Sonic Heroes

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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 117 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 18 out of 117
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  1. KeelieG.
    Jan 31, 2005
    10
    I LUV Sonic Heroes!!! there should really be a Sonic Heroes 2; if that's even possible... :)
  2. Hypersonic
    Feb 27, 2005
    10
    I love it and still struggling lol but its a bit easy on most storys hope theres a sonic heroes 2 for pc and other consoles shame this isnt on dreamcast.
  3. MrSonicFan
    Jul 2, 2013
    5
    I have played every version of this game and this one is the second worst. It is incredibly glitchy, when i try to play the game the camera just keeps spinning around and there is not way to stop it. go for the Gamecube version of this game, it's the best version.
  4. Shadow1
    May 14, 2016
    7
    This game isnt very amazing , but normal . Normal Graphics and Normal Storyline , but in Sonic Series there are games better than Sonic Heroes eg Sonic Adventure , Sonic Adventure 2 , Shadow The Hedgehog , Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 , Sonic Riders , Sonic Unleashed , Sonic Generations and other . In Sonic Heroes is very terrible camera that does not look the right side . In this game can playThis game isnt very amazing , but normal . Normal Graphics and Normal Storyline , but in Sonic Series there are games better than Sonic Heroes eg Sonic Adventure , Sonic Adventure 2 , Shadow The Hedgehog , Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 , Sonic Riders , Sonic Unleashed , Sonic Generations and other . In Sonic Heroes is very terrible camera that does not look the right side . In this game can play on two unlike Sonic Adventure . 6/10 .… Expand
  5. BM30
    Jul 6, 2020
    5
    Sonic Heroes mediocre. That's all I can say other than it's pretty bad. The models look pretty ugly and unappealing. The gameplay is different in a bad way. For me, Sonic (and others) is slippery as hell, Tails (and others) can't do anything but fly (can't even walk) and Knuckles (and others) is just punching through stuff. The only good thing about the game is the story, Sonic gamesSonic Heroes mediocre. That's all I can say other than it's pretty bad. The models look pretty ugly and unappealing. The gameplay is different in a bad way. For me, Sonic (and others) is slippery as hell, Tails (and others) can't do anything but fly (can't even walk) and Knuckles (and others) is just punching through stuff. The only good thing about the game is the story, Sonic games always do well with their storytelling, but that's really the only good thing about the game.… Expand
  6. Pletskaia
    Apr 3, 2011
    0
    It's too complicated to learn and too confuse to use the character abilities. The game is also too slow, i took almost a life trying to do it and finally a discovered that there is no spin dash! And to top it all the freak camera also make it even more difficult to eliminate the enemies.
  7. JoaoRodarte
    Dec 6, 2011
    2
    As Sonic huge fan, I have to say that this game is lame.

    If you are looking for Sonic like games, don't go for it.
    If you are looking for a challenging game, don't go for it.
    If you are looking for good plataform srtyle, don't go for it.

    So, in a few words, my advice to all sonic fans is: Don't play this game.

    If you are not a Sonic fan, you may like it.
  8. WinTime
    Jul 30, 2012
    10
    This is a great game.Many different levels and special levels.Pleasantly play for each team.Cool music.Just nostalgia.I a great many more, you can write about this wonderful game.It gets me to the highest assessment.I suggest playing all holders ps2.It created for the game ps 2.
  9. fernohead
    Jul 21, 2022
    0
    **** ass game. I can't believe fans want a re release of this crap. There's a reason it became abandonware.
  10. KHALILA.
    Jan 9, 2005
    9
    I think this game is great,it looks so much more real than SA2, SA2:battle,SA,and SADX.But the games computer graphics are a little off.
  11. MartinC.
    Jul 11, 2005
    10
    I am a really big fan of Sonic the Hedgehog. I have almost all the games and I've been hearing about 3 new games, Sonic Heroes Advance, Sonic Heroes 2, and Shadow the Hedgehog. I have Sonic Heroes for the Gamecube and it is really cool. They also have Shadow back!
  12. Fighter17
    Jul 27, 2005
    9
    While the gameplay is dead-on great, the only problem with the game is the voice acting. The voice actor of Tails must be fired!!
  13. 122
    Dec 15, 2004
    10
    Cool game.
  14. diarrhea
    May 10, 2013
    9
    Amazing game at the most. a little buggy but the game compensates for that when you get to the awesome levels. its just kinda weird when the characters only say a few things.
  15. DiscoDiva
    Jan 18, 2013
    7
    Good game actually. Its colorful, cute and frustrating in a good way. Story was cute and the Voice acting sucked. Each team is cooperative, different and easy to use. Graphics were ahead of its time but the speed couldve been more at all times. Level design was great but you really, REALLY wouldnt want to play this game on the PC, a gamepad is nescessary to enjoy it overall. If I hadGood game actually. Its colorful, cute and frustrating in a good way. Story was cute and the Voice acting sucked. Each team is cooperative, different and easy to use. Graphics were ahead of its time but the speed couldve been more at all times. Level design was great but you really, REALLY wouldnt want to play this game on the PC, a gamepad is nescessary to enjoy it overall. If I had played the console version, I would probably give it an 8.… Expand
  16. DreamerTG
    Dec 29, 2014
    8
    WHY must I give a number?
    Anyway, I found Sonic Heroes to be a very enjoyable time, though without a doubt an oddball. That's what this game's description should be. However, I think people need to dial back on the game a bit. The story was great, the level design and control amazing, graphics and music sweet, really, it's the camera and f*cked up combat that drags this game below it's    WHY must I give a number?
    Anyway, I found Sonic Heroes to be a very enjoyable time, though without a doubt an oddball. That's what this game's description should be. However, I think people need to dial back on the game a bit. The story was great, the level design and control amazing, graphics and music sweet, really, it's the camera and f*cked up combat that drags this game below it's untouchable predecessors.    … Expand
  17. gui2310gBR
    Mar 13, 2015
    2
    seriously my father bought along with this game the sonic mega collection and enjoyed this but my god and very buggy has a bizarre graphics horrible gameplay and all of that game sucks
  18. BlueSpeed
    Nov 26, 2015
    8
    Nice game i actually rate this game 7.5/10 but metacritic don't allow it,so....this is a nice game,it had some great ideas to it,have a good music like:Sonic heroes,what i'm made of,team chaotix.Overall this is a nice game.
  19. radbronado
    Dec 1, 2017
    2
    Man do I hate Heroes. It's easily the most overrated game in the series, ask half the fanbase and they'll say it's their favourite game cause "muh nostalgia".

    Gameplay: tedious. Stopping and switching between characters to move forward was clunky and took away the high speed action I thought I was going to get from this game coming off SA2. It's genuinely buggier than 06, half the time    Man do I hate Heroes. It's easily the most overrated game in the series, ask half the fanbase and they'll say it's their favourite game cause "muh nostalgia".

    Gameplay: tedious. Stopping and switching between characters to move forward was clunky and took away the high speed action I thought I was going to get from this game coming off SA2. It's genuinely buggier than 06, half the time my homing attacks just flew straight up and the other half the time I was raging in Rail Canyon at Sonic Wind clipping onto handrails which are grindrails for some reason that would launch me into the abyss while trying to defeat enemies. Speaking of the enemies they take way too many hits to defeat and do nothing to help the game being slow and clunky and lastly the levels are far too long which would be fine if you didn't have to replay them a further three times as reskins of the characters you already beat it as.

    Story: trash. Sandwiched between SA2 and Shadow you would've thought it would have a darker story. Nope, apparently Sonic's for kids now despite always having been marketed towards edgy teens in the past so every second sentence has to be about teamwork and friendship. Team Dark's story was probably the best story apart from the Last Story but it introduced a multitude of plotholes and inconsistencies by bringing Shadow back from the dead. The Last Story was probably the best-written part even though it has "We'll show that creep the real super power of teamwork", ironically. No inconsistencies, no Amy being devoid of personality past "I wanna marry Sonic", no Charmy being an idiot. People say the story is good because it's simple and lighthearted like the classics and sure if it was simple and well-executed like the classics it would be good but it lacked the stoic determination that Classic Sonic exuded and replaced it with Ryan Drummond slowly dying of oxygen starvation because we all know he was breathing in helium the entire time while William Corkery battled a sinus infection and Scott Dreier actually sounded decent. Also the classics weren't lighthearted, they were comical at times with Sonic tapping his foot in impatience but not lighthearted. They were all about an evil dude that trapped animals in robots and tried to wreck the environment to control the world and Sonic trying to stop him. Hell at the end of each classic game they made it look like Eggman died. I don't know about you but I thought Sonic 1's ending was pretty dark with Sonic just standing there watching Eggman's ship explode and fall into that abyss.

    Music: hit and miss. This Machine, What I'm Made Of, Team Chaotix, Power Plant and Bullet Station are all great. The rest can all go get forgotten because that's what they are, forgettable. Except Sonic Heroes and We Can, there's no way I'll forget the horribly repetitive, explicit "this is what the game is about" lyrics.

    Graphics: why. SA2 looked so good for a 2001 game and then three years later they went "hey let's make everything look plastic" probably to promote a toy line or something. I'll leave it at that.

    Fun factor: in the negative range. I don't know which infuriated me more, Sonic not having a spindash, the incessant switching accompanied with painful voice lines, combat being such a pain, my inability to give up despite hating the game because I felt I had to 100% it, having to replay the exact same levels four times or the fact that the final boss was the best part of the game and even that was trash, just less trash than the rest.

    In conclusion, I genuinely enjoyed 06 more than this. If you're still reading this I commend you and your salt tolerance. If anyone ever tells you that Heroes is their favourite Sonic game because it was their childhood sorry but you gotta burst their bubble and get them to take off the nostalgia goggles. Amen.    … Expand
  20. AltMetal
    Nov 9, 2022
    4
    Sonic Heroes has a cool concept that's easy to learn, but difficult to master. Unfortunately, it's severely brought down by unfair level design that relies on countless death pits and poor controls. This is loved in the same way as Driver 1 and 2 is. Where old fans imagine how amazing it was all those years ago, while also jabbing at the later entries which are far more refined.
  21. ZXSth
    Mar 7, 2023
    4
    Possibly one of the most undercooked Sonic games I've ever played. Between its sub-par graphics (in-game, at least - cutscenes are at par, if not slightly better), railroaded and somewhat janky gameplay, and an entirely uninteresting and inconsequential plot, Sonic Heroes feels like a major step backwards from the Adventure series that came before it.

    To be succinct, I found Sonic    Possibly one of the most undercooked Sonic games I've ever played. Between its sub-par graphics (in-game, at least - cutscenes are at par, if not slightly better), railroaded and somewhat janky gameplay, and an entirely uninteresting and inconsequential plot, Sonic Heroes feels like a major step backwards from the Adventure series that came before it.

    To be succinct, I found Sonic Heroes to be frustrating, intolerably repetitive, and deeply uninteresting. It seems to have been a low-effort endeavour to profit off of Sonic's legacy. While the Adventure games felt like iconic pinnacles of excellence that aged poorly, Sonic Heroes feels like a once-mediocre game that continues to look worse and worse as time goes on.    … Expand
  22. Dungeon00X
    Nov 14, 2019
    8
    Sonic Heroes is one of those titles that you think "was that game good"? and have to check on it to see if you were right. The fact is, there are good parts of Sonic Heroes. The bad news is there are also tedious and downright frustrating parts. Sonic Adventure 2 introduced us to what I like to call the Lucky Charms Effect: a game that is mostly dull whole grain bits that are either bad orSonic Heroes is one of those titles that you think "was that game good"? and have to check on it to see if you were right. The fact is, there are good parts of Sonic Heroes. The bad news is there are also tedious and downright frustrating parts. Sonic Adventure 2 introduced us to what I like to call the Lucky Charms Effect: a game that is mostly dull whole grain bits that are either bad or slightly bad, while you pick out the good and sweet marshmallow bits and those give you a positive experience. Having played it recently, it made me remember that there were some pretty decent 3D Sonic games.… Expand
  23. Silver1995
    Nov 19, 2019
    5
    Another overrated game. I do not understand the cult of this game. Why do many love her? In my opinion, the game is bad, although not as much as Adventure 2 or Forces. Why such an opinion? Gameplay, plot, characters, camera, as usual, control, some locations, especially this Casino, how much I hate this level. All this sucks very much.
    Although this game has good graphics, most levels    Another overrated game. I do not understand the cult of this game. Why do many love her? In my opinion, the game is bad, although not as much as Adventure 2 or Forces. Why such an opinion? Gameplay, plot, characters, camera, as usual, control, some locations, especially this Casino, how much I hate this level. All this sucks very much.
    Although this game has good graphics, most levels pleased me, the soundtrack is good, Neo Metal Sonic looks cool. It's good that they returned the team to Chaotix, Metal Sonic himself. Homing Attack is much better than SA2. But, alas, significant disadvantages do not allow me to call this game a good one, although it’s not so bad.
    My rating: 5.6 out of 10.
    (If there are errors, then I'm sorry, I used a translator)    … Expand
  24. Mikesonic8
    Aug 9, 2021
    3
    Bad controls, **** levels, frustrating and irritating, bad camera, bad bosses, ****ty especial stages, and I have to repeat the game 4 times. Also the game is very broken and have a lot of errors, is in general a frustrating and not fun experience DONT PLAY IT
  25. Elfacha
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    El juego tiene increíble jugabilidad y una buena banda sonora con gráficos bastante buenos
  26. Wisem
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    The best Sonic game, without a doubt, the best, TOO EPIC. The best in graphics, scenarios, gameplay, characters, history, enemies, much, much variety. The truth is that this general score seems unfair to me, a great game with an essence that marked the entire saga.
  27. Nekellor_Met
    Jul 5, 2020
    4
    Советую пройти только один раз за dark и удалить игру. Финальный босс сосет и не стоит 10 часового дрочева.
  28. referencia
    Sep 18, 2020
    8
    Ótimo jogo, talvez você fique entendiado na campanha dos dois últimos times, por conta que você sempre joga nas mesmas fases na mesma sequência, mas... de resto, não tem o que reclamar.
  29. Okami450
    Aug 9, 2021
    10
    mecânica inovadora e ainda assim dinâmica embora algumas fases são mais devagares eu gostei bastante do jogo, level desing criativo e variado. só acho algumas fases mt longas mas isso é por conta q estou acostumado a jogar jogos como sonic generations e sonic adventure 2
  30. LVB10
    Apr 17, 2021
    9
    This game is **** amazing. The amount of love that is put into this game is amazing. The soundtrack is easily a top 10 soundtrack. This game is a lot better then sa2. Its not my fav sonic game or something its just..... the amount of nostalgia. This game deserves love.
  31. Baronavitch
    Oct 4, 2021
    4
    In this game you need to go through the same thing four times. The plot is bad to be honest.
  32. KrillerBomb
    Nov 25, 2022
    10
    An awesome game with one of the best soundtracks of gaming ever to exist!!!

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#35 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004

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66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Computer and Video Games
    79
    The action is bewildering and frenetic, the challenge is minimal and the usual camera problems persist, but this is still an exuberantly entertaining game.
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  2. IGN
    70
    The only way that the game stands apart on the PC is the higher resolution for graphics. A gamepad is a necessity for the full experience but the presentation of the game suffers somewhat due to the complete lack of an instruction manual.
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  3. PC Format
    39
    Ridiculously fast, under-developed and frustrating to control. [Christmas 2004, p.119]
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