Sonic Boom Rise Of Lyric | The Completionist

it's a posture Tarara Kippy who are you what are you doing here ah Ted what are you doing here it's 4:00 in the morning I'm cleaning you clean it up for in the morning it's not for its eleven what your is it 2016 look look at this graphics are blending in they're coming through the wall I can't go back you can only go forward but I can't go anywhere sonic boom rise of lyric is an incomplete able game is broken it is not good I can't complete it but you're the completionist yes you hey everyone and welcome back to another brand new episode of the completionist just a few little housecleaning things to talk about today in this video one I'm sick I'm sorry I I just got sick from going to a convention so I'm getting better but you might hear a little you know throat airs here and there so I apologize in advance to I just launched a brand new channel youtube.com / Gerrard completionist you know subscribe right now there's actually a podcast we do every Monday there's like a Wednesday show 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no longer spoiler sections do you have to worry about missing out on anything here so with that said let's start the show there's been something on my mind for a very very long time and it's when are we gonna get a new Sonic game that's worthy of a claim that's really there for the fans whether it's emotionally supporting them was their kids grow up or just there for a secret for someone to tell you something good when you know what sonic boom comes along and says yeah no screw that we're not gonna do any of that now I'm sure all of you at home have heard of the stories and seen the Let's Plays from the game grumps and other youtubers out there of how notoriously bad this game is and as someone who's never played this game before I have to say I am NOT excited to get into this one so here I am right here on the show diving in - sonic boom god help us all [Music] the dust may have settled on the war between Nintendo and Sega back in the early aughts but you can still see the fallout just about everywhere Sega's officially out of the Hardware game there are far fewer ads out there in which one videogame company outright attacks another and Sega eventually agreed to a three game exclusivity deal with Nintendo the first two which were sonic lost world in 2013 and Mario Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games but rather than merely continue the pattern of mediocrity established by the first two titles the third exclusive game would sprint full steam ahead toward infamy from the very start things seemed a bit off instead of being developed by Sonic Team the third title was developed by two American Studios big red button and ill phonic and when fans got their first look at the brand new versions of Sonic and company it became sobering Lee clear that something was very very wrong this was not classic Sonic it wasn't even modern Sonic this was sonic boom rise of lyric Sonic and it was aimed squarely at American kids wallets before the game even hit shelves there were comics toys and the cartoon show ready to take the world by storm but due to the game's baffling redesigns of its characters and obviously under halt gameplay it was clear to all that sonic boom was meant to be an entirely new entity created just for Western audiences I guess Sonic Team felt like we should have our own Sonic who was separate but equal thanks guys thanks for giving us Sonic upon release sonic boom rise of lyric was rife with glitches burdened by terrible controls and around every corner there was a design choice that was poorer than the last one it didn't take long for sonic boom to be confirmed as a financial and critical flop and somehow it managed to become the lowest reviewed Sonic game of all time think about that in a world where Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 exists it did worst she felt a little relief when I was doing my research before playing this game based on impressions sonic boom doesn't seem any harder than your average Sonic game and the fact that it's a wii u title means that there aren't any achievements or trophies to give me any more gray hairs but i got chills up my spine looking up walkthroughs for this game because they simply don't exist guides for sonic boom are extremely hard to come by on the internet which means that no one is diving into this game any further than they have to we are about to get into some unexplored territory here folks but I was able to determine a little bit of what I can expect from attempting to complete sonic boom rise of lyric we're looking at no less than two players of the campaign since the harder mode apparently becomes unlocked once you beat the game this doesn't sound too bad there are reportedly a ton of collectables scattered all over the game this one worries me a little bit since the only guy was able to find out there are all worded very poorly and then there's the scariest potential pitfall of all the fact the game may become unplayable or uncompleted all due to some random game breaking bugs that's just waiting for me to step on this game is reportedly infested with bugs and learning to avoid them all it's going to be a real challenge here no doubt it's Sonic 2006 all over again back with vengeance now I don't respect Sonic them to take too much of a toll on my mental and physical well-being after all it's a sonic game and I'm good at most of them but what I am scared of is losing my faith in Sonic himself as of now I still love Sonic kind of but I don't know if I'll still be able to save that when this is all said and done you may be a blatantly bastardized shell of your former self Sonic but I know you're still in there damn it I can feel you [Music] pretty quickly after turning on sonic boom for the first time one thing became crystal clear this game thinks that I'm an absolute idiot this game may be for the kids but even kids deserve to be treated with some goddamn respect and on top of that as the game creates its own identity it can't seem to choose between embracing Sonic's past or completely ignoring it what we're left with is a generic experience that leaves a bad taste in your mouth and no I don't mean bad meaning good nineties are over you guys come on the story begins with Sonic and his pals chasing down Eggman for reasons that are too unimportant to ever be explained seriously guys comedy sonic games how many years you need to know the context it's Eggman they eventually get cornered near an ancient door that Sonic's somehow knows how to activate inside the gang accidentally awakens an evil snake man in a robot suit named lyric who's hell-bent on destroying all organic life on earth with his robot army not to be confused with egg man's robotic army two different things you guys very different things to do so lyric has got to collect all eight Chaos crystals are you just really and as usual Sonic and the anthropomorphic animal brigade are trying to collect them all first aside from some amusing time travel elements it's the type of uninspired narrative that you'd expect from a Sonic game but still something does feel off here it honestly feels like Sonic the Hedgehog branding was slapped onto another game when you think about it we've got a pretty unique scenario here with sonic boom as far as I know it's the first Sonic game it's based on the cartoon that's based on the video game maybe this was something sonic team always wanted to do but just never have the tech to make it happen Sonic and his friends have more character than ever before it's just too bad that said character is grating and cliche Sonic is a self-absorbed prick tails this dialogue is distractingly strained in verbose now has the IQ of a mushroom and Amy's classic obsessive personality has been replaced with one that can only be described as generic NPC woman now once again I get that this crew is supposed to be totally different from the characters that we grew up with but these guys are as one-dimensional as they come and the worst part about them is that they just won't shut the hell up they're incessantly blathering but that's not to say that the voice acting is bad because it's the actors from the cartoon series and the cartoon series is pretty good it's just the writing and the incessant hand holding now that's not to say that sonic booms soundtrack is terrible it's just lifeless it's got none of that Macy Funke from the genesis era nor the extreme rock of the modern era instead we get generic orchestral fluff that you won't remember two minutes after turning the game off especially since old sonic music is way better that goes for the game's backgrounds too many of them are actually very pretty but most of them are nondescript forgettable locales but imagine if this bland cave had some allusions to mystic cave zone somewhere within it or if these random ruins here had motifs that harken back to sky sanctuary zone I am probably barking up the wrong tree here but as long as it doesn't hinder the experience there's nothing wrong with giving a wink and a nod it's your old school fans especially when the old levels were way better [Applause] you know I'd like to think that the reason the music and the visuals are so subpar it's because the developers spent the majority of their time on the game's performance but no no no no no no no no no the game runs worse than that one kid in PE you know which one I'm talking about the load times are long enough to make a sandwich in the frame rate is incredibly inconsistent and there are Poppins everywhere just check out this footage I captured right here of the game going ape [Music] she's clipping in and out I'm not even touching the camera I don't touch anything I'm gonna put this down it's just blinking in and out of the frame how do you explain that now no one expects sonic games to be graphical powerhouses especially on the Wii U but at the very least they should run well shouldn't they it's pretty hard to get into sonic boom when every time the game stutters you have to wait and see if this is it is this the moment that the game finally decides to die on you like during this fight scene right here there are so many enemies on screen the game slowly becomes unplayable but see I can't tell if the game's few good merits are intentional or just happy accidents it's so inconsistent in its presentation that the whole thing comes off as insincere and gross it feels like an advertising monster put on the Sonic the Hedgehog suit and is trying to trick us into believing that it's the real Sonic only it's painfully obvious that it's not like one of those Spanish Sonic the Hedgehog ice cream sticks you know what I'm talking about what's wrong with your eyes Sonic the really scary part is that the monster thinks that we are all dumber than we really are and it's waiting for its moment to make its true intentions known just what the hell do you want monster oh all right yeah you want our money you want our money that's right [Music] sonic booms gameplay is the hottest mess that ever hot mess boring shallow and glitchy as all hell getting through the game doesn't require that much skill but it does take a whole lot of dumb luck to successfully avoid all the game breaking bugs and do I mean dumb luck let's just say this games version of knuckles might be just the right kind of guy who might actually enjoy sonic boom even if he did miss leg day the platforming that one would expect from a sonic title is present and accounted for kind of but it's joined by other gameplay elements that are a bit more foreign to Sonic games but let's get this out of the way Sonic rarely and I mean rarely moves fast in this game whether due to the structure of the levels or to the game's processing failing to keep up there just aren't that many instances that feature Sonic's trademark speed the main sections where you'll get to go fast are these action sequences that resemble endless runners except you know the ends these running sections would be a great place for Speed Freaks to get their fix except that they're one of the main places in which the game's framerate slows to a crawl Sonic is now trying his hand at puzzles their tedious overly simple and I'm pretty sure I saw a kid die from trying one okay that last part's not true but the puzzles in this game really do feel like half-hearted efforts that come nowhere close to challenging or fun these puzzles are often color-coded in case it wasn't already obvious which character's abilities are supposed to be used to solve it pink pink means Amy jump Amy jump good Amy goldstar with the ability to freely switch between characters each of whom with their own set of special moves sonic booms combat would be somewhat enjoyable if it wasn't so monotonous hey kids do you like Sonic's homing attack how about knuckles his dig attack well you ain't good he is none of that stuff because their basic attacks are too good almost every enemy in the game can be easily blocked by simply bamming you may have to remove a shield every now and then but it's right back to mashing after that and connecting all the choppy races obvious puzzles and mindless battles together are vast barren hub areas that take far too long to traverse there where you'll be doing the majority of the item hunting as well as where you'll be accepting side missions from some of Sonic's helpful pals like old cliff remember cliff feels like he's been here for forever huh where would we be without good old cliff in all seriousness these NPCs all look like they were a fan-made characters from deviantART now deviantART I'm not making fun of you I'm just saying Sega's been stealing your sheep just just pointing it out but even if the court gameplay were up to snuff none of it would be able to stand up to the combined might of the deadliest World Tag Team Champions in all of gaming let your guard down during a fight don't you worry unresponsive controls will lead you to getting combo to death transitioning from a 3d view to a 2d one prepared to fall off the cliff thanks to that camera angles and on top of that one of the biggest issues with this goddamn game is that all the characters have no invincibility frames after being hit meaning that everyone can be straight-up combo tin to instant death if two attacks hit them at the same time let me show you what I'm talking about I'm down here lyric come on baby come on come on come to Papa come just just come down here I'm tired of waiting just show okay there you are here we go god dammit no okay here we go go after lyric after lyric come on yes yes yep I got hit twice I got hit twice difference ability frames jeez ah do you see this now to do this whole face Oh again ah go get out of the way come on Oh just get down here already thank you these technical issues are without a doubt the worst and most difficult aspects of sonic boom not the bosses or even sitting through the characters consistent battling just getting from point A to point B without something going wrong was a rare occurrence it's incredibly frustrating to be stopped in your tracks by systems that are supposed to help you naturally sonic boom asks you to collect tons and tons of collectables and yeah they don't end up giving you much of anything in the end rings function the same as they always have but they're slightly more useless when you consider the fact that sonic boom has no life to speak of there's no such thing as a game over and when you respawn you'll restart extremely close to where you died the other main collectibles are those robot scraps that you get from destroying enemies and opening poorly hidden chests all over the place there are only uses are to open up access to new locations in the hub areas and to purchase team upgrades there are hidden crowns scattered throughout sonic booms as levels as well but before you go and get your hopes up all they do is unlock more fairly useful team upgrades for you to purchase and then there are the shinies which can only be detected by their shiny trail to do so you have to use sonic booms as Ava system which allows you to see hidden areas and objects not that these hidden objects are too hard to find in the first place in fact using the Ava system all together is wholly unnecessary look devs you made this game and it's bound to the Wii U gamepad you could have done a lot more with it come on when you found the gloaming X at the end of the trail using a ground pound technique will unearth your prize it's just too bad these prizes are literal garbage and wouldn't you know their only purpose is to be traded in for collectible crowns completing side quests reward with items called power glyphs which will unlock techniques for your characters but unfortunately they're also just passive buffs like decreasing the time it takes to charge a special attack or an automatic energy shield you get from when you run out of rings there's a special team upgrade that can only be unlocked by playing and completing sonic boom shattered crystal for the 3ds yes in order to technically complete this game you need to buy and play through an entirely different game the power of that you get for doing so lets you hold an increased amount of rings which personally is not worth the effort at all and the funny thing is is that I ended up enjoying the portable version of sonic boom way more than the console one so for those of you who need a little emotional support while playing this game there is a co-op mode for the main campaign but buyer beware the visual quality and frame rate will hit the floor once another player joins surprise surprise there are also multiplayer minigames known as team challenges that pit you and some friends against one another in combat arenas obstacle courses and item collecting modes but these minigames feature the same basic control and camera issues as the main game so good luck with both ones after beating the game one time through extreme mode opens up allowing you to subject yourself to sonic boom all over again but this time with tougher fights but even with the added difficulty the game is still remarkably easy beating each level on extreme mode gives you a star next to that level tracking your completion progress with all the collectables finally locked down I was well on my way to completing sonic boom and then it happened one level and only one level refused to give me the star for beating it on extreme mode no matter how many times I finished it the star would not unlock I looked for help online I even tried reverting to previous saves and nothing worked it was truly and utterly broken ok so extreme mode is on I am at the end of Crater Lake and all I'm gonna do is walk over okay I'm gonna grab this ledge right here pull it back the crystals gonna show up you got the rock yay we got the rock ok so now we're gonna get it now this level is officially beaten on extreme mode it is done which means that if we did it correctly god forbid the game actually work the way that is programmed what's gonna happen is we're see a star next to crater lake except that's not gonna happen I guarantee you this is my 13th goddamn time doing that co-op mode I it just won't happen I've looked online apparently there's only two or three posts of people doing this I kid you not and no one's complaining about it what are two people just just people forgot okay so here we go we go to the map everyone crater lake there's no start there's no start crater lake but everything else everything else I have a start this is a hub world who doesn't have a start-up world does never start rez these have a start except for crater lake god damn it after enduring everything that sonic boom threw at me in the end it cheated me out of what I had earned so here I am now with a game that's complete or in this case incomplete depending on how you want to look at it and that's what hurts most of all sonic boom insults your intelligence it doesn't respect your time and it's a chore to play through if you manage to turn your brain off you might get some mild entertainment out of it that is until you encounter your first glitch that halts your progress right in its tracks [Music] with so many different collectibles in sonicboom there's bound to be a treasure at the end of the Rainbow Road right surely getting all that junk will unlock some sort of concept art or something but of course not it's a sonic boom the 9th layer of hell it makes me a little sick to my stomach to report that you get absolutely nothing for collecting all the items and beating extreme mode I would say that there's no 100% bonus either but for all I know you unlock a fully playable HD remaster of Sonic 3 & Knuckles and you complete the game but I'll never know because this game won't let me complete it sonic boom you should have been a relatively simple challenge but its shoddy gameplay and many bugs turn it into a monumental task that overshadows any good qualities it may otherwise have now I may not have lost a lot of sleep on this one but I lost a lot of my patients and what was left of my adoration for Sonic got yet another swift kick to the nuts I just hope that when Sonic mania comes out it'll erase my memories of sonic boom from my mind while completing sonic boom there were 46 deaths 33 hours of total playtime across both rise of lyric and shattered crystal this is what you get for completing sonic boom shattered crystals for the 3ds a dance party a dance party they just dance that's all you get is them dancing this had a completion bonus and there was that dancing god damn it 3 campaign' playthroughs across both games one of which is an extreme mode playthrough 266 crowns collected 178 robots crap chests opened 9 power glyphs earned countless pieces of robots crap stockpiled 68 shiny snow 68 pieces of trash found that's garbage it's literal trash and one game that will stay incomplete and even my soul for the foreseeable future as far as I'm concerned I completed sonic boom to the best of my ability so if you get a problem you take it up with Sonic if you're a casual player or a young kid sonic boom just might be okay for you if you're a veteran or someone who's played a Sonic game for the past 25 years then you're in for what may be one of the worst tech demos I've ever played and if you're a completionist stay far the hell away from this game this game is even more evil and you've heard and what's worse sonic o6r this you know what they're both bad now let's throw it in the ocean like Jumanji not even the rock can save you this time around sonic boom sonic boom sonic boom and not the good kind this game is garbage it is utter utter garbage I cannot believe the glitches I cannot believe that it wasn't fixed I cannot believe that this was sold and marketed to not only children but the Sonic fans everywhere look I played Sonic oh six I have played almost every Sonic game here on the show and I will say I will say Sonic oh six and sonic boom are just as bad as each other they are literally twin replicas of tech demos tech demos that no one should have had to have played or bought for 60 goddamn dollars the only good thing that sonic boom has going for it is the cartoon show that it's inspired by and the voice acting cat has been behind the sonic franchise up to this point but other than that this game has nothing to offer go outside play pokemon go take your 3ds with you go hang out with friends go see a movie do anything that is not sonic boom so with that and my guys I give this game my completionist rating of donate it don't it that's all coming after today guys so please as always let us loop it up today's episode somewhere on the internet a big big big thank you to good blood games job ed you did an incredible job helping us restructure the format of the show all these assets look at this stuff it looks so cool it gives the show just an overall COO energized vibe and I hope you guys dig it this is kind of gonna be a forever changing thing as we move forward so it's gonna get better there's gonna be newer things gonna be fun and exciting and hope you guys stick with us as we look forward into the future of the show now if you excuse me I'm should go for a walk the long long walk monsters crunk hashtag 9 add hashtag after sonic boom it might be dad [Music] [Music] you

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Keywords: Sonic Boom (Video Game), Sonic The Hedgehog (Video Game Series), Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, Rise of Lyric, Wii U (Video Game Platform), sonic boom review, sonic boom wii u, Sonic The Hedgehog (Film Character), Sonic Boom Shattered Crystals, sonic boom glitches, Big Red Button, review, gameplay, completionist, thatonevideogamer, that one video gamer, normalboots

Id: cMEgjwVDYfw

Length: 28min 53sec (1733 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 07 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/Rikaith]

Pink means Amy. Jump

Oh shit. Did he just roast Arin?

[u/MastaAwesome]

I really like the bits where Jirard filmed himself playing the game. Seeing his live reactions really puts me in his shoes, and helps tie the completionist review into the actual completionist process. The new assets are pretty good, if a bit "high-tech" (?), but at least you kept the completionist rating system!

[u/Diehardgamer1983]

Not happy that the spoiler section is gone, and that the rating meter from last season is gone as well :(

[u/MalionX]

I was worried when I saw things were changing but this is only for the best. The focus on the process throughout made it less of a checklist and more of one continuous point being made through the episode. I'm excited how it will work on other games actually worth completing. Also since the sliding scale is gone I wonder if halfway ratings like finipete it and finiplay and plook and loonate(?) Will still exist.

[u/KitKatMasterJapan]

I'm glad Jirard is trying new things and the show is expanding. I like...

• The little road-map thing for the flow of the episode
• The "skit"/jokes were short and sweet.
• The more definitive rating systems
• With this episode, having just Jirard worked really well.
• that Jirard didn't just rip into this game like I feel most people do. I like that he always finds something positive in a game.
• seeing Jirard's reactions while playing the game. That was pretty funny.

However, I do miss...

• The "end game"/spoilers section. Like others mentioned, I watch the episodes of games I either: Have already played/don't plan to play/don't care so much about playing for the story. I see why people didn't like it, and I understand that you can't please everyone. I still liked it though :/

• The computer-y feel of the road-map/new color scheme. It's very generic "gamer" in my opinion. Just doesn't stick out much, IMO.

• The "Strategy" section: I liked hearing the history/background of the game, and while it was kind of interesting to hear about Jirard approached the game/what he has to deal with, that seems like something to talk about later in the game...? Also, I'll include: the new names of the sections. I guess with the previous part, you KNEW what each section would talk about. "Legend?" "Battle?" It's just... odd to me.

EDIT: Re-watched to make sure I didn't miss anything.

Also, I want to add: Jirard, have you ever thought of adding and/or allowing people to write subtitles/CC on your videos? It would really help out your HOH/Deaf/can't concentrate/etc fans! I personally love doing captions on videos and I'm sure other fans like myself would love to help out.

[u/Gregdawizard]

:/ Jirard's pretty brutal on the whole Sonic Boom concept in general. He should watch the show, its actually good. Edit: Lampshaded. He has seen it.

[u/TerrorTanuki]

I'm actually a big fan of this new format. Keep up the good work Jirard and everyone else at TOVG.

P.S. You totally completed sonic boom Jirard, don't let anyone tell you different.

[u/pootie820]

Miss the spoiler section, since I don't get two play many games, and knowing if the story is any good, is actually important to me.

[u/aamann12]

Hope it doesn't get copyright claimed for using Brock Lesnar's intro music.