“SEGA Did What Nintendo Couldn’t” – The Brand New Free Sonic Game Could Be the Highest Rated Title in the Entire Franchise

The gaming icon, Sega, celebrated April Fool’s Day with a brand new free game, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog. While many had thought it to be an elaborate joke that the Sega social team played on the fans, the release of the game not only shocked the masses but also swept everyone off their feet. 

The text-based point-and-click game, inspired by the classic novels of Agatha Christie, presents a brand new insight that had never been seen in any game in the franchise. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is described as a “labor of love from the Sonic Social team” and it could be seen through the overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam and other platforms. 

Is The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog the highest-rated game in the franchise?

The April Fool’s joke turned out to be something that no one could have seen coming. The text-based Sonic game has garnered a score of a strong 98% or “overwhelmingly positive” on Steam. This score is way more than any Sonic game has ever managed to get on the store. The closest contestant is the PC version of Sonic Mania, with a 93% positive score. 

The reviews of the game contain reviews such as, “SEGA did what Nintendidn’t.”; “The final “boss battle” was better executed and more intense than some poorly-optimized billion-dollar AAA titles out there.”; “What a wonderfully charming ride from start to finish!!” and more. Showing how much fans loved this offbeat title. 

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The game’s description, “When Sonic the Hedgehog becomes the game’s victim, everyone is off to get to the bottom of things. However, something feels a bit off – is this really an innocent game or is something more sinister afoot?” may seem like goofy red herring at first but the story actually presents some major twists throughout its length. 

In the story, players get into the shoes of a brand-new character who has just started their job in the Mirage Express as a conductor. But on their first day at the job, tragedy befalls as one of their passengers, Sonic the Hedgehog, appears to be ‘Murdered’. Now everyone on the train is a culprit and they have to figure out who was the actual criminal. 

The game is published by the official creators of the Sonic franchise, Sega. But it is not clear if it’s canon in the lore. As the devs said, “This is not a Sonic Team title, but we strongly believe in the power of headcanon!” making it clear that if the game is canon or not is completely up to the interpretation of the players. 

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