This game is sucks monkey balls. Back in the day, Sonic was a name that guaranteed a fun, fast, exciting game that was challenging but in the right way.
These days he has totally lost his way. Each game that arrives seems like a more and more desperate attempt to revive the franchise and each seems to fail more spectacularly than the last. This, sadly, is no exception.
The graphics are bright and cartoony as you'd expect but the mix of Sonic-like animation and real-looking human characters just doesn't work and seems more like a crazy mod than a genuine game element.
The camera is infuriating and on a game where you should be moving fast you often cannot see whats ahead or change direction quickly. The controls are frustrating and feel heavy and laboured, not what you expect from the blue lighting at all!
The effect of bad controls is worsened by the fact that this game seems to demand pinpoint positioning at very high speeds often meaning you die in very unfair ways because you simply cannot tell what to do. Most high speed areas are simply a matter of trial and error and you will have to do them many times before you learn the route well enough to complete it.
This is meant to be an adventure game but with the classic Sonic platforming format retained but for me, Sonic in 3D has never worked. The more platformy, high-speed sections in this game hold some appeal but the controls make it difficult to really enjoy. The RPG elements of walking around, talking to people and solving puzzles are annoying and slow and I mean that in both senses of the word. They drive the plot at a very lethargic pace and the game itself struggles to load and draw the areas despite the massive power of the PS3.
Overall, this is one for hardened Sonic fans only and even they will probably find it a bitter dissapointment
