The Eight Least Compelling Games of E3

Instead of highlighting the show’s stand-out titles, Crispy Gamer has profiled the eight least interesting games shown at E3. BioWare’s Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood takes spot #7:

Perhaps it’s my innate skepticism, but the combination of Nintendo DS + RPG + Sonic the Friggin’ Hedgehog does not exactly scream “Game of the Year” to me. Sonic has had his goofy, spiky-haired, EXTREME ATTITUDE self stuck into a whole variety of gameplay types, and I have yet to like any of them. The original series on the Genesis was dull and repetitive. We then moved on to pinball, weird pseudo-RPGs, interspecies love stories, and god knows what else. None of this changes the fact that Sonic and his world just aren’t terribly interesting.

I know, I know … it’s BioWare and BioWare can DO NO WRONG (it should be noted that I actually only like about one out of every four games Bioware makes … but that’s a different editorial). I’m just having a hard time believing that they can pack their typical depth into a DS cart, and an even harder time believing that the Sonic universe is ever going to be able to support something called “The Dark Brotherhood” in any logical, reasonable way.