"GameInformer: 5/10 (50%)
Last generation’s Sonic Generations and Sonic Colors were both poor attempts to fuse 2D and 3D platforming, and it’s sad to see Sonic Team fail to improve following those stumbling points. Lost World’s obvious inspiration from Super Mario Galaxy appeared to be a step in the right direction, but the core game is sub-par even by Sonic’s standards."
It is funny to read such a scathing review and think, "From that perspective the game sounds great!" I really do think reviewers and I simply get different experiences from Sonic games as I loved Generations and Colors and never really got the whole "Sonic is crap" meme with the exception of Sonic 2006.