“Fans tired of bad Sonic games can’t help but be impressed”
We suppose Jim Sterling won’t be getting any gifts in the mail from Sega anymore. Destructoid’s review lead awarded Sonic Generations for consoles an 8 out of 10, calling the game, in part, “a revolutionary step forward for Sonic’s retail outings.”
Sterling was not impressed with Crisis City, Planet Wisp, and Seaside Hill, but praised much of the rest of the game, and said he preferred modern Sonic gameplay over the classic:
When Sonic Generations fails, it fails pretty horrendously. It’s frustrating to see that, even when faced with some fantastic examples of Sonic done right, Sonic Team still can’t resist doing things wrong. However, as far as recent retail titles go, this is one of the most consistently enjoyable ones released in a while. The moments of failure are significantly outweighed by genuinely fun levels and a handful of borderline thrilling sequences. Only two or three of the main stages are bad while the rest range from solid to downright glorious. They are some damn fine innings for any title.
We’ll have more review roundups as they come in.
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HALLELUJER!!!
Finally a rightfully deserved score unlike his last one for Sonic Colors. I hope Sonic Generations gets 8-9s or even higher if that is possible.
“When Sonic Generations fails, it fails pretty horrendously. It’s frustrating to see that, even when faced with some fantastic examples of Sonic done right, Sonic Team still can’t resist doing things wrong”
I like the part where this doesn’t tell you jack fucking shit.
WHAAAT?!
Am I dreaming? This is soo hard to believe, I though he would be the one to give a bad score
I guess I was wrong. This games looking better and better all the time <3
Sonic's back guys! Just believe it.
Jim was always a braggy asshole, but I’m happy he gave it such a high score.
(Typical Sonic Fan)
im off to burn this house down
*Insert stupid rants about review because it doesn’t follow the Sacred Sonic Cycle*
“When Sonic Generations fails, it fails horrendously…”
>Continues to never say where it fails or how
@Haru / HeatPheonix: Basically. Even when he’s giving a good score, Sterling fails at fully explaining what he means or giving examples as to how it fails.
Good score, but where are his examples of how the game “horrendously” fails? Ugh annoying.
This is like the second review the other being IGN that give the game a good score yet still manage to enject some strong unwarnted hate like this: When Sonic Generations fails, it fails pretty horrendously. It’s frustrating to see that, even when faced with some fantastic examples of Sonic done right, Sonic Team still can’t resist doing things wrong.
Compared to Sonic 2006, and Sonic Unleashed, and for this dude Sonic Colors, this is great. Let’s be happy Sonic isn’t getting his (sadly) usual 4s, 5s, 6s, etc.
@Haru/HeatPheonix/Amuro
Jim Sterling’s an idiot, even when giving a game its positive review.
Still think its retarded at how he gave Colors a fucking 4/10 yet gives Sonic 4 an 8/10 (which it DOESN’T deserve).
Sounds like he disliked Seaside Hill, Crisis City, and Planet Wisp because they reminded him of games he didn’t like and put him in a bad mood. He wanted more Sonic 2 representation instead.
I think this game is tied to too many biasing factors to get a fair enough review. Some will completely blow off the game because of Modern Sonic and make it seem like shit, some will give this game a pass automatically for nostalgia alone. This might be a game that just cant be reviewed without some bias
@Quietguy92
I think we finally just agreed on something.
@The Shadow Emperor
For once, yes.
I’ll judge Seaside Hill, Crisis City & Planet Wisp when I play it tonight
I love that fatazz bazterd jim naow becuae he gave sawnik good score dawgg!!11!