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amp316 on 11 February 2010
andremop said:
No, they're not good. Period. Sonic Unleashed was, for example, crap.

The truth is that Sonic games were never THAT good.
The character just succeeded in being one of the kids favorites back then, most for his attitude and speed and less for his actual games.

When this wow factor passed (including the infamou BLAAAAAST process), people are now judging his games the way they should back then - so so games - and not masterpieces or even great games.

This is wrong on so many levels.

The original Sonic the Hedgehog games on the Sega Genesis are phenomenal.  Excluding Mario (which of course is tops), there isn't a single platforming series that ever has been close to the old Sonic  games. 



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MrBubbles on 11 February 2010

well ive always thought all sonic games were pretty crappy to begin with. never understood why people seem to like any of them.



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arsenicazure on 11 February 2010

Sonic unleashed was.. in parts brilliant.. the day stages were beautiful to look at, fun to play and fast..not so much for the werehog stages which were in a word... ABYSMAL.

Sonic, like every other plat former is dependent on level design. Sonic 4 is a step in the right direction.. as would be unleashed 2.

Its not bias but ever since sonic adventure.. sonic lost the platformer crown.



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Ajax on 11 February 2010
andremop said:

The truth is that Sonic games were never THAT good.


No

 



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Euphoria14 on 11 February 2010

Sonic Unleashed biggest flaw for me was the werehog stages but other than that I absolutely loved the daytime levels. The game was nowhere near as bad as some make it out to be.



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Majin-Tenshinhan on 11 February 2010
amp316 said:
andremop said:
No, they're not good. Period. Sonic Unleashed was, for example, crap.

The truth is that Sonic games were never THAT good.
The character just succeeded in being one of the kids favorites back then, most for his attitude and speed and less for his actual games.

When this wow factor passed (including the infamou BLAAAAAST process), people are now judging his games the way they should back then - so so games - and not masterpieces or even great games.

This is wrong on so many levels.

The original Sonic the Hedgehog games on the Sega Genesis are phenomenal.  Excluding Mario (which of course is tops), there isn't a single platforming series that ever has been close to the old Sonic  games. 

I'd actually say that the first Sonic-game wasn't very noteworthy, at least not after Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 came around. The second and third game were just ... Whoa.



AngelosL on 11 February 2010

Since noone else mentioned it,It is my duty to do so :P Apart from the gimmicks,mediocre controls and poor level design Sonic games have the most irritating voice acting ever.



amp316 on 11 February 2010
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
amp316 said:
andremop said:
No, they're not good. Period. Sonic Unleashed was, for example, crap.

The truth is that Sonic games were never THAT good.
The character just succeeded in being one of the kids favorites back then, most for his attitude and speed and less for his actual games.

When this wow factor passed (including the infamou BLAAAAAST process), people are now judging his games the way they should back then - so so games - and not masterpieces or even great games.

This is wrong on so many levels.

The original Sonic the Hedgehog games on the Sega Genesis are phenomenal.  Excluding Mario (which of course is tops), there isn't a single platforming series that ever has been close to the old Sonic  games. 

I'd actually say that the first Sonic-game wasn't very noteworthy, at least not after Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 came around. The second and third game were just ... Whoa.


I wouldn't say that the 1st Sonic game wasn't noteworthy.  It was great when it came out. 

The thing is that 2 and 3 were even better.  Sonic 3 is actually one of my all time favorite games.



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fwap on 11 February 2010
andremop said:
No, they're not good. Period. Sonic Unleashed was, for example, crap.

The truth is that Sonic games were never THAT good.
The character just succeeded in being one of the kids favorites back then, most for his attitude and speed and less for his actual games.

When this wow factor passed (including the infamou BLAAAAAST process), people are now judging his games the way they should back then - so so games - and not masterpieces or even great games.

This.

Although I think Sonic showed great promise at first with both Sonic 1 and then Sonic 2.

Sonic 3 was half a game. Sonic 3 & Knuckles is no where near the improvement Sonic 2 was over Sonic 1.

Everything past this point was downhill, IMO.



Majin-Tenshinhan on 11 February 2010
amp316 said:
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
amp316 said:
andremop said:
No, they're not good. Period. Sonic Unleashed was, for example, crap.

The truth is that Sonic games were never THAT good.
The character just succeeded in being one of the kids favorites back then, most for his attitude and speed and less for his actual games.

When this wow factor passed (including the infamou BLAAAAAST process), people are now judging his games the way they should back then - so so games - and not masterpieces or even great games.

This is wrong on so many levels.

The original Sonic the Hedgehog games on the Sega Genesis are phenomenal.  Excluding Mario (which of course is tops), there isn't a single platforming series that ever has been close to the old Sonic  games. 

I'd actually say that the first Sonic-game wasn't very noteworthy, at least not after Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 came around. The second and third game were just ... Whoa.


I wouldn't say that the 1st Sonic game wasn't noteworthy.  It was great when it came out. 

The thing is that 2 and 3 were even better.  Sonic 3 is actually one of my all time favorite games.

Really? I didn't like the first Sonic at all.

Sonic 2 and 3 were the shiznit back in the day, though. Sonic 3 & Knuckles even moreso.