Sonic the Hedgehog

 Xbox 360
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5.3

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  3. Negative: 390 out of 911
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  1. TreasureOrTrash
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Trash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  2. Bandrem2
    Sep 2, 2023
    1
    bro i litterally can't with "it's no use!" anymore i'm litterally going to cry. this game is way too buggy
  3. Xx_Chili_Dog_Xx
    Aug 1, 2023
    1
    Gameplay
    The gameplay of Sonic 2006 is very confusing and frustrating. You have to control three different characters: Sonic, Shadow, and Silver. They all have different abilities and stories, but they all run around in the same levels. Sometimes you have to fight enemies, sometimes you have to solve puzzles, and sometimes you have to do both at the same time. The controls are very    Gameplay
    The gameplay of Sonic 2006 is very confusing and frustrating. You have to control three different characters: Sonic, Shadow, and Silver. They all have different abilities and stories, but they all run around in the same levels. Sometimes you have to fight enemies, sometimes you have to solve puzzles, and sometimes you have to do both at the same time. The controls are very slippery and unresponsive, and the camera is very wonky and glitchy. Sometimes you fall through the floor, or get stuck in a wall, or die for no reason. It’s not fun at all. It makes me want to scream and kick the TV.

    Story
    The story of Sonic 2006 is very complicated and boring. It’s about Sonic trying to save a princess named Elise from a bad guy named Eggman. But then there’s also a bad guy named Mephiles who wants to destroy the world with a monster named Iblis. And then there’s also a good guy named Silver who thinks Sonic is the bad guy and tries to kill him. And then there’s also a lot of time travel and alternate dimensions and stuff. It’s very hard to follow and it doesn’t make any sense. It makes me want to sleep and snore.

    Graphics
    The graphics of Sonic 2006 are very pretty and shiny. The characters look very realistic and detailed, especially their fur and their eyes. The environments look very colorful and diverse, especially the water and the sky. The cutscenes look very cinematic and dramatic, especially the explosions and the fire. The graphics are the only good thing about this game. They make me want to stare and drool.

    Sound
    The sound of Sonic 2006 is very loud and annoying. The music is very cheesy and repetitive, especially the theme song “His World”. The sound effects are very harsh and unrealistic, especially the gunshots and the crashes. The voice acting is very corny and cringy, especially Sonic’s voice and Elise’s voice. The sound is very bad for my ears. It makes me want to mute and cover.

    Overall
    Overall, Sonic 2006 is a very bad game that I don’t recommend to anyone. It’s not fun, it’s not interesting, it’s not enjoyable. It’s a waste of time and money. It makes me sad and angry. I give it one star out of five.

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    Don’t play this game. Play something else instead. Like Shrek Super Slam or Shrek Smash n’ Crash Racing . Those are good games that I like. They have Shrek in them. And me too! And they’re funny and fun! Play those games instead! Trust me, you’ll thank me later!    … Expand
  4. dylansgaming48
    Jul 28, 2023
    4
    tbh sonic 06 is really **** very buggy and got alot of glitches aswell levels are really not that fun overall not worth picking up
  5. RateFRR
    Nov 23, 2022
    4
    This game is god awful it has inconsistent story also stupid,buggy mess and to sum it all up its controls do not respond hall of the times. Is sad fanales like proyect 06 show how this game could have been excepcional...but it's just trash!
  6. TASF05
    Nov 4, 2022
    2
    Pros
    Great Soundtrack
    Fun Boss fights
    Alright Levels

    Cons
    Frame Drops (Worse on PS3)
    Character Designs
    Terrible Bugs
    Hard Controls
  7. spencerplewe
    Sep 1, 2022
    4
    After 16 years of nothing but hearsay, and finally acquiring a used XBOX 360, I admitted to myself that my curiosity about actually trying to play this particularly infamous Sonic entry had reached a breaking point, and I bought it digitally for $5. Honestly, that's accurately what it turned out to be worth. It's a novelty that has some sparkling moments of the ambition put into it, butAfter 16 years of nothing but hearsay, and finally acquiring a used XBOX 360, I admitted to myself that my curiosity about actually trying to play this particularly infamous Sonic entry had reached a breaking point, and I bought it digitally for $5. Honestly, that's accurately what it turned out to be worth. It's a novelty that has some sparkling moments of the ambition put into it, but too much of the execution, whether it's game physics not feeling natural, levels going on too long, hub world design being too bland, writing too unenjoyable, or even just the premise not matching the Sonic brand, can be quite laughable... but sometimes, we need something like that, and I may still come back to it now and then to beat my scores, so at least it's that and not outright depressing.… Expand
  8. LittleSticker
    Aug 26, 2022
    4
    everything about this game sucks except for the ost, silver, and mephiles
    graphics were cool too ig
  9. ronmckong
    Aug 4, 2022
    0
    Sonic 06 is a bad game and I do not recommend it because it has long loading times, lots of glitches and poor writing and this game is awful and unfinished, Sonic 06 really sucks!!!!
  10. Freddienote
    Jul 20, 2022
    2
    People decided to like this game, but for normal people, it's still a mess, when it rarely works, it's fun, but the whole experience is far from good
  11. Daglo
    Jul 2, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Este juego esta lleno de Bugs es imposible de jugar la historia es muy mala Sonic se besa con una humana que asco. El diseño de Eliseo es muy malo parece del kfc… Expand
  12. corujadiurna
    Jun 26, 2022
    4
    A buggy mess, and a shame in Sonic's history, but still has one of the best soundtracks in the Sonic francise
  13. lesserreid
    Jun 10, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Glitchy/buggy game where a princess kisses a hedgehog corpse would not recommend… Expand
  14. Rayman3fan
    Mar 10, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. sonic 06 is not realy a game it's a very very early prototype it could been a good game but in the preasure of time they messed it up.… Expand
  15. El_Misterioso
    Mar 9, 2022
    1
    Sonic Says: this game ruined the 3D Saga, no more word I will say is fun but Bad, you will laugh in your room seeing the bugs of the game.
  16. ColorFury
    Mar 3, 2022
    2
    the load times are just like loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong bugs and that one mission oh god but it gets a 2 because the music is at least good
  17. frederik1478
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    There are many horrible things to say about this game but for me the worst thing what's the loading times take constant loading times that appear and ruined the pacing and it doesn't help that every time you talk to a person to get a quest there a loading time. Just to get the text box to get the quest and I am losing my mind this is bad. This is unforgivable bad
  18. Blue-Guy
    May 17, 2021
    3
    An extremely buggy game with an abhorrent story and visuals. Hub world missions are extremely tedious and take up too much of the game. 3/10, please do not ever play this game.
  19. truth10010pc
    May 10, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Okayyyyyy. This plot line is more confusing than when my pet dog gave birth to a kitten. The loading times are longer than Karen takes moaning at the manager. Also, WHY THE F**K DOES A HUMAN PRINCESS HAVE ROMANCE WITH A BLUE HEDGEHOG! And, later on, when Sonic (temporarily) dies, she kisses him. KISSING A DEAD ANIMAL. WHAT THE TRUCK! The glitches are worse than Cyberpunk 2077, which doesn't help either. This game is literally released as an alpha build. I feel this may have been a passable game if it hadn't been rushed out for Sonic's 15th birthday. But wow. What a terrible anniversary it was; Sonic Riders on Gamecube, Sonic '06 on X360 and PS3 and Sonic 1 on GBA. Poor Sonic.… Expand
  20. DisneyLover1
    Apr 27, 2021
    1
    I bought Sonic 06 just to make more memories as a kid but when I played it, it was one of the worst video games I ever played in my life. My mom bought me & my brother an Xbox 360 just so we can start our hobbies of game collecting. My brother Christian got Spider-Man 3 and he enjoyed the hell out of it, while I bought of the worst games ever made. I played Sonic 06 for an hour and II bought Sonic 06 just to make more memories as a kid but when I played it, it was one of the worst video games I ever played in my life. My mom bought me & my brother an Xbox 360 just so we can start our hobbies of game collecting. My brother Christian got Spider-Man 3 and he enjoyed the hell out of it, while I bought of the worst games ever made. I played Sonic 06 for an hour and I couldn't stop seeing bugs and glitches all over the game where I refused to play Single Player. Then, one day me and Christian played Sonic 06's multiplayer where it was completely unfair no matter how times he won or I won.

    I recently watched a longplay of this game & this is what I saw after watching it...
    1. The Camera Angles were awful
    2. The graphics were awful
    3. I saw the same glitches back then when I played it
    4. The Controls were weird
    5. Loading Screens that took an eternity...
    6. The Story was incredibly creepy with the Blue Speedster falling in love with a Human Girl

    The Load Screens were also summarized like this...
    1. Load Screen (30 seconds)
    2. Cutscene
    3. Load Screen (30 seconds)
    4. Cutscene
    5. Load Screen (30 seconds)
    6. Gameplay
    7. Load Screen (30 seconds)

    This game is hot garbage and I don't want to ever see a physical version of this game again... (If I do, I'll buy the game and instantly burn it.)    … Expand
  21. kylethepizzaman
    Apr 18, 2021
    0
    It's Ok not as bad as people say would play it over sonic forces. Shadow's story is pretty good.
  22. Rezapoc
    Apr 9, 2021
    2
    Shame on Sega for releasing this game in this state, I feel for all those that worked on it as it's clearly unfinished.
  23. asteklenartowic
    Mar 23, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ta gra ma OKROPNE STEROWANIE I PRAWIE NIE MOŻLIWĄ WALKE Z BOSEM NA POCZĄTKU jest tylko plus że w tej grze pierwszy raz pojawił się silver… Expand
  24. Shadowsky101
    Feb 24, 2021
    0
    It‘s not the worst Sonic, but the most disappointing Sonic game. Bad controls, many Bugs and Glitches, the kiss scene etc. This game was to overhyped and disappointed every Sonicfan.
  25. GameDudeGuy
    Jan 29, 2021
    2
    its bad what else is there to say but since to review needs to be longer i guess i gotta fill with random sutff blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah there
  26. DumbyBumb46
    Oct 14, 2020
    1
    LOADINGS ARE GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!! but i like sonic
  27. fuyuyuki
    Sep 15, 2020
    2
    a game that i would really love to see remade. it had so much potential, but was rushed out of the door making it infamously unplayable
  28. jeff3213
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    Sonic KISSED a HUMAN!!!!! How can you beat that? Sonic defies social norms by commiting beastiality and doesn't get punished for it, what a god. Name any other game that is more progressive than Sonic 06 for the Xbox 360. They really need to remaster this classic for the Xbox 720.
  29. DavidFarooq
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Holy **** this is a contender for the worst game ever made. WORST GAME EVER!
  30. FreelancerRai
    May 29, 2020
    2
    A frustratingly out-of-whack experience. While its story tries it's best, it's gameplay's emphasis on 8 different characters and multiple hub worlds that the 360 can barely handle, doesn't really help that the characters that you've (unfortunately) stuck with for hours retcon the story out of existence. The soundtrack is pretty good tho
  31. robertoiglesias
    Apr 24, 2020
    0
    It's so bad it's entertaining, but its's really awful. Experience tons of glitches
  32. Andrew4
    Feb 15, 2020
    0
    Easily the worst game in the franchise. Even as a hardcore fan I was disgusted with tha state of this game. Avoid at all costs.
  33. 012A
    Jan 12, 2020
    2
    Bad graphics, boring bugs, annoying Elise and Silver, scary humans and many more. All this makes it worst Sonic's game main saga. But only from the main saga, because the game has good songs, spectacular Shadow story and an excellent villain, but the rest is pure crap. ln fact, if it wasn't rushed and deleted some things, maybe it would be a good game. lm the end, it turns out to be a bad game.
  34. Psychie
    Dec 27, 2019
    4
    It is downright amazing just how broken this game is. The music is awesome, Sonic can be fun to play with at times, and it's clear what they wanted to do, but there are too many glitches and poor gameplay choices.
  35. LoboSan
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    A game that the truth does not have very good playability is full of bugs and errors and a bad sound quality I do not recommend the truth
  36. MaxShibe
    Sep 7, 2019
    4
    The soundtrack is amazing, the level design is one of the best ones in the franchise, the plot for Shadow's and Silver's story is very good...But everything else sucks. EXTREMELY buggy, lifeless stages and hub worlds, extremely slow Gameplay, huge hub worlds, forgettable enemy design. It's such a shame that this Game was rushed as it had the best ideas, but was brought down by Sonic teamThe soundtrack is amazing, the level design is one of the best ones in the franchise, the plot for Shadow's and Silver's story is very good...But everything else sucks. EXTREMELY buggy, lifeless stages and hub worlds, extremely slow Gameplay, huge hub worlds, forgettable enemy design. It's such a shame that this Game was rushed as it had the best ideas, but was brought down by Sonic team rushing it.… Expand
  37. Sonicfan23
    Jul 31, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story was stupid and nothing happens in Sonics the important stuff happens in shadow and silvers like why Elise has the chaos emerald and the whole experiment with the iblis and everyone being idiots the gameplay wasn't bad but it was still glitchy. I paid 15 bucks for this and it sucks… Expand
  38. Westimations
    May 6, 2019
    3
    Although the graphics are really impressive for a game from 2006, that doesn't cover up the fact that there are way to many glitches, horrible controls, slow gameplay, terrible level design, and a really bad plot. Take this with a grain of salt, Sega. Out of all the XBox 360 games released in 2006, I can't fathom how it wasn't all the way at the bottom.
    Story: 1/10
    Presentation: 7/10    Although the graphics are really impressive for a game from 2006, that doesn't cover up the fact that there are way to many glitches, horrible controls, slow gameplay, terrible level design, and a really bad plot. Take this with a grain of salt, Sega. Out of all the XBox 360 games released in 2006, I can't fathom how it wasn't all the way at the bottom.
    Story: 1/10
    Presentation: 7/10
    Gameplay: 1/10
    Overall: 3/10    … Expand
  39. VahNabooty
    Apr 3, 2019
    3
    I bought this game back on release when I was much younger, and I enjoyed it at the time but never got far. Nowadays, I can see that its a broken and flawed game, with some interesting ideas that weren't properly realized due to Sonic Team's time constraints. I don't recommend this game even to sonic fans.
  40. dislexicpotato
    Dec 17, 2018
    4
    Sonic 06 could have been the Sonic Adventure 3 that Sonic fans wanted, but with awful writing, plotholes everywhere, average graphics, gameplay that is both slow and clunky, unlikeable characters *cough* princess elise *cough*, glitches, bugs and shockingly long loading times Sonic 06 will go down as one of the worst games of all time. The game however has a ton of great ideas withSonic 06 could have been the Sonic Adventure 3 that Sonic fans wanted, but with awful writing, plotholes everywhere, average graphics, gameplay that is both slow and clunky, unlikeable characters *cough* princess elise *cough*, glitches, bugs and shockingly long loading times Sonic 06 will go down as one of the worst games of all time. The game however has a ton of great ideas with interesting worlds and a story that could have been very interesting if done correctly.… Expand
  41. sodaboi
    Nov 20, 2018
    4
    I have a confession I don't hate Sonic 06. and it's certainly not one of the worst games of all time, I mean let's be real here. I still had fun playing this game. sure the plots confusing sure the gameplay is buggy sure at points the game can feel automated but I still find it fun. I never felt like it was a chore playing this game. sure this game is bad and I would only recommend thisI have a confession I don't hate Sonic 06. and it's certainly not one of the worst games of all time, I mean let's be real here. I still had fun playing this game. sure the plots confusing sure the gameplay is buggy sure at points the game can feel automated but I still find it fun. I never felt like it was a chore playing this game. sure this game is bad and I would only recommend this game if you are a hardcore Sonic fan. but do I regret my purchase... well no I got it for 2 dollars and I had full knowledge on how bad this game was when I bought it . also fun fact I bought Sonic 06 on its birthday without even knowing it. so overall I give this game a 4 out of 10. but you already know that because the score is in the top left corner.… Expand
  42. Metaisaac
    Aug 31, 2018
    1
    It sucks but at times it can be so bad it's good but it still is one of the worst game of all time
  43. JPK
    Aug 19, 2018
    4
    Very Disappointing
    Not Quite A Disaster, But It’s Still A Huge Mess, Despite Terrific CGI Cutscenes, Some Of The Potential Showing Here And There, The Final Boss, And Silver The Hedgehog Being A Great New Addition, Sonic 06 Has WAY TOO MANY Glitches And Bugs, Sloppy Controlls, A Mediocre Story That Could’ve Been Great, And Stiff Ingame Cutscene Models, Sonic 06 Was Such A Missed    Very Disappointing
    Not Quite A Disaster, But It’s Still A Huge Mess, Despite Terrific CGI Cutscenes, Some Of The Potential Showing Here And There, The Final Boss, And Silver The Hedgehog Being A Great New Addition, Sonic 06 Has WAY TOO MANY Glitches And Bugs, Sloppy Controlls, A Mediocre Story That Could’ve Been Great, And Stiff Ingame Cutscene Models, Sonic 06 Was Such A Missed Opportunity And Letdown.    … Expand
  44. therapidman
    May 21, 2018
    2
    This game is just bad... I can barely get through the first level without dying from a glitch or slippery controls. It's a very terrible game. It's frustrating, way too hard, and just INCREDIBLY GLITCHY, JESUS CHRIST, DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME!!!!
  45. Midmmmf
    May 19, 2018
    0
    Where do I begin with this travesty? Everyone knows this game is garbage and the fans are right for once. Awful load times, the graphics are ugly, the story makes you want to die, and I have never seen so many glitches in one game. Do not play unless you like falling through the floor and like confusing stories.
  46. lex246
    Mar 1, 2018
    0
    by all means a game built by a legacy long established (like star wars) but none of the good things to go with it, the only thing really going for it would be the sound track and who really plays let alone buys a game for that?
  47. BJarms
    Oct 19, 2017
    3
    To be perfectly fair, the first cutscene makes you think the game will be amazing. The CGI cutscenes are actually really good, but the computer mix stuff was just garbage. The story campaign was probably the only good thing about the game besides the the glitch heaven that is this game, when Sonic takes a random dance break against a rock. Honestly Mario was good enough with a princess. SoTo be perfectly fair, the first cutscene makes you think the game will be amazing. The CGI cutscenes are actually really good, but the computer mix stuff was just garbage. The story campaign was probably the only good thing about the game besides the the glitch heaven that is this game, when Sonic takes a random dance break against a rock. Honestly Mario was good enough with a princess. So SEGA, PLEASE just stick with Amy.… Expand
  48. MrTacoBob
    Aug 30, 2017
    3
    The glitchy gameplay and the awful story makes the game bad I agree. But there are good things about Sonic 06 for example, the music is fantastic and so are the graphics (for it's time). I don't recommend it but just listen it's not the worst game ever.
  49. SmashFan
    Jun 30, 2017
    0
    Ugh so let's see. Sonic Team wanted to make a great Sonic game but Sega rushed it so instead we got this Sonic Adventure styled inbred abomination if a fanfic story, horrible characterization, bad controls, and tons of glitches. Terrible.
  50. GranTheftWalrus
    Feb 3, 2017
    0
    For me this was the end of Sonic's legacy, he has made good games since but nothing will ever make fans forget the shoddy experience that was Sonic 06. Sonic Team should have never made this horrible game.
  51. EpicLadySponge
    Feb 2, 2017
    2
    [ Edited on 2/2/2017 ] Sonic the Hedgehog on the Xbox 360... before we can get started with the many flaws that made this game a failure, we have to experience how hard this should have been for the Sonic Team if this wasn't rushed to selected marketplaces. Sure, there were great things about it, but that amount of great things is the rarity of a blue moon. Playing this without discovering[ Edited on 2/2/2017 ] Sonic the Hedgehog on the Xbox 360... before we can get started with the many flaws that made this game a failure, we have to experience how hard this should have been for the Sonic Team if this wasn't rushed to selected marketplaces. Sure, there were great things about it, but that amount of great things is the rarity of a blue moon. Playing this without discovering a bug is nearly impossible and will nearly kill your playtime in pieces. Not only are the glitches the only thing terrible about this. It's the unbearable relationship between human and hedgehog. I'm very glad Elise doesn't appear in any more installments of the franchise but it makes me want to grab a team to make a spin-off game about her only. Silver's introduction was nearly rough and bumpy. Again, you can't deny that the music here is great, but this music can't save a broken game anyways so why bother. Hopefully, the Sonic Team has learned their lessons after this game.… Expand
  52. EstZombie
    Jan 3, 2017
    0
    Story, lag, unfinished garbage, this game is just plain awful a lot, destroy it with fire, terrible controls the only decent things are silver and the soundtrack, other than that, screw this game hard
  53. thenerdynerd99
    Jan 2, 2017
    3
    Whenever I talk to someone about this game, they typically say "Sonic '06 would be great without the glitches". I say no. The eviroments are bland and uninspired (although pretty impressive considering the source material), the story would make The Phantom Menace blush, and the loading times are long enough to make a sandwich. The camera is a major problem too. I found myself fighting theWhenever I talk to someone about this game, they typically say "Sonic '06 would be great without the glitches". I say no. The eviroments are bland and uninspired (although pretty impressive considering the source material), the story would make The Phantom Menace blush, and the loading times are long enough to make a sandwich. The camera is a major problem too. I found myself fighting the camera more than the games enemies! I like the music though, especially "His World"… Expand
  54. fujitanaoto00
    Sep 28, 2016
    4
    O jogo era para ser grandioso, mas a sega lançou o jogo em fase beta mesmo assim, cheio de erros, alguns personagens tem graficos feios, cheio de bugs e historia estranha de romance entre a princesa e sonic
  55. Animer6031
    Sep 18, 2016
    1
    Bad gameplay, bad new characters, bad stages, BAD EVERYTHING. The only thing that is "good" in the game are the musics. His World is a perfect song for a final battle or for a epic moment. But every other aspect are SH#T !
  56. FreddyFiveLife
    Aug 17, 2016
    2
    This game is frustratingly awful. I had a hard time with every level glitching out and killing me time after time. The loading time though annoying is manageable except for the pointless parts where it takes you to a three second piece of dialogue in betwen loading screens! The graphics for being an early xbnox 360 and ps3 game, are pretty decent. The music is okay too. But the combat forThis game is frustratingly awful. I had a hard time with every level glitching out and killing me time after time. The loading time though annoying is manageable except for the pointless parts where it takes you to a three second piece of dialogue in betwen loading screens! The graphics for being an early xbnox 360 and ps3 game, are pretty decent. The music is okay too. But the combat for silver and all characters aside from shadow and sonic are just awful. That is why it gets a two and that's pushing it.… Expand
  57. brightestabyss
    Jul 31, 2016
    1
    A barely functioning sub-par game that constantly has frame-rate drops, slowdown and tediously long loading screens with a nonsensical convoluted story with more holes than Swiss Cheese.
  58. 22gamer
    Jul 16, 2016
    1
    THIS is the worst game ever loading times bad story and THE BUGS
    the only good thing is the music tracks i have the ps3 version btw
    i got this on xmas of 2015 i wanted ist btw
  59. Leet_Critic
    Jul 9, 2016
    2
    One of the worst games ive ever played. The animation and music were OK, and that's it. That's just it.
    The game was so beginner unfriendly. Its kind of like this: Thanks for buying Sonic 06! Now do a speedrun level and learn all the controls and physics for this game. I got to what I think was the 2nd level, and then got trapped in a hole I couldn't escape. After a few minutes of trying    One of the worst games ive ever played. The animation and music were OK, and that's it. That's just it.
    The game was so beginner unfriendly. Its kind of like this: Thanks for buying Sonic 06! Now do a speedrun level and learn all the controls and physics for this game. I got to what I think was the 2nd level, and then got trapped in a hole I couldn't escape. After a few minutes of trying to escape, I realized this game was bad and I haven't played it since. Not a good 2012 Christmas present, don't buy this.    … Expand
  60. SONICGENESIS
    Jun 29, 2016
    0
    Sonic 06 is an absolute slap in the face to all Sonic fans. This game is a broken mess. There are glitches everywhere, the graphics are unimpressive, the story is stupid and confusing, and the game as a whole is uninteresting. The only good thing about this game is the soundtrack. I'm a hardcore sonic fan, but this is not even worth renting for a laugh.
  61. Frank_Sinatra
    May 29, 2016
    3
    The best thing I can say about this "game" is the opening cut-scene's graphics like oh my god looks like we won't be seeing anything like this anymore in the game. Sonic's character is pretty good I guess 3/10.
  62. Maxreviews420
    May 17, 2016
    0
    Seriously, screw this game this is so terrible that I don't even know why SEGA is still around but this game could have been so much better but stupid SEGA rushed development but I will admit that the music is awesome. This game is still so terrible it shouldn't even exist and I urge anyone who bought this waste of your time, money and sanity to burn it with a blowtorch,cut it with aSeriously, screw this game this is so terrible that I don't even know why SEGA is still around but this game could have been so much better but stupid SEGA rushed development but I will admit that the music is awesome. This game is still so terrible it shouldn't even exist and I urge anyone who bought this waste of your time, money and sanity to burn it with a blowtorch,cut it with a chainsaw, crush it with a car and burn it even more to send it back where it came from. Hell.… Expand
  63. AmazingGumball
    Apr 25, 2016
    0
    Its disgusting how this game even has the audacity to even use the name of the first beloved Sonic classic as if it will be anything like the first game
  64. gameguardian21
    Apr 4, 2016
    1
    This was the game that really started to ruin sonics legacy. We are probably never going to get a good sonic game are we. Or even a good show. It glitches, storyline sucks, and gameplay is terrible.
  65. Rahsmoove
    Mar 10, 2016
    4
    Wow... wow... I knew this game was bad, but it didn't know it was this bad. Sonic the Hedgehog is so unfinished it's laughable. How the hell can you glitch through levels? I know there are lot more bugs but that's just laziness right there. And don't get me started on Silver. The reason I gave it a little credit, because of the music, and how great it looks for 2006. Other than that, binWow... wow... I knew this game was bad, but it didn't know it was this bad. Sonic the Hedgehog is so unfinished it's laughable. How the hell can you glitch through levels? I know there are lot more bugs but that's just laziness right there. And don't get me started on Silver. The reason I gave it a little credit, because of the music, and how great it looks for 2006. Other than that, bin this POS.… Expand
  66. Tokosan
    Feb 22, 2016
    0
    This game is terrible, the character's are lame, the story makes no sense, there are glitches everywhere, the game-play is horrible, the camera feels like an epilepsy victim was using it, the loading screen's are annoying, the controls are insane, and Sonic is so fast, that the game play 's by itself, the only good thing about this game is that the graphics look very nice, but that'sThis game is terrible, the character's are lame, the story makes no sense, there are glitches everywhere, the game-play is horrible, the camera feels like an epilepsy victim was using it, the loading screen's are annoying, the controls are insane, and Sonic is so fast, that the game play 's by itself, the only good thing about this game is that the graphics look very nice, but that's saying much, DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME!!
    Play other 3D game's, like Mario or Zelda.    … Expand
  67. Bat-Gamer-Guy
    Feb 6, 2016
    2
    Sonic '06... Sonic '06... oh my gosh. Ten years later, and it is still a terrible, broken, and sometimes unfinished mess. I know this game was rushed and development started right after Shadow's game and Sonic Team had to adjust to the new Xbox 360 and PS3 hardware and it was Sonic's 15th anniversary, but seriously? Why? I know Sonic gets anniversary titles like the 10th anniversary titleSonic '06... Sonic '06... oh my gosh. Ten years later, and it is still a terrible, broken, and sometimes unfinished mess. I know this game was rushed and development started right after Shadow's game and Sonic Team had to adjust to the new Xbox 360 and PS3 hardware and it was Sonic's 15th anniversary, but seriously? Why? I know Sonic gets anniversary titles like the 10th anniversary title Sonic Adventure 2 and the 20th anniversary title Sonic Generations (and whatever he's getting for his 25th, which, at the time of this review, has not been announced yet), but couldn't they have just delayed it a year to perfect their game?

    This game contains a terrible plot, broken gameplay, plot holes, and horrendous voice direction. The story here is just, just awful. Sonic saves newcomer Elise so many times (and that's his story, I'm serious), Shadow deals with a new villain named Mephiles (that's his whole story), and newcomer Silver deals with new villain Iblis (and again, that's it). When their stories are (somehow) beaten, you unlock the last story. It's terrible, but I will admit, the final boss is alright. And that's it. I will not spoil the last story for you, for some reason. I just don't like to talk about spoilers if somebody else hasn't experienced it.

    The gameplay is alright, but cheap. Sometimes, you'll just do a homing attack so far, you'll fall into a bottomless pit. Jumping onto other rails doesn't work.

    There are some things I honestly love. The art direction, the graphics, and the music are honestly fantastic. Everything else, well, isn't.

    Sonic '06 had potential to be great. If only SEGA had given Sonic Team more development time.    … Expand
  68. LeonhardWalhout
    Feb 4, 2016
    1
    the best way to describe this game is broken. the physic engine in this game is so broken that it utterly destroys any fun you could have while playing this game. and if that wasn't enough the game is full with bugs and glitches, the loading screens are so frequent and so long, the story is terrible and even disturbing at times, the camera lives an independent live making a lot of the bossthe best way to describe this game is broken. the physic engine in this game is so broken that it utterly destroys any fun you could have while playing this game. and if that wasn't enough the game is full with bugs and glitches, the loading screens are so frequent and so long, the story is terrible and even disturbing at times, the camera lives an independent live making a lot of the boss fights unfair (looking at you Silver the Hedgehog) and even the characters suck (saying a lot when your franchise is known for creating numerous useless and/or annoying characters). the only good thing about this game is the soundtrack but you can just as well listen it on you-tube for free.… Expand
  69. Ectsoplasm
    Feb 2, 2016
    1
    This game is the most universally panned Sonic game, other than maybe Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. Let me be clear. I am NOT a Sonic fan. I am NOT a Sonic hater. The story for this game is... ugh... well, to be fair, the only reason people hate the story is because of beastiality. If it weren't a Sonic game, if Sonic and friends were replaced with humans (other than the fact that theThis game is the most universally panned Sonic game, other than maybe Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. Let me be clear. I am NOT a Sonic fan. I am NOT a Sonic hater. The story for this game is... ugh... well, to be fair, the only reason people hate the story is because of beastiality. If it weren't a Sonic game, if Sonic and friends were replaced with humans (other than the fact that the gameplay wouldn't make sense without Sonic,) no one would have a problem with the story. Or the Hero/Damsel kiss. On to the gameplay! The gameplay is fine. It plays like any other modern Sonic game. The biggest problem is the glitches and load times. This game is filled to the brim with bugs. You can be going at a high speed, experiencing what you want to experience in a Sonic game, but suddenly get hit by... what? Whether this is lag or a glitch can't help this. Sonic Team is about as irresponsible with their games as a crappy "indie" developers on Steam early access. You CANNOT release a game in this state. That is not okay. The load times are, as I mentioned, awful. You can talk to an NPC, load for an annoying amount of time, they say a line or two, and MORE LOADING. It makes you wonder if anyone actually tested the game. The only good parts are the graphics and the gameplay, on the off-chance that the gameplay will work. But wait, Shadow's in it? Silver? This game is the reason FURRIES exist?? Dammit.

    There are plenty of fans of this game. These fans are blinded by... I don't know. They like Sonic the Hedgehog so damn much that they can't comprehend how unbearable this game is. Let's get this straight. Being a fan doesn't mean you have to praise the series' embarrassingly wet underwear. I LOVE Pokemon, Mario, and even things that didn't stem from video games, such as DragonBall Z. But even my most beloved titles have Pokemon Rumble U, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash, and DragonBall GT. It is okay to dislike your favorite IP's skid marks. This game's condition is inexcusable, so treat it as such.    … Expand
  70. Legendkiller250
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    anyone that says this is a good game needs their head exammined i respect sonic team and sega they have great games but this is just awful i cant get past the first level becuse of glitches and sonic dissapering:/
  71. SONICLOVER
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 is the worst game I have ever played. It has too many glitches and has a lot of annoying characters and some horrible voice actors. That is all
  72. 30Cents
    Oct 14, 2015
    2
    Sonic the Hedgehog has been a likable character since the days of the Sega Genesis. Sonic Adventure started out in the Dreamcast and became one of the most successful games on the platform in the mid 1990's. Up until now has Sega released a poorly optimized Sonic game that doesn't stand its own ground thanks to its clunky gameplay and its unfair lives system.

    You start off by choosing    Sonic the Hedgehog has been a likable character since the days of the Sega Genesis. Sonic Adventure started out in the Dreamcast and became one of the most successful games on the platform in the mid 1990's. Up until now has Sega released a poorly optimized Sonic game that doesn't stand its own ground thanks to its clunky gameplay and its unfair lives system.

    You start off by choosing three stories that all have to be completed before you face the final boss of the game. You start off by choosing three main characters; Sonic, Shadow, and Silver. Sure all of these characters maybe fun to play as when you first get the feeling, then comes the gameplay. I personally start off with Sonic to play as first.

    The game starts off with a cutscene that looks like a Final Fantasy game; the human characters look atrociously animated and does not feel like you are a playing a Sonic game. A princess named Elise is kidnapped by Dr. Eggman, Sonic must chase and look for princess Elise before anything else goes wrong. The game introduces more characters along the way; such as Tails, Kunkles, Amy etc.

    After you finally gain control of Sonic, the game feels extremely sensitive to the controls in which you are controlling. For example, if you slightly tilt the controller, Sonic will walk at a normal pace, but if you hold it all the way forward, he will run so fast that it is really difficult to control him and you will very likely die at multiple sections of the game due to the sensitive controls and movement of Sonic. There are mini-games you can play in the town you are placed in, but why play them? Choosing to accept a mini-game will put you in a twenty second loading screen to read of a short description of that mini-game, but then you have to wait another twenty seconds then fully begin the mini-game. The mini-games themselves don't do very much to help you out; if you could get complete a mini-game in the given time you are supposed to beat, you will be given currency to buy items that could potentially help out Sonic in his quest.

    Then there are the HUB worlds, which are not all that great unfortunately. The first level starts out exciting with Sonic going using a loop-de-loop; then he slides on the water to go on the beach to continue the level. The game wants you to have high expectations for the rest of the game, and if does a really great job at that. At one part in the level, you start playing as Tails. Tails is way more sensitive than Sonic, he has a flying ability that is just as clunky as Sonic's movement. Then he has this attack that he uses to throw rings that are used as a bomb. I died multiple times due to a substantial amount of glitches throughout the level. For example, I was playing as Sonic at one point, I noticed this loop I could run up, when I tried going up the loop, I instead teleported somewhere in the water and then drowned and lost a life (which by the way, hedgehogs in real life can swim).

    Then I get to the second part of the level where I only have two lives left. I had no idea what I was supposed to do, and the game doesn't explain what is going on. Basically you are placed in a auto-scroller, Sonic moves all by himself and runs so fast that you can only move him left and right. Sonic runs so fast that you literally have to push left or right on your controller to get him where he needs to go. Unfortunately, I lost all of my lives on this section because I hit something and died in one hit, even though I had rings left as health. I lost another life when I was going up on a loop, Sonic was running too close to the left that when he was at the end, he missed the speed-booster and ended up falling in the water, leading me to start the entire start of the game all over again.

    I attempted to try and beat this level five times and never got past it. I did try Shadow and Silver's story, but thy are just as broken as Sonic's. As Shadow, he is more sensitive than Sonic, I could assume this because he moves like he is wearing roller-blades. As Silver, he uses a telekinesis power that I thought was unique to his character, but its hit detection is what makes it unbearable to use. Just some examples that could have worked and what could have made the game so much more better.

    The original soundtrack for the game is one of the things I actually liked about the game; it could go from very calming to very intense depending on what level you are on. I also liked how you could play multiple characters and all have a different story; I won't spoil anything, but I did find the characters' stories to be interesting and that we get to learn their backstories and what their problems are.

    Sega could have made this highly anticipated work. Sonic fans will surely be disappointed by frustrating gameplay and the terrible controls. We will have to see what Sega brings to us next on Sonic's 25th anniversary, maybe they will make the ultimate comeback and bring us a well-though Sonic game for everyone.    … Expand
  73. BrankTheDankest
    Oct 6, 2015
    0
    Maybe it's good? I don't know, I ordered it from Amazon and it never came. It's a shame, I was pretty excited to check it out. Oh well, better luck next time, I guess.
  74. gamermoudood543
    Aug 31, 2015
    1
    This game is an abomination for the sonic the hedgehog series. poor controls, tons of glitches, bad graphics long loading screens, and a crappy storyline. The Silver boss was annoying, the only things he kept saying was "it's no use" and "take this" and this game even has bestiality (you know, that scene where elsie kisses sonic to bring him back to life). Also, expect cheap deaths. theThis game is an abomination for the sonic the hedgehog series. poor controls, tons of glitches, bad graphics long loading screens, and a crappy storyline. The Silver boss was annoying, the only things he kept saying was "it's no use" and "take this" and this game even has bestiality (you know, that scene where elsie kisses sonic to bring him back to life). Also, expect cheap deaths. the game would have been better if Sega and Sonic team never rushed this game out for the launch of the Xbox 360 and PS3 and got rid of the romance between Elise and Sonic. just imagine if they never rushed this game out and had more time to work with it… Expand
  75. CriticHedgehog
    Aug 7, 2015
    0
    This game was created for Sonic's 15th. Anniversary, but failed to provide us with fun.
    Storyline: Terrible
    Loading time: Slow. My longest wait was 42 seconds(I counted) Amount of Glitches: 43 Billion This was meant to be a REBOOT for the series but nearly killed it. I would buy another 10 copies of Sonic Boom and complete them than complete this game. I own this game myself and I    This game was created for Sonic's 15th. Anniversary, but failed to provide us with fun.
    Storyline: Terrible
    Loading time: Slow. My longest wait was 42 seconds(I counted)
    Amount of Glitches: 43 Billion
    This was meant to be a REBOOT for the series but nearly killed it. I would buy another 10 copies of Sonic Boom and complete them than complete this game.
    I own this game myself and I refuse to put it into my PS3 ever again.    … Expand
  76. Luigithemetal64
    Jul 4, 2015
    2
    Even from someone or somebody who hasn't played the game, falling through levels, interrupted controls, self minded cameras, and 20 second load times times 4 to a total of 1 minute and 20 seconds from other people trying to play this mess is just enough for us to decide if we want to play this. This is easily the worst Sonic game. If this was released in 2007, if would've fine. But, no. IEven from someone or somebody who hasn't played the game, falling through levels, interrupted controls, self minded cameras, and 20 second load times times 4 to a total of 1 minute and 20 seconds from other people trying to play this mess is just enough for us to decide if we want to play this. This is easily the worst Sonic game. If this was released in 2007, if would've fine. But, no. I guess it's not worth the effort on solving the game's problems. Princess Elise kissing Sonic will make you regret on watching that Disney movie Beauty and the Beast. The music and Silver the Hedgehog are the only best parts in the game. Silver is actually one of my favorite Sonic characters later on. The music is so great that Sega should reuse it for later games, just like they did on Sonic Generations. Sonic '06 went on and became non-canon to the series' continuity, but that's for the best.… Expand
  77. AwesomeIsRed
    Jun 27, 2015
    0
    This is the worst piece of crap that I ever played in my life. Stay away from Sonic 06, its just a waste of time that wants to pee you off. I'm serious, with all its glitches, a story line that has plot holes all over the place, and there decision making of level designs, and how it all ended on me telling me that I played this game all for nothing, because once Elise blew out the flamesThis is the worst piece of crap that I ever played in my life. Stay away from Sonic 06, its just a waste of time that wants to pee you off. I'm serious, with all its glitches, a story line that has plot holes all over the place, and there decision making of level designs, and how it all ended on me telling me that I played this game all for nothing, because once Elise blew out the flames of Solaris, the sonic fans (Which includes me) have to accept the fact that Sonic 06 never happened. Well, you know how they could have just done that? By never making this awful game at all. And what makes me more angry is that people say Sonic Boom is worse then this garbage. Oh yeah, let's not forget the fact that this was going to replace the original sonic story line. Yes people, this game was supposed to replace everything that we knew about sonic, by restarting the series all over again. And this pile of crap was that game. So seriously, if someone tells you this game wasn't that bad, then you make them play the game until its finished, as they get frustrated upon hours and hours to how horrible it is, and then after they finished the game, you better say, "Oh yeah, its that bad!"… Expand
  78. Soldier23
    Jun 11, 2015
    4
    I got this game for my Xbox 360 without looking at the reviews (foolish of me, I know) but it looked like a cool sonic game. I was wrong. This game is a complete mess and I hate almost everything about it. The only thing I liked about this game was that the music was good. The game has pretty bad controls, bad gameplay, an okay storyline, and average graphics. Nevertheless, this gameI got this game for my Xbox 360 without looking at the reviews (foolish of me, I know) but it looked like a cool sonic game. I was wrong. This game is a complete mess and I hate almost everything about it. The only thing I liked about this game was that the music was good. The game has pretty bad controls, bad gameplay, an okay storyline, and average graphics. Nevertheless, this game receives a 4 from me.… Expand
  79. leopardshadow
    May 9, 2015
    3
    I remember a few years ago, I watched one of the trailers of the game, and I thought it looked awesome. I never decided to look up game play, and I pretty much thought it was going to be the best game ever. Then, my 9 year old mind was blown on how bad it was. The game was hardly playable and the controls were really clunky. It took me ages to beat the first level because I had so muchI remember a few years ago, I watched one of the trailers of the game, and I thought it looked awesome. I never decided to look up game play, and I pretty much thought it was going to be the best game ever. Then, my 9 year old mind was blown on how bad it was. The game was hardly playable and the controls were really clunky. It took me ages to beat the first level because I had so much trouble trying to fly Tails. No wonder the game has such a bad reputation. I'm still a big Sonic fan, modern and classic, but this is a huge blemish on a great game series. Even though the soundtrack was great.… Expand
  80. Signas501
    Mar 22, 2015
    1
    Sonic is introduced to the human world for the first time, (Apparently, neglecting the anime Sonic X, Sonic adventure 1, sonic adventure 2) letting the player control the trio Sonic, Shadow, and newcomer Silver. Throughout all three campaigns the player is told that the world will be destroyed by a monster named Iblis, who is lying dormant inside of the damsel Princess Elise. Its up to theSonic is introduced to the human world for the first time, (Apparently, neglecting the anime Sonic X, Sonic adventure 1, sonic adventure 2) letting the player control the trio Sonic, Shadow, and newcomer Silver. Throughout all three campaigns the player is told that the world will be destroyed by a monster named Iblis, who is lying dormant inside of the damsel Princess Elise. Its up to the trio to stop the antagonists Mephilis and Iblis while trying to find chaos emeralds.… Expand
  81. MushroomPotato
    Mar 14, 2015
    0
    "It's no use!" -Sonic from Silver fight Do you honestly have to go to this website to see if Sonic 2006 is a good game? Well, both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are equally bad.
  82. ShawnD
    Mar 2, 2015
    0
    You need to play this game to understand how bad it is. Bad controls, bad story, bad gameplay, insane load times, frustrating difficulty. It's a complete mess.
  83. segfault101
    Dec 12, 2014
    3
    I recently decided to give this game another chance. I bought this game when it was new back in 2006, and never actually got around to finishing it. Loading up my old save file quickly reminded me why. Sonic '06 is truly a shining example of how good ideas don't matter if you can't actually implement them and polish them properly.

    First, the positives and the good ideas. The gameplay is    I recently decided to give this game another chance. I bought this game when it was new back in 2006, and never actually got around to finishing it. Loading up my old save file quickly reminded me why. Sonic '06 is truly a shining example of how good ideas don't matter if you can't actually implement them and polish them properly.

    First, the positives and the good ideas. The gameplay is very much inspired by sonic adventure, with a hub world linking to several linear levels that open in up progression, as well as 3 different campaigns, one for each character. Fortunately, gone are the hunting and gathering sections seen in the adventure titles. This game tries to be one thing, a sonic game, and that's just the way it should be. Trading in points for upgrades adds a little bit of depth to the gameplay, and allows you to use some new moves. The voice acting, while not great, is definitely better than previous 3D entries in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The one very notable thing about this game that's actually fantastic is the music. Unfortunately, this is where the positives end.

    This game, despite its good intentions, is a horrible, broken, unfinished mess. The hub world is barren and filled with stock characters. These stock characters can give you tasks, for which to complete you have to sit through 4(!) loading screens, completely negating any desire to play them. This is made worse by the loading times, which are absolutely awful, even when installed to your hard drive. These are even worse on the PS3 version. What it's loading, I'm not entirely sure, given the textures and models are of -extremely- poor quality. Despite the poor quality of the visuals, the game has frequent framerate drops and screen tearing. Glitches and bugs abound, this is definitely a game that did not receive any playtesting. Sections of levels are littered with unfair pitfall deaths, bugs that cause you to fall through the level geometry and a difficulty curve that's all over the map.

    Despite how terrible this game really is, there is an odd sense of enjoyment that you can get from playing it, although it's the same kind of enjoyment one gets while watching The Room. While not the worst game ever made by a very long stretch, this is among the largest disappointments to ever come out of Sega. What a mess...    … Expand
  84. Zakthehedgehog1
    Dec 6, 2014
    4
    Gameplay 50% : 3
    The Characters´s Main Gameplay is regular, but the Speed Seccion, Skateboarding and Vehicle seccions , are poorly programmed, the load times are too long and .... YEAH THE **** BUGS
    Story: 10%: 3 Positive: Shadow and the Team Dark Unnecessary charcters , the Mephiles's stupid plan, Time Paradox inconsistencies , Princess Elise............................Princess Elise    Gameplay 50% : 3
    The Characters´s Main Gameplay is regular, but the Speed Seccion, Skateboarding and Vehicle seccions , are poorly programmed, the load times are too long and .... YEAH THE **** BUGS
    Story: 10%: 3
    Positive: Shadow and the Team Dark
    Unnecessary charcters , the Mephiles's stupid plan, Time Paradox inconsistencies , Princess Elise............................Princess Elise
    Soundtrack 20%: 8
    .........................................awesome................
    Graphics and Level Desing 10%: 5
    Crisis City, Acuatic Base Kindom Valley, Wave Ocean etc
    but...............2006............. Xbox 360............really?

    Extra 10 % : 5
    The Multiplayer mode : its okay
    The Extra Missions: are okay    … Expand
  85. natethegreat54
    Dec 5, 2014
    0
    This game is just horrible. The fact that this game is still selling in stores makes me want to just take every single sonic 06' game disc in store and cut it with scissors. UNPLAYABLE. I bought a new copy of this game and DAMN was it glitchy. I knew it wasn't my system it was working PERFECTLY, so this game is just disastrous.
  86. SegoEde
    Nov 20, 2014
    2
    Yack, that's almost everything you need to say about this piece of crap. I'm a Sonic-fan and this unfinished garbage really hurts my black soul. Still I can say I like the overall level design - in rare moments it has the same feeling like the Adventure-titles have - and musics are pretty nice. Everything else, well, is **** Nothing more to say.
  87. NerdConsultant
    Oct 20, 2014
    1
    I hate this game it was so unplayable, so poorly programmed and a storyline that would be laughed off a fan fiction site how sega though this was acceptable is unbelievable
  88. CuptralCritique
    Oct 19, 2014
    4
    Ugh, we're here now, huh? We're at the game that brought a company mascot to his knees, and almost killed him...both figuratively and literally? This game is commonly known as SHYTE, so obviously since I like most Sonic games, I wanted to try it out. There were some things I enjoyed, some things I found mildly annoying, AND SOME THINGS THAT JUST PISSED ME OFF! Lets begin with the story. IUgh, we're here now, huh? We're at the game that brought a company mascot to his knees, and almost killed him...both figuratively and literally? This game is commonly known as SHYTE, so obviously since I like most Sonic games, I wanted to try it out. There were some things I enjoyed, some things I found mildly annoying, AND SOME THINGS THAT JUST PISSED ME OFF! Lets begin with the story. I can see effort was put into it...sometimes...but it simply doesn't work for a Sonic game! I don't see why around the 2000's, Sega kept trying to give Sonic games stories that were WAY too serious. This game along with "Shadow the Hedgehog" is a prime example of it. They took away Shadow's guns luckily, but now he has a motorcycle! UUUHHH!!! The story centres around this weird romance between Sonic and some princess called "Princess Elise". It's a princess in a video game, so we can only count on her getting kidnapped then rescued, right? YES! She gets kidnapped literally five times during sonic's story alone! That's just pathetic, especially for a main character. Luckily, this isn't all that happens, as we're greeted with much more interesting story elements in Silver and Shadow's segments. Not great per say, but not painful! A telekinetic hedgehog named Silver, thinks that killing Sonic will save his world. Shadow basically tries to stop him, but gets sidetracked, as he's being hunted by a mysterious hedgehog called Mephiles. Once again, it's by no means perfect, but soooo much better than Sonic's! Sadly, if they had to have half decent stories, they both had to have worse gameplay than Sonic. Getting into gameplay, I'm surprised to say that Sonic's stages actually have some fun aspects, generally good level design (at times), and some nice replay value, though a huge negative is the constant flow of deaths by an insane amount of glitches. This is something that sadly cannot be said for both Shadow and Silver's campaign, apart from the glitches, since this game is covered with them! The "Sonic Adventure" series had a style of having you play individual stories whenever you want, and once you've finished them all, you'll unlock a mysterious "LAST" story, where you play as all of the characters. It was pretty good design, and I'm happy to say that this game has it too. To end on a slightly better note, I'll simply say this. The graphics are decent for an early Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 game, and this game's music kicks @$$! This game may not be great, but it's a hell of a lot better than most people say! a lot of people think it's the worst game of all time!? really???… Expand
  89. Zeldacenter
    Sep 24, 2014
    0
    this game is glitchy as hell and has a really hard difficulty curve really long unnecessary difficulty curve, and is in general bad I guess there a redeeming things in the game like the upgrade system and the cut scenes but that is about it.
  90. God_of_Awesome
    Sep 8, 2014
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game. It is terrible. There is only two good things about this game. The music is the first and the scene where shadow kicks silver in the back of the head is the second. The best part, the music is sold separately. For that reason, the rating is based only on that decent shadow scene. Everything else? It has crappy load times, crazy long load screens, controls are **** sonic DIES, and at the end, they literally reset all time so that the story line never even happened. Also, sonic's story line does nothing to advance the story. Sonic, shadow, and especially silver, are also slow. And what the **** is with this time travel **** Just, no. To everything about this game except the music (sold separately) and the shadow scene, I say throw into the depths of hell.… Expand
  91. Lumanator
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Welcome to the glitchy world of Sonic 06! Where the unplayable is possible! We have all the glitches from teleporting for no reason to being launched into space! Not to mention bad voice acting! If you still want to play, go ahead! Just enjoy your stay in the glitchy world of Sonic 06!
  92. edtgsdxgxcvcdvd
    Aug 15, 2014
    2
    **** anyone who would play this raging game i feel like a have a angerism god this game is the devil spawn anyone who wants to buy this game die in a hole you cock sucking smug prick you sonic **** boys
  93. 545
    Jul 2, 2014
    0
    how the hell this made it in shops its glish of the ass,the story sukes, gameplay sukes carters sukes nothing about this game is good this just lazy it just makes 1 unfinished mess unfinished is the perite word for this game DO NOT BYE IT ITS ****
  94. Sensless
    Jun 27, 2014
    2
    This game.
    Burn it. Explode it. Bury the remains.
    The only thing this "GAME" has to offer is the...Okay-level voice acting.
    its...not good...at all...
  95. CombatantMars
    Jun 25, 2014
    4
    Really a $18.00 ripoff for me. When I just got this game at Gamestop, the gameplay was really bad with some minor glitches, terrible controls, horrible level design, and a really bad plot. For all the Sonic out there, please don't buy this game.
  96. JudgeMathew
    Jun 21, 2014
    1
    The controls are horrid, the story is full of contradictions, and whoever at Microsoft in charge of the release of this game on the 360 platform should be shot for forcing Sega to rush this out for Christmas 2006. Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 gets one point for some gorgeous C.G.I. opening which sadly was the only good part of the game.
  97. guitarguy001
    Jun 15, 2014
    4
    I really feel bad for this game. Such a highly anticipated game that fell incredibly short due to how badly the game was dealt with it's programming and questionable design choices.

    This game is horribly buggy and there are glitches galore. I know there are glitches in every game, but this game has glitches absolutely everywhere, making it borderline unplayable. The game is the slowest    I really feel bad for this game. Such a highly anticipated game that fell incredibly short due to how badly the game was dealt with it's programming and questionable design choices.

    This game is horribly buggy and there are glitches galore. I know there are glitches in every game, but this game has glitches absolutely everywhere, making it borderline unplayable. The game is the slowest Sonic game thus far (yes i played Sonic Lost World) and every character except for Sonic, Blaze & Omega (yes Omega) are terribly slow.

    The story had potential, but it's terrible. The characters are absolute morons that don't take advantage of what they have when they have it and they also make terrible decisions when it comes to plot progression. The story also has plot holes up the a$$ that makes the story make no sense whatsoever.

    Gameplay wise, it is very buggy and is very slow compared to other Sonic games. There are also terrible designed levels (the Sonic snowboarding levels are examples and Silver's infamous ball puzzle). The bosses are mostly bad except for the final boss.....

    ....and that leads me to the positives. Some of Sonic's levels CAN be enjoyable, Blaze and Omega can be pretty fun, the final boss is good and the score is easily the best thing about this game.

    This game should be a reminder to SEGA and Sonic Team of what can happen when you rush out a product that clearly was not finished. Sonic 06 is one of the biggest disappointments in gaming history. Can it be enjoyed? yes, but it definitely is not what we were expecting.    … Expand
  98. Origibro
    Jun 5, 2014
    1
    An atrociously badly designed game which left a massive scar on Sonic's legacy, that scar is being healed in more recent Sonic game instalments but this game was the lowest point in Sonic the Hedgehog's series of games. When installed to HDD the massive loading screens are a bit shorter but the game should still be as buggy as ever.
  99. EpikRaikku
    May 26, 2014
    0
    PROs: That intro cutscene (Great graphics) and weedhair (aka silver)

    CONs: Loading screens,Those damn glitches, The rest of the animation, and that damn furry Fetish kiss scene!!
  100. Soupinacup96
    May 20, 2014
    1
    Wanna know how to make a fantastic Sonic game? Take everything bad from the 3D Sonic games and add long loading screens, stupid characters, bad music, and ugly textures! That'll bring in the dough!

    It's like playing Texas Hold 'Em with Uno cards: something that can be fun, but was ruined by things that REALLY don't belong.
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Awards & Rankings

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#97 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2006
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#2 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2006
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#1 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2006

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Metascore
46

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 38
  3. Negative: 22 out of 38
  1. 1UP
    55
    If only the developers had focused on delivering a simple, fun experience rather than trying to create something far beyond their reach.
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  2. GameBrink
    57
    Not only are the voices horrible, as is the case for most Sonic games, but the story makes very little sense. It’s like if you took any basic Nintendo story like Mario saving the Princess, lengthened it to several hours long, and filled it with mindless details that make no logical sense at all.
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  3. GameDaily
    50
    Atrocious camera angles lead to cheap deaths, the slippery controls make it difficult to get a handle on the characters and the game has a large problem with pacing. It tries to mix in side missions with general stages, and the disastrous results ruin the game.
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