Sonic and the Secret Rings

 Wii
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Feb 20, 2007
User Score
6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 289 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 118 out of 289
  2. Mixed: 88 out of 289
  3. Negative: 83 out of 289
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  1. TreasureOrTrash
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Trash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  2. Fahdaad
    May 31, 2023
    5
    Poorly designed levels and controls that are more frustrating than they aren't, saved only by a fantastic use of settings and locales. Placing Sonic into the Arabian Nights makes for a unique and fun setting to run through.
  3. tandris108
    May 1, 2023
    5
    Only major problem that the game forces motion controls. If it was optional like in Unleashed, it would be much better.
  4. Jimbok3rr178
    Apr 13, 2023
    2
    The music is good but god damn are the controls really bad I think if the game was to get a remaster It think I could be great
  5. Kdog152
    Feb 28, 2023
    4
    The concept of Secret rings and the story are good and it has an awesome ending cutscene, but I won't spoil it and the story is decent. however unfortunately, the gameplay is awful. Unlike Sonic and the black knight, it relies on motion controls way too much which makes the gameplay unbearable at times. The game is actually fun once you have completed it and levelled up Sonic's control,The concept of Secret rings and the story are good and it has an awesome ending cutscene, but I won't spoil it and the story is decent. however unfortunately, the gameplay is awful. Unlike Sonic and the black knight, it relies on motion controls way too much which makes the gameplay unbearable at times. The game is actually fun once you have completed it and levelled up Sonic's control, but at the start and through the game, it's just bad. It's a shame, bc the level design and layout are good. Also, at the start of the game, you have to complete so many annoying and useless missions that are not fun in the slightest and every time you start and finish a mission the games main theme, "Seven rings in hand" play, and it gets on your nerves quickly, which is annoying bc it's a good song and the rest of the game has a decent soundtrack. Not worth the money, but good try sonic team and Sega. I'm just thankful that they fixed a lot of the problems with this game in 2009's Sonic and the Black knight, which is a good, underrated game that I recommend anyone tries out.… Expand
  6. Blaze_Moeru
    Dec 12, 2022
    9
    NOTE : This review Is telling my experience with the game after playing it again this year after a long time. This review was done with a fresh save.

    Sonic and the secret rings is one of the sonic games that I cherish most. Growing up, I loved to play this game, but as time passed, my wii broke. This year, I decided to start secret rings and black knights from a fresh perspective, as I    NOTE : This review Is telling my experience with the game after playing it again this year after a long time. This review was done with a fresh save.

    Sonic and the secret rings is one of the sonic games that I cherish most. Growing up, I loved to play this game, but as time passed, my wii broke. This year, I decided to start secret rings and black knights from a fresh perspective, as I have not heard much about the game prior to my playthrough this year. I won't spoiler this gem for you, reader, but please. Give Secret Rings a chance! An issue that might be annoying at first, would be the motion controlls. But, you can actually get used to them very quickly! Sonic and the secret rings is one of my favourite sonic games (If not my favourite), and you should give It a try!    … Expand
  7. VyseHD
    Nov 20, 2022
    7
    its sad that its an outorunner but, the level themes are sooooo great that i cant give it under a 7, when you play it right it makes fun
  8. matheusfox
    Nov 16, 2022
    4
    When a game is based on press the button in the correct time, the controllers should work properly, but this is not what happens. There are skills to "improve" the Sonic's moviment when you get experience, but these things must already be in the main control.
    The theme song plays always when you finish a mission. The song is good, but it is cloying because of it.
    To stop Sonic, you    When a game is based on press the button in the correct time, the controllers should work properly, but this is not what happens. There are skills to "improve" the Sonic's moviment when you get experience, but these things must already be in the main control.
    The theme song plays always when you finish a mission. The song is good, but it is cloying because of it.
    To stop Sonic, you should press a button, this is really frustrated.
    A lot of missions are just the same stage before, but a rampage variation or another kind of mission.
    About the story... silly.
    The game is really fun, but the wii remote are not configurated to play it.    … Expand
  9. KrimsonKatt
    Aug 8, 2022
    5
    The Good
    +Amazing music, like always.
    +Really creative level themes +Really cool premise and fun new characters The Bad -The controls are atrocious. Worst motion controls ever outside of literal shovelware like Billy the Wizard: Broomstick Racing. -Everything is on rails -Sonic is intentionally handicapped in order to push the RPG mechanics. You need to "level up" for Sonic to    The Good
    +Amazing music, like always.
    +Really creative level themes
    +Really cool premise and fun new characters

    The Bad
    -The controls are atrocious. Worst motion controls ever outside of literal shovelware like Billy the Wizard: Broomstick Racing.
    -Everything is on rails
    -Sonic is intentionally handicapped in order to push the RPG mechanics. You need to "level up" for Sonic to actually play well.
    -The final boss is insanely unfair and poorly designed.
    -The mission structure makes most missions unfun due to the separated structure of the levels and makes it nearly impossible to know what missions to do next in order to progress unless you use a guide.
    -The mario party esque side mode is completely pointless and adds nothing to the experience. Also has terrible controls.
    -MAKE BELIEFS REBORN. MYTHS AND MINDS RETHOUGHT. QUESTION ALL THATS KNOWN. LEGENDS BLURRED AND TORN.    … Expand
  10. SecretRingsBad
    Jun 9, 2022
    2
    Absolute dumpster fire of a game. The motion controls make the main game so unbearably awful to play that presentation and story can do nothing to save it. The party side mode is fun though... until you get a game that doesn't work with the motion controls.
  11. grimreapersims
    Mar 25, 2022
    5
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  12. FURI0US
    Mar 18, 2022
    3
    This is the textbook definition of how not to do motion controls on the Wii. While the premise and soundtrack of this game being great, everything else about this game fails however. More specifically, the controls. You move Sonic with the Wii Remote on its side as he runs automatically and tilting Sonic feels extremely sluggish as expected from an early Wii game. The progression systemThis is the textbook definition of how not to do motion controls on the Wii. While the premise and soundtrack of this game being great, everything else about this game fails however. More specifically, the controls. You move Sonic with the Wii Remote on its side as he runs automatically and tilting Sonic feels extremely sluggish as expected from an early Wii game. The progression system merely neuters Sonic’s move set as it only makes Sonic play slightly less badly. In attempt to make a Sonic 06 port to Wii, Sonic team outdid themselves and made a game much worse than 06 with terrible controls and boring gameplay.… Expand
  13. VegeST
    Jan 21, 2022
    9
    A least for me - one of the most entertainable and well done Sonic games. Cool story, outrageous graphics (for Wii of cource), interesting and really challanging gameplay - this is Sonic And The Secret Rings. I my opinion every Wii owner must all least play this game.
  14. OliRock92
    Jan 3, 2022
    0
    I gave it 1 for presentation but 0 for everything else. The graphics are good for an early Wii game and the sound quality is even better. The story is kind of nice. It was fun to discover who each of the classic Sonic character would portray. BUT, the gameplay is almost as bad as Superman on the N64. It's irresponsive. Sometimes, a ring would be right in front of me and I'll struggle justI gave it 1 for presentation but 0 for everything else. The graphics are good for an early Wii game and the sound quality is even better. The story is kind of nice. It was fun to discover who each of the classic Sonic character would portray. BUT, the gameplay is almost as bad as Superman on the N64. It's irresponsive. Sometimes, a ring would be right in front of me and I'll struggle just to grab it as Sonic wiggles around. You also now need to charge up before you jump, which kills the momentum and make precise platforming more difficult for no valid reason. So yeah, a game that would have been better as a movie, but as a game, it fails miserably. A good presentation means nothing if the gameplay is garbage, which is the case here. I can't even suggest it to hardcore Sonic fans. A game that's better watched than played.… Expand
  15. FighterBro
    Sep 8, 2021
    6
    Sonic and the Secret Rings is a pretty solid game. After the mixed reviews of Sonic 06 critically and generally SEGA was able to release this game just 3 months after 06. This game is one of the things that caused 06 to be rushed but I digress. The story of the game is really good and has some emotion to it than later games in the series and honestly it's really fun seeing the interactionsSonic and the Secret Rings is a pretty solid game. After the mixed reviews of Sonic 06 critically and generally SEGA was able to release this game just 3 months after 06. This game is one of the things that caused 06 to be rushed but I digress. The story of the game is really good and has some emotion to it than later games in the series and honestly it's really fun seeing the interactions Sonic and Sharha have in the game. The gameplay can be really fun most of the time but the only problem I have with it is that they rely too much on the motion controls. I didn't mind it until I had to make Sonic go backwards at some points to progress and can be a hell controlling but you can get used to it if you put some effort into it. Overall the story of the game is really good, gameplay is solid and the controls can be wonky to control and can be such a hassle to deal with if you're not used to playing on a Wii. A game that would take awhile to go back to playing but still a fun experience. 6/10… Expand
  16. JuanMaHappyYeah
    Jul 14, 2021
    6
    Well, I really liked this game in the foreground, it seems to me that it has a pretty hard story (I'm not saying it's bad but it's not the best story of a Sonic video game either), with a batch of minigames, depending on how you see it They can be fun, but this video game dies with something very simple: The Controls. The controls in the adventure mode are stressful, since the game doesWell, I really liked this game in the foreground, it seems to me that it has a pretty hard story (I'm not saying it's bad but it's not the best story of a Sonic video game either), with a batch of minigames, depending on how you see it They can be fun, but this video game dies with something very simple: The Controls. The controls in the adventure mode are stressful, since the game does not detect the controls well, and playing becomes practically impossible, even sometimes it damages the minigames, and you cannot say that it is your fault, because for example, I when using Wii Sports, the controls go perfectly, but in Sonic and the Secret Rings, it becomes unplayable, only comparable to Sonic 2006, but this game has at least something to highlight… Expand
  17. scrimbim
    Jun 3, 2021
    0
    Sonic goes into Aladdin and murders the genie. Unfortunately, the resulting collapse of Agrabah left hundreds starving in the streets of the middle east. The blue hedgehog is truly a menace to society.
  18. Tri9322
    Mar 20, 2021
    6
    This game is a mess, but can be fun when it works. Right off the bat, the controls are a mess that barely work half the time. This heavily hurts the game and made the other minor flaws shine much worse. There is also lots of messy level design, with time when its hard to know where to go, and sometimes boost pads that run right into spikes and just bad choices that screw things up. MovingThis game is a mess, but can be fun when it works. Right off the bat, the controls are a mess that barely work half the time. This heavily hurts the game and made the other minor flaws shine much worse. There is also lots of messy level design, with time when its hard to know where to go, and sometimes boost pads that run right into spikes and just bad choices that screw things up. Moving backwards is also a mess. The game also does a bad job of explaining things, such as there is no way to know which levels you need to do to advance and you have to just try random ones until a cutscene activates. The game also fails to explain how to customize your abilities, which is a cool part of the game but is never explained well. On the good side, the graphics and level themes are both good. When the controls work, there is fun to be had in some levels. The story is alright, and the boss fights are cool. The game itself I give a 5/10, but the inclusion of a party mode with minigames bumps it up to a 6.… Expand
  19. ghutch823
    Feb 25, 2021
    3
    I played a lot of games as a kid which were pretty bad. But being a little kid with no taste, I didn't know any better. This was not the case with Sonic and the Secret Rings. I remember being super excited when I got the game, and enjoying my first few hours of playing it when I brought it home. But I guess I realized it wasn't worth my time, because on my old save file it says I only putI played a lot of games as a kid which were pretty bad. But being a little kid with no taste, I didn't know any better. This was not the case with Sonic and the Secret Rings. I remember being super excited when I got the game, and enjoying my first few hours of playing it when I brought it home. But I guess I realized it wasn't worth my time, because on my old save file it says I only put in a few hours. I have tried on about four separate occasions since then to really get into this game but I just can't bring myself to do it. I can take about two and a half hours of this game before wanting to curb stomp Sonic. The game's menus are a nightmare to navigate, the progression is awful, and the controls hardly function half the time. The story, as per usual with Sonic games, is insanely goofy to the point where I can hardly keep a straight face. But probably the worst part of the game is the fact that it tries to seem longer than it is by making you redo stages over and over again with really minor changes, so it starts to feel extremely tedious. Some hardcore Sonic fans will defend this game, because, if we're being honest, they'll pretty much defend anything Sonic-related, but this game misses the mark on pretty much everything. The one exception to that is the graphics. Honestly, for a pretty rushed Wii game with not a huge dev team this looks pretty good, not much I can find fault with. But graphics alone can't save this game, and neither can nostalgia.… Expand
  20. GameDudeGuy
    Feb 4, 2021
    4
    we can all argee that this is one of the worst sonic games ever made not fully bad i just dont like it that much just like Black Knight its a autorunner they made the same mistake twice how is that even possible overall its just bad
  21. Miles_Grimm94
    Sep 27, 2020
    8
    Un sonic che onestamente (anche se diverso dagli altri, assieme a The black knight) è ben realizzato, con delle sfide chi metteranno a dirà prova, anche se inizialmente bisognerà abituarsi ai controlli di movimento un po instabili. Un gioco che ti permette di godere a pieno una storia fuori dagli standard di sonic
  22. SuperDiegoLego
    Sep 15, 2020
    10
    Sonic And The Secret Rings Was My Childhood Game When I Got A Wii, It Was The Best Sonic Game Ever Made, It Deserve More Than 6.3 User Score, It's My Favorite Sonic And Wii Game Ever Made.
  23. SanSeMat
    Aug 31, 2020
    8
    Одна из последних нормальных игр про Соника. Геймплейно это runner, но не смотря на корридорность игра всё равно бросает вызов и нет, не из за управления, которое на мой взгляд вполне себе хорошее для Wii. Так же в этой игре довольно необычный сюжет для серии. Спойлерить его я не буду, но что самое удивительное здесь Соник себя не ведёт как придурок или легкомысленная сволочь. Он в меруОдна из последних нормальных игр про Соника. Геймплейно это runner, но не смотря на корридорность игра всё равно бросает вызов и нет, не из за управления, которое на мой взгляд вполне себе хорошее для Wii. Так же в этой игре довольно необычный сюжет для серии. Спойлерить его я не буду, но что самое удивительное здесь Соник себя не ведёт как придурок или легкомысленная сволочь. Он в меру серьёзный и довольно жестокий как бы это странно не звучало. В целом Sonic And The Secret Rings довольно качественная игра, а по сравнению с Sonic 2006 просто шедевр, советую к прохождению.… Expand
  24. Sonic12403
    Jul 19, 2020
    1
    Terrible controls, a disposable story, and all around just not fun at all, Sonic and the Secret Rings is no less than a novelty that should be avoided immediately.
  25. NoodlePsychosis
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This is in my opinion, the worst Sonic game ever made. Say what you will about Sonic Boom Rise Of Lyric, at least the act of moving and jumping is easy. Secret Rings can't even get that right, with later missions requiring precision that the half-functional clumsy controls can barely provide. Plus for some reason, jumping requires Sonic to stop, essentially ruining one of Sonic's mostThis is in my opinion, the worst Sonic game ever made. Say what you will about Sonic Boom Rise Of Lyric, at least the act of moving and jumping is easy. Secret Rings can't even get that right, with later missions requiring precision that the half-functional clumsy controls can barely provide. Plus for some reason, jumping requires Sonic to stop, essentially ruining one of Sonic's most defining characteristics: Momentum.

    Of course the abysmal controls would be easier to swallow if the level design was good, but of course this isn't the case. In several cases the player will be left wondering what exactly are they supposed to do to avoid a specific obstacle or reach a particular red ring. Either the players put up with more poor design, or the poor controls in order to be rewarded with...more of the same. Except for the final boss fight which introduces more tacked-on gimmicky controls to master, as if the player hadn't suffer enough.

    This game was rushed, Sonic Team was divided in half to work on this and Sonic 06 at the same time. But that doesn't excuse this game's poor quality. Sega knew this was bad. Sega knew Sonic 06 was bad, Sega knew Shadow the Hedgehog was bad, and they never got their affairs in order once and for all. Sonic continues being hit or miss to this very day. But no matter how terrible their games have been, this one takes the cake in my opinion. How any single game can be worse than almost any game with a jump button is frankly an achievement in of itself.    … Expand
  26. LiquidSnekMGS
    May 20, 2020
    7
    Before you read, know that this is the second Sonic game whose main quest I ever beat (first was Black Knight), and will always be nostalgic for me. Now, to the game. People will complain about the controls, to which I agree, to some extent. They are not, however, the worst in the series *Free Riders*. The soundtrack, like any Sonic game, is great. The story is actually pretty solid. WhileBefore you read, know that this is the second Sonic game whose main quest I ever beat (first was Black Knight), and will always be nostalgic for me. Now, to the game. People will complain about the controls, to which I agree, to some extent. They are not, however, the worst in the series *Free Riders*. The soundtrack, like any Sonic game, is great. The story is actually pretty solid. While it is the worse game in the storybook saga, it is still a decent game.… Expand
  27. Krossbone
    Feb 3, 2020
    9
    Similar to many of other 2005 to '09 Sonic games in that it has one of the series' best stories. It strays from the usual gameplay and gives us use of the Wii's motion controls, which are kind of janky, hence the 9.
    However, the story, the cutscenes, the graphics, the amazingly fun multiplayer party mode, and enjoyable single-player campaign make this an extremely solid Sonic experience.    Similar to many of other 2005 to '09 Sonic games in that it has one of the series' best stories. It strays from the usual gameplay and gives us use of the Wii's motion controls, which are kind of janky, hence the 9.
    However, the story, the cutscenes, the graphics, the amazingly fun multiplayer party mode, and enjoyable single-player campaign make this an extremely solid Sonic experience.
    More people should talk about this game.    … Expand
  28. WarioBR
    Jul 24, 2019
    3
    Good graphics, good sound, but a horrible gameplay that makes the game boring.
  29. FnafGamer123
    May 22, 2019
    10
    I'll do say this game is close to solid due to the Wiimotes' motion controls, but the soundtrack sounds great, the graphics are okay, and the cutscenes are decent, because the animation is lazy.
  30. PacMax
    Jan 28, 2019
    4
    The graphics and sound track are great, but the loose and unresponsive controls ruin this experience.

    4/10- Underwhelming..
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#39 Best Wii Game of 2007
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#8 Most Shared Wii Game of 2007

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Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 44 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 44
  3. Negative: 4 out of 44
  1. Gaming Age
    83
    An encouraging sign that good Sonic games can still be made. I had a tremendous time exploring the different stages and the skill points add a bit of depth to an otherwise straightforward game.
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  2. 1UP
    75
    Although Sega deserves praise for Secret Rings' innovative single-player adventure, the less said about the four-player party mode, the better. It's another low-budget "Mario Party" rip-off that stretches out a few weak gameplay concepts into multiple multiplayer contests.
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  3. Official Nintendo Magazine UK
    81
    By no means perfect, but it's still a fantastic game that finally gives the blue blazer the sort of fast-paced, slick action he deserves. It's tricky to master but once you do it really shines. [Mar 2007, p.62]
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