The reason it performs so poorly is because the studio that made it, Big Red Button, designed it for the PS4 And Xbox One, not the weaker WiiU, so they had very little time to optimise it well because Sega wanted it on the WiiU. The whole development was a mess.
Future me here. It’s mostly been like 2-3 years I think since I last played it. I didn’t bother with hard mode since when I originally finished. I was finished. I wanted to get back to playing more super Mario 3D world (childhood classic).
The game wasn't even supposed to be a Sonic Boom title to begin with, but Sega basically forced them to make it one and also forced them to exclusively develop it for Wii U which is why the game runs so poorly as the CryEngine was not natively compatible with the hardware.
Maybe not the absolute worst game on the system, but it's definitely one of the worst full priced games on it. I mean, this game at launch cost almost the same as Super Mario 3D World, one of the best games on the system.
Dude, you should play ZombiU on the Wii U. It’s an underrated launch title that makes AMAZING use of the gamepad. Not many videos about this, you’re my favorite TH-camr, I’d LOVE to see you cover it!
I wonder how things would've turned out differently had this game been both good and successful. I can definitely see it being treated the same as DmC (2013) or Metal Gear Rising, games that are fine on their own but not widely accepted at the time of release by fans.
Sonic Boom is the reason I got a Wii U, and possibly my favorite of any 3D sonic in general. It has the overall vibe akin to a PS2 platformer and that's the kind of game I've always wanted. The whole unpolished thing was really the result of the devs working too hard on it, and being told that it was stuck on a console they weren't intending it for at last minute. But I believe much of the hate stemmed from the false belief that it was a reboot
You're the one always bashing people in Nintendo comment sections right? You're always saying that their favorite console has no games and that them buying the NS is a waste of money. This possibly being your favorite 3D Sonic really shows your credibility 😂
fire and ice is decent but shattered crystal is... why!?!?! At any rate id take the long load times on the homebrew 3ds port of sonic mania over that garbage.
My experience with Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric: I found it and rented it from the library none the wiser. I played my first sitting and was intrigued, but every sitting afterwards just got more and more repetitive. I started seeing the cracks more. There was also a point in the game I got lost, but I eventually found my way boy wandering around. And then, I finally managed to drag myself to the end of the game... except I couldn't finish it, because the library copy would always crash towards the end of the final boss. I had to return the game, but I could never pick it up again because the library lost all their copies. The end
Yeah the main issue other than the glitches and performance problems I have with this game is that it tries way too hard to be different from the source material. I know that the whole point of this sub series to the games was to be a fresh start, but this game doesn’t feel like a Sonic game at all. I know that this game was mostly developed by people who worked on the Crash Bandicoot series so them being forced to develop a game for a series that always had a very different style of gameplay was bound to end up terribly. Even if this was to be released on the PS4 and Xbox one like it should have, the game still would have been luke warm at best, and terrible for a Sonic game.
@@SFproductions1 It was kinda a time waster looking back at it now at 13 years old.I mean the story is kinda a mess. Sonic’s crew isn’t fast in normal (boring) combat. And…and… I don’t remember anything else.
Ngl I hope you voice sonic in some fan project or fandub Imo you'd work really well as a va for the character because your normal voice already sounds like what I'd consider ,,a sonic voice''
Game is broken but you can still get some enjoyment just like "The Letter". Kinda crazy that Lyric never appeared in the show. As the WiiU expert, I am going to share what I think can be the contender for being the worst. Jackpot 777 - for its lack of value A 7.77$ on launch for just spinning a slot machine. The game doesn’t save your score neither has an objective. The initial price is funny but that’s all. Family Party 30 Great Games : Obstacle Course - for its dreadful gameplay and stupidly force the integration of the GamePad for no reason. (Wiimote & nunchuck gameplay are also weirdly design and trash.) Monster High : 13 Wishes - just the most boring game, takes no risk and the level design is the most uninspired of all time. (I yawned multiple times when I tried it.)
16:16 no it isnt sonic is supposed to have attitude and flare like in SA2 sega even says how they want their games to have more "rock,n roll" compared to nintendos "pop music"
“The Wii U has the worst games in history” Me: the Wii has the worst games in history the 3rd party offerings are nothing but shovelware slop, some 1st party stuff like dk barrel blast, Pokémon battle revolution, Mario party 9, casual crap like Wii play, Wii motion, Wii party, Wii music
Hey that not true the Nintendo Wii U has lots of fantastic games like the zelda of breath of the wild and Nintendo land and also better Yoshi woolly world.
Great video Russ, ive watched the show and seen the game before but never played it. Im glad I've never gotten it, if it performs this badly. Now, if u gave it to me as a younger kid, it'd be a different story. Since now, im an adult, lol
The reason it performs so poorly is because the studio that made it, Big Red Button, designed it for the PS4 And Xbox One, not the weaker WiiU, so they had very little time to optimise it well because Sega wanted it on the WiiU. The whole development was a mess.
So interesting… makes sense
also pretty sure the engine wasnt supported by the WiiU
2011: Sonic saying this to his past self in Sonic Generations: Hey Sonic! Enjoy your future. It's gonna be GREAT!
2014:
It really isn’t the worst the worst Will U game, have we all forgotten about Troll Run. The game about the internet troll…
I think you meant to say "Meme Run".
I heard about meme run but I never looked into it. The only thing I know about it is that the developer was sued by the owner of troll face.
It’s meme run
Meme Run is such a classic Wii U game. Shame it does not exist anymore.
@@Maximus1216-z9o yeah I wouldn’t have played it but it has no head in a toilet so it’s fine.
I actually played through it and beat it when I was 10 and never encountered a single glitch at all.
Guess my Wii U is too powerful.😎
Future me here. It’s mostly been like 2-3 years I think since I last played it. I didn’t bother with hard mode since when I originally finished. I was finished. I wanted to get back to playing more super Mario 3D world (childhood classic).
that's straight out of your ass lmao the game is broken as hell
"Hey look, ramps!"
"We can use them as ramps"
Actual dialogue from the game
Oh yeah😆 that was so funny. I forgot to include that!
The Sonic Boom TV show I found to be fun to watch but the games on wiiu and 3ds are another story.
I think it's pretty obvious that the show is better than the games on Nintendo. Now the mobile game...
😅
The game wasn't even supposed to be a Sonic Boom title to begin with, but Sega basically forced them to make it one and also forced them to exclusively develop it for Wii U which is why the game runs so poorly as the CryEngine was not natively compatible with the hardware.
@@GenerationZ313 I think it was supposed to be released on ps4 and Xbox one though sonic mania took that spot.(and chronic farces)
nah man that's NOT the worst Wii U game
that would go to Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade (which you showed, but didn't mention)
Maybe not the absolute worst game on the system, but it's definitely one of the worst full priced games on it. I mean, this game at launch cost almost the same as Super Mario 3D World, one of the best games on the system.
Dude, you should play ZombiU on the Wii U. It’s an underrated launch title that makes AMAZING use of the gamepad. Not many videos about this, you’re my favorite TH-camr, I’d LOVE to see you cover it!
Good idea!! Stay turned👀
@ YAYYYY!!!
It's also on PS4 with Game Catalog, but yeah the Wii U was my first experience with it
I wonder how things would've turned out differently had this game been both good and successful. I can definitely see it being treated the same as DmC (2013) or Metal Gear Rising, games that are fine on their own but not widely accepted at the time of release by fans.
Sonic Boom is the reason I got a Wii U, and possibly my favorite of any 3D sonic in general. It has the overall vibe akin to a PS2 platformer and that's the kind of game I've always wanted. The whole unpolished thing was really the result of the devs working too hard on it, and being told that it was stuck on a console they weren't intending it for at last minute. But I believe much of the hate stemmed from the false belief that it was a reboot
You're the one always bashing people in Nintendo comment sections right? You're always saying that their favorite console has no games and that them buying the NS is a waste of money. This possibly being your favorite 3D Sonic really shows your credibility 😂
fire and ice is decent but shattered crystal is... why!?!?! At any rate id take the long load times on the homebrew 3ds port of sonic mania over that garbage.
the fact this was in my recommended at 2 mins 💀
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13:00 look at sonics reflection in metal sonic LOOOOL
My experience with Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric:
I found it and rented it from the library none the wiser. I played my first sitting and was intrigued, but every sitting afterwards just got more and more repetitive. I started seeing the cracks more. There was also a point in the game I got lost, but I eventually found my way boy wandering around. And then, I finally managed to drag myself to the end of the game... except I couldn't finish it, because the library copy would always crash towards the end of the final boss. I had to return the game, but I could never pick it up again because the library lost all their copies. The end
I actually always enjoyed this game.
I can never forgive Sanzaru for scrapping the development of Sly Cooper 5 for this game.
As someone who has played games that are bad, and enjoyed them. If we had owned a wiiU and not just wii, I would have probably enjoyed this game.
Yeah the main issue other than the glitches and performance problems I have with this game is that it tries way too hard to be different from the source material. I know that the whole point of this sub series to the games was to be a fresh start, but this game doesn’t feel like a Sonic game at all. I know that this game was mostly developed by people who worked on the Crash Bandicoot series so them being forced to develop a game for a series that always had a very different style of gameplay was bound to end up terribly. Even if this was to be released on the PS4 and Xbox one like it should have, the game still would have been luke warm at best, and terrible for a Sonic game.
9:15 this game looks like it’s running on a toaster
0:05 no!
Tank tank tank was frickin awesome one of the most played games on Wii u with me and my siblings I wish It got ported to switch
i have no idea how i enjoyed this game as a kid
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@@SFproductions1 It was kinda a time waster looking back at it now at 13 years old.I mean the story is kinda a mess. Sonic’s crew isn’t fast in normal (boring) combat. And…and… I don’t remember anything else.
Oh wait till he hears about devils third
"Valhalla" Game Studios was clearly doomed from the start.
Ngl I hope you voice sonic in some fan project or fandub
Imo you'd work really well as a va for the character because your normal voice already sounds like what I'd consider ,,a sonic voice''
Ah yes the beginning of the third sonic dark age 😢
Haven’t played fire and ice but I played shattered crystal and trust me that game is so slow paced it’s not even worth trying
Game is broken but you can still get some enjoyment just like "The Letter". Kinda crazy that Lyric never appeared in the show.
As the WiiU expert, I am going to share what I think can be the contender for being the worst.
Jackpot 777 - for its lack of value
A 7.77$ on launch for just spinning a slot machine. The game doesn’t save your score neither has an objective. The initial price is funny but that’s all.
Family Party 30 Great Games : Obstacle Course - for its dreadful gameplay and stupidly force the integration of the GamePad for no reason. (Wiimote & nunchuck gameplay are also weirdly design and trash.)
Monster High : 13 Wishes - just the most boring game, takes no risk and the level design is the most uninspired of all time. (I yawned multiple times when I tried it.)
16:16 no it isnt sonic is supposed to have attitude and flare like in SA2 sega even says how they want their games to have more "rock,n roll" compared to nintendos "pop music"
You should try SpongeBob planktons robotic revenge for the Wii U next
I remember i bought this day one being exited to play the game then got disappointed after beating it... (Then i returned it)
Bro really found positive stuff in this game while playing at 15 fps
😆
I beat sonic forces 8 times on nintendo switch because I didn't have any other sonic games for nearly 2 years
You look like a TH-camr called Poxonlox
“The Wii U has the worst games in history”
Me: the Wii has the worst games in history the 3rd party offerings are nothing but shovelware slop, some 1st party stuff like dk barrel blast, Pokémon battle revolution, Mario party 9, casual crap like Wii play, Wii motion, Wii party, Wii music
YES! MORE SONIC!!! (please play sonic 06... i begging you. Not P-06, just regular 06)
How did you survive 😭 that game is already long enough 😭😭
@@imnotkaiser well I survived…
I haven’t played it since.
@NTGX-over9000 LMFAO
It’s not the worst,it’s rarely the best.
I know you not put up Nintendo Land when talking about bad wii u games
ok maybe this game is funny bad, I wish they'd polish it up a bit and drop it on switch
You should review Rec room on switch!
The problem was more the game came frist out than the show where i live and that game remember a lot other game i play skylanders xd
Wym this game is peak it lets you use ramps as ramps
Keep going ❤
Hey that not true the Nintendo Wii U has lots of fantastic games like the zelda of breath of the wild and Nintendo land and also better Yoshi woolly world.
So lease fighting and put the game in another console and more polish and it’s a good game
Hey Russ when's the next time you stream fortnite
soon
This game feels like an unpolished lego game
Great video Russ, ive watched the show and seen the game before but never played it. Im glad I've never gotten it, if it performs this badly. Now, if u gave it to me as a younger kid, it'd be a different story. Since now, im an adult, lol
Hii🎉
We don't talk about the game
Well, at least this game's not as bad as 06 am I right.
I mean at least 06 played like a sonic game and had a decent story, and ran at a stable 60 fps. The fps in rise of lyric makes it unbearable to me.
@_Imagimation_ thank of the game play.
Honestly for me, Sonic 06 is so bad it’s hilarious to play.