Alas, poor Sonic...
After the abomination that was Sonic '06, nobody seems to be even giving him a fair chance anymore. The fanbase is FUBAR, full of stubborn people who will either defend or condemm any given title to their last breath, including going so far as to defend Sonic '06. But as I was saying, after that game, there seems to be a very large chunk of the gaming community who have decided that the franchise is dead and all subsequent Sonic games are futile attempts at revival, no matter how good the game may actually be. Combined with actual Sonic fans who may be pissed at any small part of the game, that's quite a vocal tidal wave that automatically crashes down on any current-gen title. Generations looks quite promising, actually, but I fear that promise may get drowned in the tidal wave spawned by that one sequel from five years ago.
After the abomination that was Sonic '06, nobody seems to be even giving him a fair chance anymore. The fanbase is FUBAR, full of stubborn people who will either defend or condemm any given title to their last breath, including going so far as to defend Sonic '06. But as I was saying, after that game, there seems to be a very large chunk of the gaming community who have decided that the franchise is dead and all subsequent Sonic games are futile attempts at revival, no matter how good the game may actually be. Combined with actual Sonic fans who may be pissed at any small part of the game, that's quite a vocal tidal wave that automatically crashes down on any current-gen title. Generations looks quite promising, actually, but I fear that promise may get drowned in the tidal wave spawned by that one sequel from five years ago.