Sonic: The most overrated game ever?

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Kyuu said:
It sure is overrated to me.. I wouldn't call it "the most" overrated.

I played the original trilogy, 3d, Adventure and Heroes. Although fun, I thought the very concept of the original 3 is flawed.

Of course everyone perceives things differently but to me personally, 2D Sonic games seem to be designed to be played at highspeeds and as a result, they mostly feel boring and unrewarding when played at lower speeds. Playing them at highspeeds can be fun, but when you think about, it all comes down to the press and timing of one button! The system relies too much on memorizing and too little on analysis and actual reaction. To each his own but highspeed gameplay on a side-scroller will never work for me.

I did like Sonic Adventure a lot though, that game gives you time and has some proper platforming elements to it. I doubt it aged well but I definitely enjoyed it at the time.

That might be the case with the original Sonic and maybe Sonic 2, but Sonic 3 & Knuckles actually rewards exploration by giving you power-ups, rings and giant rings which lead to special stages!  At least that's how I feel about this!