Stay speedy, everyone.
For $5 in a bargain bin? It’s a night of ironic entertainment. For full price? Run faster than Sonic ever could—in the opposite direction. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric aimed to reinvent the wheel, but instead, it melted the axle. It’s a game crushed under the weight of its own ambition, rushed deadlines, and technical limitations. Sonic Boom- Rise of Lyric
But here’s the thing about Sonic fans: they are resilient. We survived Sonic '06 . We survived Rise of Lyric . And we got Sonic Frontiers and Superstars because of it. Stay speedy, everyone
Sometimes, you have to hit rock bottom to learn how to run again. For full price
But when the game finally dropped, it didn't just crash. It created a shockwave heard around the gaming world. Today, we’re diving into the turbulent air pressure of Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric . Why did it fail so spectacularly? And is there anything worth salvaging from the rubble? On paper, Rise of Lyric sounded incredible. Sega partnered with Big Red Button Entertainment (a studio founded by veterans of Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter ) to create a separate continuity from the mainline Sonic games.
Thanks to patches and the passage of time, Rise of Lyric is playable now. It’s not good , but it’s a fascinating museum piece. The character banter (written by the TV show’s writers) is genuinely funny. The co-op mode can be a hilarious trainwreck to experience with a friend.