Worst Sonic Levels / Zones

The Top Ten
1 Metropolis Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Incredibly unfair difficulty. Slicers are waiting for you by screws, shellcrackers attack you with impossible-to-dodge-claws in hallways with low ceilings and the asterons hang in groups and are paired with slicers in narrow hallways. The whole zone is one big cheap shot montage. If any zone needed the 2 acts instead of the (perfectly good) 3 acts system, it was this one.

More trollish than Labyrinth, it has one of the worst fights against Eggman in the entire series, and deal with not only the most annoying enemies in the series, but in entire gaming-history, the boomerang throwing Slicer, the exploding Asteron, and worst of all the SHELLCRACKER, and has 3 acts (this is NOT Sonic 1).

I hate labyrinth zone, too, but metropolis has so many cheap enemies placed where youll definitely lose all of your rings, and it's so annoying.

Unfair enemies, very slow, and there are 3 acts. I love the music though

2 Marble Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog

Terrible zone because of too much waiting for platforms, always watching out for enemies like the spiny ones, that you literally can't defeat without the spin dash, three acts of a long boring zone of waiting, waiting and waiting... totally ruins the atmosphere and the fast of Green Hill Zone.

Honestly sonic 1 went downhill (HAHA) after green hill zone. And that was the 1st zone! Sega was like "hey remember those times when you were zooming through these loopy loops? Well be a good boy and stand on this block and avoid lava and then stand on these squares and then go in the water and solve the slow puzzles okay? "

Ruins the flow of the game, and it's only the second level. Way too much waiting around. At least with Metropolis zone there were some interesting parts and its at the end. Here, its right at the beginning and it's a chore.

This stage is slow, boring and glitchy, too. I can recall many instances of me falling through the floor in Marble Zone. Bridge Zone is much better. That is the stage that should have made its way into the Genesis version.

3 Labyrinth Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog

I rather have Green Hill remade again rather than having to play through this zone, I bunch of traps, especially the Burrobots and spike balls, and also has one of the worst fights against Eggman that was ever made, plus how is Marble worst than this?

This is complete ass. And don't try to play this level drunk. So many things, including your device/Genesis are gonna get destroyed

This zone is so HARD! The final level in it just sucks Eggman vs Sonic underwater while your breath meature is draining,deadly spikes are coming at you and Eggman shoots at you what a horrible boss fight! 1/10! They even remade this level in Sonic the Hedgehog Episode 1! Well at least it’s not in Sonic 06 or Sonic Boom and thank goodness it’s not in Sonic Mania!

That boss fight is my worst nightmare!
Other than that the level itself is pretty alright

4 Kingdom Valley (Sonic) - Sonic the Hedgehog 2006

The wave part at the end is the glitchiest part. I went over it again and again, but it's almost impossible.

It's hard as hell with shadow due to the dreadful camera angle

All goes fine, until the fast bit at the end.

Nah, Flame Core is worse

5 Special Stage 5 - Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I
6 Asteroid Coaster - Sonic Colours

This one was extremely annoying took me ages.

It has many cheap deaths in the toxic water

Not so much the level, but the boss sucked.

I'm I the only one who loves this stage

7 Hydrocity Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog 3

O don't agree it's the best water level fast paced in sonic mania it's my favorite boss and in sonic 3 the begging is in fair but besides that it's great

Hydrocity is one of the few sonic water levels I actually like. being underwater can be tedious at times, but the waterslides and speed boosts more than make up for it.
oh, and the music

I totally agree the soundtrack was great but I hated that part with the moving wall

Hydrocity was annyoing but it had the best soundtrack in sonic the hedgehog

8 E.G.G STATION ZONE - Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I
9 Lost Impact - Shadow the Hedgehog

Every time I've tried to beat the hero version of this level, and usually takes at least 30 minutes, but the last time I tried, the clock literally maxed out and wouldn't go any higher. It's just a pain in the ass.

This probably would take forever without a guide. And it still takes forever with one.

10 Mad Space - Sonic Adventure 2

This stage here had a few interesting gimmicks to it, the hints being backwards or opposite of true definition, but the stage is way too massive to easily get an A-Rank without already knowing the locations of the pieces of the master emerald.

I agree, this stage is AWFUL!

I HATE THIS STAGE!

stupid

The Contenders
11 Mad Gear Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I

A remake of Metropolis Zone.

12 Labyrinth Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I

They had to remake one of the 2 most hated zones in Sonic history, Labyrinth does NOT deserve to come back.

Of all the stages to remake, they chose labyrinth zone. Dang it Sega!

13 Sandopolis Zone - Sonic & Knuckles

This level is horrible but sky canyon in sonic advance 2 is the absolute worst in sonic history. Too bad not too many people played that game to vote for it.

Much worse than Metropolis. And at least Metropolis has awesome music.

14 Wing Fortress Zone - Sonic 2

TRUE. HELL. Oh and while your at it, don't fall off the map. Oh yeah, make sure to jump off the plane at the right time. don't worry about the boss though! ITS AWFUL!

I hate this level with a passion. That is all.

I love this zone.

15 Scrap Brain Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog
16 Dusty Desert - Sonic 06
17 Eggmanland - Sonic Unleashed

The hardest level in Sonic history. You may start with 99 Lives, but you'll end with 1. Also, it takes about 10 minutes to beat on the PS2/Wii version and double that on the 360/PS3 version.

18 Oil Ocean Zone - Sonic Mania

Stay in the bad gimmicks corner, Sandopolis.
On top of having one of the worst stage gimmicks of all time, this Zone has particularly annoying Badniks, a next to impossible boss fight, and those stupid springs that you have to PUSH in order for them to work. I still can't believe this one made it in over Mystic Cave or Casino Night. Hell, I'd have taken METROPOLIS over this one.

19 Carnival Night Zone - Sonic 3

I can not STAND the barrel at the end, I was stuck in this level when I was younger, after several years, I finally passed this nightmare.

This level is actually pretty fun and well designed, so this level doesn't even disservice to be on the contenders list..

Way to long. Not even half of as good as Casino Night.

20 The Doomsday Zone - Sonic & Knuckles

Can't get past the first boss, annoying as heck with trying to get lots of rings whilst avoiding meteors/rockets

21 Sky Deck - Sonic Adventure

The camera angeling is way to difficult to control and the stage is honestly way to lengthy, if you're playing as Sonic. The stage also moves a lot which wouldn't be annoying if it wasn't for the agrivating camera angle.

I died so many times due to the awful camera angle,hate this level

22 Radical Highway - Sonic Generations 3DS

This is complete ass for both Classic and Modern

No Classic was easy. Modern was a pain in a ass. 20+ tries finally got it 6 days later.

Classic Sonic's was fine, but modern Sonic got both bad music and bad level design!

Rather bland

23 Metallic madness - Sonic CD

Come on it wasent that bad, then again this is only the 26 worst, same with spring garden, it was one of the best zones in the first sonic gane

24 The Doom - Shadow the Hedgehog

Confusing level design and the dark mission worst missions in the whole game were you kill all the gun troops and one of them are glicthed

So slow and confusing

25 Marble Garden Zone - Sonic 3 & Knuckles

It's the very embodiment of the admittedly few things wrong with Sonic 3 & Knuckles. There are things you never find in the rest of the game, some of which help you, others kill you, cheap traps with no warnings, and, the worst part, which is what makes people hate other Sonic zones, the long, slow parts. From parts where you have NO idea what to do, to parts where you're trapped and have to SLOWLY wait for your impending death. If I had to pick the worst zone I've experienced in a Sonic game, it would most DEFINITELY have to be this one. I actually had to quit the game because of this zone. Nice job, Sega. Nice job. *slow, sarcastic clap*

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