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Shadow never struck me as such a great character. His story in SA2 was pretty good, but they probably should have left him dead and not resurrected him. His sacrifice would've had more meaning, anyway. He's not an awful character, he's just not very interesting. As far as evil Sonics go, I prefer Metal Sonic. He has just about as much characterization as Shadow, but he looks cooler.
Looking at the game itself, it might be cool to expand the Sonic universe a little bit, but it's not what I want out of a new Sonic title.
The thing that made the sidescrollers so fun was the level design. You had multiple paths you could take, secrets hidden cleverly throughout the level, special zones, power-ups, etc.
The level designs in the recent 3D titles are pretty cut and dry. It's like a race track, no real options.
Also, when I play as Tails I don't want to pilot a mech and when I play as Knuckles I don't want to hunt for treasure. Another great thing about the old level design was that different paths utilized the different skills of the characters, and you could select which character you wanted to play through that level; giving the games enormous replay value.
The characters aren't so much the problem. I liked Sonic's set of new abilities in the adventure titles, and the revamps of his old powers as well. It's just the levels that could use some work.
Heroes was fun, but still not what I was looking for. Anyway, my two cents. I won't make a final judgement on Shadow's game until I've played it.
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