Why the surprise? Sonic has featured in some of the best games this generation. In fact, Sonic 360 aside, I don't think there has ever been a bad Sonic game.

Ever since Sega left the hardware business there has been an eroding level of respect towards Sonic, and Sega, as a whole. It's a bit unfair because their premier games are still outstanding.

And, yes, Sonic RPG is a very good game: the music is awful, and navigation can be a bit of a pain, but it's definitely one of the best DS games I've played this year. The battle system is really fun.

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I haven't seen a good press review of it yet. I thought the gameplay videos I have seen looked clunky and the character navigation used the touchscreen too much for very no good reason.

I guess I need to try it. I know I was excited for it BEFORE I saw all the videos and read all the criticism.

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I have to say that Sonic Chronicles didn't do much for me. I don't have negative views of Sonic as I look at each game individually. I liked the Sonic games for Wii and DS, while I don't think I will be touching the PS3 and 360 Sonic anytime soon. I love the classic Sonic games and hope they can capture that feel in the newest Sonic games (even if the new Sonic for Wii sounds ..... just plain bad).

PS I know everyone is giving Sonic Chronicles large amounts of praise, but does everyone really love the battle system that much? Every review I have read praises it as fresh and inventive. I got tired of it real fast as I hate the fact that if I can't heal anyone using Cream if I can't perform the "actions" properly. Rule 1 of RPG: Do not make it harder then it has to be to for the player to survive. If any FF game introduced such a system, RPG players would be in uproar.

Also, the battle animations make the fights drag on.

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"It's quite the good game, which is weird for us considering Sonic hasn't been in one of those for quite some time."

It's like you guys haven't even played the other, real Sonic DS games. Everybody seems to forget that Sonic Rush exists. I say it everytime someone bashes Sonic, but Sonic Rush Adventure was an amazing game, it even managed to get something right, sailing around on the ocean, that Nintendo can't get right with Link.

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It's not that good, but it's not that bad, and oddly enough, the thing where battles have 45 different mini-games in them to make levelling up obnoxious and painful just makes the game annoying. Frankly, I wish I could get my 35$ back so I could put that toward a fun game.

I still don't really care for Sonic, and I still love the original platformers. At least Sega had the sense to put out Sonic Mega Collection, which I enjoy immensely on my PS2.

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Ehhh, the game is alright. It kind of drew me in initially, I played it pretty balls-deep for a week and a half, but eventually the tap mini-game POW moves bs really got to me. And the story seems pretty dry.

I really expected more from the people who brought us gems like Knights of the Old Republic.

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"Hasn't been in [a good game] for quite some time?" How quickly we forget the Rush series.

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Besides the Sonic Rush games there hasnt been a good Sonic game since the genesis and any true game knows that. Anyways Sonic RPG suffered from slow down issues that made the game seem very choppy, which for a Sonic title is a bad thing IMO (Sonic games are all about speed and smoothness, anyone remember "blast processing"?)

Anyways terrible music/sound fx, and graphics asside, this is just another generic rpg, with an uber simple and repetitive battle system, all tied together with another hair-brained lame-ass sonic the hedgehog storyline. Horrible game through and through, although if you are a younger game and new to the RPG genre this might be an easy title to pick up and play.

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It's not Sonic's fault that Sonic Team doesn't know how to make a Sonic game any more. My opinion of Sonic himself has been the same since the 90s. He's awesome.

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Good game? Don't make me laugh.

This has only inforced that Sega still don't know how to get it right.

The last few good Sonic games were Rush/Adventure and Advance 1/2/3, which weren't made by Sonic Team.

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This game stank. It's not just slow paced, it's much slower than most other RPGs I've played. The battle system isn't bad, but everything it does has been done better by other games. The music is grating; I wish they'd reused themes from classic Sonic games where appropriate, but they didn't, and the new music is painful to listen to. The overworld puzzles are WAY too easy, with solutions never more complicated than "You have to switch to Amy because she has the hammer." Sure, it's better than Sonic 2006 or Sonic Heroes, but that's like saying stale asparagus ice cream is better than dung; it may have surpassed our expectations, but it's still crap.

To all the people saying Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure were great, you're mostly right, except for the less than stellar level design in Rush and the hideous story and HAVING TO REPEAT LEVELS TO GET MATERIALS in Rush Adventure.

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It has actually. At first I was meh about the game especially since the manual told me the plot long before the game did >_< . As I've kept playing it I've grown to like it. It's a new and different type of game. the pow stuff is annoyed though. I hate leveling up and for once I'm going through the game as low as I can. I only enjoy fights when the enemies don't use many pow move and I don't have to. Gah when will Sonic get better again? I had hope for Sonic unleashed but no more... wareheghog? really? -__-

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i've seen some pretty good reviews on sonic chronicles on gamefaqs. then again i've seen some bad ones as well. it all depends on what you like. some people like sonic, some don't. although sonic unleashed and dark knight are looking very promising. so i still have hope for sonic. sega just needs to make a sonic 2D sonic game. or even a 2.5D will do it!

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heck, I've always hated sonic for who he is (he is so full of it!), but i love his games. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle was incredible! I spent too many hours making my chao godly. I've liked all of the sonic games I've played.

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