Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal

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• NNintendoLife

  Alex Olney · Dec 04, 2014

  6.0

  There's plenty to enjoy in Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal, but it's nothing revolutionary. It's one of the better Sonic outings of recent times, but unfortunately that's not saying an awful lot. If you're a Sonic fan or you enjoy platformers, you can do an awful lot worse, and this may be one to grab should the opportunity or a bargain price arise.

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• DDestructoid

  Chris Carter · Nov 21, 2014

  2.5

  Rather than let you actually play, Shattered Crystal is content to make you wait, wait, and wait some more before you get to the decent platforming. The design is maddening, especially when coupled with the poor dialog compliments of the new Boom universe. If you must pick up one edition of Sonic Boom, make it Rise of Lyric at a price drop.

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• AOAttack of the Fanboy

  Dean James · Nov 21, 2014

  4.0

  The potential was there for a respectable entry in the Sonic franchise with the return of his speed, but the repetitive nature of the gameplay and pedestrian level design makes it rather mundane instead. This might have been passable, but the almost offensive level locking that occurred, as a way to pad an incredibly short game, has brought forth another failure for the inconsistent series.

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• GRGames Radar+

  Becky Cunningham · Nov 17, 2014

  5.0

  Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal offers some fun platforming and treasure hunting moments, but its tedious mazes and poor story ultimately make it a drag. This one needed more time with a level editor and less time spent forcing players to repeat content.

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• IIGN

  Scott Thompson · Nov 13, 2014

  4.0

  Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal attempts to inject puzzle-solving and heavy exploration into the classic Sonic formula, and the result is a mess of gameplay styles that never feel comfortable with each other. ...With a heaping helping of poorly written and unskippable cutscenes, Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal is a slog that never finds its footing.

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• VVandal

  Jorge Cano · Nov 25, 2014

  5.8

  Sonic Boom: El Cristal Roto es un juego que no hace nada demasiado mal, pero tampoco bien, y la palabra que mejor lo define es mediocre. Sin ser un desastre –aunque sí un mal Sonic-, al público infantil que no es tan exigente y al que no le importa tanto repetir situaciones, puede que le entretenga durante unas horas y se le haga bastante ameno si además está siguiendo la serie de televisión.

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