Found a review in a Wii magazine I bought today. It's the first review I've seen for the game, I think?

The review begins with how tired everyone is of Sonic games that aren't Sonic games, and how surprised they were that "& the Black Knight" is actually pretty much old-school sonic.

- It's a linear, fast paced action-platformer, only set in middle-ages
- Sonic characters sadly make appearances, and take on certain "roles" (i.e. Shadow is Lancelot etc.)
- There are QTE
- straight-up running through the fast-paced levels and collecting rings, no weird inbetweens like the werehog. The only new thing is...
- ..weapons. Sonic wields a sword that is controlled via waggle. Rings can be used to purchase upgrades. The sword can also be used to perform certain motions, like climbing walls
- High difficulty
- several objectives for each level
- at times frustrating level design and camera
- impressive effects-engine
- if you're just running through each level as fast you can, the game is extremely short (<3h)

They praised the fact that its basically an old-school Sonic game and that the sword-controls are enjoyable. They criticised the high count of enemies and the usual sonic-related stuff (like having to learn parts of the levels by heart)

81/100

Finally a Sonic game that will be enjoyable, has been a while.

Still doesn't interest me. I don't think Im gonna buy a new Sonic game, unless is 2D.

Awesome. Now just to get rid of the middle age bullshit, weapons, QTE's and ancillary characters.

"Finally a Sonic game that will be enjoyable, has been a while. "

I am glad it is not horrible, but, honestly, I have never heard of that magazine so I don't know how much I can rely on it. I am probably not going to buy it anyway.

RHCPfan24 said:

"I am glad it is not horrible, but, honestly, I have never heard of that magazine so I don't know how much I can rely on it. I am probably not going to buy it anyway."

Since its a "decent" Sonic I would still consider it as a purchase if it got cheap. It the kind of thing I like to have laying around when we have friends and family over with kids. They lap up this kind of stuff. And I'll just keep sticking to my old Sonic classics. I'll wait until I hear more about from other sources too before I lean either way.

I was just a tad confused when i read the headline. A sonic and batman game wooahh!!!

Well, that review does sound pretty legit of a typical Wii Sonic Game. I do agree with Sega trying to take a somewhat new approach to sonic, but I disagree with some of the routes that they've taken so far. They do need to have a sonic game primarly focused on a lot of the old aspects, but add something new that is welcoming and won't change the originality of the game. I will probably just rent Sonic & The Black Knight.

I'm assuming "The Black Knight" in question is Martin Lawrence?

one brand only magazines are not trustworthy when it comes to reviews.

In my opinion.

It got a 3.9 from IGN.

"I'm assuming "The Black Knight" in question is Martin Lawrence?"

You know, ever since Sonic Adventure critics have always disliked sonic.But here's the thing, I like Sonic Adventure and so do the fans. The only Sonic game that people would agree with the critics about being a shitty Sonic game is Sonic 06.

What magazine did this come from? The only reviews I've been able to find came from Nintendo Power, IGN, Famitsu, and GAJ-IT.

"You know, ever since Sonic Adventure critics have always disliked sonic.But here's the thing, I like Sonic Adventure and so do the fans. The only Sonic game that people would agree with the critics about being a shitty Sonic game is Sonic 06."

I can't wait for Sonic in the wild west.  Manifest Destiny!

Still waiting to hear the name of this magazine...