Sonic Origins is an adventure developed by Headcannon, released 22 June 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Sonic Origins is
Sonic Origins is an adventure game developed by Headcannon and released in 2022. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Hedgehog Engine 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Celebrate the games that started it all. Sonic Origins is a brand new collection including Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic CD, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Play as Sonic, Tails, & Knuckles and immerse yourself in the fully remastered gameplay, tie the games together with all new animations, explore added features, modes, and more. The versions of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic CD in this compilation are ports of the remasters previously released for mobile, platforms, with the added Drop Dash ability from Sonic Mania. The Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles version is brand new for this compilation, and is also a remaster in the same way that the other titles…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and kids. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series
Sonic Origins is the 357th of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles in 2022. Its critic score of 75 is 4 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.
How it was received
Sonic Origins holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Sonic Origins launched on 22 June 2022, within three weeks of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Neon White and The Quarry. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Neon White, The Quarry.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sonic Origins yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Dlc
Quick answers
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