God oh God Sonic Secret of the Rings sucks ASS!!

[Mondain]

Fuck what a complete turd! The only positive point I can think of is that its image quality, while having the same ugly brownish tints as all other Wii games have, is partially watchable.

It's not even really a full-fledged game, Sonic moves on his own and through the course of the various missions and levels you're merely required to tilt the remote with your wrist and press a bunch of buttons. It feels more like say, an extremely evolved version of Final Fantasy VII's (or many other RPGs') snowboard mini-game with Shenmue-like QTE events.

The worst is that it has excellent level design. While playing I was really amazed at how closer to the flow of 2D Sonics it looked like when compared to anything past 3D Sonic game. It sincerely seems like it would have played incredibly well with a traditional control scheme.

But this game's controls are laughably poor. The Wii's motion capture system sucks, and at times in the game it produces unbelievably awkward results. You'll frequently go through some very nagging issues when trying to jump beyond something, or to properly rebound on some enemies with a streak of properly-timed Wiimote wrist flexions.

I've only seen few locales, but feel absolutely no more motivation to invest any supplemental time into it. Not only that, but within an environment, you have various missions that use the exact same areas only with some gimmick objective to them, and only a few enemy/item swaps in the level itself. It's a cheap way to extend the product's life.

There is a story, some form of the "Thousand and one nights" fairytale adjusted to the Sonic universe, but it's complete garbage. Not only that but it's only a few frames displayed over awful voice acting. Seems like this game was rushed.

The soundtrack is one of the worst in videogame history too, I can't remember the last time I felt like turning a game off because the sound sucked. I literally felt like shouting "AHHHH SHUT UP!!! SHUT UP!!!" to this lame punk rock Sugar Ray-wannabe. Many Wiimotes are bound to be broken out of frustration by Wii gamers. A stroke of commercial genius from Nintendo.

I have a hard time to believe that anyone who claims to really enjoy this isn't a complete agenda-pushing nbot.

[The Sceneman]

I can belive that this game isnt very good but I dont understand your nbot statement at the end. Agenda pushing nbots make themselves love Sega games?

[Beezy]

Which has worse controls? Sonic the Hedgehog or this Sonic game?

Sega really needs to stop fucking up Sonic.

[Itch]

You know what's weird? I actually liked the Sonic Adventure games a lot until you got to the part where you start unlocking Sonic's friends. Tails and Knuckles were alright but Amy, Big the Cat and those other lumbering turds? What the fuck? Fuck no I don't want to play as some mutated piece of shit purple Cat. No it's not even that that pissed me off. Tails and Knuckles actually changed up the gameplay and let you explore the stages in different ways... it was alright. But these other motherfuckers were just slower versions of Sonic with even shittier attacks. Are you kidding me?

Man, I hate Yuji Naka. I swear to God he's does this shit on purpose.

[littlemathletics]

Yeah, Sega has fucked up Sonic. It's pretty much over. Even if they fix the gameplay - say they release another Sonic Rush or something - you're still going to have to put up with the Shitty Friends.






Cream's pretty hot, though.

[tiesto]

Which has worse controls? Sonic the Hedgehog or this Sonic game?

Sega really needs to stop fucking up Sonic.

Even though going backwards is pretty much a bitch in Secret Rings, it still controls a lot better than the godawful Sonic 06... Oh god, it's still a definite improvement over that horrible, horrible game.

[Himu]

Am I the only person who's reluctant to believe that it's this bad because this is coming from Mondain?

[Mondain]

Which has worse controls? Sonic the Hedgehog or this Sonic game?

Sega really needs to stop fucking up Sonic.

Even though going backwards is pretty much a bitch in Secret Rings, it still controls a lot better than the godawful Sonic 06... Oh god, it's still a definite improvement over that horrible, horrible game.

Sonic next-gen should have spent a few more months in development. It clearly is an incomplete product. Sonic Team confessed that they wanted to release it before Christmas, and that both the 360 and the PS3 versions were crafted by a single team; because of that the game was released in such a tragic state.

Am I the only person who's reluctant to believe that it's this bad because this is coming from Mondain?

[Van Cruncheon]

nah, he's right about this one, it's pretty crap

[hyp]

total waste of $50.  i've played about 2 hours of this game and can't stand to play it anymore.  it's pretty much a tony hawk downhill jam clone in a sonic skin.  fucking wiitards hyping this shit got me to buy it. 

[Himu]

Sonic is dead to me. I was hoping this game would be it. You know? The finally GOOD 3d Sonic. But nope.

[Mondain]

total waste of $50.  i've played about 2 hours of this game and can't stand to play it anymore.  it's pretty much a tony hawk downhill jam clone in a sonic skin.  fucking wiitards hyping this shit got me to buy it. 

so that's where the idea came from: Neversoft trying to find a way to make Tony Hawk cope with the Wiimote by making him constantly move downhill on his own instead of giving full control to the player

another proof that this method of control is rotten to the root and impractical for games

that game will be ported over to PS2-- should that hypothetically happen to this Sonic it could actually become enjoyable, although like many others in this thread I have no faith in Sonic Team anymore

[Van Cruncheon]

the controls are really janky, but it's the mission structure that kills any potential "sonic-ness" the game mighta had. music's atrocious, too. graphics are decent by wii/lastgen standards.

at least it lacks sonic's shitty friends!

[Christopher]

awful awful game

yuck Drinky actually used "shitty friends" a term coined by gamefaqs ebnerd Anihawk tsc tsc.

I actually have fun with the PS3 version going through the S ranks, it's hard as fuck, but I'm a sonic fan .  This game was trash though, don't ever hype a game again nfans, please.  Next up is the enhanced PSP port SSX.

[The Sceneman]

1. "Sonic and his shitty friends" is a good term, its 'funny'

2. Anihawk is a better poster than you

3. You are a complete fucking Sfag

[Van Cruncheon]

anihawk's a fuckwit, but "shitty friends" is a pretty solid complaint to direct at the series.

[bork]

You know, I liked a lot of Sonic Adventure and some of Sonic Adventure 2, but really, when I think about it...every Sonic game has sucked in 3D.  The series died with the Genesis and got replaced by a turd with the Sonic name slapped on it.

But it never fails...people bitch that the game sucks, Sega releases another shitty Sonic, and people go and buy it anyway, repeating the process.  It also seems like every time a new Sonic gets announced, every goes "Oh, looks like they finally got it right this time!"

I saw footage of this on the 1up Show, and thought it looked kinda cool until they started talking about how difficult it gets (unfairly) and that you have to start the whole level over, PLUS go back and replay levels multiple times to fulfill objectives to continue on, and THEN go back AGAIN to fight the bosses.  No thanks.

Looks like the Wii will continue to sit unplugged on my shelf until something good comes out for it.  Maybe Super Paper Mario in April will be good.

Man, I hate Yuji Naka. I swear to God he's does this shit on purpose.

Does Yuji Naka even have anything to do with these games anymore?  I thought he left Sega some time ago.

[hyp]

naw, i heard yuji naka's a test driver for polyphony digital now.

[Wobedraggled]

The games get's more "not last gen" as you play it, the pirate level is pretty impressive.

Anyone who pplays this for less than an hour is going to hate it, anyone who put a little more time into it, should be loving the fuck out of it, as it's the best Sonic to be had in 3D.

[Himu]

1. "Sonic and his shitty friends" is a good term, its 'funny'

2. Anihawk is a better poster than you

3. You are a complete fucking Sfag

Yeah. I mean, what's the difference between nfags and x/s fegs hyping up a new Sonic? After all it's not on Sega hardware so it doesn't matter in the end. He shits on this game, but I'd be willing to bet 360/ps3 Sonic is 10x as worse. The simple fact you'd subjugate yourself to that shitty game in the first place makes you far worse than n/x/s fegs, it makes you a bad game player cigarillo.

[AdmiralViscen]

...I bought this today.

$33 shipped, I couldn't say no. www.buy.com if anyone wants to do it too.

I hear it gets better after an hour or two, when you unlock new abilities that fix the stupid design choices.

[ferrarimanf355]

Yeah, Sega has fucked up Sonic. It's pretty much over. Even if they fix the gameplay - say they release another Sonic Rush or something - you're still going to have to put up with the Shitty Friends.






Cream's pretty hot, though.

You can always kill the offending characters. Pretty much anyone introduced in the 3D Sonic games, save for Cream and Blaze, deserve to die a horrible death. Some sort of apocolypse that kills off Big, Rouge, Silver and especially Shadow (the series' jump-the-shark moment was introducing Shadow, IMHO), and also kill off the Chaotix crew, the rejects introduced in Sonic Riders, and that human chick from Sonic 2006. Sonic (of course), Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, Blaze, the Chao, and Eggman (of course) stay. Everybody else deserves to be permenantly "retired". That's a good start towards fixing the Sonic series, by getting rid of the reject characters.

[Van Cruncheon]

Cream and Blaze are even worse, you sick furry

[ferrarimanf355]

Cream and Blaze are even worse, you sick furry

But they don't have the polarizing stigma that Shadow has. Yet.

[Vizzys]

I like emo shadow more then sonic and his happy tude.

[AdmiralViscen]

Yeah, Sega has fucked up Sonic. It's pretty much over. Even if they fix the gameplay - say they release another Sonic Rush or something - you're still going to have to put up with the Shitty Friends.






Cream's pretty hot, though.

You can always kill the offending characters. Pretty much anyone introduced in the 3D Sonic games, save for Cream and Blaze, deserve to die a horrible death. Some sort of apocolypse that kills off Big, Rouge, Silver and especially Shadow (the series' jump-the-shark moment was introducing Shadow, IMHO), and also kill off the Chaotix crew, the rejects introduced in Sonic Riders, and that human chick from Sonic 2006. Sonic (of course), Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, Blaze, the Chao, and Eggman (of course) stay. Everybody else deserves to be permenantly "retired". That's a good start towards fixing the Sonic series, by getting rid of the reject characters.

Shadow was no different from Cream and Blaze at his introduction. Just like Blaze, as a matter of fact.

[ferrarimanf355]

Shadow was no different from Cream and Blaze at his introduction. Just like Blaze, as a matter of fact.

You seem to forget the fact that Shadow is kinda like the Yankees. You hate him or don't. There's no middle ground. And it seems to me that most Sonic fans hate him, me included.

[Vizzys]

bububu CHAOS CONTROL!

[Van Cruncheon]

shadow isn't the subject of creepy furry masturbatory sessions like cream and blaze

[Christopher]

Shadow was actually pretty cool and played fun in Sonic Adventure 2, his ass should have stayed dead though, it was actually a pretty neat story conclusion as well.

what the fuck Cream and Blaze are the biggest pieces of shit next to big the cat to be created from Sonic Team - guess what dude BLAZE DIES IN SONIC PS3.  1 down, a couple more to go.

I like:

Sonic
Tails
Knuckles
Amy

Eggman

That's it, but it's always neat to have the end boss NOT as eggman usually the things he tries to control turn on him; Choas, Biolizard, Solaris. 

I'm a sonic cigarillo

[AdmiralViscen]

Shadow was no different from Cream and Blaze at his introduction. Just like Blaze, as a matter of fact.

You seem to forget the fact that Shadow is kinda like the Yankees. You hate him or don't. There's no middle ground. And it seems to me that most Sonic fans hate him, me included.

I'm not refuting that, I'm refuting your comment about Sonic Adventure 2. Shadow is hated because of his shitty spinoff game.

[ferrarimanf355]

Shadow was no different from Cream and Blaze at his introduction. Just like Blaze, as a matter of fact.

You seem to forget the fact that Shadow is kinda like the Yankees. You hate him or don't. There's no middle ground. And it seems to me that most Sonic fans hate him, me included.

It was downhill after Adventure 2. I'll give you that.

I'm not refuting that, I'm refuting your comment about Sonic Adventure 2. Shadow is hated because of his shitty spinoff game.

[AdmiralViscen]

OK.

Look at these fucks:


Ugh.

[The Sceneman]

OK.

Look at these fucks:


Ugh.

  Holy shit I had to turn it off after 15 seconds