Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

 Wii U
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Nov 11, 2014
User Score
3.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 712 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 175 out of 712
  2. Mixed: 71 out of 712
  3. Negative: 466 out of 712
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  1. AetherTail
    Aug 22, 2017
    0
    This game makes Sonic '06 look like many good things, such as a masterpiece, the Bayonetta games, the Classic Sonic Trilogy, CD and Mania, and many other things that are better than this pile of excrement.
  2. NotACritc
    Sep 27, 2017
    0
    Simply put, there are no redeeming qualities in sonic boom. The graphics are poor, the animation is anything but smooth, the framerate hurts your eyes, and the voice acting isn't great either. The music is forgettable as well. At least Sonic '06 had decent music. Do NOT buy this game even at a discount. It's a waste of money and time.
  3. Sosic
    Oct 14, 2017
    10
    THIS IS THE TRUE BEST SONIC GAME EVER BETTER THEN 06 FRAME RATE DROPS AND ANNOYING VOICE BONUCEPAD RINGS HERES A OTHER BONUCE PAD YOU CAN NEVER GET TOO MANY RINGs
  4. SuperGamerGuy88
    Nov 1, 2017
    1
    I would rather play 06 for rest of my life' then play this game for 5 minutes. Just horrible ew get it away TRASH. Tho I Like some of the Story (Still bad overall)
  5. Ladrultral
    Nov 18, 2017
    9
    Don't listen negative people. This game is an awesome spin-off in the series. Yeah, I am talking about the Wii U version, that has a 32 critic-score in this webiste. It's so cool.. The gameplay can't be better. The story and the jokes are actually enjoyable. The exploration is interesting. The running parts look like a racing game (which is actually good for the hedgehog). The design ofDon't listen negative people. This game is an awesome spin-off in the series. Yeah, I am talking about the Wii U version, that has a 32 critic-score in this webiste. It's so cool.. The gameplay can't be better. The story and the jokes are actually enjoyable. The exploration is interesting. The running parts look like a racing game (which is actually good for the hedgehog). The design of characters ISN'T BAD, NEITHER KNUCKLES ONE (or, at least, for me). And it has engaging boss fights. You'll complete the first game in 7-8 hours, but, who cares. Buy it now that the price its low. Run to the stores. Reviewed on the Wii U by Diego Gentili (Ladrultral Elpato). Have a nice day with this game at home.… Expand
  6. IndieCrit
    May 12, 2018
    1
    The only thing that I can say positive about this is that the music isn't too offensively bad. But this review is on par with a rant. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric has infinite amounts of glitches, bad game design, poor writing, awful combat, and boring gameplay. This game is so bad I couldn't make it halfway. It is not worth any money. Don't buy it. It tried something new, but did it work?The only thing that I can say positive about this is that the music isn't too offensively bad. But this review is on par with a rant. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric has infinite amounts of glitches, bad game design, poor writing, awful combat, and boring gameplay. This game is so bad I couldn't make it halfway. It is not worth any money. Don't buy it. It tried something new, but did it work? Not at all.… Expand
  7. WhatTheWorld
    Jun 9, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. late but awful don't read well the best bits are nothing yes nothing in the game is good why am I writing this?… Expand
  8. NoLie
    Aug 1, 2018
    2
    Первый уровень хорош, но далее все так СКУУУУУУУУУУУУУУУЧНО И ЗАТЯНУТО
  9. Metaisaac
    Sep 1, 2018
    0
    This games is boring! This game has a lot bugs and gitchs! I will not say that about the game because it sucks!
  10. Westimations
    Oct 17, 2018
    2
    This game is absolutely awful. The gameplay is bland and boring and pretty much ripped from Sonic Unleashed (Which is a MUCH better game by the way), terrible story and frame rate, and there are a ton of glitches. I'd rather you play Sonic 06, and that game is crap, but at least it's better than THIS.
    Story: 1/10
    Gameplay: 3/10
    Presentation: 3/10
    Overall: 2/10
  11. Sharpinho
    Dec 28, 2018
    3
    Only graphics good in this game. Gameplay is a uncomfortable and strange for the Sonic's games, even Forces and Lost World is better
  12. Super0
    Dec 24, 2019
    3
    it has bad animations with an uninspired story to go along with weird character designs this game was rushed so it has an endless amount of bugs and glitches and boring uninteresting bosses and level design the graphics and voice acting are okay at best and the game is just bad overall so unless you want to be disappointed don't buy this game unless you don't have standards or want to makeit has bad animations with an uninspired story to go along with weird character designs this game was rushed so it has an endless amount of bugs and glitches and boring uninteresting bosses and level design the graphics and voice acting are okay at best and the game is just bad overall so unless you want to be disappointed don't buy this game unless you don't have standards or want to make a joke out of it.… Expand
  13. Ihatesonicboom2
    Dec 9, 2021
    0
    I'll make this quick.

    Tons of bugs and glitches, low frame rate, the fact that the characters won't shut up and even more in this sorry excuse of a game.

    Play any other Sonic game instead of this one.
  14. Ert0426
    Jul 19, 2021
    3
    A boring, slow-paced, incredibly buggy and unpolished platformer. It's a real shame Sonic's western reboot went this way.
  15. Mrman4life
    Aug 27, 2019
    0
    For the ones confused on why the game is getting the hate that it does, I’ll tell you why. The game is awful anyway you see it. Missing frames, terrible dialogue, it’s not cleverly written in any way, there is no real threat unless you touch water, the glitches and bugs are so incredibly apparent everywhere, sloppy animation, and uninteresting NPCs. For the people saying that it’sFor the ones confused on why the game is getting the hate that it does, I’ll tell you why. The game is awful anyway you see it. Missing frames, terrible dialogue, it’s not cleverly written in any way, there is no real threat unless you touch water, the glitches and bugs are so incredibly apparent everywhere, sloppy animation, and uninteresting NPCs. For the people saying that it’s exploratory in many ways, it’s not. What they did was throw together different genres and styles in hopes that it would appeal to everybody for Christmas. The only reason you should by this game is because it’s fun to poke fun at with a friend. I mean for god’s sake you can beat the game in an hour or two with the knuckles glitch. This a late review but I couldn’t stand the completely positive ratings.… Expand
  16. MrSomeoneG_EU
    Sep 3, 2019
    1
    This game to put it straight is plain awful. The frame rate and controls are dreadful and the dialogue was cheesy in a bad way! Also, Stixx.
  17. HorrornightLp
    Jan 30, 2021
    8
    Ich mag dieses Spiel! Leider wird es wie manch andere Sonic Spiele zu Unrecht tot gehatet... Ich mag das neue Sonic Boom Gameplay, das Spiel hat auch eine schöne Story, guten Humor, gute Musik und auch einige schöne Welten. Und die Bugs stören mich auch kaum! Kein unglaubliches spiel aber Ich hatte viel Spaß mit diesem Spiel!
  18. Sonicfan10193YT
    Nov 19, 2019
    2
    The story is boring, graphics are meh in most of the game, the voice acting is straight up trash, and you can completely break the game in the simplest of ways. Example: In my first play through of this game, right when your put in open world, I found that Sega was too lazy to give the not-currently played characters collision detection. as a result, I managed to get a character I wasn'tThe story is boring, graphics are meh in most of the game, the voice acting is straight up trash, and you can completely break the game in the simplest of ways. Example: In my first play through of this game, right when your put in open world, I found that Sega was too lazy to give the not-currently played characters collision detection. as a result, I managed to get a character I wasn't playing as behind a giant gate and then switch to that character, triggering a cutscene and placing me in an area behind the gate, skipping 3 hours of gameplay. Honestly, sonic 06 is better than this blue garbage… Expand
  19. Liam247
    May 5, 2020
    1
    A boring, irritating, broken mess. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is an absolute disaster from start to finish
  20. Boubert
    Mar 9, 2020
    6
    Honestly, this is not the worst Sonic game. Stop saying « It’s the worst video game » !! The game is pretty bad, yes, but not so much. The 1gb update is pretty good: Bug patch, little graphics update, an arrow show you the way so you’re not lost in the level.
    But yes... the camera is pretty awful and pretty bad graphics for a Wii U. But the game tried to make a other type of Sonic game,    Honestly, this is not the worst Sonic game. Stop saying « It’s the worst video game » !! The game is pretty bad, yes, but not so much. The 1gb update is pretty good: Bug patch, little graphics update, an arrow show you the way so you’re not lost in the level.
    But yes... the camera is pretty awful and pretty bad graphics for a Wii U. But the game tried to make a other type of Sonic game, you can really explore the levels.    … Expand
  21. DemonoidAngel
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    My version was unplayable, areas keep popping out of existing and I keep falling infinitely. Even after deleting save data and going through the game again, other problems started. After the second attempt, it bricked my Wii U. For me, it's complete trash. Even up to that point, the gameplay was stale, repetitive, and just, boring. The story is so bare bones basic and offers little in theMy version was unplayable, areas keep popping out of existing and I keep falling infinitely. Even after deleting save data and going through the game again, other problems started. After the second attempt, it bricked my Wii U. For me, it's complete trash. Even up to that point, the gameplay was stale, repetitive, and just, boring. The story is so bare bones basic and offers little in the way of entertainment, the dialogue is...laughably bad, and overall, perhaps you should just stay away from this one.… Expand
  22. Samirhusejnovic
    Mar 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Junge, was war DAS DEN FÜR EIN Scheiß. Das ist fast genau so Scheiße wie Sonic Drift. Nicht mal ich kann das Verteidigen. Und das soll was heißen. Den Müll eines Kackhaufens sollte man VERBRENNEN.… Expand
  23. xilokos
    Apr 14, 2020
    4
    It was an interesting project because this game was developed by a person who worked for naughty dog.But this game failed and not because of bugs but because it was boring, if the same sonic adventure was interesting for both small and adults.And this game can only be interesting only to children.
  24. Jak348
    Apr 15, 2020
    9
    in my opinion it is a great game, it is not up to the adventure or 2006 (if it was finished) I played the games of Jak and Daxter, and I knew that those who made the game were part of naugty dog (the company that developed those games) and it suits them well, I have not played the game yet, but just by looking at it I already want to buy the console just for this, I know it is not ain my opinion it is a great game, it is not up to the adventure or 2006 (if it was finished) I played the games of Jak and Daxter, and I knew that those who made the game were part of naugty dog (the company that developed those games) and it suits them well, I have not played the game yet, but just by looking at it I already want to buy the console just for this, I know it is not a "Sonic" as it should be, But ok, yes, there are some errors and I think they could include more characters like Silver, and give it a look ... Boom? Ok, I'm not good at giving many ideas, but I know they should continue like this… Expand
  25. martimnog
    Apr 22, 2020
    0
    *This review is more about the entirety of Sonic Boom, not just "Rise of Lyric"

    This game is terrible in gameplay style, framerate and story. I don't know what was on SEGA's mind to decide to completely change the appearance of most characters (especially Knuckles). This game was just made to cash in on the sonic fever that --you guessed it-- didn't exist in 2014. As you might recall,    *This review is more about the entirety of Sonic Boom, not just "Rise of Lyric"

    This game is terrible in gameplay style, framerate and story. I don't know what was on SEGA's mind to decide to completely change the appearance of most characters (especially Knuckles).
    This game was just made to cash in on the sonic fever that --you guessed it-- didn't exist in 2014.
    As you might recall, the "Sonic Boom" TV Show launched at the same time, this isn't the TV Show part of Metacritic so,to summarize... It was awful as well.
    This sub-franchise in general was only created to satisfy the little kids that liked Sonic '06 and those awful Wii games (except Colors). I gotta admit that this game, along with the TV show made me feel embarassed by being a Sonic fan. Thankfully, Sonic Mania came to clear the damages that this sub-franchise (along with the aforementioned bad games) caused to the Sonic franchise.    … Expand
  26. picklemandevc
    May 15, 2020
    0
    It boggles my mind how 100+ people like this game. It's easily one of the worst games I've ever played. The controls are janky, the graphics look like early PS2, story is trash and the game is so acutely unfun. It feels like a LEGO game, starring Sonic the Hedgehog.

    Whoever likes this game is lying, do not, and I mean DO NOT, BUY THIS GODDAMN GAME.
  27. SuperMarioMario
    Apr 3, 2021
    9
    I genuinely don't get why people hate this game so much. It's fun! I love the feel of it, the controls, the jokes, the animations, the aesthetics of the levels, the only problem is optimization, but I played this game on Cemu, and it's quite decent.
  28. Amirhgh
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    I really like this game.
    This game is such sonic heroes for me
    I love story was epic
    Characters are so cool and so funny.
    Gameplay was really good.
    Music is really good.
    Such a good game. Shame on you haters.
  29. matheusfox
    Jul 6, 2023
    7
    I really liked this game, the problem is: bugs. There are bugs anywhere. I don't think this game is a Sonic game, because there is no Sonic speed, there is no good music and there is no Super Sonic in the final battle; but, it's a good platform game. I liked the characters, Knuckles is super funny, the story is ok, the level design is ok, but I think could be better on Amy Rose levels...I really liked this game, the problem is: bugs. There are bugs anywhere. I don't think this game is a Sonic game, because there is no Sonic speed, there is no good music and there is no Super Sonic in the final battle; but, it's a good platform game. I liked the characters, Knuckles is super funny, the story is ok, the level design is ok, but I think could be better on Amy Rose levels... but I think the problem are the bugs. I was thinking to give 6/10 score, but, I made fun with this game, and a game should be fun, so... 7 is my final score.… Expand
  30. Prsti
    Oct 4, 2020
    10
    I don't care what anybody says the game was pretty good. Lots of puzzles, characters and well designed maps. My favorite sonic game.
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Awards & Rankings

45
#45 Best Wii U Game of 2014
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#3 Most Discussed Wii U Game of 2014
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#3 Most Shared Wii U Game of 2014

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Metascore
32

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 28
  3. Negative: 24 out of 28
  1. Games Master UK
    Jan 31, 2015
    29
    Possibly the worst blotch on Sonic's record. [Feb 2015, p.73]
  2. Multiplayer.it
    Jan 15, 2015
    40
    Simply put, Sonic Boom is one of the worst Sonic games in recent memory: the concept is bland, the design is awful and the execution is incredibly poor.
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  3. XGN
    Dec 23, 2014
    30
    Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric is a real disappointment for Sonic fans. There is basically nothing positive to say about this game. Sonic deserves much better.
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