Most Overrated Sonic Games

The Top Ten
1 Sonic Adventure 2

Best Sonic game ever? Ha! Yeah right. SA1 was awesome and deserves all the love it gets. This game is only okay at best for me. After all, I only like the speed stages (minus crazy gadget) and two mech shooting stages. That's not even half the game! Sure it has the best 3D multiplayer in the battle port but I think the Genesis and Sonic 4 games have better multiplayer. Not to mention the inconsistent story, crappy camera, mad space, meteor herd and crazy gadget being stages I loathe, I dislike this game. I respect you opinion if you like the game, but I'm not as nostalgia blinded or community blinded as I once was. At best, part of the game is fun making it an okay, somewhat solid game but at worst, the game is so poorly designed it blows.

Best Sonic game ever? Not a chance! In fact, I think this game is still overrated because people try to say that more than 1/3 of this game is good (but they fail miserably at it)! I applaud the extremely high replay value (actually, this game has too much replay value for its own good. 180 EMBLEMS THAT REQUIRE EVERY A RANK?! That's too crazy, especially in the case of Treasure Hunting and Hard Mode stages!) and improved graphics and voice acting, but other than that, everything else just takes a step backwards (treasure hunting was hit insanely hard with a nerfed radar and a nerfed hint system that was an exact equivalent of having NO hint system if you don't know the level design. Shooting stages were hit pretty hard to with linear level design not built around very clunky controls.), even the speed stages (to those of you who think Adventure 1's sonic stages were already linear, Speed Highway says hello, along with 7 other stages. That said, Adventure 2's speed stages are mostly fun)! This game has the worst camera angles I've experienced in a Sonic game, especially in the case of the treasure hunting stages (not even the camera in Sonic 06 or Adventure 1 is this bad. The slow camera movement in Sonic 06 may have been stupid, but you could at least move the camera in any direction. In treasure hunting, the camera can only be moved left or right, and that is a major problem since most of the time Knuckles and Rouge are climbing up and down. As a result, it leads to cheap enemy/ obstacle placement you can't react to due to lack of proper camera control. The shooting stages have pretty bad camera issues since control is nonexistent most of the time). There may be 30 story stages total, but many of them feel aesthetically similar to one another: looking at you mission street. You're literally just radical highway built for walkers, and that's just lame and unoriginal level design. You know what, rail canyon just feels like a daytime pumpkin hill built for shadow as... more

2 Sonic Colours

Not better than Sonic Unleashed or Sonic Generations. While I think this game is good, it's extremely overrated by fans and critics. The game's plot is dull, Roger's Sonic sounds awful, the writing is the worst a Sonic game has ever got, wisps are just a stupid gimmick, and 80% of this game is 2D block platforming, that you would expect from an NES game! Also, in the first act of a stage, there is probably some 3D segments but most of the other acts are just generic forced block platforming. The game's soundtrack is awesome though.

How in the world Sonic on a sailing adventure, or turning into werewolf, or using a sword is not just not cool, but also inherently bad and does not make sence, while Sonic turning into cutesy aliens is a "return to the form"? What form exactly? The Super Mario form? Honestly, don't even bother playing Wii version - it's blocky, gimmicky, and simply lacks Sonic spirit, which always was cooler than Mario. Try the DS version instead.

3 Sonic the Hedgehog 2

The reason why I find sonic 2 way too overrated is for multiple reasons. The fact that some say it's the best game of all time or the only good sonic game. Also the camera is sometime garbage and the level design is too frustrating. Combine that with the fact that getting a game over get you back to the beginning of the game and we have by far the most frustrating sonic game of all time. And its not like they can't let you continue your game at the time. Mario lost levels let you do this and it release 8 years before sonic 2! Oh! And knowing this fact, the death egg and the special stages are lame.

Even though I love this game and find it very fun, it still has some issues that annoy me:
- Bosses were pretty boring compared to what 3&K & Mania has.
- Special stages are unfair, the only way to win them is to either constantly pause to see what is up ahead, or memorize the layouts of each of them. Not to mention, Tails' AI messes you up on these if you don't play as Sonic/Tails alone. At least this was fixed in the 2013 Remake made by Christian Whitehead.
- I didn't like some zones in this game. I don't really like Casino Night or Hilltop that much, but Metropolis, while it isn't hard to me anymore, lasts for way too long and has bad enemy placement (looking at you Slicers and Shellcrackers).

Don't get me wrong, I really like this game a lot, but I don't think it deserves the number one spot on every best Sonic/Genesis games list. I personally like CD, 3&K, Mania, Adventure 1, Heroes, and Generations over this game.

4 Sonic Generations

Good but WAY OVERRATED The 2D Modern Sonic sections are HORRENDOUS Classic Sonic stages were okay and about half of the Modern Sonic were AWESOME and the other half were either okay or RETARDED And Sonic Colors and Unleashed were FAR Superior to this and even the Adventure games were better

It was way too easy.

5 Sonic CD

Well This Game is Good. But I Think The Award For The Best Sonic Game Ever is Getting Replaced Because Due To The Level Design, Generic Boss Battles and The Overrated JAP/EUP Soundtracks. As For The US Version: it is Very Underrated. Anyways Sonic CD is Good, But Not That Good and No It is Not The Best Sonic Game Ever.

This is great it might not be the best sonic game but its good even if the Japanese and europa versions were different also metal sonic first appearince

Most underrated sonic game

6 Sonic Adventure 2 Battle

Best Sonic game my ass. The only reason fans give this game so much praise is because of nostalgia. Only a third of this game is good. The rest of the stages are the below par mech stages and the bad emerald hunting stages, these are designed poorly and go on for way too long. They butchered the radar system from Adventure 1, which was actually very useful and was easier to complete levels with. Also, the mech shooting stages have no proper sense of control, therefore making it very easy to screw up. At least, Sonic/Shadow's levels are fun, fast action with fun platforming. This game is alright, but it is certainly not the best Sonic game ever, hell, it doesn't even make the top 5 Sonic games, Sonic Adventure 1 is clearly the better experience, at least half of that game is good. To add on to that, Sonic Unleashed gets so much negativity, even though half of that game is really good.

7 Sonic Adventure

How dare this be top 12. Some considered Sonic Adventure to be the best Sonic game (or so one of the best) so thus Sonic Adventure should be top 1.

Sonic Adventure should be ripped off by Pac-Man Adventure.

It's a bit overrated but still AN EPIC START TO SONIC'S 3D GAMES

8 Sonic Advance Trilogy

Really, dude?! The Sonic Advance games/trilogy is already on this list! I would put the Sonic Advance trilogy on my list of "Top 15 Greatest Sonic the Hedgehog Games" like Nathaniel Bandy did on his video that was not his list of best Sonic games. - The Ultimate Daredevil, who gives the Sonic Advance trilogy a 4/5

9 Sonic Adventure DX
10 Shadow the Hedgehog

Every other game on this list is either overrated but still good, underrated, or just sucks. Shadow the Hedgehog goes into the just sucks category along with Sonic 06.

The Contenders
11 Sonic Riders
12 Sonic Rush

I Have NO Idea How Everyone Likes This...

Flaws:TOO HARD, I DIED ON THE FIRST BOSS, YOU HEAR ME, THE FIRST BOSS!
BORING LEVEL DESIGN, NOT A TON OF REPLAY VALUE, And A Bad Soundtrack... Please do me a favor, and play sonic rush adventure.

This should be top 1, not a Classic Sonic game!

Seriously, Modern Sonic is overrated & Classic Sonic is overrated!

This game is underrated. I've never heard anyone mention it even though it technically is a main series title.

13 Sonic Mania

A good Sonic game.

NOT the best Sonic game.

Hey this is a good game!

14 Sonic Lost World

I have even more complaints towards this game (especially the 3DS version) than AntDude does in his underrated review. Another one of Sonic Lost World's major flaws is the Modern Sonic hedgehogs (the only one in this game I hate is Modern Amy Rose whom I hate in general, but I am aware that Sonic's siblings in Sonic Underground). Another one is the one-dimensional Deadly Six, another flaw of characters.

15 Sonic and the Black Knight

I PUT SONIC & THE BLACK KNIGHT ON THE LIST TWICE! Just because I find Sonic & the Black Knight to be one of the most overrated Sonic games doesn't mean I do not need to check whether I already have Sonic & the Black Knight on the list or not. And I have this game on the list! People only love Sonic & the Black Knight because of the aspects of Modern Sonic games (especially Modern Amy Rose, who has accused Sonic for forgetting her date WHICH SHE DAMN WELL DESERVED! All of the members of Team Sonic need way more love than Amy Rose, and so do many other hyper-strong characters like Blaze the Cat and Team Dark). - The Ultimate Daredevil of North America (aka Kieran Stark).

16 Sonic Unleashed

OVERRATED! THIS GAME GETS MORE HATE THAN PRAISE, HATE IT DOESN'T DESERVE! "Oh, but Sonic is a wolf, which is different, and it is so not Sonic.". SO WHAT?! THE WOLFHOG WAS THE BEST PART OF UNLEASHED ASIDE FROM THE FINAL FIGHT AGAINST DARK GAIA (I'm talking about the HD version by the way). "It's not as fast as the hedgehog.". WELL I DON'T CARE! SONIC IS NOT ALL ABOUT SPEED, HE IS A PLATFORMER! ARE YOU REALLY GOING WITH THE "It's different from other Sonic games" EXCUSE? IGNORANT HYPOCRITICAL FOOL!

Yeah, pacman would obviously be amazing as a were whatever pacman is. I was being sarcastic by the way

This game was never supposed to exist anyways. Besides, Pac-Man Unleashed would be much better.

17 Sonic and the Secret Rings

Wait what? OVERRATED? Yeah, this game actually got good reviews from critics. Believe it or not IGN said it was better than Sonic Adventure 2 Battle.
So a game with fidgety controls and level designs that might as well be train tracks is better than Sonic Adventure 2 Battle? Seriously?

This game shall be replaced by "Pac-Man & the Secret Rings".

I strongly prefer "Mario & the Secret Rings".

18 Sonic Heroes

People only love this above-par game because of the Team Rose members instead of how dark and warm it is. - Kieran Stark (aka The Ultimate Daredevil), a true hater of the broken Sonic fanbase, especially the Modern Purists

Despite an above-par game, it mainly bugs me that some people's favorite Sonic game is Sonic Heroes because they are Modern Purists of the broken Sonic fanbase (they especially love the overrated, annoying Team Rose members excluding Blaze the Cat, Vector the Crocodile and Cheese the Chao). - Kieran Stark

People only like this game because of the Modern Sonic aspects (especially the members of Team Rose, ugh)!

19 Sonic R

Everyone and their grandma hates this game, so I don't think this game is overrated

20 Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

Talking about, underrated'' games,
Talking about, gems''.
You might as well think, that the most people call it bad, awful and other adjectives, which might as well fit.
But if we are all true,

NOBODY SHOULD CALL THIS GAME ANYTHING NEAR AS TOLERABLE.

People think this game is good and more. They call this game underrated, awesome and the best game ever.

NO, this game is horrible, and the fact, that the list of the Top 10 Underrated Sonic Games call this game Number 1, Most Underrated Sonic Game'' made it easily my pick for the most overrated Sonic game and the Nr. 10 Slot of my most overrated games ever list.

I bet the reason why Sonic '06 gets its wild fanbase is how Amy Rose and Pricness Elise III are portrayed! Why are people sexist?! These HIDEOUS aspects never make a game.

Modern Era of Sonic being inferior to the Classic Era/Sonic Boom Era of Sonic in a nutshell.

21 Sonic 3 & Knuckles
22 Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

I've never even heard of this.

23 Sonic Shuffle
24 Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

If only this series were a lot more gender-neutral.

25 Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

Classic Sonic games are way better than Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series. One of the reasons because they are not as sexist. Second of all, they are less filler to the franchise. Third of all, gameplay that suits my style a lot more. Even though the presentations are mostly strong, it cannot really compare to the presentations of the Sonic games released in the 1990s. I can't believe I used to get thumbs down for having positive opinions on Classic Sonic games (yes, Sonic Labyrinth, the Sonic Drift duology, Sonic Jam for the game.com and especially the educational Sonic games are the weakest SEGA games ever) instead of the Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series. >8(

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