Video: Early Sonic Boom: Rise Of Lyric Footage Hints At Game-Breaking Bugs

Looks pretty crappy from this. Not a patch on Lost World.

Oh no....

I didn't watch the video, but this is a bad sign...

Hopefully it runs better in single player since they're tackling it in co-op which I won't be doing.

Little bit of naughty language at the beginning @Damo just a heads up as the kids love Sanic.

Another mediocre game at best. They don't learn their lessons.
And the 3DS game demo hints that the portable game won't be good either. Gameplay was rather boring and the graphics very lackluster for a supposedly AAA 3DS game.

Figured. Every Sonic game recently has been mediocre at best, no matter how much they hype them up. It's starting to get to the point where I may just write off all future Sonic games completely.

This game is on par with a bad licensed kid show game, which is really what this is.

Also, I love how you mentioned bugs in a Sonic game and you went to Sonic Adventure instead of Sonic 06.

@Damo My bad read through fast and you're right they need some soap.

SEGA has tradition...of releasing unfinished and buggy games

i thought this game would run on the cry engine. it looks really bad though, like an slightly updated wii game. mario galaxy looks better

Appart from a single glitch, it looks pretty fun!

Sega pls...

Wow a new sonic game that's broken and buggy and seems not that good! Never heard that before lol

It'd be pretty scrappy if they released this.game.in a buggy state, but it's not like I'm not used to buggy sonic games. Most of the ones I played have bugs here and there. Even the falling through the floor bug isn't new to me.

Ehh, looks kind of... bad. Sonic Boom may be yet another blow for Sanic fans everywhere! They were on a roll too with Sonic Generations, Racing Transformed and Lost Worlds... What happened!

To be honest a single glitch means nothing; even the best games have that single wall devellopers missed to check. On the other hand I'm a bit dissapointed from the whole rest.

It's purely first impression, but this game looks a step back from Sonic Lost World. I know this one was not develloped by Sega, but that's no excuse...

On the bright side at least the 3DS demo was nice, it would be a first if the handheld version will result better then the home one.

That's a bummer.

Sonic is doomed....

The framerate is just bad for co-op. So don't play co-op. Pretend it isn't there.

@Damo Hah, they could at least bleep it out. Everyone knows bleeping makes it funnier!

@whodatninja
Ain't nobody got time fo' dat!

@ryanator008 B-but think of the children!

What I don't get is that Sega as been making Sonic games for over 20 years now and have one of the strongest, most recognizable brands and the resources to attract some of the industry-best talent.

So why are most Sonic games they release still a buggy mess with boring, uninspired level design?

It may be an enjoyable game to kids, but big fans are going to hate this game.

When I played it at the thing in London a few weeks ago, it seemed to have quite a lot of problems. Didn't have the heart to say that to the guy though, so I told him it was fun.... It wasn't to be honest.

Oh noes. I have high hopes on this. If this one turns out worse, I'll just get Lost World on sale then or maybe All Star Racing to have at least a Sonic game on my Wii U.

It looks and feels like a mediocre PS2 action platformer. That framerate looks bad, the combat looks boring, and the platforming looks dull and uninteresting.

Give me Jak and Daxter or Ratchet and Clank anyday over this anyday.

It's never good to see these kinds of bugs, but you're blowing it out of proportions.
What does bother me, however, is how lifeless these areas are. Aren't there supposed to be workers everywhere?

Aside of these issues, it doesn't actually look too bad, dunno why everybody goes doom 'n gloom over it when it's next to boring trash like Infinity. I'm still eager to play this.

If the final product is good,then I will buy it.If it isn't, it's a shame but no big deal.It's a spin-off,I'm more interested in the next main Sonic game made by SEGA and Sonic Team.

@WiiLovePeace You wouldn't mind one mode being crap. Plus, those muddy textures on WiiU by Sega..

@Jazzer94 Pretty sure most of us on this site are adults here.

I just watched all of the video. The game looks fun and entertaining, the textures are not as bad as this article makes them sound and the wall thing is just a mistake, like you never seen anything like it in other games, and in all honesty I found it hilarious.
Overall it seems fun and worth the money, plus I know they might patch it later so I don't mind dealing with it for a time and have a couple of laughs.

@Thearnaud44 Really? That level seems like a maze pointed out by the lads in the video. There's no sense of direction.

Its not bug its a feature. Seriously, my kid wants Sonic 06 b/c of all the glitchfest vids on Youtube (Psyko?) He told me just yesterday he wants this as well, maybe he already knows Sonic equals glitch. Well that and hes been playing the 3DS demo, but hes always liked Sonic, hes playing Sonuc Adventure on the Dreamcast now as well. The more he knows its buggy the more hes going to want it.

@whodatninja What children?

Ok, I'm sticking with Lost World. This looks worse than I expected.

That does it. I'm traveling back to 1995 where the reality split occurred and moving to the universe where Sega kept on making good Sonic games. Anyone coming with me?

@shinokami Take your fan-boy goggles off. You see these game-breaking glitches in shovelware mostly and few in 1st party games such as Mario Sunshine (if you try hard) or Sonic 2006. Sega should had learned by now.

The guy who was playing said the game runs better in Single Player and he also said its best to approach this game as its own title and not compare it to normal Sonic games

Sanic Doom: Rise of Bugs

As a huge and very obsessive Sonic fan, I have to say it's very unfair for SEGA to raise my hopes with Colours and Generations, then put out the incredibly average Lost World and, by the sound of it, this stinker. I thought they had finally learned

P.S. I'm more worried in SEGA not sending out review copies than a single glitch. As far as we know that glitch may have a one in a million chance of happening. SEGA not having confidence in their own product is cause for concern.

@Porky If you were to ignore games because they have glitches you will never play anything. Ocarina of Time has glitches and is still considered the best game ever. Oh that was a 1998 game? Well how about the 3D remake? Still has glitches. Metal Gear has glitches (and stupid AI), Skyrim has glitches, evey game has glitches. OH MY GAWD HE WENT THROUGH THE WALL!!!!
So? Is not as bas as going through the damn floor in Smash Bros 3DS in an online match, but I still enjoy the hell out of the game.

@Espy The game is not being made by Sonic Team. I was expecting the core gameplay to be different because its the guy who made Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank and all those SONY games. If you never played those games then you are missing on the fun because they are really good.
I have high hopes for this game, and so far its looking great, glitches or not.

It may not say a lot about the quality of the game yet, but the visuals in that video look quite horrible. If it wasn't in HD, one could nearly expect that on the Gamecube (compare it with some Crash Bandicoot game for instance). Ouch.

Do like I do: pretend that Sonic is not real. I see Lost World on the eShop and just tell myself that I'm hallucinating. When they announced that demo on 3DS, must have been something I ate. "What even is a Sonic?", I think to myself. This existence is bliss.

I like the openness of the stage, ripe for exploration. Makes it all the worse that it's so rough around the edges.

@shinokami I never said anything about the style of gameplay. Personally I think Sonic fans should be open to different takes on the characters, and not dismiss something right away because it isn't "fast". What I am concerned about is the quality, and it sounds like that's something SEGA is concerned about as well. Which doesn't bode well.

@DiscoDriver43 That's just what I was thinking: this looks like Ratchet and Clank, but without the fun.

Just goes to show they don't have any confidence in it. They don't want bad review scores hurting those all important day one sales. Sega is a shell of what they use to be.

I hope it's not Sonic '06 all over again...

Seriously Sega what happened to you?

I know it is developed by Big Red Button but you can't let such an amazing and popular IP go to waste. The last of the 3 games of the deal they made with Nintendo looks to be mediocre again.

Haven't played the Lost World or the Winter Olympics game but even they did not get glowing reviews from critics and users alike. Not as good as past games were.

On the other hand, I am playing Sonic generations and All-stars Racing Transformed, and those 2 games are amazing!

@shinokami Hearing a lot of frequent bugs on both 3ds and Wiiu versions though.

well this is sad:( I was hoping for something better then this but that isn't gonna happen by the looks of it.

What's new?

this is a complet over exagration.. iv done this on practicly every game iv ever played.. Yes even NINTENDO bilt games... its not like he was walking and fell throgh the flore he jumped into a clif and found a cliped zone most games have thes..

And this is why bug testing is important.

@shinokami #44 exactly... as i sed this is a total exagration... again iv done this sort of "Glitch" in almost EVERY GAME I have played its something i often do for fun after completing it.

Oh noes! One guy encounters a single glitch before the game is even released (which can be patched easily) that came as a result of him trying to jump up somewhere he obviously shouldn't have been going, that means the entire game is crappy and glitches and will be as bad as Sonic '06!

Er, no. Have some perspective people. You can ride up a near vertical surface on horseback in Skyrim, does that make Skyrim crappy?

I'm not saying this will be an amazing game that beats Super Mario 3D World, but lets wait until we have a chance to play it ourselves, eh? Sonic Lost World is a really good title, and I don't understand the level of hate it got in reviews....if you look beyond the final scores, most reviewers just seemed upset that it was too hard for them and they had trouble with just doing normal jumps and homing attacks when they needed to, even though the tutorial clearly states the difference between pressing the A and B buttons. I played through it fine and didn't encounter any problems.

So one bug and the game is broken?

Come on Sega you're better than this,but it's a sonic game.Sonic games turn out to be terrible no matter how you look at it.

@ToxieDogg Ha good one! - yeah I didn't have eniy problems with the controls I actualy preferd them.

I just don't understand why they chose a development studio who has never created a video game before. This is just Big Red Button trying random stuff out to see what works and what doesn't.

It's so sad, too. Action/adventure platformers like these have become pretty rare, so I've been really looking forward to this.

And sadly, even the biggest Sonic fans who were actually looking forward to this and who DID get a review copy don't seem to be happy with the game, either...

I wonder what nintendo could do with sonic if they were given the ip to work with

Or Platinum games, that would be cool

If the only bug is that if you climb up a particular wall and fall through the geometry, that really doesn't seem like anything new. If that alone was to deem a game a failure then many beloved N64 games would fall under that umbrella too.
I'm not defending the quality of the game though. It looks like hot garbage.

I don't understand all the hate. Nintendo made poor games too. Windwaker's framerate dip widely (i can notice it even with my bare eyes) even it is not a speedy game. Even without dipping the framerate was only 30ftp. Game and Wario is just another miserable game - all mini games are crap except gamers and maybe one another. They tried to charge you like 40 bucks for it. Mario U is supposed to be a modern game but played worse than Mario 3 and 4 that were made 20 years ago. Most recent Nintendo platformers are copying from their predecessors.

As long as you don't climb that particular wall I guess it's OK.

Oh no, one glitch. From going where you shouldn't. I guess that makes every game in existence bad then, right? No game is perfect, there's always at least one glitch that slips through the testing phase. Are we forgetting about that glitch in Pokemon X/Y that corrupted peoples saves in Lumiose City? That was only about a year ago. Oh and that banning glitch in SSB 3DS, that was this year.

Also, I still don't get the obsession with framerates nowadays. If you can still play a PS1/N64/Dreamcast game all of which existed before 60fps was even a thing, you can put up with less than 60fps in a new game. Get over it.

I watched the video without audio, but it looked like he was trying to glitch through the wall. And the framerate only takes a hit in two player, supposedly? Well, I'm having fun in Hyrule Warriors two player, so this is little different. What I'm more concerned about in the video is the fairly bland environment within the levels. But I'll probably still get the game this week. I really like platforming.

Sigh.... Sega just doesn't know when to stop pushing out the crap. Please, no more blue rat games for at least 5 years Sega. Bring over your GOOD games like Phantasy Star, Yakuza, and Shining whatever. Also I'm still waiting for Valkyria Chronicles 3. Only consistently good games they bring over nowadays are Miku games, and that shouldn't be the case.

oh and not to mention https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/11/video_son_of_a_glitch_takes_apart_the_wind_waker_hd Coff coff

It's not game breaking, if you can just reload the game and lose next to nothing.

@kamifox1 Exactly!

@AVahne 'Cause 1 glitch, a few bad textures and low framerate = crap. Of course. God-forbid the game might actually be enjoyable.

Oh and the Miku games are rare in the west. There's been a sum total of 2 released in the West so far. We never got any of the PSP or 3DS games (they fell silent on that one 3DS one, surprise, surprise).

In case people forgot, there are places in games like Super Mario Sunshine and Mario Galaxy where you can get stuck or fall through the bottom. IMO not that big a deal when you really have to abuse the game engine or do random stuff the developers did not intend for.

Stop the presses! Super Mario Bros is now a craptastic bug fest because you can access the minus world...

@ToxieDogg One of many and where the glitch encountered, I thought he could had gone further based on the level design but nope.. .-.

@kamifox1 oh yeah and I did this on Warframe... well thats a Glitch...: http://youtu.be/NeIJ5peNvJY

I've had no problem with Sonic Team with Unleashed, Colors, Generations and Lost World Wii U. I really liked Transformed as a celebration of SEGA's finest franchises. Its only DIMPS going off of Sonic Teams ideas that creates uninspired rushed games. I don't mind the gameplay as a fan of Jak and Daxter, Rayman 3, Sonic and Ratchet and Clank as they were my childhood but it looks so lifeless without much going on like Big Red Button didn't try. If they didn't try perhaps from them having a deadline before Smash and the TV show continues any further then why should I? Graphics don't make a game but when an early 360 game back in 2006 like Sonic 06 looks on par with this thats a serious problem. At least with the forementioned Sonic Team games, they were full of life, animated and had kickass soundtracks. This is for young kids, that's it. I hate that excuse but that literally is a fact as it doesn't seem to incorperate any sense that it wants to appeal to anyone else like the wider appeal of Mario or even Sonic Team's efforts that aren't aimed at young kids but definitely appeals to them. There is also polish in presentation and frame rate in those games despite still retaining some flawed design such as the Wisps and bosses in Lost World and spending way too much time making long Werehog stages in Unleashed.

@kamifox1
ONE GLITCH THAT WAS SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC. It could mean that there are other glitches or bugs. You realize that they have debugging teams that are responsible for trying to break the game in order to find every problem so that it can be fixed? Of course it's common for a glitch or two to slip by in this day and age, but we don't yet know the full extent of the problems that Sega let slip. After owning Sonic Racing Transformed for Wii U for a while, I don't think Sega even gives a damn about debugging Sonic games these days.
And a FEW bad textures? I'm someone who thinks Xenoblade Chronicles X has weak overall environment textures, but that's forgivable considering it's a huge open world. This game's textures are godawful overall. Not to mention the lighting and shading. The Wii U should be more capable than....this.
As for framerate, we're not in the 5th generation anymore. We expect stable framerates from our games that are coded for a static hardware specification. And we expect high framerates from games that don't look like they come anywhere close to pushing the hardware. This was rushed and possibly low budget and Sonic deserves better than that.
Now you can go buy the game and enjoy it for what it is, as that'll be your choice, but I still stand by my opinion. Sega needs to tend to their other fans and put Sonic on hold. Let them save up a little more money in their little piggy banks and then make the great game that the spiky blue veteran truly deserves.

@kamifox1
As for the Miku games, they've only just started bringing those over, so it's forgivable that we only have a few so far. This is Sega opening up a little bit and taking a risk with an IP that they cannot be sure will be profitbale enough in the west. And while Mirai Deluxe hasn't been the news lately it doesn't need to be. It's a rhythm game that isn't close to its release window yet, and no ones pushing for info. So unless Sega wants to pull another PSO2, there's nothing to worry about for now.

@AVahne Again, may I bring to your attention the file corrupting Pokemon X/Y had and the banning glitch SSB 3DS has? Much more game breaking than falling through a floor. At least you can just restart the game and no harm is done.

Also textures and framerates do not a fun game make. You want something that looks pretty? Go watch a film or TV show.

I was under the impression that a game-breaking bug crashed the game, prevented you from completing the game, made you restart your save file, let your character fly, or other such horrible or awesome thing.

I had this same glitch happen in Rabbids Go Home, except by complete accident rather than jumping on the boundaries of the level. I had to restart the level. Not quite the same as the invisible barrel glitch from Donkey Kong Country 2.

@AVahne Yes, we expect 60ftp for Windwaker while it offers at most 30 ftp with wildly fluctuating framerates (so bad that human bare eyes can notice). What year is it now? The original game was in 2000s and now it is 2010s. It was over 10 years and Nintendo still did not fix the issue of framerate in this early game?

Poor graphics in a huge world is forgivable. How do you not know that Sonic Boom is a huge world also?

I did not have problems with Sonic Transformed. There are occasional glitches but the overall game is excellent. If you disagree then ask the PC gamers who are still playing the game these days. Sonic Lost World nearly has no glitch. People found a rare one in the pinball stage but I never encounter, and Sega quickly fixes it with a patch.

Oh, MK8 has glitches too. Somehow people can finish the entire race within 15 seconds and win. I still see it these days and Nintendo has NOT fixed it. I guess Nintendo does not bother about it.

@kamifox1
Yes, those are glitches and I do remember Skyward Sword's game breaking glitch as well (and MK7's Maka Wuhu glitch). Like I said, glitches falling through are common, but we expect Nintendo to fix them. My expectations of Sega of America are currently much lower (they have more money issues after all) .
And I've been gaming since the SNES games. I know what makes a game fun or not. And yes, if I want, I can watch a movie, go outside, or play on PC. Or hell, I can play Mario Kart 8. Simple graphics, but looks pretty OVERALL. By themselves, weak game, weak textures, weak lighting, etc. can be forgivable if the rest holds up. In this case, the game looks awful overall.

The framerates aren't even that bad, I just watched it. It's a bit jumpy in places but that's bearable. Also, bear in mind it's in co-op, that's bound to cause issues anyway, it's trying to run several models, connections etc. and such at once.

@kamifox1 @84 Ps4 and Xbox1 community beg to differ.

@AVahne Not... really.. That's your opinion, fair enough but it actually looks very fun, especially with friends which is the main focus of the game. Besides, if you don't like Sonic, why are you looking at a Sonic game? It's only Sonic that's been bad in the general publics eyes for so long so that's clearly what you were getting at in your first comment, don't try to deny that.

Oh and fyi, SEGA recently started fixing Sonic Adventure DX on Steam and Boom is being developed by a different team so who knows, they might fix it. You don't know yet.

@GreatPlayer
Not sure where you're getting wildly fluctuating framerates from, as my experience was very smooth. And while we expect better, that's an early gen remaster compared to this original game. Of course we don't know which has a longer dev time and bigger budget, but I would expect a remaster to have less of each.
And don't compare a platformer such as this to Xenoblade Chronicles X. Even if this had a "huge world", it'll be nothing compared to a game designed specifically for open world.
And you're telling me to ask PC gamers when I am complaining about the Wii U version? Which was an unfortunate, but funnish, glitchfest? Yeah is great that the game had 5 player mode and flight sections, but those were the only fun things about the game that kept me coming back up until I traded it in.

@DamienMcFerran I would actually be suggesting that Nintendolife be careful when handling news from Sonic or other popular games with huge fanbase. Fans here were be pretty shocked when seeing headlines such as "game-breaking bugSSSSSS", when there is probably just one showed in the video. Every 3D game nowadays has bugSSSSSS. It will be more opportune when you actually tested the game and found out a lot of game-breaking bugSSS before you wrote such a headline. Fans here are now arguing against each other, with emotions being stirred up, and particularly many of us actually enjoyed the recent sonic entries (Sonic Lost World, Sonic Transformed, Sonic Colors, etc) more than some of the Nintendolife staff members (which is fine :> ). I am sure that the number of posts will reach the number of over 100 in no time simply due to people arguing against each other.

@kamifox1
And it's your opinion to think otherwise.
Have fun when you get it. To me it doesn't look like it's worth the money considering all the other games coming out on Wii U.
And I never said that I don't like Sonic. I just think poorly of his Wii U appearances. Give me the fun that I experienced back in the with Sonic 2 on the Genesis (hell, Colors was decent fun). Maybe I'll just play that on my Nomad and let modern blue rat fans enjoy his recent entries.
Anyway, enjoy your game. I've said what my cranky, just-awoken self felt like saying, so bye.

Just let Nintendo make a sonic game for the WiiU and everything will be fine.

Sonic Boom is so gonna bomb in reviews.

Every 3D platformer ever has this type of glitch. After watching the video the game actually looks kinda fun.

Will you never learn sega.
A rushed game is bad forever,
A delayed game will always be good.
Somebody with some sense once said something along those lines.

@DESS-M-8 Not true, they delayed Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic Unleashed. I think Sonic Chronicles too. I see your point though just... not in SEGAs case. lol

I'm glad that I decided to wait for reviews. Really, really glad. This looks like a huge but empty, not very polished or interesting game. Hopefully it's better later on, but what I've seen hasn't left a good impression.

I went and watched other videos of the final version with gameplay of the first full level, not the hub. Impressions stand unwavered.

I've been back and forth not really sure if i'm going to get these games but, this video doesn't scare me out of it.

takes Sonic away from Sega and gives him to Nintendo I swear, this is the only way we are gonna get a good Sonic game now...

What a bland, boring looking game, and the character model for Knuckles is just horrible!!! ><

@hydeks Try the 3DS demo then say that.. Yeah, it's not the same game but it's still SEGAs and it's still being released at the same time. Also, there have been good Sonic games since '06 and before '06 (aside from Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic 4 and Sonic Chronicles).

@Steel76 Sonic Rush and the Sonic Advance series says hi.

I'm shocked to see fools on here still defending Sega. No offence but all the glitches gamers here talked about in Nintendo games are actually cool, hard to find and perform glitches which add to the fun - the majority of them purposely left in and require and require practice and true skill to perform. I am disgusted with people even mentioning Wind Waker and N64 in the same breath as SEGA and game breaking bugs. Disgusted at such pathetic comments.

NOW Sonic Boom is clearly a broken pile of shovelware. BIG DIFFERENCE. After the Aliens Marines debacle Sega are clearly a pack of slithering toads. AS for BIG RED BUTTON...clearly they are all the talentless sacked team members from those glorious studios they hail from.

@kamifox1 lol trust me I'm a huge Sonic fan, I know. I did enjoy Lost World, so to see them go from something I like back to this kinda crap just saddens me. After Sonic 06, Lost World is the only console game I liked (EDIT: I forgot Sonic Generations, Colors, and the two racing games, those are fantastic too), as for the portable games, they all seem pretty great! I can't try the 3DS demo cause I don't have a 3DS, but I have seen videos and it does look awesome....so why is the Wii U game soooo crappy looking?!? They need to take the Sonic Generations and Colors formula and make a game from that, cause they did it great in those games, so this Sonic Boom feels like a huge step back again.

Delay it. Fix it. Otherwise, Sonic will be dead, as well as the investment Nintendo made to bring 3 exclusive Sonic titles to Nintendo consoles....

Not surprised, Sonic games have been mediocre for years now.

Is there a 3D Sonic where you wont fall through the floor at some point ..?
Perhaps Sonic Jam, you had to really try to glitch out of the map in the mini 'Sonic World' included there!
Though, glitching out of a map is hardly rare in modern games.
As a fan since 91, I think 4 episode 2 was on the right track, its a shame the didnt improve things more and move to episode 3. I quite liked Lost World on 3DS, Generations on 3DS was also a bit under-rated I think, bad frame rate but pretty solid gameplay.

Playing 3DS game just now and less than impressed. Coming to realise the original Sonic was completely over rated ... it just doesnt stand the test of time or compare to games like Mario World! .... The formula just doesnt work! Marios newer games have been worthy - even the lesser recent Wii/Wii U versions! Sonics not been in a good game for years!! How long does it take to improve/fine tune a game!?? Put the hedgehog out to pasteur Sega!!!Hes suffered enough!!!

Darn it I just tried to watch the video and it's been taken down by Sega Of America, is this game going to be a continuation of the Sonic Cycle?

I'll buy this down the road when I have the money and the price is (hopefully) lower. It still looks interesting, glitches or no glitches.

I'm gonna get some heat for this but...honestly, I think it's time fore speedy blue hedgehog to hang up his red shoes and retire. This game looks like a mess, the majority of his games in the last decade and more have been bashed, sales aren't high. The Genesis era was his prime and he's well past it. Sonic games can't make anyone besides dumb kids happy anymore. Not trying to be a hater or pessimist, I just don't think Sonic has a place anymore.

I'm just going to leave this here...
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Video was taken down by copyright claims.

@Bulbousaur I loled so much!! xD

@kamifox1 they delayed them to no avail. However sega are very reliable when it cones to meeting a launch date, regardless of the games quality or flaws.
See Golden axe and Aliens colonial marines as prime examples.

Man, I was hoping this game would turn out alright. I do still think Sonic Generations was very well executed. Other than that, I don't think I've really like a Sonic game since Sonic Adventure 1 & 2

Can I just cry! I need to quit playing these games.

@DualWielding Sonic Doom: Rise of the Bugs

Does anyone else think that sonic looks chubby compared to how he used to look like?

The headline video got taken down as a Copyright Claim. Any probable reason why? (I'm guessing even Sega are ashamed to admit that this game was...

...

...Sonic Rushed)

Still plan on buying it around Christmas.Of course,I'm still waiting for actual reviews instead of seeing one glitch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB0Jm_6gwCo

SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 IS A BROKEN GAME!

Its the same principal that NL is reaching for here by someone finding 1 bug. It happens to every game somewhere or another. Really this headline and article are a waste of space on the page. Should there be an article for every game now that a glitch is found in? Should we declare them all broken because of one glitch?

@RancidVomit86 Exactly.Lots of games have glitches.With the same logic being applied to Skyrim,the game is horrible and broken because you can glitch through walls and stuff with plates.

Sonic '14

Shame. I liked the Shattered Crystal demo though, and I think the TV show is quite good so far. I'm glad I never got hyped for this game. At least Lost World (Wii U) was fantastic (in my opinion).

In any case...

@Damo
It seems that the video has been removed.

This should be renamed to Sonic 06 HD/3D

@RancidVomit86 Um you'll notice that you had to make precise movements to perform those glitches, and searching for glitches is not the same as trying to play a game and coming across unknown glitches that break it.

Expected that much! Sonic Lost world was also a crash-fest! P.A.S.S!!

@ElliotVA So you think those glitches weren't discovered by someone just playing the game and it accidentally happening? You think people knew of these glitches prior to the game being released and anyone playing it? Accept it. Even Nintendo games are bound to have a bug here and there. No one is perfect.

Also if you watch the video he tried to do the glitch again, had problems and gave up.

What's this? An unpolished Sonic game? Unheard of!

@RancidVomit86 Games aren't perfect? Yeah by the looks of it this game ain't going to be perfect.This looks it's going to be the new Sonic 06, but without the terrible story oh wait.But i still can't believe you're actually defending this.

@midnafanboy Not so much as defending the quality of the game but defending that this is no way to establish judgement of a game. But I'm obviously not speaking with the most open minded of folks here.

Sega put some classics on wii u vc already!!

@midnafanboy lol... I smelled that Captain Toad will be of similarly HIGH quality as Game and Wario.

We'll see...

@OdnetninAges I watched the demo on youtube and it makes me wonder if I should buy a 3DS due to this game. One year ago I nearly purchased a 3DS due to the high quality in Sonic Lost World.

where they do that at?

Heh, not really surprised. A total spinoff project that will not even see the light of day in Japan.

I downloaded and tested the 3DS Sonic Boom demo last week that became available after the Nintendo Direct. It was really seriously the worst Sonic game I have ever played. The controls were weird and the characters movement was really stiff, the energy beam felt like it does not belong to a Sonic game at all. Music was pretty much the same kind of boring stuff that Sonic games have suffered from ever since the Dreamcast days. Where's the magic of the Megadrove era games, there the music was really swinging.

One other huge problem with the Sonic Boom levels was that the levels seemed really confusing and also took 20 minutea to finish. Sonic levels are supposed to be lightning fast so you can try to achieve that magical under one minute clearance.

Same as with Lost World, definitely not buying Boom even if it's in the bargain bin.

I deleted the demo after that one trial, no need to play bad game any further.

The Sonic Racing games have been quite alright however.

@Danny429 Well it has been 23 years since Sonic first arrived on the scene. He deserves to get fat.

@OdnetninAges Where can I watch the show btw?

The grumps are now playing this game!