Pick One: Which Is The Best 3D Sonic Game To Date?

Adventure 2 was my favourite because it introduced shadow

1. Adventure 2
2. Generations
3. Unleashed
4. Adventure
5. Heroes
6. Colors
7. Lost World
Didn't play the rest

Tie between Colors and Generations, for me.

Unleashed for sure.

I didn’t realize there were that many 3D Sonic games. I haven’t played a lot of them, but I do remember getting a Dreamcast and being blown away by Sonic Adventure. It might not seem like a big deal now but at the time, it was so different from all other sonic games and to see the graphics from the PS, Saturn, and N64 to this… I was all into Sonic Adventure.

None of them? I'm love me some Sonic but none of the 3D games have been up to much. If I had to pick it would be Generations.

The first Sonic Adventure because it had more variety than the others like it's the only one with a fishing story mode.

Adventure 1 and 2 are the best ones. I yearn for that type of gameplay to be revisited someday.

I've been playing through every Sonic game leading up to Frontiers because I wanted to answer this question! I grew up with a Genesis and Sonic 2 being my first console game and have played every Sonic game since with the exception of Lost World and Colors. Going into things, I though Adventure 1 was my favorite, but after playing through everything, that game holds up very poorly, even compared to Adventure 2. It's really janky.

I think gameplay-wise Generations might be the best, but in terms of levels and music, I think Unleashed wins, despite the last level being miserable and most of the Werehog levels being really un-fun. That said, Adventure and Adventure 2 feel the best to play - they are so snappy and the controls feel better than the more modern games.

So basically, I don't have an answer or opinion, but voted for Unleashed here just because I saw it was far behind Adventure, Adventure 2, and Generations

Sonic Generations is the best to play now.
Adventure and Adventure 2 are also great, but the games are rough.
Sonic Unleashed is great for the daytime part. But most of the gameplay is painful.

I'm not sure I like generation's. Absolutely love adventure 1&2. Heroes is great but definitely needed a bit more polish. Really enjoyed colours too. Lost world is underrated. That's all I've played so far oh and forces....... so I guess my favourites are the adventure games.

Sonic Generations has the best 3D gameplay in the series and a fantastic collection of stages and music. It's the best.

Both Dreamcast Sonic Adventure titles. Nothing else IMO has come close.

I'm old , lol, but best sonic is 2d , hope the new one hits home , bit it's the speed feel that is difficult to master

Wow, so far it's exactly what you'd expect: Top 3 are Adventure, Adventure 2, & Generations, and the Honorable Mentions are Heroes, Unleashed, & Colors.

Hope we see Remakes of SA1, SA2, & Heroes and get enhanced versions of Generations (add content from the 3DS version) & Unleashed (combine the best aspects of the 360 & Wii versions for a better experience) like Colors did, but handled a bit better.

Generations by far, Adventures 1/2 were good for their time but have aged terribly.

Sonic Adventure 2 on Dreamcast was my game. Good times.

@shoeses That would be great. The first three games have good ideas but also tons of frustration that could be fixed, like the camera angles in Heroes. Unleashed is a bit more polished but some long parts are not fun at all. I liked and beat The Secret Rings on Wii, somehow.

Adventure 2 is my all time favorite. Unfortunately i doubt it will ever be possible for them to make something as impactful as the Adventure games. Those two games had incredible vision and passion behind their development

The correct answer is none. Sonic is perfect in 2d and it sucks in 3d (and no it is not about "just gotta go fast")

The original Sonic Adventure will always be one of my favorite games of all time, jank and all.

Secret Rings for me. It had major problems like not being able to turn around and how long it takes to start running that fast but overall it had great ideas and I felt it played better than using an analogue stick. Such a shame they didn't try to improve on this formula again.

On xbox though, it would be Generations.

Was Generations before and is now Frontiers. My copy arrived yesterday, I spend about 4 hours completing the first big zone today, its a fantastic game.

I'm doin it old school, Sonic Adventure. I just always love that game, something about it, probably because I first got into it as a Dreamcast launch game that always blew me away.

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Sonic Adventure 1. Sure, it's showing its age, and it has some '90s 3D jank, but it was an ambitious and interesting take on the series, and I feel that it captured the essence of 2D Sonic better than any game since then. (SA2 was good, but it took two steps forward, and two steps back.)

The modern "boost" gameplay of Generations, etc., is slick and polished, but it's so limited. It's like the Call of Duty to Sonic Adventure's Goldeneye.

PS: If you want to play SA1 now, make sure to get the Steam version and install the mod launcher. That way, you can get the superior Dreamcast version's graphics, without giving up the technical and quality-of-life improvements from later releases.