Sonic Colors: Ultimate

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  • Summary: The evil Dr. Eggman has built an interstellar amusement park – but he’s powering it with a captured alien race called “Wisps.” Use Sonic’s speed to free the Wisps and gain their amazing powers as you explore six colorful unique worlds.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Xbox Tavern
    Sep 9, 2021
    87
    As a lifelong Sonic fan, I’m glad I was finally able to play Colours, and in the best possible fashion thanks to the nice audio/visual upgrade. The core gameplay is great, and the Wisps add far more than I thought they would to proceedings. Some of the classic issue with 3D Sonic games remain, but these are limited in what is otherwise a great time.
  2. Pure Xbox
    Sep 6, 2021
    80
    Sonic Colors: Ultimate is a fantastic remaster of a much-loved title in the series. There are a few hiccups in the road with awful cutscenes and lacklustre unlocks. It's classic Sonic in a 3D setting and your enjoyment will stem from your love of the series. If you're looking for a reinvention of the formula, this probably isn't for you, but if you want to experience the iconic series with refined gameplay, beautiful visuals and tons of replayability, this is the best 3D Sonic game to grace Xbox since Sonic Generations.
  3. But Why Tho?
    Sep 8, 2021
    80
    Sonic Colors: Ultimate may not be truly ultimate, but it’s a well worthwhile return to an oft-missed game.
  4. TheXboxHub
    Sep 14, 2021
    70
    A remaster of any already existing game may not have been the first choice, but Sonic Colors: Ultimate on Xbox is still a solid entry. Fans that played the original on the Nintendo Wii may not find anything to warrant another purchase here, as the work gone into the remaster comes across as a little rushed in places. Gameplay wise however, Sonic Colors: Ultimate is up there with the best 3D Sonic entries.
  5. ZTGD
    Oct 12, 2021
    70
    Sonic Colors Ultimate is definitely conjuring up memories of the 3D Sonic era in its execution. This game was considered a hidden gem back in the day, but really is just one of the better 3D Sonic games. It still doesn’t come close to matching the excitement of the classic style or even the more recent Sonic Mania. Sonic just works best in 2D and while Colors does some interesting things with its game play, it still only serves as the best of a worse situation.
  6. Cubed3
    Sep 22, 2021
    70
    Luckily, the original Sonic Colours stands tall, featuring fun, exploratory gameplay and it is rewarding replaying levels to attain higher ranks. The 3D sections are far and few between, but the ones that are there are fun. The 2D gameplay is vastly improved from Sonic Generations with tighter controls and added variety in the form of Wisp abilities. Ultimate adds a lick of new paint to bring this to the Xbox platform, of which it is recommended to play on either Xbox Series X|S to get the standard performance that players have come to expect. Rival Rush is a fun mode, but there are only six acts and some of these levels are incredibly short. The other additions that Ultimate has added are superfluous, but don't do anything to really damage the core game either. If Sonic Colours doesn't exist in your library and you are a fan of the Blue Blur then there is no excuse to not pick this up.
  7. God is a Geek
    Sep 7, 2021
    60
    Sonic Colors Ultimate has very little to make it an essential purchase, unless of course you are a huge fan of the original and want a sugary nostalgia rush.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 43
  3. Negative: 11 out of 43
  1. Armen1
    Sep 11, 2021
    10
    Sonic Colors: Ultimate is good game. I'm glad that I can play this game, because I'm big Sonic fan. On Xbox One or Series this game is the best port.
  2. Avacado
    Nov 15, 2022
    10
    Sonic Colors Ultimate is a very great game. I love it! One of the best titles in the series.
  4. yourcousin123
    Sep 16, 2021
    10
    I don't understand why this remaster is going so bad.I played on the xbox ones version so Im gonna talk about this version.I will separateI don't understand why this remaster is going so bad.I played on the xbox ones version so Im gonna talk about this version.I will separate this review into topics.

    1- Soundtrack and remix

    The song is good or not is an opinion not a fact. You can hate the entire sound track or just love. But for me the soundtrack is bad and good. The remixes made by Jun Senoue are amazing and epic they reminding me of theSA1, SA2 and SH songs. But the songs from Tomoya Ohtani are very weak (the exception being the aquarium park act 1 remix) they fells like a generic pop.

    REMEMBERING
    a song is good or not is an opinion not a fact

    2-Controls

    They are very good I didn't have any problem with them, and the idea of ​​customizing the controls are very good I liked. And it was very good for me because I dont like the idea of ​​using the boost on the B from Xbox so I made some changes on my configuration.

    3- Gameplay and graphics

    The gameplay is the same from the wii or in other words very good. The addition of wisp jad was already very good and it feels like it was already in the original game. Rival Rush wasn't a great addition to the game but it wasn't bad, it seems like the Metal Sonic has its gameplay unique and separate from Sonic. This explains why it sometimes feels like he is flying but he is actually on a platform.The graphics are beautiful but the bloom effect makes some stages a little dark but others are very beautiful.

    4- Bugs

    The game don't have too much bugs but these bugs don't happen all the time. But many bugs are caused by people who bought the game just to cause these bugs and badmouth the game. Because the most impressive ones are purposely caused. And they're probably just talking really bad about the game at this level because they wanted the SAs to have a remaster of this level or a remake.    … Expand
  5. Blasim
    Sep 12, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok so if you didn’t like sonic colors before your not gonna like it now the story is the same but once they patch the glitches this will actually be a good remaster if you didn’t like sonic colors wii you won’t like colors ultimate can’t stress that enough… Expand
  6. Eny2505
    Jul 3, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This made sense to port over to newer hardware. At the time of the original release, the first crossover between Mario and Sonic happened so Sega felt the need to make what fans desired for so long: a normal 3D Sonic that doesnt play around with an intense story or rpg elements. Sonic Colors nailed that. Since it was a Nintendo-exclusive, more people got to enjoy this game with Sonic Colors Ultimate!

    This game didnt really introduce anything new, just a remaster with some options for customization, oh yeah and a ton of bugs that make the whole game bad
    E.G:
    Terminal Velocity Act 1:
    An auto-run level where you just gotta dodge lasers. Seems pretty easy right? Problem is that you cant see the lasers. They just pop up behind you. dont know who missed this but this makes the stage literally luck based.

    They also sold this game as full hd to 4k but the cutscenes just look terrible. The writing is also really unfunny.    … Expand
  7. Minusmite
    Oct 10, 2021
    6
    I never played the original Sonic Colors on the Wii, but I always wanted to play it play it because I always heard great things about it. SoI never played the original Sonic Colors on the Wii, but I always wanted to play it play it because I always heard great things about it. So when I heard they were remastering it for modern consoles and PC, I was quite excited. But as details for the game came out, I then became less excited. I noticed how the graphics in a lot of places were inferior to the original WII version, the soundtrack was also worse and you couldn't toggle it off, and all the new features looked half-baked. Still, even with all these problems I still was gonna buy the game because I wanted to play Colors. But I would have never thought that the game would turn out as it did. Got the game day one and it had a TON of glitches, mainly graphical ones but that's still unacceptable for a 40 dollar game, there were also seizure inducing glitches on the Switch. Even if the game didn't have any of those glitches, it would still be a mediocre remaster because all of the new features are either buggy, or are under baked with no effort put into them. Take the new "Rival Rush" mode with Metal Sonic as an example, there's only 1 race out of the 6 acts in each zone, so the mode only takes about 15 minutes to complete. There's also the new customization system, there are now Park Tokens hidden around each stage that allows you to buy accessories to put on Sonic, which adds a nice bit of replay-ability to the game. But most of the customization's for Sonic are ugly, and I found myself barely changing Sonic's appearance because of it. Overall, the game is still fine because they haven't changed the the main game itself, it's just that all the new half-baked additions and all the bugs really bring this remaster down. I would say that if you haven't played Colors and have no way of playing it, then this is a fine way to play it. But if you have a Wii to play it on, or have a PC that can emulate the original, then avoid this remaster at all costs.… Expand
  8. jcnix74
    Jul 3, 2022
    0
    The game crashes my Xbox One X after the first stage. As soon as the second stage begins my Xbox shuts down.

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#23 Best Xbox One Game of 2021
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