In the Sonic series platform game tradition, the player must complete a series of levels to advance the story. Sonic Heroes is a 3D platform game similar to previous Sonic the Hedgehog games. The game was a major commercial success, selling 3.41 million copies, and was branded under the Player's Choice, Platinum Hits, and Greatest Hits lines for the GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2, respectively. However, it was derided for not addressing the problems of past Sonic games, such as poor camera controls and incoherent voice acting. The graphic design and detailed environments and textures were also considered highlights. They praised the game for focusing on fast gameplay and wrote it was much closer to the series' original 2D entries for these reasons, some called it an improvement from the Sonic Adventure games. Reviewers were polarized by Sonic Heroes.

Sonic Heroes was the first multi-platform Sonic game-produced for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows-and was released in Japan in December 2003, with a worldwide release following in 2004. The team aimed to make Sonic Heroes feel like a standalone game rather than a continuation of the Sonic Adventure games, and built the game using the RenderWare game engine. Sonic Team USA handled development, led by Yuji Naka and Takashi Iizuka. The game was produced in commemoration of the series' twelfth anniversary. Gameplay requires players to switch between team members and take advantage of each's unique abilities to complete levels, and collect the seven Chaos Emeralds in special stages.

Sonic Heroes features twelve playable characters divided into pre-determined teams of three. Set six months after the events of Sonic Adventure 2, the story follows four individual groups of characters in their quests to find Doctor Eggman meanwhile, Metal Sonic secretly manipulates these events.

Sonic Heroes is a 2003 3D platform game in Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series.

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