Sonic & Knuckles Critic Reviews

It's always good to play the greates 16-bit classics, specially at a good price. But if the game is of this caliber, it is almost a must-buy.

Knuckles is a blast to play with, because he can climb walls -- bringing a different aspect to the game from simply spinning and rolling like Sonic. Also, if you own Sonic 1, 2 or 3 in your XBLA game library, you can play as Knuckles in them as well, a little added extra courtesy of Seeeeeggaaa!

It would have been better if 2 and 3 were just released with the Sonic & Knuckles content instead of charging for a brand new download.

It is best not to come into Sonic & Knuckles looking for redrawn sprites or HD graphics – this is a faithful port that doesn’t try to crush anyone’s memories of how the game performed in the ‘90’s.

This is a good value for Hedgehog fans, and a helluva lot more fun than most recent games in the series.

Difficulties aside, it’s a simple and fun game that translates well to the 360’s controls.

A strong example of challenging, polished 16-bit platform gameplay.

Sonic & Knuckles may not be my favorite Sonic game from the Genesis days (that title still belongs to Sonic 2), but when you’re asked to pick a favorite from your favorites, can you really go wrong? Not really, and you can’t go wrong here, either.

In all honesty, the level design in Sonic & Knuckles is boring.

Only absolutely die-hard Genesis and Sonic fans will appreciate the game for what it is. If appeals to you, then by all means buy it but please remember you can also get this game and so many others for less than 30 dollars with the Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection compilation.

Arguably the last great Sonic The Hedgehog game, even if it's not necessarily one of the best.

Good fun but unless you are a Sonic fan who is desperate to own this on your Xbox then it hardly seems worth the cash.

Sonic & Knuckles is one of those titles that players will complete and never come back to.

Bland, convoluted and plagued with counter-productive level design.