As a mentally deranged sonic fan I literally had to play Sonic the Hedgehog (06) someday, so yeah i eventually did. This game has so many different opinions surrounding it, it's kind of crazy lol. Here's my take on this technical disaster.
Story - 5/10
I am not a huge fan of this game's story, and while I don't think its bad, its kind of just decent. I like how you get to see the other perspective of a characters story, but it's still not a great story overall. Things just happen for no reason because the writers said so. Like Elise just walking out of a random door and so happening to see Amy or Elise getting captured every 6 minutes. Some characters just act dumb. I'm also not really a fan of Sonic and Elise's relationship, it just comes off as weird to me.
Presentation - 7/10
This game looks pretty nice for an early Xbox 360 game, and some levels like Tropical Jungle look really nice. I like this games Hud and Menus too, i think they look good. The in-engine cutscenes have really weird animations and some voice lines are delivered very oddly. Overall this game does have a good presentation.
Gameplay -
The gameplay is split up into 3 stories and a final story. Sonic, Shadow and Silver. Within each story, you fight bosses, do missions, can get specific upgrades for each character and will have their own story. There are 3 hub worlds, but they're all very annoying to navigate. And the characters move so slow it's not fun to move around these.
Sonic's Gameplay - 8/10
Sonic's gameplay is really fun. He has some great levels and some AMAZING levels like Kingdom Valley and Crisis City. His homing attack has a bit of delay which can ruin the flow, and his spindash is honestly useless. I find his combat to be pretty alright too. His gem upgrades you can buy are completely broken because the Devs forgot how to code a bloody depleting bar, so you can easily cheese levels. You'll also have to play as Tails and Knuckles. Tails is slow as hell though I find Knuckles to be pretty decent.
Shadows Gameplay - 8/10
I find Shadows gameplay to be very similar to Sonics, and so I also find him very fun. He has a bigger focus on combat, which can be a bit repetitive but it is not slow and isn't bad. His upgrades are pretty useless, and I'm not a fan of most of his bosses, especially the final battle which I heavily dislike. You also play as Rouge who is like a combination of Tails and Knuckles, and she is decent but her solo stage is bad. Omega however I do find to be pretty fun, he isn't as good as his heroes gameplay but I still enjoy him.
Silvers Gameplay - 4/10
Fuck Silver. His combat is slow, boring and repetitive. His levels are filled with stupid gimmicks and enemy spam. He does have some pretty decent and even good levels, but most of the time his levels just get repetitive. You just throw stuff at enemies and get hit over and over and over. and you find yourself trying to skip chunks of the level as much as possible. 06
Amy is also the worst gameplay style in any sonic game and is just terrible. The only redeeming part about this story is Blaze, as she plays like sonic with a double jump and fire spin, and is extremely fun to play as.
The final boss has a pretty rancid first phase though I do like the second phase. Having all three characters go super is pretty cool.
Sadly, this game is riddled with bugs and frustrating moments. It's an actual disaster. I mean the overpowered Gems don't even work since their bar never depletes. Silver's throwing attack is very glitchy and sometimes stuff will just fly around. The game DOESNT AUTOSAVE. What game in 2006 doesn't autosave. I played on an emulator called Xenia so it wasn't that bad, but this game loads so much it's annoying.
I do think Sonic 06 does get overhated, but honestly I can see why many people despise this game. I also think this game gets glazed and people meatride this game to death. This is not the peak of Sonic whatsoever, it's a technical disaster and I have no clue how people can like this more than most other mainline sonic games. I wish this game had no bugs and was actually functional, and they thought out Silver's gameplay more as I feel it really drags the game down. The game feels half-baked caked with a shitstain on it. This game is objectively bad, but for me personally I'd say this game is "Good", but its close to being lower, and if I had to replay this game again my opinion could change. There are parts of this game that are genuinely fun like Sonic and Shadows story, but man do I just not like Silver and Christ the bugs are annoying. This game took a giant shit on the sonic franchise. Go play the superior 2006 video game; Wii Sports.
Final Rating - 6.5/10.
Story - 5/10
I am not a huge fan of this game's story, and while I don't think its bad, its kind of just decent. I like how you get to see the other perspective of a characters story, but it's still not a great story overall. Things just happen for no reason because the writers said so. Like Elise just walking out of a random door and so happening to see Amy or Elise getting captured every 6 minutes. Some characters just act dumb. I'm also not really a fan of Sonic and Elise's relationship, it just comes off as weird to me.
Presentation - 7/10
This game looks pretty nice for an early Xbox 360 game, and some levels like Tropical Jungle look really nice. I like this games Hud and Menus too, i think they look good. The in-engine cutscenes have really weird animations and some voice lines are delivered very oddly. Overall this game does have a good presentation.
Gameplay -
The gameplay is split up into 3 stories and a final story. Sonic, Shadow and Silver. Within each story, you fight bosses, do missions, can get specific upgrades for each character and will have their own story. There are 3 hub worlds, but they're all very annoying to navigate. And the characters move so slow it's not fun to move around these.
Sonic's Gameplay - 8/10
Sonic's gameplay is really fun. He has some great levels and some AMAZING levels like Kingdom Valley and Crisis City. His homing attack has a bit of delay which can ruin the flow, and his spindash is honestly useless. I find his combat to be pretty alright too. His gem upgrades you can buy are completely broken because the Devs forgot how to code a bloody depleting bar, so you can easily cheese levels. You'll also have to play as Tails and Knuckles. Tails is slow as hell though I find Knuckles to be pretty decent.
Shadows Gameplay - 8/10
I find Shadows gameplay to be very similar to Sonics, and so I also find him very fun. He has a bigger focus on combat, which can be a bit repetitive but it is not slow and isn't bad. His upgrades are pretty useless, and I'm not a fan of most of his bosses, especially the final battle which I heavily dislike. You also play as Rouge who is like a combination of Tails and Knuckles, and she is decent but her solo stage is bad. Omega however I do find to be pretty fun, he isn't as good as his heroes gameplay but I still enjoy him.
Silvers Gameplay - 4/10
Fuck Silver. His combat is slow, boring and repetitive. His levels are filled with stupid gimmicks and enemy spam. He does have some pretty decent and even good levels, but most of the time his levels just get repetitive. You just throw stuff at enemies and get hit over and over and over. and you find yourself trying to skip chunks of the level as much as possible. 06
Amy is also the worst gameplay style in any sonic game and is just terrible. The only redeeming part about this story is Blaze, as she plays like sonic with a double jump and fire spin, and is extremely fun to play as.
The final boss has a pretty rancid first phase though I do like the second phase. Having all three characters go super is pretty cool.
Sadly, this game is riddled with bugs and frustrating moments. It's an actual disaster. I mean the overpowered Gems don't even work since their bar never depletes. Silver's throwing attack is very glitchy and sometimes stuff will just fly around. The game DOESNT AUTOSAVE. What game in 2006 doesn't autosave. I played on an emulator called Xenia so it wasn't that bad, but this game loads so much it's annoying.
I do think Sonic 06 does get overhated, but honestly I can see why many people despise this game. I also think this game gets glazed and people meatride this game to death. This is not the peak of Sonic whatsoever, it's a technical disaster and I have no clue how people can like this more than most other mainline sonic games. I wish this game had no bugs and was actually functional, and they thought out Silver's gameplay more as I feel it really drags the game down. The game feels half-baked caked with a shitstain on it. This game is objectively bad, but for me personally I'd say this game is "Good", but its close to being lower, and if I had to replay this game again my opinion could change. There are parts of this game that are genuinely fun like Sonic and Shadows story, but man do I just not like Silver and Christ the bugs are annoying. This game took a giant shit on the sonic franchise. Go play the superior 2006 video game; Wii Sports.
Final Rating - 6.5/10.