App Store Editors’ Notes

The sprites are so cute!

This is a good game, but one thing that could make it better, then it would be the best. I accidentally sold Legs, the sprite (The blue one that everyone receives when sprites are unlocked.) Legs is powerful, also I noticed if you sell a forever sprite, it is gone forever. The sprites are cute, and I like the boosts they give you... but where’s the buyback button? They don’t have one! That’s upsetting because when I absentmindedly clicked sell instead of upgrade I can’t get it back. I would like to see a button to buyback sold sprites. I love how you brought in all the heroes and Shadow! The characters have special powers and I really like that. I also like to compare the fact that the old games like Sonic 2 had only Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, but you brought in them all. Another thing I noticed is that no matter how far I run, the Village map (The location for Shadows Run challenge) isn’t in normal runs, you have to be playing Shadow’s event. This would be a nice addition to the game. Also, I would like to see an alternative way to evolve Sprites, because I don’t like to give it my forever Sprites, like maybe using Red Star Rings (Please don’t make it to much rings I have to go on a Red Star Ring Budget.) Other than the aforementioned issues, this game has it all. Thanks SEGA!

Amazing but just a few more things.

This game is pretty cool, I love it. But there are a few more things that would make this game perfect: Add new characters because after a while of having the good characters like Shadow for example, it gets a little boring having them. Make new characters to play as like Eggman or Metal Sonic or Espio or characters that aren’t even in the show. Also make new maps or worlds instead of the same 3 or 4 maps you can transfer to while your running. Make portals while you are running to travel through to new dimensions with new maps like in the show how the team have traveled through portals into other dimensions. Also make new sprites with completely different uses and make new boosters for when you are running. If you could add all of this through updates, that would be amazing. Editors please read this. My ideas could change the whole game.

Just play Sonic Dash.

To start, the game isn't bad--it's pretty fun. But the game is just... a watered-down Sonic Dash (the original mobile game). It doesn't feel as fast, there's not as much content, such as no boss fights nor chompers (which are replaced by some rails {that you can find in Sonic Forces mobile anyways} and tilting gimmicks), and the levels are just so empty and repetitive, including the fact that there's barely any gaps in the terrain and no hills or loops. Also, getting characters is a PAIN (a very long grind for some special abilities that barely matter), and the only fun things ('events') are locked behind tickets that I assume you either have to buy or wait for. Meanwhile, Sonic Dash is just more vibrant, more diverse, more challenging, less grindy, and faster (which is the entire point of Sonic), and it has actual seasonal events for cool skins. It also has an additional house-building mechanic. Overall, don't play this unless you REALLY enjoy it. Play Sonic Dash instead... ... Oh right, those sprites that the Apple editors cherish so much. Well, they boost specific things, which is cool, but either cough up the cash or wait a day to get one. Did I mention they're only a one-time use?

It’s still Sonic Dash, just not as fun.

“Sonic Boom” will never be as good as the regular Sonic we know and love. It will always remain in the shadow of the regular Sonic games. This sequel to “Sonic Dash” is no different. Unlike the ungodly messes that are “Rise of Lyric” and “Shattered Crystal”, this game is an okay time. It’s alright. Possibly the best Sonic Boom game other than “Fire and Ice”. But once you play the first “Sonic Dash”, odds are you’ll forget about this one. The first game is just better in every regard when it comes to the controls, menu design, and characters. This game has some good ideas, such as a team system that allows you to choose up to three characters that then you switch between at certain points in your run, but the road to get new characters is PAINFULLY SLOW so it just falls flat on it’s face, and that’s a darn shame. Final Review: 6/10 While it has some neat gimmicks, “Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom” is simply not as good as what came before it and likely won’t be able to keep your attention for nearly as long as its predecessor. You’re better off playing the original “Sonic Dash” instead.

Best Phone Game EVER.

The ads are spaced out perfectly. The free revives, I love them so much, they happen when I like them to happen! The RedRings are fun to collect, though, a little tough to find sometimes. The few things I wish are that you could have all of the characters playable from the start.. and I wouldn’t mind Dave from the TV show to appear as a playable character.. or even Vector.. not sure if Metal Sonic’s playable but that would be fun to play as! I wish that there were more levels because I’ve been playing this app since it came out for long periods of time, because it’s that fun, but the scenery can get a bit bland, I wouldn’t mind more levels based off the Robots of the Sky episode.. or Angel Island showing up, cuz Knuckles mentioned it in the show. And I also would like to see boss fights... not like the ones from the other Sonic Dash games but like a race type boss.. kinda like Sonic CD Metal Sonic boss, and the Sonic Forces’ Speed Battle game. As progress goes on, maybe we could unlock abilities for a possible Chao Garden? I know Sonic Boom doesn’t have Chao, but I’ve seen the concept art for potential Chao that looked like alien ghosts, and I would kinda wanna see that too. Also, I know I’m asking a lot, but I think it would be cool to unlock outfits like those Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric DLC outfits. Anyways, I think this is a really fun game, it keeps me entertained while I’m on the go! 👍

The Sonic Dash 2 Experience!

So I play original Sonic dash that game has tons of updates and remodel a lot of stuff when I download Sonic dash 2 Sonic boom style it’s some here and there the characters amazing but there’s was few problems about the game i hate rsr to buy characters like when they are expensive to get? There’s not the only problem when don’t have wifi or cellular data the events I try to do is not available or anything else so I had to play run while everything is not available because you need WiFi anyways the gameplay is good but the boss I wish they add the boss like eggman is only in events which is not fun when beating eggman only events and not in the run you played is not fun and makes the games boring when no boss only in events. The game needs a update or something like you need pay to win to unlock stuff and it’s not worth buy tons of Money to get stuff to be better at the game. Yeah Sonic dash is better than this game so I recommended play Sonic dash not this game.

Absolutely pathetic.

So I’m playing the event in which you destroy spikes in order to win Shadow as a playable character. I’m mid game, and suddenly the game knocks me out as if I fell into a hole yet there was nothing there and I just fell into the floor. I thought “okay things happen” and watch a 45 second ad for a free revive just for it to countdown to my revive and then freeze. So I closed the game out, not only did it NOT save the 70+ spikes I destroyed during that game, not only did it NOT save my high score during that game, it also took one of my tickets. So it forgot all of the progress I made during that game but remembered to take one of my event tickets. Either way, I then continued to try and play and move on from this glitch but now every time I play it randomly drops my rings as if I got hit by something but nothing is ever there. And about 70% of the time when you get one of the air dashes when you hang on the poles or whatever, most of the rings and dash energy are gone as if they’ve been collected already. This game is ridiculously unfinished and I want my progress RESTORED IMMEDIATELY. This is absolutely unacceptable on every level.

Not as good as the original but OK

First off this game definitely doesn’t look as good as the original SonicDash I got to say off the bat I prefer the original then the sequel because I’m like sonic two and one this game is not as good as the original I mean it’s pretty it’s even more obnoxious of getting the red star rings and seriously it’s not very fun logging the characters is a little obnoxious and really it’s not very cool it’s not very fun and they got rid of the trick system which could be very cool but I’m just saying like I really like the trick system and I don’t know why it isn’t in sonic forces but still I really like sonic forces but that’s beyond the point seriously I’m just saying this game definitely isn’t as good as the original but it does have some upsides like you can go to different paths you can go to different places of the world I feel like that’s the best part about this game seriously I kind a like it but not as much is the original I would say if you want to play a worse version and not as good version of SonicDash I would say played this game

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