At 60 hour mark, Sonic Boom finally gets official scores on Metacritic.....nothing good....

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Smear-Gel said:

Woah...that's a terrible idea. I'd say that Sonic has the worst, most broken fanbase for any video game. Trying to please all fans or listening to even a third of the fanbase will lead to the game being hated by most everyone, which is evident in the games now. Lost World is split between being considered great and awful. Every Sonic game that is them listening to the fans ends up being hated by the fans.

"Go back to the roots!"

*Sonic 4*

"Just a rehash!"

 

"Forget all the friends!"

*Sonic Boom*

"Why are they changing the original people slightly???"

Sonic 4 didn't fail because it was a rehash, it failed because it had absolutely terrible physics, controlled relatively poorly, had bland design, and looked sluggish.

Sonic Boom is indefensible as well, regardless of fan backlash at the start, it wouldn't be hated if it didn't suck.