Sonic: The most overrated game ever?

[Squeezol]

curl-6 said:

Squeezol said:

If he goes too fast for your speed level, (because you CAN control Sonic at his max speed if you're good enough, and improving that is part of the game, but that's not the point) he will bump into a spike or enemy before you could ever get bored. If you let him go through a loop in for example Sonic 1 without doing anything and you're bored with it, then that's your fault, because there's enough ways to make Sonic go through a loop faster. Look at any good Sonic 1 speed run for example.

It's not about my skill level. Given screen size and travel speed, recognition and reaction is literally impossible at full "blast processing" speed. Those speed runs work through memorization, not reflexes. Not to mention Sonic games regularly full on remove your control input as he rushes through pipes or loops.

You can control Sonic when in loops, and pipes make up just a few penentages of the whole level in Chemical Plant for example. And yes, they work through memorization. There's no way you can play a classic Sonic level at full speed the first time without taking damage or even dying. Learning levels and running through them faster is the point of the game.