I can't believe there's a game worse than Superman 64, and possibly Fallout 76. Rise of Lyric is undoubtedly the worst Sonic game ever. Horrible, rushed, "weak", and lazy, combat, bland and uninspired level designs, bad writing, and outdated, PS2 or Wii Graphics. The game is essentially trying to copy the Lego Video Games, with a major focus on exploration, combat, and progression, but the difference is that The Lego games are actually fun, and have tons of secrets and replay value. The combat is just mashing one button, with ZERO combos, or rewards. It gets old real fast. The only argument I don't agree with is that people say there's too many bugs and glitches, but I've never ran into any when I played it. That's the only part I think where people exaggerate on, but everything else is trash. The only "bug" I've come across was the bad camera and sometimes clipping. Seriously though, the graphics look like Wind Waker on GameCube but slightly more brighter, but WAY worse, especially considering the time of release and gap between the two.
The walking parts are the absolute worst part of the game. You move so darn slow, it kinda makes me question if the people who made this game even played and understood a Sonic game. God, Rise of Lyric makes Sonic '06 look like a masterpiece. However, at least they tried with '06, and it was because the team split up, as well as being rushed. '06 has better, gameplay (minus the glitches), better graphics, and WAY better music. While the voice acting was more stiff, it was a lot was a lot easier to listen to. The only bad thing about '06 for me besides the buggy and incomplete gameplay is the long loading times. Oh, another thing, '06 has almost perfect frame rate, while Rise of Lyric has trash frame rate.
I think SEGA was getting a bit greedy with their deal with Nintendo, because all we got a mediocre platforming game, a cash grab Olympic crossover (god, I hate that series), and a hot piece of trash spin off. So apparently the people who worked on this were former Naughty Dog employees, but I think they've should've stayed there, considering they wasted so much of their spare time on this trash. I understand why SEGA didn't just ask Naughty Dog, because they're owned by Sony as of 2001, and the Nintendo deal, but I feel SEGA just gets WAY too greedy and ambitious with their toys, and while there's the TV Show, I've barely watched it, it was meh. But Rise of Lyric was trash.
