1991, Game of the Year

[Vinther1991]

KLXVER said:

Dreamcaster999 said:

Well, I was born in '99 and only played through them a few years ago so that's definitely not true.

Plus, why is it that this kind of criticism is always levelled at Sonic but not other 90s classics? I think his later bombs have made this revisionist theory about Sonic never being good all too popular when it's truly without merit

A lot of gamers like to feel in control of the game they are playing. Not just trial and error like many of the 2D ones or just auto runners almost like many of the 3D ones. Feels like even when hardcore fans talk about the Sonic games, they usually only talk about maybe 5 games they like in a franchise of probably 50+ games. 

Sonic might have many low points, but the highs are really high. In my opinion Sonic Generations is probably the greatest 3D platformer of all time. Unfortunately it is also the only 3D Sonic that is consistently good.
2D Sonic is another beast, most of those are really good, and some are also among the best in the genre.