Worse than Sonic '06? Worse than constant glitches, horrible puzzles, bad level design and story?
I'd rather take boring and simple than outright horrible.
Also:
"I had no idea where I was going"
The factory level was pretty straightforward. Almost insultingly so, even. How did you get lost?
Yes Worse than Sonic 06. I'm not even going to lie, I kinda liked 06. As for the water level, I kept going to the swirling mechanism and the poor camera angles made me keep drowning. It wasn't until I finally saw the switch near where I fought the guardian.
I think the star ratings are from players who bought the game, and I think many tend not to buy things they expect to hate.
I know the star rating is supposedly from players, but I just no longer trust it.
And not just because of Sonic Boom.
Okay I removed the star rating discussion from my review.
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The Demo Itself Was Horrible
First off, I love Sonic and even found stuff worth defending in even some of his worst games, even Sonic 06. However, I played the demo of Rise of Lyric on Wii U and found no joy whatsoever, only pain and boredom. The demo came out sometime after the game was released so it should be the work of a completed product.
The demo came with three varieties of gameplay, the Speed Run, the Stage (Water Facility), and a boss fight.
Speed Run: The worst of the three, the frame rate is horrible and the characters never shut up so I barely hear the music. The obstacles in the game are barely noticeable because of the frame rate and I never notice until it's too late. Even if I see them though, chances are the camera angles will still make it difficult to dodge. If it wasn't for the fact the Speed Run was short and you don't lose all your rings at once, the speed run would be almost unplayable.
Stage: Not as bad as Speed but simply boring. Combat is simple and uninspired, I had no idea where I was going and I died frequently because of bad camera angles. Running from the guardian was also non challenging and I never got injured from it. It didn't feel satisfying.
Boss Fight: Probably the best of the three and it involves a fight with Eggman. The goal is to throw unexploded missiles back at Eggman's robot and knock it down. However while you're throwing, enemies come after you and nonstop, I kept getting hit, I'm actually surprised I didn't die.
Overall, after playing this game, I am fully convinced this is actually worse than Sonic 06.