Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric KILLED Sonic (Again...)

Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric is one of the most infamous Sonic games to ever be released, in a franchise like Sonic...that's saying something. Today, Rise of Lyric isn't a game that people spend much time talking about, unlike Sonic 06, the first major Sonic disaster. So in this video, we shall explore what exactly made Rise of Lyric the failure it was, and how that still haunts this series to the present day.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
07:46 How Bad Could It Be?
13:25 SEGA's Diabolical Scheme
17:51 It's Also A Video Game
23:42 Destroying Sonic...A Second Time.
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[charactersin-depth]

What else stings about Rise of Lyric is that some people think it was made by Sonic Team. I got in a conversation with a guy in my old day job and he was all "Sonic Team can't make good games anymore; look at Rise of Lyric.". I told him it was made entirely in the US and then he paused and said "We f**ked up."

[DesignDoc]

I just feel bad for Big Red Button. They had no chance.

[JaniacTheHedgehog]

Fun fact, the game was originally going to be completely different with more focus on Sonic's origins and the history of the world. Then SEGA went behind Big Red Button's back and made the series without telling them, then told them to scrap their work and make their game based on the series in only a short amount of time before its scheduled release.

[ChickenJoeSchmoe]

I can't believe that Big Red Button gave Knuckles his ability to fly back in this game

[iggyminious]

Legend has it that Roger Craig Smith still has trauma from having to say "bounce pad" in the studio over and over...

[deaglehawkings]

All jokes aside, it's such a shame that because of this game's existence we never got a 3rd season for the Sonic Boom TV show, regardless as to what people think of it, it was easily the best thing to come out of this spinoff franchise, RIP Sonic Boom.

[fdg]

Honestly, for me this was the game that made me think 06 wasn’t as bad as people thought. Both games have glitches, but at least 06 glitches you could use a lot of them to your advantage. Also, some of the glitches in 06 to me are pretty fun and hilarious. I also agree with you Sega should stop trying to rush games out because of this one of the biggest problems of current Sonic games

[stevesamuals]

I think the only reason people got upset about the boom designs is because people thought it was going to be a permanent change. But when they announced this was a alternative element people got more accepting of the designs

[sveqwerty]

Sonic Boom has a seriously interesting development story. I'd recommend the 'Sonic Boom - What Happened' video by Matt Mcmuscles for anyone interested. He does a really good job dissection the games history

[Kingnorm]

This was the game that showed SEGA learned literally nothing from 06’s failure.

The fact that they let another rushed, buggy game to come out after 06 despite trying so hard to “not create another 06” shows they thought the reason that game bombed critically was because of the story and adventure formula and not because it was rushed which is why they were abandoning all of this slowly by the time Colors came out.

What pisses me off even more is that they didn’t learn anything from THIS GAME EITHER. Looking at the development of Colors Ultimate and Origins, it shows they still let rushed and buggy Sonic games come out and will continue to do so in the future. I wouldn’t even be surprised if Frontiers launched like this despite all the good stuff we’ve seen so far. SEGA treats their own damn mascot so horribly yet treats series such as Yakuza and Persona with the respect they deserve.

[ShadowThe]

I don’t know if it’s just me, but that era of Sonic from 2013-2019 felt like an era of depression. I got into the fanbase in 2021, but from what I’ve learned, all Sonic had even going for them was it’s self-deprecated jokes about how much they suck. It felt like the bullied kid that wanted to be accepted by everyone else that bullied them by making fun of themselves, in hopes that they’d stop. But in end, all it showed to the bullies was that even the kid knows they suck and know that they are worthless.

Thank god for the Sonic movie being a massive success.

[devonwilliams]

As was the case as far back as the Saturn, SEGA's worst enemy is always itself.

[spritvio]

It's crazy how Sega was both dumb enough to screw up like this again and just how devastating this game was to Sega and Big Red Button. I remember being there after this game lead to alot of lay offs at Sega and effectively ended the yearly Sonic game tradition.

[FormalFilmsProductions]

As much as I despise the Boom games, the tv show helped introduce my little cousins to Sonic and now we all bond over the series together. Also, the Boom comics by Archie were super fun and very underappreciated imo

[EngineTheRobot]

nobody hates the sonic franchise more than Sega themselves...

ok, maybe Arin Hanson

[Pikminer-]

I can't help but imagine the combat is what critics thought the Werehog was at the time except *actually* that bad

[NO.]

I think what keeps me around in the sonic series is that, although It has many setbacks, the games never feel like they're callously thrown out to appease the masses. All these failures feel like someone had a dream and a vision. I like those dreams and visions, and I wish better for them.

[AdolzaRed]

I just wanted to say I have been enjoying your videos a lot! As an elder fan of the series I spent a long time being dismissive of the Sonic games that came after the Genesis. It was easy to buy into the idea that the series' best days were behind it. Your videos have really helped me gain a fresh perspective on the series and I've had a blast exploring some of the games I hadn't gotten around to trying yet (I'm currently really enjoying Advance 3!)

Keep up the good work!

[sm_cheesy]

I remember playing this as a kid and thinking it was really good, but even back then the voice lines were so strange to me. Listening to those audio clips actually triggered some flashbacks in me😂.

[solidskullz]

The sonic boom tv show may have been gold, but the games not so much. At least not at first