Customer Reviews

Sonic Lost World (Nintendo 3DS)

Sonic Lost World, greatly deviates from the previous 3d sonic formula, ditching the high speed, boost oriented gameplay, for a greater balance between speed and platforming, which I can say certainly works well, moving the sonic series in a positive direction.

Sonic Lost World Begins with our spiky blue hero, Sonic the Hedgehog and his sidekick Tails, giving chase to the evil dr eggman (or robotnik if you prefer), as he is up to his usual nefarious self, abducting innocent woodland creatures to use as an energy source to power his various badniks in an attempt at creating a robotic army to bring him one step closer to world domination! After an unsuccessful attempt at freeing the helpless animals sonic crash lands on a mysterious new planet, dubbed the lost hex which is split up into multiple segments. after venturing though the green hill style windy hill zone, sonic eventually meets up with a new, deadly threat literally! that go by the name of the deadly six, who after being freed from eggman's control, proceed to swear vengeance on eggman and the rest of the planet for their temporary imprisonment; through turning eggman's robots against him and anyone else that stands in their way, with their mysterious mechanical controlling prowess. The story won't wow you, coming off as the basic: bad guys want to take over the world, but it is aimed towards a younger audience, as it's more reminiscent of a Saturday morning cartoon, but it does a good enough job to keep the game flowing! Now with the story out of the way, let's get to the most important aspect the gameplay!

Sonic has a number of upgrades to his control scheme, including being able to speed up or slow down depending on whether the R button is held, which allows for sonic to more carefully traverse the landscape, avoiding bottomless pits and running head on into enemies. Another of his new abilities includes the parkour system, where he can gain horizontal or vertical distance depending on the situation if he runs into a wall at a fast enough speed, which works fantastically when trying to reach new areas, and take shortcuts; alongside his returning spindash, bounce and homing attack which has been slightly tweaked to target multiple enemies (Hint: when dealing with bigger enemies, wait for three arrows to appear when targeting the enemy to unleash a more powerful homing attack!).

Throughout the game, you will travel across 7 diverse zones, such as a tropical beach and an arid desert just to name a few, each complete with 3 acts and a boss stage(there are also special stages exclusive to the 3ds version, where you can collect chaos emeralds). Some of the stages feature short puzzles which are vital for you to progress to the next area, such as pushing a snowball to fill a hole, or using the returning wisp abilities to move about, which can sometimes slow down the pace but doesn't usually last for too long. If you're finding the game too difficult, there's a "hold your hand" type feature if you die enough times, where you'll get an item that will help you through the stage, such as invincibility or a flying hover craft! You can also create those said items in Tail's workshop, which can be activated during stages via the 3DS' touchscreen.

Positives and Negatives:

All in all, without making this review too long or giving away spoilers, Sonic Lost World is a very enjoyable game, which has a great balance between speed and platforming with some key positives including:

+ Great use of the R button to adjust Sonic's speed
+ Parkour system allows for greater exploration
+ Still very fast gameplay when using all of Sonic's abilities
+ Some Wisp abilities are well integrated into the gameplay enhancing the experience
+ Online multiplayer racing and battle mode adds to the replay value
+ Nice colourful in game graphics

but it still has its faults such as:

-Underwhelming Easy Boss battles
-Gyroscope feature used in special stages and with some wisps can get very annoying and difficult to use when out and about
-May take a while to get used to the controls (Feels a bit slippery compared to the Wii U)
-Stages not as diverse as the Wii U version
-Some mechanics feel directly taken from Mario Galaxy (Although this works to the game's advantage in some cases!)
-Some levels can really slow down the gameplay grinding you to a near halt

After seeing so many negative reviews, I kept having that "am I playing the same game that they're talking about" feeling, and felt that I had to give this game the credit it's due. I can say that this is a fantastic Sonic game and a great addition to anyone's 3ds game library!

My overall score 4.5/5 uh... gold rings

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My grandson would not look at anything else after he got this game. We literally had to force him to leave it alone and eat his dinner. He ate with a furry and when allowed he went straight back to the game.

I brought this for my Grandson who is 6yrs old and he loves it.
So if he is happy that's what matters.

Brought for son as present. He loves it!! Had it for a couple of months now. Pleased with Game !

I purchased this for my grandson and although I am a regular IT user I have never been remotely interested in the games side of computers. However I was talked into having a trial run by my grandson and was amazed how quickly the time passed and also how sophisticated the graphics were of this particular game. I can now understand why my daughter has to limit the time the kids spend on this type of thing. If only someone could come up with a format to make the essential school curriculum as addictive, they would be on to a real winner.

7 year old son loves the games although i do have to help him from time to time and even I find the odd level a bit hard - but we get there - he loves it anyway and fast delivery

This game has good tricks.
The spin dash was fab a roony!!
Its quite easy to play.
Nice game and acceptable levels in the game that were a bit fun.

Bought for my son's 6th birthday. He loves it. Game play seems to be simple enough for him to work out on his own but interesting enough to hold his attention.

This was awful. Got to the third stage & gave up out of sheer boredom. Selling it soon. A horrid mess of mario galaxy rip off. Don't waste your time.

First of all DO NOT BUY THIS GAME-you have been warned
pros
good graphics for a 3ds title
finally, a 3d handheld sonic title
amazing soundtrack (not surprisingly)
3 wisps are fun to control (lightning, burst, asteroid)
great voice acting

Cons
HORRIBLE CONTROL SCHEME
levels after the first zone just keep going on and on
the worst special stages in any sonic game (even worse the the emerald chases in sonic heroes)
a lackluster story which doesn't explain enough
most of the deadly six are really bland
unnecessary gyroscope controls
the quake wisp can go kill itself
Slippery and twitchy controls

Overall Opinion
This game looked so promising but just didn't deliver. The terrible controls mixed with the long level design creates the worst hand cramps. so as I said earlier DON'T BUY THIS GAME your wasting money.