IGN's Terrible Sonic Reviews 

Fun Fact: IGN legit fired the reviewer of Sonic Unleashed.

And let's not forget that IGN's video review of Sonic Unleashed made the incredibly stupid mistake of *jumping over the boost pad*

I mean how anyone can give sonic unleashed a 4.5/10, but give sonic 4 an 8 is beyond me.

They literally gave forces a 6.9 and frontiers a 7, thats bs

I remember being absolutely astounded when IGN scored Unleashed lower than '06.

Gotta love how different and unique every sonic game is yet IGN basically despises Sonic games but every year a new CoD comes out and it gets an amazing score

That unleashed review was simply a skill issue

Imagine if you left a negative review on someone's negative review

5:42 lmao I suddenly remember this scene from the video where they say "the jump button can be fatally irresponsible" as he proceeds to jump above the ramp into a pit, anyway amazing video

People shouldn’t be surprised. After all, you can’t spell ignorant without ign. In all seriousness the fact they gave Free Riders and Sonic 4 pretty good scores and not Unleashed really amazes me.

I feel like the werehogs stretchy arms is because of the dark gia power because the dark gia enemies have stretchy arms as well

I don’t think you realize that the people who write the review, record the footage, and do the voiceover are 3 different people in most IGN videos. That footage almost definitely doesn’t belong to the actual reviewer

The sad truth is that there are so many Sonic haters and detractors out there who just seem to have this list of mindless nitpicks that they just have to include in their "reviews" of any Sonic game. "It's not in 2D! BAD!" "The bad guy is called Eggman and not Robotnik! BAD! "It features Sonic's stupid friends! BAD!" "Sonic has green eyes! BAD!" "It has a story and I have to sit through lame cutscenes! BAD!" "Sonic is voiced by Roger Craig Smith when he should be voiced by Jason Griffith! BAD!" "Sonic is voiced by Jason Griffith when he should be voiced by Ryan Drummond! BAD!" "Sonic is voiced by Ryan Drummond when he shouldn't even talk at all! BAD!" Meanwhile the people at Sega are banging their heads against their computer screens knowing that they simply can't catch a break.

I actually liked the werehog stages. It broke up the gameplay into something different. If it were the same the whole time it would just be the same as every other game from sonic. It's not perfect, like the stages being too long for the werehog but it was still fun to play as the character.

I know I'm the one in a million here but, I think Sonic Free Riders' score was valid. I got the privilege of playing the kinect in a large shed so I had plenty of room. In those circumstances, the kinect works as intended. The problem is most people were playing in lounge rooms and such which just simply isn't enough room for it to work (which IS a valid issue but still) Thus, I loved Free Riders and enjoyed other kinect games.

Fun fact: The guy who reviewed Sonic Unleashed Left IGN

"Cause of course we all know werewolves have stretchy arms" "Cause of course we all know hedgehogs can run faster than the speed of sound"

Similar to Watchmojo not Understanding what Makes franchise Good or Bad and Picks on 06 and Unleashed on their Flaws,IGN spreads No Mercy on it and makes Themselves as a Joke,is Pathetic and Sad.

We can all agree that IGN is just bad at rating Games and they hate on Sonic without any reason most of the Time

if I recall correctly, Sonic Unleashed (fave game of all time btw) has a lower score than the supposed "Franchise Killer" Sonic 06, which has a 4.7. and I thought Frontiers getting 1 nomination across 5 videogame award sites was bad. also while everyone talks about how slow and tedious the wherehog levels are, if you play the game more and get better (considering getting better ranks and improving yourself is the whole point of replay ability in a sonic game), you can cut them down immensely. Here's a shocking revelation, You can skip EVERY fight, that doesn't keep a wall blocked off or switch/keystone hidden until all the enemies are defeated. This is how the dreaded Eggmanland which could take up an hour to beat can actually be completed in just 10 minutes with no deaths. It might actually be my favourite level in the game, I love how much challenge there is to run through it as quickly as I can.

Lmao when you give Sonic 4 an 8 and Unleashed a 4.5 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

Didn't IGN apologize and said Sonic was always good? Also, IGN did tell us some interesting information about the Sonic unleashed reviewer.

I had fun playing Sonic Unleashed, the fast pace stages, the combat fighting, and the upgrading system looks fun and challenging, and the story looks amazing along with sound track, and the hub world is cool and all but the problem is, its kinda small, not like the 06 hub world… :D This is my opinion for my fav game….

This is honestly why I can never take these "professional" reviewers / critics seriously. I really don't give a crud to sites like IGN, Rotten Tomatoes, Gamestop, etc for particular reasons. They give some sloppy and poor explanations, they don't go into the details of the problems, and may just say do or don't buy the product. If something catches your interest, check it out and judge it for yourself. No one's in charge of you and the one to make the decision whether or not something's good or bad is ourselves.

7:56 what sense?? I'm pretty sure "sense" was yeeted out the window, the moment they decided to make a blue hedgehog that runs fast lmao

As a person who has never played any of these games, I can agree that ign sucks.

I think the problem with reviews for sonic games like those from IGN is that they can't really talk about one of the most critical aspect of what makes sonic games fun : replayability. Since most of the time they don't even finish the game, I find the amount of influence they have (not only on consumers but also on sega, probably why we never got a re-release of unleashed on modern hardware) kinda stupid overall. No wonder more and more people straight up abandoned these more "traditional" reviewers to the benefit of independent testers, witch are closer to their communities and therefore I think, give a more subjective opinion.

R.I.P Sonic Unleashed freaking IGN gave it a bad review I mean IGN did update it a few years ago

One more thing: Why the hell did they call Frontiers' combat repetetive and gave it 7/10? It is probably the best Sonic game since Unleashed and may be even better than that

Sometimes I find it fun to mimick the IGN gameplay I don't know why, I just find it fun to mock how badly that guy played. (As well as that cuphead reviewer guy)

The sonic unleashed reviewer probably was like "ok the fans hate it so imma blast this game just like eggman blasted the moon."

Keep up the great work! Maybe you can do this for other game franchises

I wish you saw the one for Sonic Adventure 2 Battle; (forgot if it was from ign or not) but more than half of his complaints were not actually problems in the game, I think he was just angry when he wrote the review

Me playing Sonic Unleashed when i was 12 for the first time was higher quality gameplay than that reviewer's gameplay. Actually, my then 8 year old sister playing was better too. It's impressive how bad that was.

i wouldnt say that the werehog stages are bad because they are really fun for sonic fans like me

IGN: sonic was never good Sonic generations: time for your trip to hell

Game journalism shouldn’t give any reviews of Sonic’s games and instead should let the audiences to dictate the reviews

I can’t believe ign said quote Sonic was always good

They hate star fox 2 because the graphics are horrible when it was made in the 90's

I agree with IGN that Sonic's speed shouldn't be upgradable. It's a problem when you try a fresh save file and want to replay entire adventure with S ranks but it might be impossible without glitches.

IGN’s ratings are so biased and half assed

Wait until the unleashed guy plays frontiers

i remember doing the crappy big gear gimick in sonic 4 as super sonic and it goes fast as hell, why does it move that slow with normal sonic? its so bad (btw what im talking about shows up at 1:37)

What was the song playing during the sonic riders section

4:26 Tbh, I’ve heard that so many people love this game and watch so many lives where people adore this game so I think it deserves a 10.

I always thought unleashed looked rlly sick but I never knew if it was good or not

i just realized the finger sonic is pointing in the thumbnail

God forbid they give him stretchy arms in the video game in the fictional world

IGN literally gave Bayonetta 3 a higher rating than Frontiers

7.8/10 too much water

About leaving a good idea alone the thing is since sonic goes through stages incredibly fast the devs have to make stages incredibly long to match players blowing through them at high speeds so adding slower sections is just a way to take the weight of their shoulders for a bit and if you look at it that way it becomes far more understandable

“There are so many times you can hear city escape, before you want to kill yourself.”

Ok so I have a couple of things to say ok? So The reason why the reviews are so inconsistent is manly because there are different people review the games like for example the guy who review unleashed hd is the same person that review sonic 4 episode 1 and the sonic free riders review is the same person that review sonic generations. IGN's recent top 10 sonic games are different here is there list: 10: sonic unleashed 9: sonic rush 8: sonic 2 7: sonic CD 6: sonic 3 5: sonic colors 4: sonic advance 1 3: sonic adventure 2 2: sonic mania 1: sonic generation

"Nobody hates sonic more than the sonic fanbase" -some wise words of a certain someone I forgor

7:15 Imagine if this was the same guy who gave us the first gameplay footage for Frontiers.

Ign said sonic 4 deserved its title... WUH!

IGN’s IQ is 4.5 more like

They gave frontiers a 7, but sinic 4 has a 8 ☠️

I personally really like the Werehog stages for what they are but I can understand others not enjoying as much The "Style/Spectacle Fighter" genre actually fits Sonic really well since both encourages playing in a fast and stylish way, plus there's a surprising amount of extra movement tech you can pull off using your different combos and grabs. Felt amazing just discovering that the (X,X,A) moves function as high and long jumps when on the ground and in the air respectfully

9:47, I think he probably played Wiileashed, and thought the controls were the same, so he hardly boosted

I despise Sonic 4: Episode I, one of the worst games in the entire franchise, spin-offs included. Sonic 4: Episode II is a completely different experience however, I actually love Episode II, it's one of my favorites.

I'd personally add IGN's Sonic Lost World review to the list. Lost World was a great game, yet IGN gave it a 5.8 just because it tried out something different. Not to mention, Forces exists thanks to Lost World's reception.

Swap Unleashed and Sonic 4’s ratings, just subtract 3 for Sonic 4’s new rating

I feel like there’s no point in complaining about ign’s reviews, it’s their opinion

I think that Sonic Free Riders is one of the best Kinect games there is... which might speak volumes about the Kinect itself. Worthy of more than a 7.5 if we are exclusively talking about Kinect games. If actual games are considered... not nearly lol I got all achievements on Sonic Free Riders. I would say that you can eventually master the controls of the game... when the Kinect actually registers your movements. If you have any questions about my full achievement journey, feel free to ask!

SONIC 4 IS GOLDEN. I DON'T APPRECIATE THE DISRESPECT. FREE RIDERS WAS EVEN BETTER. I LOVED THE KINECT. BOTH OF THESE ARE UNDERRATED MASTERPIECES.

I was doing a self-challenge for Unleashed and trying to S-Rank every stage, starting with the daytime levels. I quickly noticed that doing all the daytimes all the time... things got... kinda boring??? Most of the daytimes have a "checklist" which is: • area of minor parkour (quicktime step-by-step area) • have triplet laser guys • have one big angry arms robot Playing the daytime stages over and over just to S-Rank them all got me to really appreciate the werehog levels. Sure, I didn't have a problem with them to begin with, but I was also always itching to get to those delicious daytimes. I'm aware, the nighttimes can get old and tedious as well, but so can the daytimes, which is my point. PS: Collecting all the coins in daytime is a tragedy, why sega, why

W video, you’re commentary and almost monotone voice are hilarious

Those reviews for Unleashed brought to mind memories of Switch Force's initial review of Sonic Frontiers.

I can understand critiquing Sonic 06 or the storybook games but they gave Sonic Unleashed a terrible score is just mean and terrible reviewing, Sonic Unleashed was one of the last games that Sega made that had a lot of soul and effort into it, more than the new and older games combined

To be fair on IGN pretty much everyone loves sonic four when it came out

Wait...three enemies were in front of him in a 2d section and he boosts 3 times. TF?!🤨

I liked sonic 4, I remember playing that game on my mom's phone as a kid, shit rocked

Ok, I don’t really play a ton of Sonic games but these reviews just make me want to go to IGN HQ, with a weapon, and threaten them with a mob of people to change the reviews for the Sonic games, (and other games to I guess I don’t watch IGN) Like, Sonic Unleashed XBox 360/ PS3 gets a 4.5/10 whereas the Wii version (which is technically almost the same thing) gets a damm 7/10 Free Riders is easily a 2/10 from me, maybe a tiny bit higher like a 3, but a 7.5 for garbage controls makes no sense And Sonic 4… for context, I watch a certain RU-vidr who does “Everything Wrong With” videos and man, just seeing how Sonic 4 plays is just garbage, and, what do you know, it gets a good score… because of course… why wouldn’t be its IG f**king N I don’t know why the hell Frontiers has a 7/10 as I never watched the review, but aside from the popups that appear, this game is really good, a 8.5 or a 9 would’ve been aceptable but a 7… really? And that is all for my rant, thank you for reading and if you want to contradict something, that’s fine, unlike IGN, I respect people’s opinions, it’s not like people joined the Sonic community to f the characters (something said by IGN themselves btw, oh and that Sonic was never good) For those who somehow never heard that, let that sink in…

In 2008, people complained about Sonic Unleashed's pits and level design. IGN's 2008 was what the readers wanted IGN to say. 2008 was also when most gamers on forums were saying "Sonic's cast needs to go." So in 2008, the moment they showed the Werehog, people were angry and arguing with Sonic Team. Mid-2010s, alot of people simply left the Sonic fanbase, which left this group that defend most Sonic games

That thumbnail is a perfect response to those reviews

I still find it hilarious that ign somehow manages to have an opinion that will almost always contradict the fanbase, but seriously good video this is a great channel I've stumbled onto!

This is true, but hot take: Free Riders is fun and playable, you really just need to master the controls lol. I’m like one of those rare people

This is litteraly my thoughts about IGN. I don't really care about rewiers like IGN because of this reason. By the way, Love your videos! Keep up the good work SF Productions👍!!!

8:30 Uh oh, watch out Sonic frontiers. Don’t let that guy do your review.

I like soc 4

Sonic 4 is a masterpiece

The Werehog it's still to this day the most polished gimmick/alternative gameplay style in the franchise history, no other gimmick has had this level of depth and detail put into it. Mech shooting, treasure hunting, OG fishing, Classic Sonic, Avatar, Excalibur, Teams, Wisps, Guns, Vehicles, Cyberspace, nothing comes near to it. And it's also the best combat system in a Sonic game. Nor Battle, nor Fighters, nor Heroes, nor 06, nor Black Knight, hell, nor even Frontiers can get close to it

Wonder what they said about rush adventure?

Whoever thought about giving Sonic 4 an 8/10 and giving Sonic Unleashed 4.5/10 is actually the most questionable person ever. Giving a good rating for an uninspired game and a bad rating for a game with one of the best rendered cutscenes is the most stupid thing I've ever seen.

6:42 Did Arin Hanson write that review? Cause he also plays these games without boosting. He's even come up with similar "theories" about the quality of the games, saying that the people who make them have no idea what they're doing.

So you're really not gonna bring up how IGN butchered Sonic Adventure?

The only review I agree with is the Free Riders one. As ngl, Kinect controls are an acquired taste and I have that taste. And it worked just fine for me. Ironically, Free Riders's controls were personally the easiest ones for me to get.

I wonder how was the "Society against Sonic" in the 90s

I mean for unleashed. At the time it made sense cause sonic games itself wasn't super experimental. Many people in the past hated the whole idea of this, especially after the shit that happened with sonic 06. However because many of the gen z peeps had these as their first games of sonic, and is used to him just experimenting, its a cult favourite. I get the ign reviewer perspective at the time when it comes to this anyways

I honestly think that the lengths of the stages in Unleashed are fine. I mean, yeah, the Werehog stages could've been shorter, but I don't think anyone would want a 30 minute Daytime stage or a 5 minute Nighttime stage, either.

So ackording(I definetly spelled that wrong) to IGN Sonic Pocket Adventure is equal to a game like Elden Ring.

6:05 right at this part my device lost all of its connection there’s no way that was an accident

pocket adventure is definitely in my top 10 sonic games, as it is a genuinely solid game and a great predecessor to the advance trilogy, but to give it a perfect 10 is like calling re:coded the definitive kingdom hearts experience.

Its almost like challenging games that encourage and require replayability are going to be less favourable to reviewers compared to the games that hold their hand - because game journalists are pushed to review games about as fast as sonic team devs are pushed to release games

If you want a tip to make Sonic Free Riders’ controls better, limit the light to a minimum. The Xbox 360 literally says before loading the game, “Adjust the brightness for better controls” or something like that. Once you do that, it works like a charm. And am I the only one here who ACTUALLY likes Free Riders? I play it all the time.

You should see Tim Turi's (GameInformer) review of Sonic Generations. He said the game was bad because it has a level based on Sonic 06. Meanwhile I'm over here brooding about how Smash Ultimate has a Sonic Lost World Level, Ultimate is literally a 2/10 game cannot play.

People tend to forget that these are just the opinions of people who work for IGN. If they don't like Unleashed, they don't like Unleashed. They have different tastes.

They gave Sonic Pocket Adventure a 10/10 of all things

IGN basically hated on Sonic because it was the popular thing to do and nothing else. Remember they backpeddled when their whole "Sonic was never good" thing.