Sonic Generations
2. Sonic Colors
3. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games(Wii)
5. Sonic Mega Collection
6. Sonic Rush Adventure
7. Sonic Heroes
8. Sonic Rush
9. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games(Wii)
10. Sonic the Hedgehog 3(xbl)
11. Sonic Advance
12. Sonic the Hedgehog 2(psn)
13. Sonic and the Secret Rings
14. Sonic Rivals 2
15. Sonic Battle
16. Sonic Adventure DX
17. Sonic Gems Collection
18. Sonic the Hedgehog(psn)
19. Sonic the Hedgehog 4:Episode 1
20. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games(DS)
21. Shadow the Hedgehog
22. Sonic Rivals
23. Sonic Riders
24. Sonic Adventure(PSN)(Game has greatly aged,and doesn't have game gear games to make up for it)
25. Sonic Unleashed(Wii)
26. Sonic Unleashed(PS3)
27. Sonic Riders:Zero Gravity
28. Sonic the Hedgehog(06)

I know,some people would question Mario & Sonic being over Sonic 3,but I'm not the biggest fan of Classic Sonic games..and I number one fan of M&S.

I don't remember Sonic Advance 2/3 enough to rank them,and Shadow is highlighted because that's where the "meh" part of my collection starts.

1. sonic 2
2. sonic 3
3. sonic & Knuckles
4. sonic 1
5. sonic generations
6. sonic colors
7. sonic heroes
8. sonic spinball
9. sonic 3D blast
10. sonic unleashed
11. sonic rush adventure
12. sonic advance
13. sonic advance 3
14. sonic advance 2
15. sonic rush
16. sonic and the secret rings
17. sonic adventure
18. sonic adventure 2
19. shadow the hedgehog
20. sonic 06

didn't put a lot of thought into this list though. Just kinda spitballin'

Hmm that's tough considering I played the Game Gear titles but it's been a while.

1. Sonic 3 + Knuckles
2. Sonic 2
3. Sonic 1
4. Sonic Colors
5. Sonic CD
6. Sonic Rush Adventure
7. Sonic Rush
8. Sonic Advance 3
9. Sonic Triple Trouble
10. Tails Adventure
11. Sonic and Sega All Star Racing
12. Sonic 4 ep 1
13. Sonic and the Secret Rings
14. Sonic Heroes
15. Sonic Adventure 2
16. Sonic Riders
17. Sonic Adventure
18. Sonic 2 (GG version)
19. Sonic Unleashed
20. Sonic 1 (GG)
21. Sonic Chaos (GG)
22. Robotnick's Mean Bean Machine
23. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
24. Sega Superstar Tennis
25. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
26. Sonic and the Black Knight
27. Sonic Spinball
28. Sonic R
29. Sonic the Fighters
30. Sonic 3D Blast
31. Shadow the Hedgehog
32. Sonic 2006
33. Tails Skypatrol
34. Sonic Spinball (GG)
35. Sonic Labyrinth

Some of these were played on compliations of course. I wonder where Generations will rank on this? Or Knuckles Chaotix if it ever shows up for download.

Let's hope I don't start a riot.

Suckage begins around #19.

I probably left out multiple games. 

1. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
2. Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
3. Sonic Generations
4. Sonic Colors
5. Sonic Adventure
6. Shadow the Hedgehog
7. Sonic Advance 3
8. Sonic Rush
9. Sonic Heroes
10. Sonic Advance
11. Sonic Advance 2
12. Sonic Unleashed (Wii) 
12. Sonic Battle
13. Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing
14. Sonic 1
15. Sonic Unleashed (PS3)
16. Sonic & Mario at the Olympic Winter Games (DS)
17. Sonic Riders
18. Sonic Chronicles
19. Sonic & Mario at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)
20. Sonic & the Black Knight
21. Sonic & the Secret Rings
22. Sonic & Mario at the Olympic Games (Wii)
23. Sonic 4: Episode 1
24. Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
25. Sonic CD

1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (GEN)
2. Sonic Colors (Wii)
3. Sonic Generations
4. Sonic Rush Adventure
5. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
6. Sonic the Hedgehog (GEN)
7. Sonic Advance 3
8. Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
9. Sonic Advance 2
10. Sonic Advance
11. Sonic the Hedgehog CD
12. Sonic Rush
13. Sonic Colors (DS)
14. Sonic Unleashed (PS3/360)
15. Sonic Unleashed (Wii/PS2)
16. Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

Honestly I don't wanna go below 16 since it gets REALLY hazy what would go where, but assume Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic Labyrinth, Tails Skypatrol, and the GG version of Sonic Spinball are near the bottom of that list.

Meh, too lazy so,

1.Sonic Heroes

2.Sonic Adventure

3.Sonic 2 (GEN)

4.Sonic Adventure 2

5.I can't think of any other good ones. :P

1. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
2. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
3. Sonic 2
4. Sonic Colors (Wii)
5. Sonic Rush Adventure
6. Sonic Advance 3
7. Sonic Rush
8. Sonic 1
9. Sonic Advance
10. Sonic Heroes
11. Sonic Adventure
12. Sonic Advance2
13. Sonic CD
14. Sonic Colors (DS)
15. Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
16. Sonic Battle
17. Sonic 4: Episode 1
18. Sonic Unleashed (PS3/360)
19. Sonic Unleashed (Wii/PS2)
20. Sonic Riders
21. Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
22. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)
23. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (DS)
24. SEGA Superstars Tennis
25. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
26. Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
27. Sonic R
28. Shadow the Hedgehog
29. Sonic and the Black Knight
30. Sonic Spinball
31. Sonic and the Secret Rings
32. Sonic 3D Blast
33. Sonic Shuffle
34. Sonc the Fighters
35. Sonic 06
36. Tails Skypatrol
37. Sonic Spinball (GG)
38. Sonic Drift
39. Sonic Labyrinth

I haven't played Generations, by the way.

EDIT: I forgot to include Sonic 4. :P

I haven't played Generations, by the way. 007hawk25

[QUOTE="007hawk25"]I haven't played Generations, by the way. Cloud_765

It won't. Even Modern Sonic plays in 2D. There's camera pans to create fake 3D moments. I saw a gameplay demo on YouTube a while back. Cloud_765

Why? Why do people like Sonic Heroes? The stages so linear, the formation system fluctuated in quality, and the voicework for most of the characters is just uuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh.Cloud_765

Sonic Heroes was okay, but some of the stages got annoying though.macrules_640

[QUOTE="macrules_640"]Sonic Heroes was okay, but some of the stages got annoying though.ShadowofSonic

I just don't want to play the weak part of it.

I'll post my rank later. I'm angrily going to throw my computer out the window.

Why? Why do people like Sonic Heroes? The stages so linear, the formation system fluctuated in quality, and the voicework for most of the characters is just uuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh.Cloud_765

It's not a horrible game. It tries to have the look and feel of the Genesis games with the 3 act stages, special stages and elimination of the Adventure fluff of hub worlds. It's not perfect by any means and I hate that it forces you to play the same game four times though. I'd rather play Heroes over a lot of modern games.

Fine,sonicphc.

Sonic Heroes(PS2) was the first Sonic game I'd ever played and at the time I only had a SNES, NES and PS1. So Sonic Heroes was the first next gen game I played(Mind you the PS3 was out at the time). I saved up money and got a PS2(around '07?) and Sonic Heroes and Madden 06. Being new to PS2 games and control sticks in general, I was quite the noob. The difficulty was ever-spiraling upwards, with great level designs I remember to this day. Beating the 'super-hard' City level in Sonic Heroes left me feeling great. I would also get stuck at parts like the forest chase part and the haunted mansion, and when I finally beat Sonic's Story, I was on top of the world. My young self loved the dorky songs and Sonic Heroes is still my favorite Sonic game.

Why? Why do people like Sonic Heroes? The stages so linear, the formation system fluctuated in quality, and the voicework for most of the characters is just uuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh.Cloud_765

[QUOTE="Cloud_765"]Why? Why do people like Sonic Heroes? The stages so linear, the formation system fluctuated in quality, and the voicework for most of the characters is just uuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh.SuperSmashBro1

I agree there, Sonic is meant to be a mostly linear aracade like experience and as I pointed out, it tried to have the asthetic of the Genesis games. Now I played it on the GC, Cloud which may affect my opinion of it. A lot who played it on the PS2 played a much more glitchy, buggy version and even in our official reviews systematic notes I state to get the most out of Heroes, play the Gamecube version as the game was initially intended to be a GC exclusive like the Adventure ports but at the last minute Sega decided to port it since GC sales were crap. Also I get the impression that it was made mostly with kids in mind. Given this was when Sonic X was still on TV and a new generation of fans were getting into Sonic. Alot of said kids had PS2s so didn't have access to a lot of other games at that time. But given the colorful nature of the game, it probablly was geared at a younger set.

Plus it also took the more minimalist, simple story approach of Genesis games. Mostly "Eggman does something evil, Sonic and friends go off to stop it." With a little side story linking Shadow's storyline and Metal Sonic showing up to cause trouble even if the last line in the story is cheezy as hell. My guess was a lot of folks had gotten away from Sonic since his Genesis days, didn't have Dreamcasts and trying to reintroduce Sonic to the masses in a familar way was what Heroes was going for. They gave it the Genesis asthetic and setup but brought in all the characters to sort of introduce them to everyone who hadn't played the Adventure games. I mean it was the first Sonic I had played for several years after playing the Genesis games.

I put Heroes in the same boat as Secret Rings in that it's not terrible and has its moments, but definitely not the greatest game out there.

You should have experienced the other Sonic games and I bet your opinion will change about the game. :Pmacrules_640

I'm very sure Generations will change your opinion. :Pmacrules_640

[QUOTE="Cloud_765"]Why? Why do people like Sonic Heroes? The stages so linear, the formation system fluctuated in quality, and the voicework for most of the characters is just uuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh.kbaily

It's not a horrible game. It tries to have the look and feel of the Genesis games with the 3 act stages, special stages and elimination of the Adventure fluff of hub worlds. It's not perfect by any means and I hate that it forces you to play the same game four times though. I'd rather play Heroes over a lot of modern games.

What annoyed me was the level design just felt lacking at any given turn. Once you get out of Power Plant, you have a frustrating nearly grindrail exclusive zone, a gimmicky gravity-changing haunted castle (the last part of which will haunt me forever), and all around annoying setpieces and quirks. I admit the first half of my time with it (Team Sonic and Team Dark) was enjoyable, and Team Rose is okay, but Team Chaotix is just flatout annoying to play as and the voicework of Team Rose makes me want to stab my eardrums and put them out of their misery.

It's too bad too because the music and graphics are so good. SOOOOOOO good. But it's ruined by the team-based gameplay, I would've personally enjoyed playing the game as a single character at a time.

''you have a frustrating nearly grindrail exclusive zone, a gimmicky gravity-changing haunted castle (the last part of which will haunt me forever), and all around annoying setpieces ''

So in other words, it was just too hard for you.

[spoiler] JOKES! [/spoiler]

Besides, they weren't 'gimmicks' they were smart and varying gameplay elements. You want gimmicks, go play Sonic and the Secret rings, Sonic & the Black Knight,Sonic 06, or Sonic Unleashed. -_-

Someone's getting a little raged out, yes. I at least enjoyed the gimmicks that Sonic Unleashed's Day Stages presents (except Shamar because f*** you and your vision-obscuring town clutter) but in Heroes it just feels so forced. One of the most stupid items IMO was the 3D ball bumper in the casino-themed zone (Casino Park and BINGO Highway).

It felt like they shoved the bumper in there purely to give a sense of that Sonic 2 Casino Night experience, and in some parts I appreciated it but there was like this one instance where you have to bounce upward using these bumpers and I think to myself "why couldn't they just add in a spring here?" rather than the bumpers.

Or those little glass plates that blip like the little thingies in Sonic 2's Casino Night that turn from green to yellow to red. They're fun in Sonic 2 because most of the time they're placed where a skilled or seasoned player (don't mean to brag but I'm at least seasoned with Sonic 2) can use momentum and just bounce around and off stuff including those little pieces, but in Heroes save for a few pinball parts they're placed in awkward spots like they're just there for forced nostaglia. In fact, this calls for a rant!

Someone's getting a little raged out, yes. I at least enjoyed the gimmicks that Sonic Unleashed's Day Stages presents (except Shamar because f*** you and your vision-obscuring town clutter) but in Heroes it just feels so forced. One of the most stupid items IMO was the 3D ball bumper in the casino-themed zone (Casino Park and BINGO Highway).

It felt like they shoved the bumper in there purely to give a sense of that Sonic 2 Casino Night experience, and in some parts I appreciated it but there was like this one instance where you have to bounce upward using these bumpers and I think to myself "why couldn't they just add in a spring here?" rather than the bumpers.

Or those little glass plates that blip like the little thingies in Sonic 2's Casino Night that turn from green to yellow to red. They're fun in Sonic 2 because most of the time they're placed where a skilled or seasoned player (don't mean to brag but I'm at least seasoned with Sonic 2) can use momentum and just bounce around and off stuff including those little pieces, but in Heroes save for a few pinball parts they're placed in awkward spots like they're just there for forced nostaglia. In fact, this calls for a rant!

Cloud_765

ShadowofSonic: I can't give a long explanation about anything anymore? >.>
Mac: I hate things. It's human nature. Cloud_765

At least it didn't have that many bugs and glitches, and it was enjoyable.macrules_640

1. Sonic Generations
2. Sonic Colors
3. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
4. Sonic Mega Collection
5. Sonic Rush Adventure
6. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games(Wii)
7. Sonic Heroes
8. Sonic Rush
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 3(xbl)
10. Sonic Advance 3
11. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games(Wii)
12. Sonic Advance 2
13. Sonic Advance
14. Sonic the Hedgehog 2(psn)
15. Sonic Rivals 2
16. Sonic Battle
17. Sonic Adventure DX
18. Sonic Gems Collection
19. Sonic the Hedgehog(psn)
20. Sonic the Hedgehog 4:Episode 1
21. Sonic & the Black Knight
22. Sonic and the Secret Rings
23. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games(DS)
24. Shadow the Hedgehog
25. Sonic Rivals
26. Sonic Riders
27. Sonic Adventure(PSN)(Game has greatly aged,and doesn't have game gear games to make up for it)
28. Sonic Unleashed(Wii)
29. Sonic Unleashed(PS3)
30. Sonic Riders:Zero Gravity
31. Sonic the Hedgehog(06)

Ha! Sonic Adventure 2 was 30% good. The rest was crappy shooting and TEDIOUS AND LONG treasure hunts. Don't even get me started on SA2......ShadowofSonic

Seriously? What can't your respect people's opinions on games?

[QUOTE="ShadowofSonic"]Ha! Sonic Adventure 2 was 30% good. The rest was crappy shooting and TEDIOUS AND LONG treasure hunts. Don't even get me started on SA2......macrules_640

Seriously? What can't your respect people's opinions on games?

Well I kind of agree on SA2 though I did like it once it was all said and done and at least it doesn't have fishing. Look pretty much every game after SA1 has really good parts and really bad parts.

[QUOTE="ShadowofSonic"]Ha! Sonic Adventure 2 was 30% good. The rest was crappy shooting and TEDIOUS AND LONG treasure hunts. Don't even get me started on SA2......kbaily

Well I kind of agree on SA2 though I did like it once it was all said and done and at least it doesn't have fishing. Look pretty much every game after SA1 has really good parts and really bad parts.

Look pretty much every game after SA1 has really good parts and really bad parts.kbaily

troof. And the more well designed ones let you skip past the bad parts on subsequent playthroughs a la a time trial, level select or Unleashed's time changing mechanic. When SEGA acknowledges that most people are only going to want to replay certain parts of these games and gives them an easier avenue for doing that, I'm all for it.