Happy 20th Birthday to the game that killed the Sonic franchise….

[Frickinfrik]

God I hate this game. This was Sega’s attempt at copying Ratchet and Clank and Jak and Daxter (Yes, Iizuka said in a interview that the gameplay was inspired by R&C and J&D). Except that they forgot to make a good game when ripping those two franchises off. Worst attempt at trying to make a game “dark and edgy”. Others may think 06 started the downfall, however I think this game did. Also this game didn’t need to happen at all. Only exists just because fans begged Sega to have Shadow have his own game. Doesn’t even have an overall impact on the series timeline. Also Shadow is such an overrated character, he’s also poorly written, especially in this game. But yeah, since it’s the game’s 20th birthday, I made it a cake:

And now my reputation is going to be ruined and a bunch of angry fans are going to yell at me. My score for this game is 2/10 Terrible. This is my opinion, I’m only sharing it. I don’t want any trouble.

 

[iisoide]

How do I downvote a post

 

[skramz]

jarvis, initiate a ragebaiting post on rgt.

 

[Ephemera1_]

You know whats funny? When i was a kid I loved this game. I had my mom rent this for me on my xbox like every other week, eventually when i got a ps2 instead of renting shadow she eventually bought it for me. I still have that copy to this very day. I haven't played it in over a decade definitely and this post is making me want to pop it in and see how my opinion has changed after all these years.

OH and the thing is that i mentioned earlier about being funny is, I like the first Jak and Daxter game, quite a bit actually but u can tell it took from the Second game and not the first. I've played SOME of the first game but not enough to tell you in great detail what i feel about it. As far as Rachet and Clank goes, this has been my one I guess you would say "hot take", never cared for it. I admittedly was introduced poorly with "R&C all 4 one" but i DID go back and play the original games. They're not bad games in the slightest, just never cared for them.

Until today i didnt know that Jak & Daxter/Rachet and Clank were inspirations for this game being made. Which is so ironic because as i just explained, as a child i loved this game, but ive never actually been a fan of what it was inspired by .

 

[Neb Lleb]

And of course, Shadow the Hedgehog stans have raided these comments.
There's nothing wrong with liking a game most despise, but you shouldn't be going to war with people who hate it to prove that it's objectively good and the haters are wrong. I myself like Silent Hill Homecoming, and guess what? I know I'm in a minority for doing so and I don't insult people for hating it.

Shadow fanboys? Accept you're in the minority and move on with your lives.

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

Shadow the Hedgehog killed the franchise Sonic ‘06 buried it.

 

[petran79]

Sonic downfall started with Dreamcast downfall basically as every platform owners (sans PC which is mascot agnostic) would put their own mascots first over Sonic

 

[Frickinfrik]

jarvis, initiate a ragebaiting post on rgt.

How is saying an opinion ragebiat?

Photograph of me about to be executed by Shadow for talking shit about his game. - 2025 Colorized

 

[Donte]