★★★★★ Feels just like the CW ports
Thu May 09 2024 Awesomebird4I first experienced Sonic 1/CD/2 through the Christian Whitehead ports, which still hold up well today, even with touch controls. I’ve already got Mania on the Switch, but it just felt right to have it with the others, plus it was a nice excuse to replay it. The controller support is great, and the touch controls work well for regular platforming. My only complaint with them is that blue spheres can be kinda hard to control with touch controls, but it’s something that can be learned quickly. At the time of this review there’s a glitch in the D.A. Garden where the song immediately before the one you select always plays instead, hopefully that gets fixed. But overall, one of the best Sonic games ever, if you have a Netflix account and have been considering this game, definitely go for it.
★★★★★ Just play the Nintendo switch version😐
Thu Sep 05 2024 a cool person 234So sonic mania, everybody knows it and everybody loves it but this just doesn’t hit the same as the Nintendo switch. I have it on switch and it is a phenomenal game. Probably my favorite sonic game right next to sonic three and knuckles and overall the Nintendo switch version is a amazing game that you should definitely give a play. It’s not just on attend a switch so if you have another consul available definitely play it… but this version just doesn’t hit the same. First of all the menu is just so sad. Not like the way that it makes you sad. It’s just super disappointing. the switch version was so much cleaner. And Nintendo switch HAD TOUCH CONTROL THEY COULD HAVE HAD KEPT IT THE SAME!!! and that’s not all the buttons to move around. It just looks so awesome. They could’ve just used the ones from the sonic one and two heck, even Sonic CD touch controls looked better than this! They just don’t mix well at all with the high detailed graphics of mania. And I’m not done yet for some reason. My game lags really really badly one second you’ll be going to the normal frames per second and the next second it will CHUG TILL LIKE THREE FRAMES PER SECOND. IT’S SO ANNOYING. Oh, and this is probably a problem on my end, but I’m still gonna take points away because of it. And overall just play the Nintendo switch version or any other port of sonic mania just not this one!
★★★★★ Port has issues that can easily be fixed
Sat May 11 2024 LilOrangeFellaDon't get me wrong, I love this game (I've played it more times than I can count on my Switch) and I was excited to play it again on mobile. However, this port has a few issues which make it a lot less fun.
Probably the worst issue is the audio. The songs seem to play a bit slower than they're supposed to, and stutters and crackling are very common. It's a big deal in this game because it has such a great soundtrack, so it being mangled detracts from the experience.
In addition, there's some minor but noticeable slowdown throughout the entire game, and it gets worse when getting hit and losing a lot of rings. I'm playing the game on an iPhone 14 Pro, which absolutely should not be struggling. The game works just fine on the Switch, so a phone that is substantially more powerful shouldn't perform worse than a tablet with specs from 2015.
The game is still fun, which is what really matters, but to see such a great game released in a state like this is disappointing, to say the least. Here's hoping a patch will come by and fix these issues.
★★★★★ The game itself is fine, not a fan of the menu
Mon Dec 23 2024 BrianVollThere wasn’t anything wrong with the menu before. Even with playing it on my phone other ways before this Netflix port (through remote connection software, etc), the menu looked fine. It's like Netflix took it, decided to botch it up and throw it back in the game. I'm not even sure if it was intentional or not, using the controller and pausing the game, I can scroll through the menu options as expected, but cannot select exit. On my iPad, there's this line underneath the game screen that's always there. Especially noticeable when the screen goes black during a fade to the next level or scene. I'd argue that I'd rather just pay a one time price to get this game, but if Netflix is the only way to get one of my favorite games onto my iPhone and iPad officially, then I guess I'll have to take it. Also, please add support for keyboards! I may raise it up a star just for that. Also, why is Sonic completely off center in all the images on the iPad App Store page?
★★★★★ Good port with one critical bug
Fri Jan 17 2025 Jackson BlaiseI’ve enjoyed my time with this version of Sonic Mania, but there’s one unfortunate softlock that can’t be avoided to my knowledge - the transition between Chemical Plant Zone and Studiopolis Zone seems to be broken, and the player character for some reason won’t burst out of the manhole to start the zone. The pause button also doesn’t work when this happens, so there’s not even a way to quit out of the zone and reload it to continue. The only way around this softlock - to my knowledge - is to fully close the game and reopen it, then reload your save file at Studiopolis Zone which will force the player to start having already hopped out of the manhole allowing them to proceed. Please look into this problem as no other version of Sonic Mania suffers from it, and it shouldn’t be present here.
Update: Well I’ll be darned, danged, and even damned! Y’all fixed the softlock so Studiopolis now starts the way it should! Good on ya!
★★★★★ Good but needs another patch
Wed Dec 03 2025 Monster from iron wildernessThis game is great. I own it on switch and Xbox one. This version is good but kinda flawed, let’s start with the good. I’ surprised they were able to release this game on mobile. Also, this is the plus version so you don’t have to worry about only having 3 characters. Lastly, the controls are pretty decent and I think they are ok for mobile. Next is the bad parts. First, the game has very compressed audio and doesn’t sound that great. Next, for some reason, my version just stopped having music and all I hear is Sonic spin dash and it sounds kinda creepy. This game can also be buggy. But other than those minor problems, I like this port and think you should play if you don’t have mania on console. I love mania, it’s my favorite game of the series, and this might not be the definitive way, it’s a darn ok way. I give this an 8.5/10 please fix that weird sound thing though Netflix please 🙏
★★★★★ Love the game, but there’s a problem
Wed Nov 20 2024 Sonic_Fan1232So uhhh the game is good but there is a couple of problems with it that makes me not rate it 5 stars. First of all in flying battery zone it dose not save your progress like for example. I finished FBZ act 1 but when I die in act two and lose all my lives it takes me back to act 1 and acts are very long so I have to play a 10 mins to go back to act 2 boss fight in flying battery zone which is really hard to beat cuz I keep swinging into the spicks. So every time I get a game over it thakes me to act 1 and it takes me 10 mins to get back to my regular score and I think you know what I mean so I am gonna move on. The second and last problem is the hitbox (but I think no one has this problem but me) so maybe it’s just my devise and not you guys fault. But it will still be nice if you can fix the first issue and then it will be a perfect game.
★★★★★ Amazing Port, Except Sound Needs To Be Fixed
Wed May 08 2024 TheUltimateDriverHello there! Sonic Mania Plus Netflix Edition works great in Gameplay and Graphics(I would hope so considering it’s already a masterpiece on every other device)! However, there are missing sound effects that are supposed to play multiple time’s especially in Special Stages with the Blue Spheres. When you collect them, some sounds are missing that aren’t missing in the home console and PC versions of the game, as well as the audio being quite choppy when 2 things happen at once(music playing and a sound effect or 2 plays in quick succession) and at the Act Clear/Victory Screen. I hope these audio problems can be fixed and I’ll rate it 5/5 Stars, cause this game easily deserves it after the audio is fixed! Have a great day everyone that reads this and Netflix Games!
