Sonic Colors: Ultimate

 Xbox One
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6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 84 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 84
  3. Negative: 23 out of 84
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  1. gamer_bunny
    Sep 12, 2021
    7
    Agradable a la vista, buen estilo de arte, buena banda sonora. Lo unico negativo son los Bugs y las escenas que se ven como Wii y baja calidad. Positivo que no hay nada de politica ni agendas. Gracias SEGA por mantener neutro el juego sin mensajes politicos.
  2. 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. 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, theI 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

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74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. 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.
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  2. 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.
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  3. MondoXbox
    Sep 17, 2021
    72
    Sonic Colours Ultimate isn't too convincing as a remaster, but it's still one of the best Sonic games of the last two decades. It doesn't fix the shortcomings of the first game and it also introduces some bugs and balancing issues, but it remains fun and spectacular; it' recommended especially to those who have never played the original.
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