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A great Mario level sees its hero become the final cog in a well-oiled machine by contrast, Sonic feels like a slightly misshapen part of some self-assembly furniture, never quite slotting into place - at least not without some effort on your part. Not such a terrible idea, you might think, but the developer doesn't have Nintendo EAD Tokyo's understanding of how its protagonist fits into its world. Many have observed from early footage that Sonic Team has taken a few cues from Super Mario Galaxy. When it's not playing itself, however, this game can be profoundly frustrating. Sonic Lost World is at its best when player involvement is at a minimum. Worse still, the best bits often come when control is taken away from you, either partially or entirely: the moments when a boost pad prompts a brief cutaway as Sonic pulls off a spectacular move, or when you're merely called upon to press the jump button a few times as the 'hog hops across several enemies to clear large gaps, or accelerates down a ramp as you let go of the analogue stick and simply let momentum take its course.

The trouble with each and every one of those moments is that they're spread very thinly - fleeting, fizzy bursts of joy found in levels more bloated and inconsistent than a Gore Verbinski film. In fact, the game's highlights look so terrific that the frustration of playing the damn thing is even more acute. CGI close-up, witty one-liner, title splash, done! CUT TO: Sonic skidding across grind rails out of the screen, sprinting across walls, pinging between bumpers like a spiky pinball, leaping and bouncing as the world rotates around him. CUT TO: Sonic skipping past enemies, spinning and somersaulting over mechanical ladybugs before punting them into the ether.

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OPEN ON: Sonic arcing around a loop at full tilt.

Slice its levels up into two-to-five-second snippets and you'd find dozens of moments of visual magic. You could cut a heck of a trailer from Sonic Lost World.