Very bad and slow gameplay, this is not a sonic game. I played only 10 mins, I think it wasn't worth more than that. I am very disappointed by Sega, but I am waiting for Generations 2 and of course Sonic Mania!

Sonic Lost world is a very mixed bag, featuring creative level designs...followed by unfair and annying levels. Challenging and fun platorming...followed by dying for being a millisecond too early or too late.
The game starts out good but steadily gets more and more frustrating till I couldn't finish it despite being near the end, just because of how agitated I became.
I cautiously reccomend this if you can find it on sale otherwise play a different new Sonic game like Colors, Generations or...well I guess that's it.

This game should be fantastic! It's got crazy colourful worlds, a kicking soundtrack, some neat boss concepts and a cool Mario Galaxy/Sonic Xtreme twist to the level design.

But, in true Sonic fashion, the problem lies in the excecution. Sonic's new controls are an unholy mishmash of the previous 3D games with a bunch of Assasin's Creed thrown in, and they are garbage. Moves fail when they shouldn't, your speed and direction never feel like they match your inputs, that parkour is too sticky whenever it shouldn't be (and vice-versa) and otherwise clever movement tweaks like ice skating, rail grinding and a snowball thing feel even more half-baked. Previous 3D Sonics had some bad, bad controls, but they were consistent in their awfulness; they could be learned. Lost World's inconsistent control mess is almost untameable, and they fail some enjoyable level design.

There's also a plot that could fit on the back of a small napkin, stretched far past the breaking point. Almost every level has a cutscene, and the vast majority of them don't need to exist. The cameo villians have no character (yet demand most of the story's attention) and a bizzare serious tone pervades an otherwise silly adventure. Colours handled its cutscenes and story suprisingly well, Lost World does the near opposite at every turn.

There's a great aesthetic and some fun worlds to run through, but this is ultimately not worth spending your money on. Give it a try if you got a copy in a bundle, otherwise just get Generations, now there's a good Sonic game!

After many years of being a sonic fan, I have to say this game is so-so.
It's controls are poor, along with some of the game mechanics.

Ive played through the first 2 worlds and got to say i enjoyed them. When i came on to the 3rd part it starts getting worse. Certain parts the game is pretty slow i've noticed. Sonic is and always has been very fast but when encountering the sand-storm parts the game actually holds you back so you end up hitting the side of the screen and it doesnt allow you to go faster.

When fighting a boss, the game sometimes hold you into a certain position when you hit it which automatically gets you ethier killed or you lose coins.

overall i think the game needs improvement to meet anywhere near the rest of the sonic games.

Very much inspired by by Super Mario Galaxy which isn't a bad thing. The worlds are vibrant and colorful and the platforming is pretty strong. As a sonic game it just doesn't feel quite right though. Controls seem tighter than past 3D sonic games but it lacks the speed that the series is known for which is disappointing.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I would totally recommend this game. I finished the game and I love it. But let me explain, I didn't love it all along the way.

The opening 3D worlds of this game are gems. Levels done right. Designed for fast movement and collecting rings. Exactly what makes Sonic great. So many people complain about the addition of a run button, but this is a feature I've felt necessary in Sonic games for years. Yes, Sonic is meant to move fast, but without being able to properly control his momentum, he can easily go TOO fast.

As the game went on, the 3D levels became a little more generic. Was that a bad thing? Not necessarily. I still enjoyed them.

What my gripe with this game comes from is the 2D levels. Every one of them was frustrating and slow and even downright unfair at times. I found myself rage quitting only these levels. However, even when they're all of the things mentioned above, I still had fun doing it.

The bosses are generic and cliche but I found them interesting and funny, still. I enjoyed encounters with them and their dialogue felt like good old one liner back and forths from Adventure.

But does this make sense? At all? I found myself complaining about how much I didn't like the game during those 2D sections or whenever I got frustrated with anything else, only to finish the game and find that I'm absolutely in love with it. How does that happen? This game is extremely special. It's a game that splits Sonic fans. If they were to continue in this direction, (but either eliminate or fix those damn awful 2D sections) then I would be totally content. Sonic has finally reached a point where he can be controlled the right way and his games are playable and enjoyable.

The only thing this game really needed was a hub world rather than the map screen, which was a bit disappointing, but fun nonetheless. I recommend this game highly. Somehow.

what can i say? the game is graphically beautiful, i think it lacks the most important things sonic has so i'll call it Mario Lost World

gotta go slow

Bad, bad, bad game.

1) Main difficulty: confusing the whole screen so you don't know what to do.
2) Secondary difficulty: throw things at you and never, ever tell you how you're supposed to beat any enemy.
3) Tertiary difficulty: design a control scheme that works horribly badly.
4) Quaternary difficulty: randomly hurt Sonic despite attacking enemies correctly, because bad coding.

Conclusion: wasn't worth even the $6 deal I paid for the game to try it out. And these devs want $30 on a regular price? Please. What a joke.

DON'T BUY THIS GAME. So disappointing.

Sonic Lost World is hard for me to review. Many people think negatively of this game, and I can see why. This game's been out for 3 years now, but I'll still try to hide spoilers when I can. Here's a list of what I liked and disliked about Sonic's most recent adventure in the main series:


STORY:

• The story is easy to understand for the most part. Most Sonic fans think this is a pro, especially since the abominations Shadow the Edgehog and Sonic '06. There were some parts I felt didn't fit, but more about that later. It's also surprisingly dark at times, like when Amy and Knuckles have the life sucked out of them and die. Or when Eggman threatens to rip out and eat the Six's hearts and have them watch the genocide of their race.
  
• Interactions between characters during cutscenes have improved greatly since Generations, where Modern Sonic and both versions of Tails were pretty much the only ones talking the whole game. In Lost World, Sonic and Tails actually talk to Eggman, Orbot & Cubot, and the Deadly Six whenever they show up. I actually chuckled at a few moments in this game, and not in a bad way.
  
• There are way more cutscenes than Generations (Not counting those 5 second clips from Gen. with one line from a char when you free them), and the writing seems thought out for most of the game.

CONTROLS & GAMEPLAY:

• I'm honestly surprised to say this, but these are probably my favorite controls for a 3D Sonic game since I first got into the series in 2010 when I first played Colors. They aren't perfect (more below), but they work well for how many new moves Sega introduced in this game.
  
• I love the concept of the parkour system. Wallrunning seems like it'd be amazing if Sega could implement it properly into future Sonic games with gameplay similar to Sonic Colors or Generations. Maybe we could see this in Project Sonic 2017 whenever it comes out :D
  
• There's a run button in this game, which lets you slow down if you need to focus more on platforming instead of speed.

LEVEL DESIGN:

• This game's graphics are beautiful. Not at good as Generations but still amazing, and the levels really take advantage of this.
  
• I thought some of the levels were really creative, like when the level intro for Desert Ruins 3 changes to Dessert Ruins 3, and the whole level is designed around food and sweets. Also in Frozen Factory 2 you turn into a giant snowball and end up playing pool with giant pool balls at multiple points in the level

MUSIC:
This game's soundtrack is amazing, which is usually the case in a Sonic game. My personal favorite tracks are Windy Hill 1, Desert Ruin 1 & 2, Tropical Coast 2, Frozen Factory 4, Silent Forest 2, Sky Road 2, the Deadly Six theme, Eggman's boss theme, and the music during the credits.


STORY:

• First thing I'm listing right of the bat are the Deadly Six. Simply put: They are overly stereotypical. You have the Punk (Zazz), the Fat Guy (Zomom), the Kung Fu master (Master Zik), the Girl (Zeena), the Emo (Zor), and the Villian (Zavok). If you've seen any of those stereotypes in any other film or game, you'll know exactly how the Deadly Six act. I feel like Sega missed an opportunity for some clever dialogue between the Six's vastly different personalities. Instead, we rarely see any of them actually talking with one another.
  
• Tails. I've seen something similar about Tails' personality in Colors, Generations and Lost World: He seems really cocky about himself, and not the charming cockiness that Sonic has. At the end of Colors he sarcastically tells Sonic "Thanks for making a translator so we wouldn't be running around like idiots." (even though Sonic was already 2/5's of the way to stopping Eggman when the translator was finished). In this game, Tails is ♥♥♥♥♥♥ because he thinks Sonic doesn't think he's good enough to shut off Eggman's machine. Also at the beginning of the game, Tails gives his Sonic his resume as a mechanic whenever he's asked if the plane is fixed. I don't really like this side of Tails, and I honestly wish they would put a little more spotlight on someone else in Sonic's gang for once.
  
• The last two cutscenes feel really rushed, and the game ends with Sonic going back to Earth and falling asleep in the blocky grass next to the blocky trees.
  
• The story as a whole is simple, which is good, but it feels more like I'm watching a Saturday morning cartoon aimed towards 10-year-olds. It doesn't feel like the story for a Sonic game, and it's not just the story that makes me feel that way towards this game. Buuuuttttt most people say Sonic games are more about the gameplay rather than the story, to which I agree, so it doesn't bother me too much. Speaking of gameplay...

CONTROLS & GAMEPLAY:

• The parkour system is designed to only work while Sonic is running, which is great for disabling it when it's being flimsy. While running, moving into any vertical surface will cause Sonic to start running up the wall, regardless of whether you wanted to or not, and it doesn't matter if the wall is one block tall or 20. This makes the 2D sections of the game rather frustrating. If you stop running, those sections are extremely sluggish instead. Also the ice skating sections suck because you can't double jump or home attack
  
• Sonic's top speed is really slow compared to what we've been used to since Sonic first moved to 3D in Sonic Adventure. It actually feels unnatural and took some time for me to get used to.
  
• THE BOSS FIGHTS ARE SO PATHETIC! I swear, almost all of the Six can be taken down in one or two hits. Zavok is the only exception to this. For a GROUP called the Deadly Six, they are easier to take out than some enemies in this game. Also, you'd think they'd learn to stop fighting Sonic one at a time when he's obviously beating them all one-by-one. Also the final boss is almost an exact copy of the final boss from Sonic Colors with a different skin, easier, and not as epic. Best thing about it is the music, and fight is too short to let it play longer than a minute.
  
• For the most part, the game is freaking easy, with only one or two levels that made me frustrated.
  
• The game is also freaking short. Not counting the bonus levels or DLC, there are 7 zones with 4 levels each, totally 28 levels. The game compensates by bringing back those 5 red rings in each level, and by adding 100 "missions" to complete. These missions are incredibly simple and add nothing more than 7 hours of grinding rings, enemies, and lives if you wish to 100% this game.

LEVEL DESIGN:

• This has been said many times before, but that's because it's true. Lost World feels like a Mario game, specifically Super Mario Galaxy. There are 8 worlds total: Grassland, Desert, Tropics, Ice, Jungle/Forest, Cloud/Sky, and Lava. Also a bonus world, which makes this the typical Mario formula. A lot of the time I forgot I was playing a Sonic game until a cutscene showed up and reminded me.
  
• For a hedgehog who is used to hills, loops, and alternate paths, this game is lacking in most of those departments. Sure, the very first levels have a lot of that, but most of the levels afterwards felt very open, linear, or try to add some gimick to accommodate.
  
• Sonic really likes going to casinos, and I think he needs to see someone about that problem.

Overall, I think Lost World is a pretty decent game by itself, just not a very good Sonic game if that makes any sense. It seems like Sega is starting to lose Sonic's identity with LW, which I'm hoping changes in Sonic '17!

7/10, I would wait until this is on sale to buy if you haven't already.