Ranking ALL 3D Sonic Games From WORST To BEST (Top 14 3D Sonic Games)

Here we are with a ranking that means a lot to me! Ranking every 3D sonic game at this point in time! I am sure there are plenty of hot takes here so let me know your favorite 3D sonic games!
#sonicthehedgehog #sonic #sonicfrontiers

[@Razsor97]

1. I 100% agree with everything you said about Unleashed. I never understood all the hate it got. Sure the Werehog levels felt like they took a long time, but imo, it was an interesting change of pace. Seriously, until Generations came out, I haven't had so much fun playing a Sonic game since Heroes. 2. Speaking of Heroes, while I WILL admit that it's a mess as I'm looking back on it, it was (imo) what I think a Sonic game should be like: Fast paced and quick on your toes. I also liked the idea of having to think of the best and quickest way(s) to beat your enemies and I like games like that. 3. My reasons for preferring SA2 over SA1 is the story and "high speed linear action", but mainly the character development for everyone, especially Shadow. I was 16 when SA2 came and from the moment I saw Shadow, I instantly loved him. Back then, he had such a mysterious vibe and I LOVED it.

[@sonysfan19992]

14 Sonic and the secret rings 13 Sonic Boom: The rise of Lyric 12 Sonic 06 11 Shadow The Hedgehog 10 Sonic 3D Blast 9 Sonic and the Black Knight 8 Sonic Forces 7 Sonic Lost World 6 Sonic Heroes 5 Sonic Unleashed 4 Sonic Adventure 2 3 Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic Generations 1 Sonic Colors

[@gregtheradical]

Sonic adventure 2 will always be my favorite sonic 3d game

[@tang4488]

Your rant on 3d blast had me in stitches!

[@pac0113]

Gamma’s story in SA1 was so sad 🥺

[@SoftEndy]

Coming from someone with literally 0 nostalgia for Sonic '06 (I played it for the first time 2 days ago) I think the level design is pretty good and fun to play, and gets pulled down with the rest of the game unfairly. The glitches can make it annoying without a doubt but when I went for A Rank on Wave Ocean I only encountered 2 of them, which killed my run but wouldnt've ruined a regular playthrough. The Mach speed or whatever they're called sections are pretty aggravating the first time through, but once you know how to play them they don't really hurt the overall experience if you ask me. I don't think Sonic '06 is amazing nor would I put it above most games on this list, but after playing it I feel people write it off unfairly from a gameplay perspective.

[@domwarden3443]

Agree completely! Just finished Sonic 06 today and I honestly enjoyed it. Yes the story has some flaws but it's not meant to be taken seriously haha. Only encountered a few glitches on my play through but I think the problem is more collision detection, very juttery but not game breaking

[@SoftEndy]

@@domwarden3443 I encountered more glitches playing Heroes honestly.

[@andrewstokes6623]

Thank god, I thought I was the only one that still enjoyed 06, but in all honesty I have the biggest nostalgia bias possible as it was the very first game I ever played way back in 2007, that and I just really enjoyed the game so much to the point that I thought it was the best game ever. I can clearly see it isn't now, but blame my 7 year old self for that opinion ever being a thing at all, my favourite story is Shadow's by far, Sonic's is good but Shadow just has more for me, even if I find some of the stages a bit of a pain but yeah they're a lot of fun, Silver was hard for me to get into but once I did, boy oh boy it was fun just grabbing annoying tape worms and big guys then just chucking them off the side like nothing else, I wasn't a big fan of the plot or the last story as I died way too many times in that big End of the World level, but yeah 06 still ranks very highly with me even now.

[@xenobreyden]

@@SoftEndy Adventure and Heroes have more glitches than 06

[@SoftEndy]

@@xenobreyden I don't agree with Adventure, but Heroes yes

[@thebalderthor4884]

My top three… Sonic Unleashed Sonic Generations Sonic Adventure

[@prodexset]

i speedrun shadow the hedgehog and find lots of interest in it, but i 100% agree with you.

[@krein6121]

I remember playing Sonic Heroes with my uncle and siblings on splitscreen many years ago. That was fun

[@MilesTraveler]

At the core of any good Sonic game is momentum physics. If it doesn't have that, it isn't a good Sonic game. The day Sega went down the toilet, all the old Sonic fans moved to things like CSGO Surf, Marble Blast Ultra, Bunny Hoping in Titanfall, among many other experiences where skill and momentum collide. That at it's core is what makes a Sonic game fun, no amount of linear speed will ever equal the thrill of rolling down a hill, around a loop and off a jump at the mercy of the game's physics. No amount of scripted spectacle will ever make a Sonic game fun that is on rails. There is actually a deep hole in gaming where momentum based games could be, and Sonic was the first, best one. But that market is completely unsated because nobody seems to understand why these games were popular to begin with. They think it was the characters, the story or the speed. When it was really the feeling of flinging yourself about, taking best advantage of the 'skate park' you were offered to rocket, launch and blast through levels. Or fail horribly because you mistimed your jumps and rolls.

[@Ryoku_23]

The sonic adventure games were so good I hoped on here to see if they ever made a game as good as those. Unfortunately it looks like they have not.

[@AndroJonny95]

Nice to see some Shadow respect, if not praise - i see people try and compare it to 06, but it is so much more playable that hitting the mid tier I think is much more reasonable

[@heart_of_a_daedra3649]

Really havent heard much about sonic boom 1 at all, unlike 06. Would have been interesting to see your take on it - a future video maybe?

[@xbtgames]

I totally agree with your choice on first place! I am in LOVE with Sonic Adventure

[@wolfking69390]

U are too underated this is a crime ima sub

[@klaushammer8687]

Sonic adventure 2 chao garden. So many hours into that just to see everything for myself. Not to mention, you control Robotnik and Shadow which alone was amazing

[@Geandreu]

Think he forgot about peak riders

[@jerdan2834]

Despite everything wrong with sonic 06, I don’t see how the story book games are better. Compared to those games, it has more playability even with glitches, better graphics, story is more entertaining even though it’s weird. Those games seriously should be considered the worst of the sonic games

[@AscendedEmperor]

Secret Rings maybe I can agree with you on that. Black Knight I cannot agree with you on Black Knight is just overall better than 06 in pretty much every category

[@tommycwills]

I would love to see this video remade with Frontiers and Dream Team since they’re both actually good!

[@unemilifleur]

Also don’t underestimate the importance of Chaos in the Sonic Adventures. They added tons of replayability, leading to more exploration and finding alternate paths and secrets.

[@MixtFragment]

My top 3: 1. Sonic Riders 2. Sonic Unleashed 3. Sonic Colors

[@mrnicandcam2]

A fellow Riders fan I LOVE to see it

[@MixtFragment]

@@mrnicandcam2 Yeah, it was my favorite game when I was little, it still hurts when I remember that I don't have it anymore

[@Sad_nimbus]

Imagine working sleepless months on a game and some random guy calls it shit💀

[@andyben87]

I Agree with this, only I would’ve swapped Dx with the DC version only because Dx had frame rate issues that I noticed right away. Sonic Adventure 2 battle was a great port though.

[@swaggg4330]

#1 3D sonic game for me is Sonic adventure 2 battle. Mainly because of replayability. The chao garden alone gets me to play the game for hours. No other sonic game has kept me invested past the main story 😔

[@anthonywilliams9415]

The first Sonic Adventure was fantastic!!

[@Whatever-yc6gr]

You deserve more views

[@thatclipmakerguy9959]

My Personal Ranking (Worst to Best): 16. Sonic 3D Blast 15. Sonic and the Secret Rings 14. Sonic Lost World (3DS) 13. Shadow the Hedgehog 12. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric 11. Sonic Forces 10. Sonic Unleashed (Wii) 9. Sonic 06 8. Sonic and the Black Knight 7. Sonic Heroes 6. Sonic Lost World (Wii U/PC) 5. Sonic Adventure 4. Sonic Generations 3. Sonic Colors 2. Sonic Adventure 2 1. Sonic Unleashed

[@cooljrgaming9729]

In these last two years have you had any character development?

[@BosheitV]

Underrated vid

[@radicaltrafficcone8284]

Sonic and the secret was so much fun to me, it's how i think rpg mechanics should be handled in a sonic game

[@DanielA-no9xv]

Id say that secret rings and 3d blast are worse than 06 but other than that the list is good and my 3 favourite sonic games of all are SA1 SA2 and Sonic Generations

[@thesmellofadventure5370]

14: Sonic ‘06 (Laughable) 13: Sonic Boom (Slow) 12: Secret Rings (Frustrating) 11: 3D Blast (Awkward) 10: Black Knight (Uninteresting) 9: Sonic Forces (Boring!) 8: Shadow the Hedgehog (Strange) 7: Lost World (Fine) 6: Sonic Heroes (Flawed) 5: Colors (Cool) 4: Sonic Unleashed (Creative) 3: Sonic Adventure (Great) 2: Generations (Wow!) 1: Sonic Adventure 2 (Best game ever!)

[@RichardMoorePSYCoaching]

I completely agree with the order.

[@tombruncker7013]

My ranking 1. Generations 2. Heroes 3. SA2 4. Unleashed 5. SA1 6. Colours 7. Lost World 8. Black Knight 9. 06 10. Forces 11. 3D Blast 12. Shadow The Hedgehog 13. Secret Rings

[@rosekyakyo]

Thank you

[@MrGamer07100]

Wow! Really great list man! Let me tell you, I could not agree more about Sonic Adventure for you’re number 1.

[@jacoblengerich]

Finally someone get the list 100% right. I was getting worried towards the top. But nothing beats SA1! Best ever! But I don’t like how you forgot Sonic riders 🤣

[@astreakaito5625]

Based! I also think Adventure 1 is the best one still. However the DX version must be avoided

[@willbettenberg3163]

Heroes my favorite

[@HAKOSCORNER]

"sonic 06 is the worst!" sonics schoolhouse: Wait if thats bad what am i-

[@blackvalio4060]

Classic sonic is in forces because of sonic mania. At the true end8ng he get teleported. So its just marketing haha

[@mcmickeys1446]

Unleashed will always be number 1

[@thegamewin100]

I love unleashed so damn much mostly the ps2 version it’s just more fun to get S ranks to get medals instead of looking for them

[@mcmickeys1446]

@@thegamewin100 I was talking about the 360 version tho never played the PS2 one

[@MrGipiem]

Hell no

[@mcmickeys1446]

@@thebigcritic werehog is good

[@AscendedEmperor]

@@thebigcritic so does most gimmicks in Sonic 😐 and the Werehog is the gimmick you all got outta that decade and even in the later decades.

[@TheGOGOSFAN]

My top 5 3D Sonic games: 1. Sonic Adventure 2 2. Sonic Adventure 1 3. Sonic Unleashed 4. Sonic Generations 5. Sonic The Hedgehog (2006)

[@AscendedEmperor]

I respect you for having 06 on your list

[@Spider-Fan006]

I feel the same about the top 2 while I consider Sonic Adventure 2 to be the best Sonic game ever made Sonic Adventure 1 is my favorite Sonic game right next to my favorite 2D Sonic game Sonic CD

[@PlushieMaster]

Heroes above Unleashed is a silly goober moment

[@water594]

I personally agree - my fave is SA1. But I think Generations is an objectively better game. Better crafting, balance, length, physics, etc etc etc.

[@xenobreyden]

The length? How? And how are the physics better? Also the story is atrocious. Still a good game tho

[@AscendedEmperor]

@@xenobreyden story Is atrocious what story?

[@Spider-Fan006]

Sonic Adventure is my favorite Sonic game great story gameplay soundtrack and decent voice acting and graphics for the time the game came out but by today's standards it aged horribly the same can be said about Mario 64 or any 3D game back in the 90s they were great graphics for the time but by modern standards they're pretty bad anyway I just enjoy Sonic Adventure so much it's gameplay I can come to and enjoy playing the levels as Sonic or other characters to get a better score or run time or just get better at the momentum which I'll admit I'm a bit garbage at but at least I have fun Sonic Adventure is my favorite Sonic game and one of my favorite games of all time a late 90s 3D classic that stands the test of time even if some aspects of it aged poorly.

[@Vishkala]

Gotta disagree with forces, the gunplay was better designed than shadow and while most of the level design was bland when they decided to show off it had some great moments. Also that character customization lol. As always great video dude

[@Nottheoutline420]

It's not fun.

[@Vishkala]

@@Nottheoutline420 except I have fun with it so.

[@josiahgamez5346]

Fun fact. Omega is faster than sonic in 06

[@gsctsnet2453]

I'm sorry, Forces can't be in front of 3D Blast. Although I understand there are some issues regarding the "soap floor" gameplay in Sonic 3D Blast, the graphics are amazing and the game is really innovative for a genesis console, you should check the KZbin channel (GameHut) of the actual programmer of the game (very rare to see a programmer creating the type of content he does). Frankly, almost all obscure/side series games are objectively worse than 3D Blast. Just talking about Sonic Blast or Sonic Labyrinth, the "nearest" cousins, shows the clear difference between them. For me, it was always a better follow-up to S3+K then STH4, but that one wasn't in the list anyways (and it didn't need to be).

[@dragonblades46]

I agree with sonic adventure being the best but I liked sonic 07 as well.

[@fonzi98]

I don’t get how 06 is frowned upon when the games graphics, intros to characters and the idea of trying something different that actually made it a fun game, people will complain about sonic 06 it’s the most hated out of every sonic because of glitches literally, yet they’ll play sonic tennis and racing like it was original and say it was better every game had glitches 06 wasn’t that bad

[@Dreeza68955]

Idk I've skipped on a lot of 3d sonic titles but from my experience, 06 was unplayable. I would phase through floors, get stuck half way around a loop, didn't control well, I'd be on a rail section and it would just throw me out of bounds. And this all happened multiple times in one level for me, homing surprisingly wasn't bad but just everything else was just a nope. It was beautiful to look at though that can't be argued. Those cut scenes wooo!

[@wolfking69390]

I like sonic colors

[@Michael_Afton40]

I can't belive he rated Forces higher than 06 But everyone is allowed to have an opinion

[@cooljrgaming9729]

Literally everything below Forces is way better than it except rise of lyric and maybe Secret Rings.

[@snmcfadden]

I feel like Sega should have made less 3d sonic games. Comparing it to mario they've more than doubled the amount of 3d mario games. I'd probably still place the best 3d sonic below the worst 3d mario. I feel like if they just took there time and expanded on the the adventure formula they could potentially rival mario in quality

[@GuillermoSmyser]

SA1 IS the best. Kinda sad that they couldn't do better than what was (practically) the first attempt.

[@keairafavors1089]

Wait why you skipped sonic boom ? Is it that bad

[@FartsFromApplz]

Sonic adventure is the best, good list

[@Nyehgalovania]

It’s Ironic How Adventure 1 And 06 Were Developed By The Same Team, Yet Adventure is on top and 06 is Dead Last.

[@Fadeddreams5]

Sonic Generations should not be below Sonic Adventure 2. The mech and treasure hunting are trash, and make up a bulk of the game. The button placement in the Sonic/Shadow levels are abysmal too.

[@domwarden3443]

Where's Sonic R? A spin-off game I know but still 3d and has Sonic 😂

[@icyboom5689]

Story based games man

[@wilkinsmalm6123]

Sonic Adventure😭

[@adantelee5017]

That was cheating for skipping Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, i wanna know what you think of it and why you think 06 is better than Boom

[@reginaldd.paperstacks194]

Mad how the first 3D game was the best, weird that

[@jonkrindz7934]

i think we need sonic generations 2 bassed on forgetted levels like :)

[@thetalkingsharkshow]

Sonic gen is the best in my opinion

[@calejenkins2657]

isnt there 15?

[@LeaveMeAloneFBI]

Bro put sonic 06 over sonic forces and secret rings

[@verdadeirojoaovitor3250]

Sonic colors not is best of Sonic unleashed or Sonic heroes, Sonic unleashed is the ultimate Sonic game

[@callinater6133]

Overrated af

[@d.y.j345]

My favourite game is sonic dash

[@Victory-in-YAHUSHA]

Sonic Adventure 2 is the greatest 3D Sonic game, if not the best Sonic game in the series overall.

[@featherguardian6023]

Adventure 1 and 2,Unleashed,and Generations are by far my favorite of the Franchise and Lost World,Secret Rings,and Forces are the worst.

[@beItway]

3:10 bro really said bland level design for sonic 06 like it didn’t have kingdom valley i’m ctfu 😭

[@SoftEndy]

Wave Ocean and Flame Core are great too imo. I think Sonic '06 has great level design in general, and that's coming from someone who just finished their first playthrough less than a week ago. They're glitchy for sure, but if it wasn't for that, people wouldn't hate on them like they do.

[@beItway]

@@SoftEndy they’re literally just saying anything because it’s popular to hate 06 when it has some of the best sonic level design the games have seen in years 😕 like you can’t look at silver and rouge’s tropical jungle, sonic’s dusty desert, or sonic’s final part of white acropolis and call the level design bland… there’s like so many different interesting pathways and so much to keep you coming back for more

[@S.omeone618]

This video helped me a lot but it could be shorter

[@bigsterman2055]

I disagree with Sonic Lost World and Sonic and the Black Knight and a TINY bit Sonic Forces ( I like the werehog tbh ) that’s all I disagree with everything else I agree

[@dbw2587]

I only played sonic 06 recently qnd I have to say that yeah the gameplay is really bad but some of the story is really good the shadow and silver story are kinda okay and I liked Mephiles

[@gregtheradical]

My ranking 1:sonic adventure 2 2:sonic adventure 1 3:sonic heroes 4:sonic unleashed 5:sonic the lost world 6:sonic generations 7:sonic colors 8:shadow the hedgehog 9:sonic forces 10:sonic and the secret rings 11:sonic and the black knight 12:sonic 06 13:sonic 3d blast

[@purplequi9962]

Black Knight gets way too much of a bad rep because "HA HA Why Sonic In Medieval Time With Sword? WHAAA? He Not Supposed To Be There!" The game itself controls MILES better than Secret Rings, with a way better skill progression system (rather than handicapping movement from the start, you simply gain new abilities to benefit you depending on the amount of followers you accrue). Secret Rings' tutorial stage is also mind-numbingly horrible, and the level design does not work due to the less refined controls and inability to go backwards properly. Seriously, if you haven't played Black Knight, go do it. It's genuinely good in my opinion. Didn't deserve to be below Forces, Shadow The Hedgehog, or Lost World. Or Colors for that matter, a game I find severely OVERrated.

[@analothor]

okay 06 may have been shit but i think when people call it one of the worst of all time they're really ignorant of some of the other contenders in that regard, adventure 1, 2 and 06 could all do with remakes adventure purely for the graphical improvements and 06 to fix basically everything that was wrong with it

[@rosekyakyo]

Thanks for making fun of Forces and Secret rings

[@ShiggumsDiggums]

My only disagreement is Shadow the Hedgehogs placement. Sonic forces is bad, but not worse than that bullshit 😆

[@thecookj454]

My top 10 with a rating from 1-10 1. Sonic Adventure 2 2. Sonic Generations 3. Sonic Adventure 4. Sonic Unleashed 5. Sonic Colors 6. Sonic Heroes 7. Shadow the hedge hog 8. Sonic 2006 9. Sonic Lost World 10. Sonic Forces

[@xenobreyden]

Nah how is 3D blast better then 06

[@theofficialliedetector1545]

At least it functions

[@jonkrindz7934]

8i dont know.i like 3) sonic forces as 2) unleashed and 1)generations.thats my top 3

[@DarkSoulJah]

I want a Sonic Adventure 3 OR a 3D Remake of Sonic3&Knuckles (The BEST Sonic game EVER)

[@aymunz]

You forgot sonic riders

[@icyboom5689]

Story based sonic games

[@owensutton12907]

14 sonic boom rise lyric 13 sonic lost world 12 sonic 3D 11 sonic black knight 10 sonic and the secret rings 9 sonic O6 8 sonic unleashed 7 shadow the hedgehog 6 sonic colours 5 sonic heroes 4 sonic adventure 3 sonic adventure 2 2 sonic force 1 sonic Generations

[@Felwinter999]

I actually kinda liked sonic 06s story

[@jdawson7877]

here's my ranking and please remember this is just my opinion 13 sonic 3d blast ( bad) 12 sonic forces ( mediocre) 11 sonic lost world ( good) 10 sonic colors ( good) 9 sonic and the secret rings ( great) 8 sonic and the black knight ( great) 7 shadow the hedgehog ( great) 6 sonic unleashed ( amazing) 5 sonic generations ( amazing) 4 sonic heroes ( masterpiece) 3 sonic adventure ( masterpiece) 2 sonic adventure 2 ( masterpiece) 1 sonic the hedgehog 2006 ( masterpiece)

[@silverthehedgehog38]

I have the same opinion 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@popokakaxd4479]

Lol in my opinion sonic unleashed was the best 3D sonic game ever made… I can remember my first time playing it on the Wii and ps3. And I feel like sonic 06 isn’t as bad as everyone says but it’s still pretty bad

[@crashbandicoot430]

Fair enough 06 has a special place in your heart, but to call it a masterpiece, that's just doing too much. The game is OBJECTIVELY trash, a game cannot be a master piece if it is barely playable.

[@jdawson7877]

@@crashbandicoot430 i didn't say it was a masterpiece i said in my opinion its a masterpiece yeah its glitchy but i'm able to look past the glitches cause 06 is the closet my ideal sonic game. and its not really that unplayable i hardly encounter any glitches sometimes i replay 06 just for fun and i'm able to get s ranks on stages without encounter a single glitch or dying.

[@SoftEndy]

@@crashbandicoot430 The game is objectively glitchy not objectively trash. The level design is great.

[@pignoufm4436]

To be honest i liked sonic forces , the gameplay is fun and the music is really good

[@ShadowPlayz-ud5qc]

Same

[@zlatanbogdanovic6874]

In my opinion, Sonic and the secret rings is the worst 3d Sonic game of all time. Mihajlo Bogdanović

[@zlatanbogdanovic6874]

Nevermind I changed my mind, Sonic 3d blast is also the worst one. Mihajlo Bogdanović

[@dylanpearon8006]

I don't think sonic o6 was all that bad in fact I think sonic o6 is one of the most overhated sonic games i. Have ever played if you were to force me to play sonic o6 or sonic forces i would pick sonic o6 over sonic forces.

[@dylanpearon8006]

I like sonic o6.

[@popokakaxd4479]

Dawg grammar

[@AscendedEmperor]

@@popokakaxd4479 thank you

[@Bombastic_daioh]

Imagine puting Colors above the real goat Unleashed when Colors ruined the franchise and Unleashed is the objectivly supperior game in the franchise 🤡🤡🤡🤡 how is that even possible? Kudos tho for putting Adventure 1 as number 1 as it is one of the best Sonic games of all time and better than any platformer of that time even if the delusional massives doesnt want to admit the facts.

[@riamu94]

I will never EVER understand the hype for Sonic Colors.

[@TheBlackSamurai2708]

Me neither I personally prefer the ds version over the Wii version

[@thebalderthor4884]

Sonic Unleashed was the shit! Best Sonic game ever!

[@Euro.Patriot]

1. Shadow 2. Heroes 3. Generations 4. Colors 5. Don't care about the others

[@frostkid2547]

Unleashed is the best sonic game of all time

[@thecookj454]

Unleashed is overrated

[@popokakaxd4479]

This list sucks bruh worst list I’ve ever seen

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

If you think this list sucks you should check out my Saints Row one! The people LOVE it!

[@sonicfart642]

This video is bad u just ranked every game bad

[@thebalderthor4884]

Sonic Adventure 2 sucked. The level design was the worst.

[@metroidcomet1116]

All you bro

[@thebalderthor4884]

@@metroidcomet1116 Yeah, because of this “conservation” I’m replaying Sonic Adventure 2. You were right. The Sonic levels are great (especially the Green Forrest level), the Tails levels are ok but I still hate the Knuckles levels. The bosses are all good with the exception of the big temple Gollum thing. The Green Forrest level maybe in my top 5 favorite Sonic levels ever.

[@metroidcomet1116]

@@thebalderthor4884 I hate the knuckles levels too trust me