Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

The only thing I like is Metal Sonic. He looked cool. And he was always my favorite Sonic villain.

The characters are annoying. The voice acting is atrocious. I personally hate Roger Craig Smith's Sonic. He makes him sound like a complete d-bag. And this iteration of Sonic is a d-bag. It's ugly. The glitches are embarrassing. And it wouldn't have made a difference if the developers had finished the game because line of dialogue is undeniable unbridled cringe. The dialogue in "The Last Airbender" was less groan-worthy. Plus, the story is weak, the environments are uninspired, and the game had no idea what it wanted to be. First you're running, then it's open world, and then it's solving puzzles! Someone seriously thought they could charge $60 for this upon release? I'm insulted by this.

When this game was originally slated for release, many Sonic fans (or more specifically, fans of the Sonic cartoon it was based off of) were ecstatic over it. I'll admit, I didn't have to many qualms over this game when it was being promoted. However, the developers claimed that they'd release it earlier than intended, which set off a major warning light for anyone not following the Boom hype.

Needless to say, their move bombed as severely as expected, and I mean as severe as Sonic 06. Only difference is that this game is actually WORSE than Sonic 06.

Graphics

The game suffers from PS2 grade graphics (which, considering what system this was released for is highly unacceptable.), choppy frame-rates, which really complicate the game during speed sections, especially when it comes to avoiding obstacles, and some glitches here and there. The most notable one being the Knuckles glitch which could be used to skip portions of the game.

Sound/Music

A saving grace for any Sonic game, even the bad ones mind you, is the soundtrack. Sonic 06 dominated in this category with music in a variety of genres. No such compliment could be given to Boom though, for it utilizes a generic and forgettable orchestra soundtrack.The sound effects are also very generic.

Acting

The acting is surprisingly abysmal. Many of the voices (save for Eggman) sound plain and stiff. The humor and dialogue is also nothing to go by. Every five seconds or so, each character states the obvious (such as their love for running and rings or when they jump on a bounce pad) or spewing out some of the crappiest jokes imaginable.

Story

The story deals with Sonic and co. fighting Eggman and accidentally freeing an ancient robotic snake known as Lyric, while attempting to hide from Metal Sonic. The rest of the plot deals with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy trying to stop him. Far too simple.

Gameplay

The gameplay consists of speed stages, and, throughout the entire game, boring combat stages that might as well be button mashers. It's about as lackluster as The Simpsons Wrestling.

Overall

This game is a pointless mess that has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. While games like Sonic 06 actually provide some comedic value with its flaws (along with some agreeable pros), this game is just bad in almost every way possible. Don't even bother.

I can't believe there's a game worse than Superman 64, and possibly Fallout 76. Rise of Lyric is undoubtedly the worst Sonic game ever. Horrible, rushed, "weak", and lazy, combat, bland and uninspired level designs, bad writing, and outdated, PS2 or Wii Graphics. The game is essentially trying to copy the Lego Video Games, with a major focus on exploration, combat, and progression, but the difference is that The Lego games are actually fun, and have tons of secrets and replay value. The combat is just mashing one button, with ZERO combos, or rewards. It gets old real fast. The only argument I don't agree with is that people say there's too many bugs and glitches, but I've never ran into any when I played it. That's the only part I think where people exaggerate on, but everything else is trash. The only "bug" I've come across was the bad camera and sometimes clipping. Seriously though, the graphics look like Wind Waker on GameCube but slightly more brighter, but WAY worse, especially considering the time of release and gap between the two.

The walking parts are the absolute worst part of the game. You move so darn slow, it kinda makes me question if the people who made this game even played and understood a Sonic game. God, Rise of Lyric makes Sonic '06 look like a masterpiece. However, at least they tried with '06, and it was because the team split up, as well as being rushed. '06 has better, gameplay (minus the glitches), better graphics, and WAY better music. While the voice acting was more stiff, it was a lot was a lot easier to listen to. The only bad thing about '06 for me besides the buggy and incomplete gameplay is the long loading times. Oh, another thing, '06 has almost perfect frame rate, while Rise of Lyric has trash frame rate.

I think SEGA was getting a bit greedy with their deal with Nintendo, because all we got a mediocre platforming game, a cash grab Olympic crossover (god, I hate that series), and a hot piece of trash spin off. So apparently the people who worked on this were former Naughty Dog employees, but I think they've should've stayed there, considering they wasted so much of their spare time on this trash. I understand why SEGA didn't just ask Naughty Dog, because they're owned by Sony as of 2001, and the Nintendo deal, but I feel SEGA just gets WAY too greedy and ambitious with their toys, and while there's the TV Show, I've barely watched it, it was meh. But Rise of Lyric was trash.

Ok. This game is so bad but not worst game ever. Have a very bugs and bad game play Sega must make a good game for sonic.

This is a good Sonic Game and i have a few reasons 1. Tails Amy and Knuckles are playable and useful 2. The return of Metal Sonic as a villian 3. The redesings aren't too bad (except Knuckles) And 4. The biggest bugs or at least most were fixed.