Forget Norway!
We have our first poor review of Sonic Generations, and it comes to us courtesy of Gamereactor’s Norway division, where a 4 out of 10 review apparently compares the game to past titles that have fallen short, including Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Sonic Free Riders among others.
Because the review is originally written in Norwegian, it’s easy to get something lost in translation–you can see it translated via Google here. But it appears the piece chastises half the game–the modern Sonic portion–and scoffs off at the classic portion, saying Sonic 4 offers an equivalent experience at a lower price. Control mechanics are also harshly criticized.
It’s not clear if this review or its score will stand across the board, as Gamereactor’s reach spans across Europe. If it does, it’s likely to cut into that Metacritic score and offset at least some of those 8s and 8.5s to bring the average down. We will see.
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He decided his score and review before he played it.
I think there’s a high possibility he was bullied quite badly
as a child and now he feels better by putting down video games characters.
I think a psychiatrist would be the best option for this quite obviously damaged individual.
He is to be pitied.
Hope he got fired, because that’s a ridiculous review.
Ok let’s call Shadow that Norway was the one who killed Maria, so he can mothafuckin CHAOS BLAST that fuckin country! Jk
Seriously, WHAT HAPPENED THERE?! The game looks cool, I played the demo and I found it great! So, I think there is no reason for such a low review… Anyway, that is his person point of view… maybe he thinks it is a bad game, but I dont think the same.
oh sry, I said “his person”, I was gonna say “this”
@Ophelia
I love GameInformer, but I HATE Tim Turi’s reviewing.
I can’t hate the guy himself, because, well, I don’t KNOW the guy, but I DO know that he’s just a classic fanboy who got a job.
He will NEVER accept anything BUT a 2D side-scroller. Even then, he’s not happy.
All I know is, this game is going to be perfect to me. A 10/10 Sonic game.
God, some of these reviews just tick me off. >.<
My god, why?
Why does IGN give this game a solid 85, and yet GameInformer gives them a 60 something? Like, even IGN gave them a good rating, IGN!!
I know this sounds extremely inappropriate and fanboyish, but I really I think that GameInformer has a thing against Sonic. Sure, give Unleashed, 06, Heroes, and all the other games a bad score. But why this one? It’s the best Sonic game I’ve ever played in my life!!!
Frustrates me when I see games like Arkham City (which is a good game, I actually plan on getting it) gets overhyped to no living shit, and get way too loving reviews just because that’s what they like. Yes, the gameplay mechanics are great. Yes, everything else about it is well structured. It deserves a high score, it really does.
But when it’s a game like THIS, that’s as well structured as ANY of these games, possibly better (look at BF3 on the consoles. Reeeeeally retarded glitches right there), deserves a good rating, but they don’t like it at all, it just gets pushed aside.
This is why I stopped reading GameInformer. A bunch of elitist, console-hugging assholes.
Oh, they’re also pretty damn boring now. Read one of their latest issues (the one with Skyward Sword coverart methinks), and it was one of the dullest, most painful reads I’ve ever had in a gaming magazine (or any other magazine) ever. There was literally NOTHING to talk about. Most interesting part was LoZ’s history and that was it.
So yeah, I hate GameInformer. :3
They probubly got too scared to go faster than Classic’s walking speed, so they quit,
They included Crisis City!!! From Sonic 2006!!! Sonic Generations is the worst game evar!!!!
My impression of GameInformer and GameReactor Norway.
@Tatsumaki
Yez, gayinformer is da gayst grup of fagz who call dem profezional reviwerz!!11!!1!1! Alzo arkom city iz peiz of fakin shtz andzzzzz fukin skyward whore suxxxxxxxx!!!!!1!1!!! sawnik dimenzionz wil kik thr azzez so az sawnik genarationz jdjspcpsjdkflfkdjd!!!!!!! it haz my recolorz! o kg norgamams o? OFMG RECOLORGASM….. my recolrz r gren sawnik and crckhed sawnik aka yelow sawnik but crckhed sawnik waz suppoze to hav crck up hiz noze still love ya SEGA!!!!!1!!!R!!!E!!C!!!O!!!L!!O!!R!!G!!A!!!!S!!M!!1!11!!11!!..
For the record, Game Informer is Gamestop’s own magazine. It makes it doubly perplexing as a review like this would hurt sales of their own games and possible subsequent Sonic games.
On the flip side, Spanish site Meristation gave Sonic Generations an 8.5. I’m seeing a pattern here: If Sonic speaks in someone’s native language, then they get a boost in their score.
http://www.meristation.com/v3/des_analisis.php?pic=360&idj=cw4d9ddfacb8586&id=cw4eade6f1e7c1d
The solution? Sonic speaks in Norwegian next time.
@Tatsumaki
I’m loving how Generations has turned out, but better structured than Arkham City? I think not lol.
Rating this game below average is a crime in these here parts *readies shotgun*
Ahh Fuck Norway Dude Sawnik Generations be smashin on Teh Supar Mareio Land 3ds and Skywurd Sword deserves to suck South Parks Balls so without further adue. *Calls Shadow to nuke Norway with teh Awshum G.U.N Force Missles. *Calls Blaze to burn a hole in Norways Downtown point*. I wish Sonic Retro hacked Norways game reviews and turned it into a 9.5 or something fucking accurate.
Dare i say it ?
Another new review, from 1-Up, called “Sonic Generations Shows That Sega’s Learned From Their Mistakes”:
http://www.1up.com/reviews/sonic-generations-xbox360-ps3
1-Up gave this game a B, which fits right in line with most of the other reviews. This reviewer has not reviews a Sonic game since Sonic 2006, so this really surprised him.
Heads-up: Game Reactor UK/Sweden gave the game a 7/10. http://www.gamereactor.eu/reviews/9231/Sonic+Generations/
@superskeetoscro I guess I was nearly correct about this reviewer. He’s not a Adventure fanboy, instead he’s a biased retro purist who doesn’t know jack about Sonic games since Sonic and Knuckles. He doesn’t even cut the game some slack since it’s a milestone game. Not to mention that the review’s even MORE biased than I thought. He gives graphics and sound a 7 each, gameplay a 4, and durability a 3. That should at least round out to a 6-6.5.
YEAH NORWAY SUCKS BECAUSE ONE NORWEGIAN OUT OF 5,000,000 SAID BAD THINGS ABOUT SOMETHING WE LIKE AND IS INHERENTLY GOOD.
DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRP.
Oh, there’s at least one sane reviewer, that can regain balance in opinions about Generations. I think I gonna be kinda their fan from now on.
Sonic Generation it’s stupid game. Sonic Adventure 2 it’s the best Sonic game ever!
who ever gave that low score, is a complete dumb ass(sorry for the bad language) it’s just that I can’t control my anger specially since I’m from that country, and I know Sonic Generations deserves WAY higher then that! Sonic isn’t popular in Norway so NO WONDER!
They can go and kiss Uncharted 3 and World of Warcraft in behind, but never will I allow them to give such a shameful review,just because they don’t know how to make good games themselves >: (!