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Xen on 07 January 2018
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Nem said:
Xen said:

The Genesis games are fun platformers with great music, but to me all fun is lost once the game gets fast - I never saw why people liked it that way.

...but for the most part, yeah, Sonic never was great.

IGN would be proud of you guys.

 

Totally disagree though. The speed wasn't uncontrollable. You could jump, you could slow down, find a different path or go slowly. It had a depth and skill to it, like all the good 2D games. The controls and graphics at the time were much better than super mario world, so you can only say that if you are biased or didn't live it. Sonic was great during the Genesis/Mega drive era. You just have to look at the sales numbers for a number 2 console to see that. Sonic 2 sold 6M in one system. Sonic 3&K is one of the best games ever made imo.

Nowadays though? Yes, this Sonic team has been running him to the ground.

I can agree about the graphics being objectively superior to SMW, but IMO SMW has the superior art direction. 

...anyway, while much of the game is indeed controllable and there are lots of secrets, there are lots of "fast" parts and they ruin the experience for me - how can one enjoy the game if one barely sees the game? The controls in SMW as more precise as well, there is not one negative thing I can say about them.