SONIC UNLEASHED (Zero Punctuation)
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Zero Punctuation review Sonic Unleashed in order to unwind during this stressful Christmas period.
Fast-talking Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw reviews a new game each week in this animated series that combines informed critique with cutting humor. Watch the next episode of Zero Punctuation a week early, only on The Escapist.
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Never fully appreciate how, "gotta go fast" could be interpreted as a plea for a quick death.
I love Sonic. He is my childhood and I will defend him until my dying breath
"I find the nighttime stages to be the most enjoyable part of the game."
You sir have just broken the universe.
The way you compared Sonic to a washed-out rock star is probably the best description of what the franchise has become I've ever heard...except, instead of his shows only being attended by Dads, they're attended by whiny teenage weeaboos.
Tekrothebountyhunter < *NINTENDROID DETECTED*
Truest shit ever read
TheOneWhoPlays Congrats you proved his point.
It was eerily predictive of what Sonic's 25th epically bad Anniversary later became.
GIven that sonic is pat its 25 anniversary, those teenage weebs have grown up to middle aged manchild whiny weebs
which is somehow worse
4:19 "I'm not sure what kind of person could consider this "the game for them," but they probably live in a cave and subsist on raw fish."
It almost sounds like Yahtzee is suggesting that this is the kind of game for Gollum/Smeagol, but even then, they're probably split; one likes it, the other hates it.
"But dual-world gameplay adds depth and variety to the Sonics, precious!"
"NO! It's two sordid games in one, precious! Vile, disgusting filth; we hates it! *cough* Gollum! *cough* GOLLUM!"
I actually read that aloud in Golum's voice too.
Having seen the quality of of Gollum's own game earlier this year I have not problem believing you
Sonic was a marketing gimmick to make people buy the Genesis. The whole speed gimmick was created to show how fast the Genesis could process graphics. The problem with Sonic is that he has no place in the modern era or even the early 3D era of gaming. Take away the aspect of speed in the original Sonic game and you're left with a mediocre platformer with bad controls and dick level design, and I know I'm going to get shit from the fanbase of the blue blunder saying "thats not fair Sonic The Hedgehog is a twenty year old game:, yeah well the original Super Mario Bros. is a thirty year old game and it has better controls. The original three Sonic games rely so heavily on speed and flow to keep the players attention that there is virtually no quality platforming. I'm sorry Sonic fanbase but the Blue Blur has overstayed his welcome by about twenty years. He was nothing more than a marketing gimmick to sell hardware eventhough Sega struggled to keep him relevant past the 16-bit era. Sonic deserves death with all the other cute animal mascots of the 90s.
Yeah, I understand so many people have such fond memories of Sonic and I can respect that. I just think he needs to die. He had his time his original games were good for their time. I just want these ignorant thickheaded Sonic fans to stop defending him and forcing themselves to like the newer games for the reason of them being Sonic games. One thing I'll admit I have to give Sega credit they have tried like hell to take Sonic in new directions and change up the formula with different play styles but the formula for a good Sonic game is written on tissue paper in the middle of a lake if you catch my meaning. Ultimately Sonic just needs to retire before Sega damages his reputation any further. In essence it really is Sega's fault for why Sonic has failed in the modern era. They never thought his evolution through beyond 16-bit as well as Nintendo had with Mario then again Nintendo only had to make Mario jump from platform to platform and didn't have to worry about incorporating a certain gimmick. Anyway sorry about the long winded responses the subject of Sonic is a very interesting one in gaming history. How he went from the top of the industry with Mario to a mediocre and often broken platformer with more bad games under his bandanna now I guess, than good ones.
David Maglioli What was wrong with the controls?
Sonic never had the best controls for precise platforming. Marble Zone proves that, and the controls really haven't held up well. Like I said Sonic always focused on flow and speed in level design when you break that flow the shortcomings of the controls really shows. As for what is actually wrong with them they're just clunky and Sonic never felt all that smooth to control unless he is moving at speed at which point the game is pretty much playing itself.
It wasn't a gimmick, It was a mascot for Sega, like Nintendo has Mario and Atari has....Pong? But yes, it was made to show capability's of how fast the system was!
Kickdacat Actually he was never meant to be the Sega mascot. Alex Kidd was, but due to Sonic's popularity he became the Sega mascot in Kidd's place.
"The game grades you, usually very poorly"
Remember in Sonic Adventure 2 when A ranks WEREN'T impossible?!!?!?
There's an S rank. That's the true highest. Lowest is an E, and you get a special tune for an E.
the funny thing is what you just said is the exact reverse
Im sorry what do you mean “weren’t impossible”
I genuinely miss when he was this mean to games.
4:38 The Walking Dead writers watch Zero Punctuation, confirmed.
I used to pretend to be knuckles in daycare. I'm 37 now.
as someone who's playing the hell out of the PS3 version, yahtzee has a lot of good points.
all he would've needed was to riff on eggmanland and this review would have annihilated the game.
I know that ONE day, Sonic will be good. It is a faith that shall never die.
I love the subtle reference to Lord of the Rings he snuck in there.
Oh man, I dont know what to think because I actually liked this game. I enjoyed the 3d fast stages and the slow fighting stages. They were challenging enough to be enjoyable to me.
I quit playing sonic when I tried the Dreamcast one and I think it's one of the best decisions of my gaming life.
Wow, this is the only Yahtzee review to break the 200 dislike count, which goes to show not even him can escape the horrible little kiddy butthurt Sonic fanbase, the WORST FANBASE OF ALL TIME
Even if Sega releases a pile of horse shit with a picture of Sonic's face slaped on it they would still say it's great...oh wait all that has in fact has happened in 2006 and they do say it's great
I am Sonic fan but I agree. All that is left is his existence, his games though, fuck it.
That's a huge assumption right there. No one said Sonic 06 was good or great. Only about 0.2% of the fanbase said that it was "not bad" and they were lying to themselves. I bought, just to see if it was true how bad it was. Just look a Clement Reviews Sonic 06. And it's absolutely terrible. The part about the dislikes, well, I don't like it because he said not a single positive about this game. There is plenty good with this game, like the music and graphics. And of course the ganeplay is the most important, but I'm not going to go over why I like it because it might start a flame war.
FelpHero But that's the thing. What might be worthless junk to you, simply because it's different (in the case of Lost World...probably), can give other people enjoyment. I only rate games on ONE factor, and ONE factor alone.
That factor is 'Is it fun?'. If the answer is yes, which it was for every Sonic game I've played, then I can say that it isn't all bad.
And before you say I'm defending '06, I actually haven't played it. From what I've seen though, that one doesn't deserve defending.
Hey Sonic doesn't have the worst fan base of all time..... MLP has earned that title so don't take it from them :P
Jordan Walker We'll give the Sonic Fandom a close second then, shall we?
I want to hear what Yahtzee has to say about Sonic Boom
yeah, when it comes out i want to hear how he verbally assassinates it
Yeah, I have a feeling Yahtzee's brain might explode if it's a good game
@@kiuukamaster Well, to the surprise of no one outside Sonic's insufferable fanbase, Sonic Boom is a piece of crap.
I find it funny that even after all these years this video is still relevant.
Am I the only one that got that when Yahtzee said "All that's left for him is too hang himself on a doorknob while having a wank" he was referring to Michael Hutchence?
I personally enjoyed the entire game. I found it quite fun.
The next game should have some sort of bullet time slow down move so that you can keep sonic fast, and keep the gameplay from being impossible.
The next game shouldn't exist
I think they should just end the Sonic franchise now, there's no reclaiming any former glories for him, his reputation is just dirt now. It's a shame too, he used to have some good games.
Too bad his first three sucked.
I would have figured that this comment was said before 2010, Sonic has had a major leap forward after Unleashed, they finally worked out what a Sonic game should be. The franchise is nowhere near over.
ᅚBlank Have you seen Sonic Forces?
...Sonic Mania
Seems like putting "unleashed" as a subtitle on your classic revival constitutes an instant one-way trip to the guillotine.
Did anyone come here from TV Tropes looking for 3:27?
I remember finding my Sonic Unleashed disc after forgetting I ever owned it. I didn't remember anything about it. After playing it for 25 minutes I remembered why I tossed it behind my dresser to begin with.
But this game is good
@@electromagneticpsychopath4973 yeah but shitting on good games you haven't played is cooler
@@nabeelbox7397 Good thing that's not what's going on here, because Sonic Unleashed totally blows
Well, the main differences are:
-PS3/360 versions have a boost bar where you can hold down the button and go at a continuous speed. Wii version only lets you do short bursts of speed but it controls much better.
-No annoying medal hunting in the Wii version.
-However, the combos are much more limited in the Werehog stages of the Wii version, and there are no finishing moves to my knowledge.
-The final boss fight is also different.
I liked the day levels, and the fast pace was actually pretty fun, although I agree on the frustrations whenever I got hit by some guy that entered the screen .5 seconds ago, and then missing hidden routes because they were placed at the most unlikely time. Which was once somewhere, when you were about to go down a ramp.
Remember when Sonic fanwork lined the walls of DeviantART like neon wallpaper?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Shows Wii box art.
Describes mechanics from Xbox + Ps3 Version
Exactly. The Night Level sections were the only somewhat tolerable parts. I don't know where so many fucking people got the idea that the day "let's throw you off a cliff every 2 seconds"-levels were somehow the good half.
Gotta go fast...
They are "hub" sections in the Wii/Ps2 version, in fact there's two kinds. The flat bland one where it looks a map. And the 2nd one is the actual one where you "Go" to the levels.
There still different to the Xbox/Ps3 one though.
Other possible uses for a stuffed and mounted Sonic the HedgeHog include shoe tree, stationary holder, and adventurous sex aid.
i wonder what people back in this era of sonic would think knowing that in ten years the sonic franchise will have regained its popularity, is doing pretty good for itself and is also making a ton of money that could POSSIBLY make up for all the years of ok/mediocre games. i know if i told 2012-2017 me that sonic would make this kinda comeback i’d be grinning ear to fucking ear, looking back at the way sonic used to be and what it is now really makes me glad that sonic and his franchise didn’t continue to spiral even further into mediocrity
You’re saying this like Sonic games are actually good on their own merits now and not because they’ve started cutting bits and chunks off from it and distancing themselves from the smelly and gross-kink-having fanbase.
Just because you think his games are poor doesn't mean you can just slaughter his existence. He just wanted to go on adventures! ;-;
While u were right about sonic needing help, i think maybe that putting both barrels through his brain is not the type. Yahtzee, maybe u should try Sonic Lost World. It's actually somewhat good. It features Sonic's friends, but only as mere bystanders (except for Tails, who a: as u said was with the series when it was great, and b: isn't in that much of the game; only like half of it, and is also merely a bystander, who doesn't even appear in the gameplay part of the game.).
Hey, who wants to come over to my cave for a Sonic Unleashed marathon? I have plenty of raw fish sticks for everyone!
when Yazhii (misspelled) predicted the walking dead
oh, so he played the Wii version, the game overall is bad, but the Wii version is a particularly bad
It was the worst! The X-box 360 version was much better, but that's my opinion
He said it was higher rated, not outright better
I kind of liked this game when I played it on the ps2, of course I liked the running levels more than the combat ones but it was bearable.
Recently a bunch of younger teenagers have decided sonic Unleashed is good since they played it when they were 6 and everything seems pretty good when you're a child.
I don't know about that.
+WeActOnImpulse Official same here, am 25 and I enjoyed the shit outta that game.
+WeActOnImpulse Official Sounds like why people obsess over Sonic Adventure 2.
Your comment reminded me of when I recently went back and played Age of Empires 1, a large part of my introduction to video gaming, and realizing that it has not aged well at all, ironically.
Oh Hooray.
More Sonic fans who can't tell when their own beloved franchise has become terrible.
Yahtzee is reviewing the game from the perspective of someone who couldn't give a shit if the game is good or bad. Most of these people blindly love the game because of their dedication to the characters, terrible game play doesn't matter, Sonic goes fast.
Yes, I know there are SOME people who can reasonably enjoy the game...they're the ones smart enough to either be quiet or aren't allowed near Mummy and Daddy's computer. I've played this game...it was awful. Not AS bad as say Sonic 06 (Which a lot of Sonic also blindly enjoy...which is a joke) or as bad as Sonic Boom (Again, they defend) but still in its own right, bad.
I remember playing the classic Sonic games when I was younger. I stopped playing by the time I received my first N64. Eventually, around 2008 or so I got a Nintendo Wii where I rented 'Sonic and the Secret Rings.' this was the first time I played a Sonic game since I was a child and I was a little excited-it was terrible. Do people just not mention that game on purpose? No one ever talks about that game and how bad it was. I then tried this game for the hope that it was just a one off thing-it was terrible. I don't play Sonic anymore. The games are bad and the fans are worse.
The yellow is both space and nothingness, trapped in the void between two worlds.
I feel like the bit with sonic on stage was an accurate prediction of the 25th anniversary "special" that went off last year
Sonic was way too fast in this! Can't believe that's a problem but it is. I don't have Sonic-like reflex's. Never beat the game cause I got stuck on a level.
lol well i was an old sonic fan meaning i played it from the first games although i was born after they came out but still at any rate I do have sonic like reflexes and the only level that I found impossible while boosting was the skyscraper scamper levels, but other than those im perfectly fine with sonic's speed XD, now i understand why ppl say he goes to fast, they cant keep up with how fast he goes to react fast enough lol
Your neurons are just clogged with tumors xD I never thought Sonic was too fast. Even with maxed out speed he felt average speed at best.
ananthusarat XDD yeah i never found him too fast in sonic unleashed OTHER than on the empire city day levels which if in case you didnt play them I will tell you are very very VERY hard and boosting is just literally an impossibility on the empire city/skyscraper scamper levels
Minecast Zyad48
Yeah skyscraper scamper was boring but the other levels were pretty good. I hated the HOGwolf parts though because they were soooooooooooooooooo boring.
ananthusarat the hogwolf(i still love that joke XD) levels are a little action packed and really just annoyed me a lot more than the day stages since while day stages are usually finished in about 3-5 minutes on average and the occasional 7-10 minutes on harder stages, the hogwolf levels are usually around 30 minutes to an hour and a half long and they annoy the fuck outa me since I die about 10-15 times whenever i play them and on the empire city night levels omg they are like torture, it took me 50 TRIES to finish the first night act on the 360 version, the only day stage that i dont like is the eggmanlang one and i'm pretty sure we ALL know why, I havent played it on the 360 since i havent gotten that far yet but it was already hell on the WII and ps2 version of the game and i've found that eggmanland takes around 20-40 minutes to finish so it's by far the hardest level on the whole game
I totally agree with this dude. My brother is 12 and bought it and they do need to empty two barrels into his oblivious skull.
I think the last good sonic game i played was sonic rush back in 2005. It had the speed-for-tricks mechanic that the SSX series did which meant you could move blisteringly quickly through the STRICTLY 2D courses and the music was most reminiscent of jet-set radio. It took a nice little break from the traditional sonic soundtrack at the time of "linkin park but somehow even worse" and actually controlled rather nicely.
When you think about it Sonic really isn't that bad... Here is sort of how the main series games are in quality.
Good Sonic Games
Sonic 1
Sonic 2
Sonic 3K
Sonic CD
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Heroes
Sonic Colors
Sonic Generations
Sonic Lost World
Ok Sonic Games
Sonic Unleashed [PS3/360]
Sonic 4
Sonic Boom [3DS]
Bad Sonic Games
Sonic 06
Sonic Unleashed [Wii/PS2]
Sonic Boom [Wii U]
I know boom isn't main series, but I find it close enough to include in this. Anyway, I guess spin-offs usually amount to mediocrity, with exceptions like Sonic Riders and Sonic and The Black Knight being fairly good, as others like Sonic Free Riders, Sonic and The Secret Rings, and Sonic Shuffle being fairly bad.
+Bob MacAbe First off, am massive Sonic fan, so understand that with what I say. Second, list does need a bit of rearranging and additions. First off, while admittedly Unleashed Wii version is a personal like, it was rated higher than all the other versions, so that one is closer to OK. Second, Heroes and Lost World generally fall into OK as well. Finally, missing one of the massive unfortunate games, Shadow the Hedgehog, (yes, it's main series) and it's unfair to talk about Boom separately because if you want to do that, you need to mention the portable versions of Colors, Generations, and Lost World, which I really don't think are worth going into.
Good Sonic Games
Sonic 1
Sonic 2
Sonic 3K
Sonic CD
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Colors
Sonic Generations
Ok Sonic Games
Sonic Unleashed
Sonic 4
Sonic Lost World
Sonic Heroes
Bad Sonic Games
Sonic 06
Shadow the Hedgehog
Sonic Boom [Wii U]
This is a list based purely on critical review on general consensus, not my own opinion. And with this list, the desperation of Sonic comes into play, since with the exception of two, the only good Sonic games were before 2001.
I say that there should be an international law requireing the lead designer of every game coverd by ZP to do a reaction video of that review.
"I'm not sure what kind of person could consider this the game for them, but they probably live in a cave and subsist on raw fish."
So, its the game for Gollum?
I want to state while you flashed Sonic Adventure 2 Battle for the bad games that they put out later on, it was stil fun. To clarify, the fun i refer to was the chao garden. Because something about those playdoughy little shits is just so adorable. That and the way it is set up it feels more like a game then the game did, where the game felt like the farming area for boosting their stats.
3:31 "This is gameplay I would expect from a fucking ROM hack, designed by Hitler!" -Yahtzee Croshaw
How can Yahtzee not like Sonic Adventure 2? It's the best Sonic game ever made.
+Storm base reviews Yahzee doesn't like anything, you should have know that by now.
But he never explained why.
Because he doesn't like Sonic. Period.
But he did admit at a Q&A panel that he likes 99% of the games he reviews so he's probably just joking around
+Storm base reviews Because the vast majority of that game is absolute shyte. The Knuckles and Tails level are just plain awful, and quite a few of the Sonic levels are just the same. People only remember it so fondly because they replayed all of their favorite levels for the Chows. Beyond that it was awful.
Yahtzee bad at 3D Sonic
Also he played the worse version lol
At least it wasn’t the PS2 version or Java
I fucking lost it when he said "hanging around feminine boys" xD
Mmm, raw fish from a cave. My favourite!
Honestly Skill Issue
some guy doesn't like the same game as me = "skill issue"
To be fair you do need some skill to make it through sonic unleashed without going mad
All right:
Twilight Princess
Super Mario Galaxy
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Okami
Sly Cooper
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Need I go on?
Actually, the Wii/PS2 version had QTE and "Gaia Gates" (I assume that's what the "mission hubs" are).
mostly because typing "ya" is faster than typing "yes, i agree kind sir"
I gotta say, I actually liked Sonic Unleashed when I got it for that Christmas it came out. (Along with my PS2.) Although, it was my first Sonic game, and at the age I was, I was blissfully naive to the difference between a good game and a bad one.
Lance Skyes same here, i loved it ahahah
Lance Skyes I loved it on the wii. Just shows how little I knew...
i never had a problem collecting the medals or the ranking system and i had the PS2 version.
Ok, saw it in his idea of "attempts to bring him back" games, and this isn't the first time I've seen it hated on, so I'm genuinely curious: Why do people hate on Sonic Adventure 2? The only two reasons I hear are repetitive levels (which isn't really that good a reason when a gimmick here and there and the layout of each level changes it up) and the two storylines being very similar (which is a stupid complaint considering it's two sides to the same story) which to me isn't enough to make this game bad. This is a legitimate discussion question, I'd like to know why this is considered bad.
Ah, yes. I was confused by this when I first saw it. Then I watched SomeCallMeJohnny's review of this paticular sonic game. I love sonic adventure 2. (battle specifically, don't have a dreamcast) Unfortunately, I only really love the running sections with shadow and sonic, save maybe some of the treasure hunting bits. So that means that only about 1/3 of the game's singleplayer stages are actually fun. Then there's the multiplayer, which I also love. But, again, only the running bits.
klimno klock
Oh. Well, I actually liked the shooting and treasure levels as well. And that's not just saying that, the Hard mode treasure levels made you use your brain, which was nice and the shooting ones involve...well, shooting. Personal favorite is Gravity Wall. (in that category) But hey, some people just want much of the same in their series (which is why games like Super Mario Sunshine are so divided)
i actually quite liked sonic unleashed because the daytime stages had challenges and branching pathways, and the nighttime stages because i could upgrade sonic's move set as i progressed
Rest of the game aside, that opening cutscene though...
Sonic adventure battle 2 was fun and one of my favorite games, its graphics weren't THAT bad.
I have a sneaking suspicion that Yahtzee may have like Sonic at some point in his life, he just wants to help him back on course...
Was that a subtle Lord of the Rings reference in there?
I'm surprised you didn't mention how different consoles got different versions, or the airplane missions in the PS3/XBox 360 versions.
The good thing about my cave is that no one bugs me. I didn't choose to have raw fish, though...
The game ain't perfect but the Werehog stages are fun in my opinion. Also, I love how fast it is - it's the fastest Sonic game thus far. It's as it should be, minus the falling into traps part. He's either too fast or too slow, pick one! xD
The thing that I like about this game is the music.
you know what they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it
Sonic never pursed what's-her-face. She relentlessly pursued him.
3:30 Goes hard
1: I thought that essentially all elements of gameplay were bizzaro-world Branston Pickle, but that's subjective. 2: Ok, to be honest, I am going with the mainstream here, but I use mainstream opinions to judge how on-par with the rest of society I am. In this case; Very. 3: I know italics don't exist, I just put a placeholder there so you can pretend there are. Also, "Colors and Generations have lots of 3D segments. But they have a lot of 2D segments as well, therefore it's a 2D game." WHAT.
I thought Sonic Unleashed was a breath of fresh air from a... Certain game... I really enjoyed it, but I felt that the night stages were overused and sometimes annoying as the platforming was a little bit off, but I loved the day stages. I played the xbox 360 version, which was probably better than the wii version, but I enjoyed Unleashed highly.
Yeah, but Sonic is obsessed with rings in general. Gollum is obsessed with the ruling ring, the one ring TO RULE THEM ALL!
I love this game, now if you excuse me, I have some raw fish to eat.
one of the problems with sonic is that he didnt change in a fast (trying to be)hardening and realizationing world
Sonic Unleashed was one of the first games I played. I recall the Wii version's significantly worse than the 360 version, and yes thinking back the design choices of medals and off-the-roof speed with Daytime Sonic are REALLY annoying. I had fun when I played it but I'm hardly likely picking it up again to play now. :P
I love the comment section on Sonic videos. It's like a sea of unpopular opinions that I can dive right into because I share most of them which for the sake of this metaphor basically gives me gills.
Am I the only one who actually enjoyed this game a lot and still pick it up and play it once in a while just for the fun of it? and personally I enjoyed day levels a lot more.
freedom will be waiting when the sonic series dies
The idea of shooting him is amusing :)
Let's get to it Strider, I hope you didn't give John any.
been watching so much zero punctuation recently that the voice in my head is starting to sound like Yahtzee and im becoming over critical of everyting/one around me :/
i remember that you also needed to be on the right time of day to play it as well.I couldn't advance on the story because I couldn't even get to the mission beause of that fucking system
I have the PS2 version of this game and I personally think it's slightly better than the HD versions!
Now I want him to review Sonic 06.
I saw it. Did you watch the Generations review?
Just played a bit of both versions again, and while the HD version could have been good with some fine tuning, but the end product is a hardly playable mess with some of the worst framerate I've had on the PS3. While the Wii version definitely lacks spectacle, it's at least playable and the level design seems much more well-suited for that game.
...But I think we can at least see eye-to-eye with Unleashed. I think. I still not sure what I think of that oddly appealing madness.
uh...no, i'm not getting worked up about this, i simple stating that this isn't a bad game nor a terrible one as everyone says it is. i've played the game from the first stage to replaying it and i had a fun time. nothing annoying really happen, i had no trouble with the controls and my PS2 didn't explode saying "it sucks" to me. and i'm not the only one! on a video called "top 10 sonic games" this game was at number one and it was voted for! so why the hate!?
Sonic Adventure 1 had chaos as the first boss
I don't know it peaked back up for generations
Haven't you seen any other of his reviews?
"Welcome to Sonic Team; we make games, I think!"
Well Yahtzee did too.
He and a lot of people just don't like the day stages. Sometimes they're too scared of change to accept that games evolve, and people evolve with them. I enjoy the speed and control of 3D Sanik games.
And if others don't, well...
They're just too slow.
I used to own this game and I never finished it. In fact I never finished the first level because I just didn't care. I started playing and after an hour I stopped because I had better things to do.
I remember when I first got my Wii. My father took me to the mall and told me to pick out one game to go with it. He would only buy me a single game every boxing day onward so this was a big decision.
At the time, I had a super Nintendo and Sega genesis in my household from garage sales and so I grew up with both Mario and sonic at the same time.
And I vividly remember myself making the choice between Sonic Unleashed and Super Mario Galaxy. To think...there was potential that if things turned out slightly differently, I could have become among the ranks of deluded 3d sonic zealots today.
I don't even believe in God but I'll thank him anyway for letting me make the objectively correct choice.
You do realize that article was in Game Infarcer, right? The satirical April Fool's edition of Game Informer?