HOLiDAY_AETERNUS said:
http://www.gamerankings.com/dreamcast/198694-sonic-adventure/index.html |
http://www.gamerankings.com/n64/198848-super-mario-64/index.html
You seem to lack a proper perspective. Back then, Sonic was big and important, a system seller, so the expectations were high and we compared it to games of similar caliber. Nothing save beating Mario would be considered a success. And it not only lost, it lost big.
I guess nowadays, when no one expects anything good out of Sonic franchise, those scores seem high. Well, they weren't.