When did sonic start sucking?
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Around the time it went to 3D, then there was colours and generations, then it started to decline with the average Lost World.
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I would place it around the time of Sonic Heroes. Shadow was not as great, Sonic 06' was bad, and then we get to things like Werehog, and Sonic and the knights of the round table... It was if they did not even care anymore. So things started to go bad around 06-07' and have not really improved much since.
The DS games were okay but the series always seems to work a little better in 2D over 3D in my opinion.
The DS games were okay but the series always seems to work a little better in 2D over 3D in my opinion.
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I've never played the adventure games but as a kid I do recall enjoying sonic heroes and shadow the hedgehog not even joking. Maybe if I went back to them both today as an adult I would realise the flaws people so often point out. Either way the zone designs for both games still look fantastic, and the music is always good no matter how terrible a sonic game is. A lot of the spinoff games were poor compared to the original series like 3d blast and sonic labrityh.
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Ever since the garbage that was both Shadow the Hedgehog & Sonic 06. Then it went downhill even more with Lost World.
adventure is a guilty pleasure for me,so bad yet so good
i remember really loving adventure 2 but i have not played it in a WHILE,so i don't know if it holds up today
i remember not liking heroes,so i'd say around that time up till half of unleased [werehog half of course]
and now we have lost world and boom....
i remember really loving adventure 2 but i have not played it in a WHILE,so i don't know if it holds up today
i remember not liking heroes,so i'd say around that time up till half of unleased [werehog half of course]
and now we have lost world and boom....
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This video has a detailed explanation of how Sonic changed over the years and why it faced the problems it did.
Basically, Sonic's emphasis on pure speed worked very well for 2D games, but in 3D games super-fast isn't always good. It makes people dizzy and it doesn't allow the player to make precise attacks/jumps.
Basically, Sonic's emphasis on pure speed worked very well for 2D games, but in 3D games super-fast isn't always good. It makes people dizzy and it doesn't allow the player to make precise attacks/jumps.
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@Iridescence, i've been trying to find that video, I remember seeing it sometime ago and I forgot it's name, thanks.
Anyway, Sonic Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog is when the series became average or bellow average according the critics, I enjoyed both of these games despite knowing their flaws.
It was Sonic 2006 that was the point of no return almost, Sega redeems Sonic with Colors and generations, but they just never learn.
Anyway, Sonic Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog is when the series became average or bellow average according the critics, I enjoyed both of these games despite knowing their flaws.
It was Sonic 2006 that was the point of no return almost, Sega redeems Sonic with Colors and generations, but they just never learn.
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Quality control would help. Aka, releasing only 3 games per generation (but making them really good) rather than releasing 10 games per generation and having half of them suck (and the other half being decent at best).
The other part is that running around and collecting rings just isn't fun. Sonic was amazing during a time when 95% of games were shovelware with ****ty graphics, but I feel like what holds up Sonic right now is the nostalgia factor, as well as his hip personality - not the gameplay mechanics themselves.
If Generations and Colors had a different name and a different mascot, let's say "Chad, the Runner", they'd be decent games but not noteworthy at all.
The other part is that running around and collecting rings just isn't fun. Sonic was amazing during a time when 95% of games were shovelware with ****ty graphics, but I feel like what holds up Sonic right now is the nostalgia factor, as well as his hip personality - not the gameplay mechanics themselves.
If Generations and Colors had a different name and a different mascot, let's say "Chad, the Runner", they'd be decent games but not noteworthy at all.
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For a while. Lost World and arguably Boom made the franchise suck again.
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Yeah, Sega just doesn't have a solid gameplan with Sonic. They can't settle on the gameplay or the story.
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It's obvious they have no clue what to do with the series anymore. The Boost gameplay worked, but they just had to scrap it just for the parkour. Sonic only works in 2D, but ever since Sonic 4, they can't even go back to 2D either. I'm not gonna mention Runners because it doesn't count as a 2D Sonic game.