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Blob on 11 May 2015
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MakeAccountLater said:
Blob said:

Yep you are 100% right. Was sonic boom anything other than a middle of the road platformer? Nope. Did it deserve 25% scores it got from critic?  Certainly not.

Seriously most people calling it one of the worst games ever have never played it. It was certainly better than knack and sonic 06. But it wasn't the sonic game people wanted so it's shit apparently 

Wait, that's not hating?! I was expecting hate after the comment I made!! No, seriously, I'm happy I'm not the only one who thinks that way. Your description fits the bill perfectly: it's a middle of the road platformer that features Sonic (but could have easily featured any other character than Sonic).

I only played a little bit of Knack and din't play 06, so I can't judge those games. The only thing I can say is that the part of Knack I did play (and didn't really like) was that it was VERY linear. I may try it again at some point in time though. Sonic Boom (on WiiU and on 3DS as well) gives you the possibility to explore things from the get go on both platforms. There's not a whole lot to do, but if you want to look for hidden gems and spare parts or just go to the next level on 3DS? You can. if you want to go to the next level or epxlore the overworld a bit more on WiiU? You can. I didn't expect much from these games when I booted them up, but I did enjoy that little bit (though little it is) of freedom they offered.

It's not one of the worst games, but I can understand people because it may represent an aspect of gaming they have loathed ever since the first middle of the road platformer based on a popular franchise came out (back in the day mostly movie franchises). As you say, that fact does not make it a bad game necessarily. It just makes Sonic Boom somewhat of a remnant, somewhat of an anachronism. Because: How many movie or other IP tie ins do we still see? Maybe that's the reason I'm defending it. Because, together with Pac-Man and the Ghostly somethings, it's one of the few platform tie-ins we still get. And because I may be getting a bit old


knack is a linear beat em up, not platformer, that has some maddeningly bs difficulty problems. Horrible game saved by being a console exclusive around launch. It's blasphemy that people talk about it as a throwback to games like crash bandicoot that were actually good. Has nothing in common with them.

It's funny because I really shouldn't be defending sonic boom. It's not really worth the effort. But everytime I see people on this forum talk about how it's one of the worst games ever It annoys me because I know not a single one of them has actually played it lol