Sonic Unleashed
Gameplay in Sonic Unleashed focuses on two modes of platforming play: fast-paced levels that take place during daytime, showcasing Sonic's trademark speed as seen in previous games in the series, and slower…
Sonic Unleashed is an adventure developed by Sonic Team, released 20 November 2008 on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 13 hrs to finish.
What Sonic Unleashed is
Sonic Unleashed is an adventure game developed by Sonic Team and released in 2008. It was published by Gameloft. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and Legacy Mobile Device. It runs on Hedgehog Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An installment in the long-running Sonic the Hedgehog series, Sonic Unleashed opens with the hero's archenemy, Doctor Eggman, springing an elaborate trap. Using a powerful laser, Eggman shatters the very planet into pieces and awakens Dark Gaia, an ancient evil that has slumbered at the world's core since time immemorial. The catastrophe leaves its mark on Sonic himself, afflicting him with a strange new condition that transforms him into a hulking, werewolf-like Werehog whenever night falls. Determined to undo the damage and stop Eggman's scheme, Sonic sets out to restore the broken world piece by piece. His journey carries him across a series of continents inspired by real-world locales…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series
Sonic Unleashed is the 202nd of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Dash! in 2008. Its critic score of 66 is 5 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.
How it was received
Sonic Unleashed holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 27% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 62, across 141 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 13 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 29 hrs, roughly 2.2 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Sonic Unleashed launched on 20 November 2008, within three weeks of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead and Call of Duty: World at War. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty: World at War.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sonic Unleashed yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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