Metacritic: 67 (14 reviews)
Previous Current-Gen Sonic Game Metacritics:
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyrics: 32
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal: 47
Sonic: Lost World: 63
Mario & Sonic 2014: 55
Mario & Sonic 2016: 64
Reviews:
IGN - 7.5
Game Informer - 7
Nintendo Life - 6
Lazy Gamer - 3.9/10
Destructoid - 7
XGN - 5.5/10
Gamer Revolution - 3.5/5
Previous Current-Gen Sonic Game Metacritics:
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyrics: 32
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal: 47
Sonic: Lost World: 63
Mario & Sonic 2014: 55
Mario & Sonic 2016: 64
Reviews:
IGN - 7.5
While Fire and Ices art direction and music are woefully generic, the well-constructed level layouts create a solid arcade-style experience that accomplishes a sense of extraordinary speed while accommodating a reasonable degree of control. Sonic Boom successfully draws from much of what makes the best of classic Sonic game play satisfying, sprinkles in a better-conceived exploratory structure, and remixes it into an intelligent, cohesive, and rewarding package.
Game Informer - 7
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is a big step in the right direction for the spinoff series. While it still has quirks, it's a fun, easy experience that anyone can play. Though I still vastly prefer the classic Sonic games, Fire & Ice is an enjoyable spinoff title that brings some great elements of those games back into the forefront.
Nintendo Life - 6
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is - rather like its predecessor - a solid effort and worth consideration on 3DS. The core campaign blends a variety of styles, with the main stages employing an enjoyable mix of exploration and puzzle solving with moments of satisfying momentum and speed. There are some slightly disappointing downsides, and it's a game that occasionally feels constrained rather than supported by its source material. Overall, however, it deserves credit for what it does well, and should certainly be tempting to fans of the show and also broader Sonic enthusiasts willing to accept its limitations.
Lazy Gamer - 3.9/10
Fire and Ice just isn't a good game. While its platforming may be mechanically sound, the game just tries to do too much - and fails at most of it. If you're looking for a return to form for Sonic the Hedgehog, Fire and Ice unfortunately isn't it.
Destructoid - 7
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice isn't the worst Sonic game I've ever played. It isn't terrible. The platforming and sense of speed are here, though just not as fun as you might remember them. The whole affair is rather ugly -- which can't only be blamed on the 3DS, though it doesn't help -- and the game isn't exactly long at a few hours to complete, if that. Hardcore fans of the series will probably get some enjoyment out of this, but for the full price of $40, it is hard to recommend to anyone else. If you're desperate for another Sonic game, you could do worse.
XGN - 5.5/10
Sonic Boom Fire and Ice isn't a bad game. It is a short one, however. The fact that the game doesn't have much to offer in terms of content holds the game back quality-wise.
Gamer Revolution - 3.5/5
The younger players amongst us should have no trouble picking up and enjoying some Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice. Its geared toward younger kids, and maybe as a 32-year-old man with nostalgia brain, I want to try something a bit more. It feels short with only a handful of hours to work through each stage, many of the stages feel the same, and while the platforming isnt bad, its like a small piece of candy: Its gone quickly, no matter how nice it might taste. The game is somewhere between the classic franchise titles and the modern ones, but it holds truer to the originals, and yknow, thats a good enough start.