Sonic the Hedgehog

 Xbox 360
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5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 911 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 343 out of 911
  2. Mixed: 178 out of 911
  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
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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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