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I picked up Sonic Boom: The Rise of Lyric yesterday for the Wii U. I was told by someone that their friend said the demo of the game was great, so I was looking forward to a decent Sonic game.
I was let down.
Sonic Boom is pretty much set in an alternate universe from the Sonic characters everyone is used to, and that I grew up with. They have really screwed up Knuckles in this game. They beefed him up and dumbed him down. He's all brawn and near 0 brain. He says really bad lines that I have to pause my game and walk away from it for a while, such as "We won't be seeing him again. Unless he comes back."
Thankfully, the other characters are decent. Amy has no romantic interest, as far as I've seen, in Sonic in this game. She's also got a lot more power with her hammer, and is one of the highest jumpers in the game. Sonic is just Sonic. Tails is now a pretty decent character to play with.
However, as a far experienced gamer, I feel this game was designed for younger children. It has little to no challenge aspect to it. I'm basically just doing what the game shows/tells me exactly to do. There's no problem solving, and I'm not feeling challenged by it. Unless you count the wonky controls and annoying camera as challenging.
As of right now, I give this game a 4/10. Maybe it'll get better further in the game, but I doubt it.
Since this game seems so bad, I'm afraid to check out the tv show companion.
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