Sonic Origins

“The mission mode is a pathetic addition to the game that hardly contributes anything nor takes advantage of what each game has to offer and instead serves as nothing more than just another game mode.”

“The missions are sloppily thrown together and are very cookie-cutter in structure, all feeling extremely same-y and not interesting to begin with.”

“The mission mode and new cut scenes is not enough to compensate for the amount of bugs and technical issues riddled in this game.”

“The main menu with 3D graphics looks completely out of place when compared to the games that are able to be played.”

“This "collection" probably won't run on your device even if it manages to run Sonic Mania, the 2011 version of Sonic CD, Sonic Forever, Sonic 2 Absolute and Sonic 3 Air with full 60 fps because it uses "Hedgehog Engine" (yes, the terrible engine used for Generations and Forces... why would it be used in a collection of 2D games???) for the menus which I suspect is the reason why this collection needs 6/8 GB of RAM and an AMD graphics card, while Sonic Mania could run just fine with only 2/4 GB of RAM and a DirectX-compatible graphics card. Even if it did manage to run, you'd be left with a collection that requires you to purchase additional DLC to play as Knuckles in Sonic CD, uses Sonic 4 instruments in a certain Sonic 3 tune, and many more issues.”

“What isn't fine is the near-complete lack of graphics options.”

“It's full of bugs—ranging from minor gameplay issues and camera freezes to strange glitches (e.g., Knuckles can infinitely die in Sonic 3 & K credits, broken remnants of Mighty and Ray in Blue Spheres, accessible 2011 CD remaster menu).”

“Terrible PC port: the game freezes when going to the next level, controls don't respond well in special stages, and sometimes music fails to play promptly. The bonus stage controls are also problematic, making it a god awful port of old Sonic games.”

“Sonic 3 & Knuckles is filled with glitches such as deleting chaos/super emerald data, skipping bosses, white water that obscures objects, and a skip that lets you bypass half the game. There are also glitches not present in the 2011-2013 versions, making this version quite unstable.”

“It's full of bugs—ranging from minor gameplay issues and camera freezes to some really strange glitches and bugs (Knuckles can infinitely die in the credits of Sonic 3 & K, you can find the broken remnants of Mighty and Ray in Blue Spheres, the 2011 CD remaster menu is still accessible in the game, etc.). The new music in Sonic 3 & K is also just not good; I really recommend modding the original themes back in.”

“The game is buggy, the gameplay is terrible, the games are far easier than what they were before.”

“Sonic & Knuckles (rest of the game starting from Mushroom Hill) is either a slog of fairly boring gameplay or literal suffering in unfair stage design.”

“Immediately upon opening this game for the first time I was met with obnoxious stuttering during the opening cutscenes and the grating noise it created, and then severe lagging/stuttering on the main menus that made navigating anything an absolute chore.”

“Even running at a comically low resolution, this game lags so badly right out the gate, even menus are almost impossible to use because of input delay and severe stuttering.”

“The worst offender for me was the performance: the game simply refused to launch properly most of the time and would freeze up to several minutes in other instances.”

“Ports suffer from a lack of polish, removed features, and have a variety of bugs that made the experience miserable and only made me appreciate the fan remakes which treat the legacy of these games with respect and aim to make playing countless regurgitated titles feel fresh and modernized. Fortunately, I had purchased this for a reasonably low price during a sale, but had I been a day one customer, seeing an upgraded edition of this game set to release a year later with actual features the fans demanded from the beginning and new content that was expected from the get-go would have me feeling robbed and overall comes across as dishonesty from Sega's perspective, which summarizes this whole collection and its advertising to begin with.”

“Additional side note that I think sums this game up well: this isn't a celebration of Sonic's history, it's a cheap cash grab that Sega sucked another studio into to help so when the game inevitably failed they could probably throw said studio under the bus and pretend like they didn't mangle this project themselves.”

“After playing this game for 40 hours I can confirm that this product is nothing more than a lazily put together cash grab that Sega cares very little about if at all.”

“All levels for both modes use the same music track, which unfortunately hurts replayability.”

“They do include extra features such as boss rush, mirror mode and a few extra side challenges to add replay value but these won't last you very long and completing all of them is completely optional.”

“Saying that I will no longer play this game may be perceived as negative but there is hardly any replay value in a Sonic game.”

“Coins are really hard to get if you only want to play the game once, because the only way to actually get coins is grinding boss rush mode. Missions give coins only once when completed with an S rank, so after that boss rush is the only way to grind.”

“Grinding for 100% completion in the museum is frustrating because after spending around 30 hours grinding coins, you get nothing in return. There should have been rewards like a customization machine or access to recolors.”

“It's very grindy to get 100% completion.”

“Even the first seconds were borderline difficult, somehow the eggman fight was arguably worse and the audio quality was ruining the atmosphere of the game.”