I found out that you can put the controller down during each of these sequences without dying - it always gives you a few rings after each hurdle so these sequences are stuck on easy mode. It's also hard to judge which lanes you need to stay in to avoid what's in the way. Unfortunately, the camera does not properly follow you during any of these turns, resulting in your characters almost always hitting the first obstacle after each twist. The tunnels twist into loop-to-loops and other patterns to help add some variety to what's happening. These sessions would be acceptable if it weren't for the horrible camera system combined with the dragging frame rate, which hits the hardest during these parts of the game. If you hit something, you lose your rings and resume your speed. You have the option to switch lanes and jump to avoid obstacles, and that's all you can do. Obviously inspired by the previous 3D titles of the franchise, these parts have your team running through tunnels at full speed with the camera stuck behind the team. The speed sections of Rise of Lyric are huge disappointments. There is a whip-like energy beam that you can use to throw enemies around, but there isn't anything else you can really do with it. These fighting sequences are boring, cliche and exist as poor attempts at copying Devil May Cry's style of combat. The combat sequences are drawn out, enemies take too long to destroy and there is zero variety to fighting (minus the boss fights) - you just spam the same melee attack combo over and over or use your character's special attack.
Sonic and his team only move at a jog-like top speed during a vast majority of the game, which is an absolute sin to the video game medium.
Sonic's sense of speed and platforming, the franchise's two biggest redeeming qualities, had the rug pulled out from under them. Gameplay primarily consists of exploratory areas, combat, side-scrolling puzzles/platforming, a town hub (to get missions) and automated speed sequences. Instead of focusing on a traditional, side-scrolling experience like Sonic 4 or expanding on the series' tried-and-failed attempts at 3D platforming, Rise of Lyric ineffectively pulls the Hedgehog in multiple directions, messing things up worse than any other game in the franchise has done before. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric shows some very conflicting and disappointing development choices.
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