Says Video Review: “You’re Better off Sticking with 2D Sonic”
…Uh oh.
Flying in the face of many 8s and 9s, it is GameTrailers of all places deviating from the pack and awarding Sonic Colors for the Wii its lowest score yet, a 6.4 out of 10.
Under most other circumstances that would be a respectable score. In this circumstances, however, nearly all other media outlets are hailing Colors as a true return to form for 3D Sonic. In contrast, GameTrailers rated Sonic 4: Episode I a 7.5, and Sonic Unleashed a 7.0. The score, however, is not even close to the 4.6 given by the media outlet to the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog or the 4.5 it gave to Sonic Free Riders.
Why so low? Control seems to be the gripe most constant in the five minute review–at one point called “atrocious.” The site wasn’t as amused at the in-game story, writing and dialogue as many fans are, and called the level design “frustrating.” GameTrailers even takes a crack at new Sonic VA Roger Craig Smith, alluding they would prefer the character be “mute.”
You will likely be angered at the review embedded below. Remember, however–you can simply hit mute and enjoy an array of clean footage from the game, including cutscenes and the game’s assumed final act, Terminal Velocity Act 2. For the record, the game’s Metacritic rank presently stands at 83, but this will likely bring it down several points. Thanks to Matriculated for sending this in. If you have news to share, be sure to share it with us by clicking News Tips at the top of every page.
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*Slaps GameTrailers*
Don’t ruin the fuc*** epic fun!
I’m amazingly happy with the game, I’ve laughed several times with the comedy and it cheered me up a lot, I wouldn’t think this would have happened, but it has!
Sticking to 2D? My “bawls”, this game is the best 3D game of Sonic for Wii and you want that? Have you been bought by Sony or something?
lol, is this guy serious? The “Sonic formula” is now “differently themed levels followed by a boss”. What kind of video games has this guy been playing? XD
The video stops for me about halfway through, so I didn’t get to hear what he had to say about the “atrocious” level design and controls… so the only gripes I really heard were the ones based on the cheesy story. If that or the voice acting were actually factored into the overall score, that’d be a pretty weak attempt to cheap shot this game.
If they don’t like it, they don’t like it.
What.
Well, what would we expect? There will be always at least one guy who will give low score to any game, right guys? I hope there wont be another low scores. But hey! 6.5 isnt that bad, it could be worse.
Well, they gave the DS version a 7.9.
But seriously, I was really looking forward to their review. Wasn’t expecting that at all. Isn’t that worse than what they gave Unleashed Wii?
uh.. trolls…
Seriously… seriously??!? bad controls? gee, come to think of it, the controls must’ve been as bad’s as 06′s then!
Oh woops. Missed the article pointing out the 7 for Unleashed. Fail.
@Blippa
That’s what confuses me. I wish they’d do a more direct comparison to it’s predecessor to let us know HOW it doesn’t match up. From everything I’ve seen – this just looks like they took Unleashed Wii and enhanced every aspect of it.
Is it just “not different enough” to merit an equal score? Is there a legitimate reason Colors is worse than the Werehog? Has the two year old gameplay style “not aged well”? Are they just bored with Sonic in general? Those are the questions I’d like to see answered.
I don’t mind a bad review, I’d just like to be able to understand it – particularly when such a similar game in the franchise got a higher score, despite a seemingly greater number of flaws.
@ChaoticFox
Yeah exactly. I seem to remember them being thrilled with the Unleashed day levels, calling them great and fantastic and “two steps forward” everything, and then the main complaint was the night levels.
Here, I’m having trouble seeing exactly what it is that’s bothering them. It’s almost as though they’re giving it a lower score because it’s not as ‘improved’ as they expected it to be. And this is from the same site that enthusiastically nominated Colors over Sonic 4 in the “Best Platformer” category.
I’m just really confused right around now. Usually I go straight to GT for their reviews because I like their style and descriptiveness….
ug wth gt even ign gave sonic colours a 8.5 which im proud of and now im getting the feeling you are gonna switch places which them so over seriously you fail
…that, and the only ‘new gimmick’, the color powers, they openly praise. So I’m really not sure what the issue is.
I’m still dying to play it, regardless.
*loads shotgun*
So…who wants to come and shot GT a bunch of hate mails claiming “Fuck off! Sonic Colors IS a good game! You sonic haters”
Also that guy sucks at playing Sonic games! Look at him! XD
That wasn’t even a thorough review. They mentioned nothing about the multiplayer and basically showed videos of unskilled gameplay. IGN says that the Wisp gimics had a lot of use, where as Gametrailers stated they weren’t used enough? IGN says that the physics have been improved upon and there is a fair amount of platforming, yet Gametrailers says it still has the same problems as previous Sonic games?
Oh cool! I think this went unnoticed, but they’ve got a 3 minute gameplay video on there uploaded today. Watching it now… it seems to have some new areas in it:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ring-master-sonic-colors/706882
Right around here, I’d bitch and throw a hissy-fit over something like THIS to happen, but now I don’t even care anymore.
Gametrailers not only hypocritically praised this game during pre-release, but even nominated this over Sonic 4 as Best Platformer. Now, they are shunning it and even DARING to put Sonic 4 a higher ranking. This proves just how reviewer sites are. The person at E3 most likely isn’t even the person who reviewed the game. The person who reviewed Sonic 4 obviously has a different taste than the reviewer of Sonic Colors.
Either way, this incident and the overrated Sonic 4 just proves that reviewers cannot be trusted, yet it’s those same reviews that determines how gamers view the franchise. Thus, there’s a possibility that the franchise will always be hated by people because each game will always have SOMEONE that will give it a low rating. And now, I have accepted this possibility.
So, instead of ranting or crying or sit in the fetal position and cringe from this disaster after nearly six months of waiting for this game, I’ve made a decision that was already apparent from the start:
To hell with critics and other gamers, I buy and play what I want, and move on with my life.
@Krazee
the only reason I give a shit about this is Sega’s new Metacritic policy.
What else did they say about the game? I can’t see the vids at the moment…or can someone youtube it please?
Fucking hypocrites. That’s all there is to say about it, especially considering this is Sonic Colors we’re talking about here; the “true” Sonic Unleashed people have wanted for ages.
As everybody else said too, where did the pre-release love of Colors go, straight out the window???!! Doesn’t make any sense at all; nope.
Well whatever, the Sonic cycle’s broken and I’m proud to see it happen.
So a bad review automatically counts as news? So what happened slow news day?
@Krazee
Very well said sir
@Sloth
If you haven’t noticed, TSSZ has been covering most of the major site’s reviews on this game – good and bad.
Uh, actually 80. But about Gametrailers, I think they still are on the side where they want to see Sonic going to Hell.
Fuck the bad reviews. My Head of Course, who feels that the last good Sonic game was Sonic 3, has played Colours and called it “the best Sonic game in the last 10 years”.
Who am I more inclined to believe?
Fuck GameTrailers. They couldn’t stop sucking Sonic Colors’s dick during its development, even calling it better than Sonic 4, and now they decide to just throw up their hands and say “this game sucks”? I’d expect this from IGN, but not GameTrailers.
Game looks awesome, saw the streams, read impressions, this review means nothing in the long run.
Scoring it lower than Unleashed and saying it’s better is a bit silly though. Different reviewers or not.
this is bullshit. This game is amazingly fun to play and nothing, nothing is true what they said. Even non- sonic fans at GT find that review strange and just not fair. If thats not a bad sign i dont know
OH MY GOD! Why in all the seven levels of Hell is GT moaning and bitching about Colors??? I swear is there nothing Sega and Sonic can do to apease those effing reviewers? And I think it’s a load of horseshit to allow ONE review site to make or break this game; I can care less about how popular it is! >.<;
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how annoying the voice actor might be or how frustrrating the level is – NOTHING can be worse than that piece of crap, Sonic 06.
But that's just me. X3
Uh-oh, CONTROVERSY it may be that Gametrailers is actually confused themselves instead of being biased about colors
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=141879
GameTrailers underrated this game…. wow…. looks like GT is the new IGNorance for this generation of sonic games.
Yeah, I don’t give a crap about what they think. I’m getting it and they are just trolls who want to stick with 2D. The retards should pull their heads out of their anuses.
this seriously makes no sense at all. This is gametrailers were talking about. the guys who have been holding hope with sonic 3d games. they freaking gave unleashed a 7 and said it was the werehog that brung the score down. then all of a sudden they give colors a 6.4?WTF. gametrailers was one of those sights that i thought would give colors a chance because of there unleashed review. what did the gametrailers crew body switch with the ign crew because that’s something i would expect from there.
@Tyrack
I know, right? Sega’s got enough on their plate trying to quell the anger of their “dedicated (cough cough)” fanbase, but as soon as they turn around, lo and behold, one game reviewing site with a questionable reputation is bitching and moaning about a game they praised during development. They literally suck Sega’s dick and then stab it in the back. Fuck reviews. I’m just gonna play the game and if I like it, I like it. It’s one thing to have an opinion, but it’s another to change that opinion based on a faulty build, if SpeedDemon’s article proves to be true.
That was actually a great review. Some of you guys just can’t accept that there are some major flaws that still exist within these games. I want Sonic to be at Mario quality-again too, and he’s getting there, but, reality is reality.
And I thought this review would be the icing of the cake. But man what a horrible review! they lost their credibility. How can Unleashed get a better score if they complained about the werehog and that the day stages were great. This is that, cept no werehog and much more content! theyre seriously…ugh I always thought their reviews were decent but this is just ugh!
So THIS is what happens when IGN says something nice about Sonic, people say… not nice things.
Stupid balance keeping.
@serpx
No it wasn’t. I’m completely open to a negative review, but a half-assed review that glosses over all the negative points with cop-out one liners doesn’t really give me a thorough enough idea as to how they came to their final score. I want to know exactly HOW the game is bad, not just “it’s hard, the story wasn’t to my taste, and the controls in the extremely limited 3D sections are a bit wonky”.
It also doesn’t address the website’s initial reactions to the game, nor does it really feel in line with reviews of past titles featured by the same site. I realize that all reviews are up to the individual, but I think these factors ought to be considered.
@serpx Yeah it was a great review. Everyone knows that if a game is praised and a reviewer makes complaints that 22 other people don’t have a problem with they’re automatically right. You’re an idiot it’s not a good review, stop trying to defend them because it’s useless.