[Reviews] Sonic Boom - Ryse of Lyric / Shattered Crystal

I was initially excited when Sega first announced that Big Red Button would be developing Sonic Boom. I thought Sega handing the iconic license over to a new developer might shake Sonic loose of the slump he's endured via a string of rough Sonic Team titles. Unfortunately for fans and the Hedgehog himself, Sonic Boom is a blemished bore.

The undercooked Rise of Lyric does away with just about everything that makes a great Sonic game, favoring tedious, uninspired combat, exploration, and puzzle-solving over exhilarating bursts of speed coupled with well-designed platforming passages.

It’s admirable that Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric tries so many new things, but every path it follows is a dead end.

With a heaping helping of poorly written and unskippable cutscenes, Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal is a slog that never finds its footing.

The sorry "story" segments largely amount to random combinations of the four main characters trading bad jokes, such as running the difference between "who" and "whom" into the ground.

Josh escreveu:Comprem e não abram, deixem lacrado.

Logo esse jogo estará valendo uma grana.

Ferrarez escreveu:Começou parecendo ser um jogão.

Wellington Kaiser escreveu:

Ferrarez escreveu:Começou parecendo ser um jogão.

Na realidade, começou parecendo ser um platformer/adventure genérico financiado pela Sony (só que foi financiado pela Nintendo/Sega).