What's purple, hairy, and grows and shrinks at will (Hint: It's not Grimace's waistline .) [image1]It's Sonic the Hedgehog's new alter-ego, Sonic the Werehog. Yes, that's right. Sonic has joined the venerable ranks of celebrities who've donned furry costumes and howled at the moon in order to stave...

Vibrant environments; Fast-paced and fun by day

Clunky level access; Annoying medal system

Every new Sonic release carries a hope that Sega's blue hedgehog will be able to regain the form that made him a star in the early '90s. And most every venture into the third dimension has resulted in various degrees of failure.

Looks good

Monotonous combat; Imprecise platforming; Inept camera restricts your view; Tons of control issues; Horrendous level design

I sometimes wonder if SEGA are deliberately trying to put themselves out of business. Starting the late 90s, their tragically poor marketing of a sequence of hardware developments led to them leaving the games console business forever and they have spent the last then years making their most famous...

Put the pad down! Step away from the hedgehog!

I have one question to ask Sonic Team. Is it that hard to make a good Sonic game anymore? I just don't get it. Sonic was amazing when on the Genesis (with the obvious exception of 3D Blast and to a lesser extent Sonic Spinball,) and the CD version (with either the Japanese or American soundtracks)...

Name: Sonic Unleashed Genre: Action Platform: Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 (Reviewed on PlayStation 3) It's been a rough couple of years for the blue speedster. Ever since Sonic's transition from 2-D to 3-D, the franchise has been less than spectacular.

Sonic Unleashed was…unleashed upon the world back in November of 2008.

You know, I'm going to start this review off a bit unconventionally. Last night, on the 19th, I was sitting and playing Sonic Unleashed and taking notes every so often. Some of these notes are critiques related to the game, others were just random thoughts about Sonic and Sega, in general.

Spare a thought for poor old Sonic. While Mario's been going from strength to strength in mind-blowing adventure games like Mario 64 and Mario Galaxy, the blue spiky one has been stuck in an inescapable rut since making the switch to three dimensions back in the bygone Dreamcast days.

I bought this thinking it would be just like the classic sonic games. Like run around gather rings and jump on bad guys and thats about it. well its a mixture of that classic stuff with a lot of fighting scenes where you have to use multiple bottons to attack the bad guys.