Sonic the Hedgehog

 Xbox 360
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5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 911 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 390 out of 911
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  1. Reservater
    Oct 5, 2020
    8
    Sonic 06, despite all it's glitches and rushed development is actually a great game that is really enjoyable, especially with the p-06 remake being made.
  2. SonicBoi
    Sep 15, 2020
    10
    Best Sonic game of all time, great story, great writing, GREAT EVERYTHING. And the voice cast is the best ever
  3. Pokivic
    Sep 15, 2020
    8
    É verdade que esse jogo pode ser ruim, mas, não tanto ruim e nem bom. Bugs podem atrapalhar mas não atrapalha a gameplay, a história do sonic é boba, mas do shadow e silver são legais, e alias esse jogo consegue ser tão mehor quando sonic labyrith
  4. 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
  5. VinyCross67
    Sep 13, 2020
    10
    I just play the game and is not that bad, just the game have a lot of bugs but the story, levels, soundtrack and the characters are awesome.
  6. ECB19
    Aug 15, 2020
    6
    This game needed more development time, and it is evident that the frame rate is not constant at times. The gameplay did not improve compared to the sonic adventure.
    Physics.
  7. HorrornightLp
    Aug 12, 2020
    10
    Ich liebe das spiel. Es hat ne geile Story, abwechslungsreiches Gameplay mit 3 Charakteren, viel Umfang, schöne musik und schöne Grafik. Ich find es einfach ungerecht dass das game so gehatet wird. Weil es gibt noch andere spiele wo auch viele Bugs haben und die hatet keiner so hart.
  8. Kenny_MC2
    Aug 8, 2020
    7
    If you find it cheap its worth giving it a try, its not a perfect game but its alright, it has a good music and the story isnt as bad as people say imo, some characters arent as fun to play as others tho.
  9. Krossbone
    Aug 1, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sonic 06, retrospectively, isn't that bad of a game. On the contrary, if you go out of your way to collect the most polished version (the PlatinumFamily Hits rerelease) you'll find yourself a really great time. Probably my personal favorite mainline game in the franchise.

    Its level design is the most open in the series, its soundtrack is awesome, and the Amigo character system it uses is the most well-balanced method of utilizing multiple playable characters in a Sonic game thus far, even better than SA2 and SA1's character systems. Gameplay lacks polish of course, as it's undeniably an unfinished game, but for a game that was rushed it's still really admirable. The controls are a little sensitive at first, but as time goes on they become easily adapted to.

    As for the story of the game, 06's story holds a ton of merit. While it does contain plot holes involving time travel, that isn't so much of an issue to me because very few time travel plot arcs don't have them in pretty much ALL fictional media, and so long as the characters are written well and treated goodly, the story should be enjoyable. And in 06's case, DAMN are the characters written well. Arguably, 06 was Shadow at his peak with his famous line he delivers to Mephiles, "If the world chooses to turn against me, I'll fight like I always have!". And Silver, the character this game introduced, had a very depressing but driven backstory for what's just a platformer game, especially with Blaze's sacrifice. Sonic's story is the weakest, but even then, Elise in his story slightly develops as a character (going from a basic damsel-in-distress to threatening to jump from Eggman's ship) and Sonic still delivers plenty of inspirational lines.
    Another great thing about the story is just how interconnected all of the cutscenes are, like how Elise envisioning Silver in the intro cinematic is a side effect of him meeting her as a child. So damn cool.

    And speaking of cinematic, that perfectly describes this game. Easily, this is the most cinematic and intense Sonic game of all time, ranging from Solaris himself to Silver's confrontations with Sonic and Shadow, *everything*. The game's huge emphasis on trying to tell a gripping science fantasy story, in my honest opinion, succeeds, and with flying colors.

    Verdict:
    On the whole, Sonic 06 is, of course, unfinished. And as a result of that, understandably lacks polish in many an area such as gameplay itself or just general technical programming. However, given everything else, ranging from production value to soundtrack to story to level design to characters, it is still my favorite mainline Sonic game to this day. I fully understand why someone wouldn't like it if their primary issue is the glitches, but if that's the case, again, just get the PlatinumFamily Hits 360 version. It's pretty stable pretty much 90% of the time.

    06 is easily 9/10 for me.    … Expand
  10. SuperSonicFan
    Jul 25, 2020
    7
    this must be like the worst in the sonic franchise but i dont care sonic is the BEST! This game got all the hate most of the bugs and the controls,Gameplay and made everyone rage and swear it didnt work to play. But if you watch this game on youtube i dosent lag or nothing. This game i actually the worst in the franchise so i hope they fix an remake for this quick and fast. ill give it athis must be like the worst in the sonic franchise but i dont care sonic is the BEST! This game got all the hate most of the bugs and the controls,Gameplay and made everyone rage and swear it didnt work to play. But if you watch this game on youtube i dosent lag or nothing. This game i actually the worst in the franchise so i hope they fix an remake for this quick and fast. ill give it a bit low but i still love sonic byee… Expand
  11. AceDX
    Jul 4, 2020
    10
    That game is great, I love it, glitches aside the game is great. Silver is a cool addition, the end.
  12. Hyperkarin
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    This game is actually a masterpiece but with bugs, it has an amazing story (shadow and silver) unique mechanics for the gameplay (like Mach speed sonic stages, silver stages or vehicle stages) and it is challenging
  13. YellowYanker
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    Best game ever. BETTER THAN THE LAST OF US 2. Thank you for listening to my Ted talk
  14. RobCAstillo
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    Man this game may suck a lot, but it's still more fun than TLOU2 by leagues, let's go.
  15. Sonicthereview
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    All sonic games are great and this is no aception this game is amazing
  16. 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.
  17. NandCWat
    Jun 27, 2020
    5
    This game is ahead of its time! Hour of fun game play. 100% replay ability new love interest for Sonic is intriguing and exciting!
  18. jthunter110
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    This game was amazing and don't know were people are finding glitches i had not glitches in my playthrough of the game.
  19. SonicFan666
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    A greatest game of our life. It bring me great joy. Everytime I see the incredibly hot Sonic I cream
  20. ExistingKirb
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    It’s a beautiful game, it cured my great grandma’s sickness, Sonic 06 will cure the coronavirus, it’s just too perfect.
  21. LemonTV
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    Sonic the Hedgehog, more commonly known as Sonic '06, is a phenomenal game. It's a great example of what video games should be. With it's overabundance long load screens, terrible story, awkward controls, a wonky camera, and the amount of glitches found in game, it holds up as a masterpiece of a game. 10/10, Game of the Year, Game of the Decade, Game of all Time.
  22. Atomusic
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    One of the best Sonic games we've ever had, right next to SA2. It has obvious problems you'd be a fool to ignore due to being unfinished; such as a broken gem meter. But what is there is an incredible story matching with extremely fun gameplay, with multiple playable characters and beautiful level design.
  23. Ravager47
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    Simply put this is the worst game I ever played. The loading times are horrendous, the game is buggy, the levels are barely functional, and the dialogue is messy. That being said, this game has a little something for everyone.
    10/10 IGN
  24. SnowyyPiranha
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    A fantastic game a true masterpiece, introduced new characters and physics to the sonic series and showed only the small power of the sonic team and teased what’s next to come
  25. Quecon12
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    I know this game is considered one of the worst games of all time due to the glitches and long loading screen-times but somehow, i never came across any of these things when I played it. I don't know but I didn't. In terms of the games' story, it's one of my favourite game stories. I love Silver & Mephiles, Elise is... okay (but that kissing scene though was extremely unnecessary), theI know this game is considered one of the worst games of all time due to the glitches and long loading screen-times but somehow, i never came across any of these things when I played it. I don't know but I didn't. In terms of the games' story, it's one of my favourite game stories. I love Silver & Mephiles, Elise is... okay (but that kissing scene though was extremely unnecessary), the music is phenomenal, Shadow is at his best with his story being the best out of the three.

    Whilst it does have some issues like how some of the acting isn't that great and some characters don't really have a purpose it's not as bad as everyone's making it out to be. So yeah I like it. But if I had experienced the glitches like lots of people have I'd probably put this game quite lower.    … Expand
  26. Blacknister
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    This game is a really good thing. I have played it for thousands of hours, so I could appreciate it very well. Bugs and glitches have, of course, but outside of that the game is very entertaining. It has a good level design that will make you want to play them over and over again until you beat your previous time record. The story is fine, the serious touch that was given I like it,This game is a really good thing. I have played it for thousands of hours, so I could appreciate it very well. Bugs and glitches have, of course, but outside of that the game is very entertaining. It has a good level design that will make you want to play them over and over again until you beat your previous time record. The story is fine, the serious touch that was given I like it, because it does not go for a fairly simplistic story, although this also works against it, since the Sonic games have never been characterized by having stories that are taken in serious themselves and this can alienate one or another fan of the saga. And of course we can't forget the great soundtrack of the game. In my opinion, the best soundtrack of the entire saga, both 2D and 3D games. They set the levels pretty well, they are addictive to listen to and you feel an air of adrenaline when listening to them, just an incredible soundtrack.
    The game has side quests, which are, I don't know, "meh". They are not a big deal, but neither is it crap, they get to entertain, which is the important thing, in addition to giving you something different from the main missions, but it can be very boring for some.
    And of course we can't leave out the infamous loading screens. That really does not do me a torture compared to other games with even more recent games, because at most they could take 30 or 60 seconds. The big problem is that there are unnecessary loading screens for everything, to load even one or two dialogs, something really meaningless.
    Sonic the Hedgehog is not a lousy game as many claim, but since it was something that came out prematurely and in a hurry, the errors did not wait and the taunts towards them were not either.
    If you can play it, I highly recommend it, only then you will have a true vision of what the game is.    … Expand
  27. kewkatt
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    Un buen juego con errores que rompen la jugabilidad pero es divertido y aparte los escenarios del juego aunque no están acabados están muy bien elaborados
  28. Dtastich
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
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  29. Bravenwolf
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    let me make this clear. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2006 Is a Mediocre game. the story sucked yes there are (hilarious) glitches yes but i love nearly everything else i kinda liked silver's levels shadow's were good and i loved sonic's story the boss fights were okay and mephiles is a cool character so overall Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 is a good game. Copy paste. This game is a thousand times betterlet me make this clear. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2006 Is a Mediocre game. the story sucked yes there are (hilarious) glitches yes but i love nearly everything else i kinda liked silver's levels shadow's were good and i loved sonic's story the boss fights were okay and mephiles is a cool character so overall Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 is a good game. Copy paste. This game is a thousand times better than the last of us 2… Expand
  30. SuperMarioMario
    Jun 21, 2020
    8
    For me, this game is enjoyable both ironically and not. This is probably one of the most important things in my collection. I have finished this game 3 times. The worst of the bugs that it has is climbing walls as Knuckles and Rouge, the rest is passable.
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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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