Sonic is coming!!!

[Krang]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Honestly, I don't think Sonic has been in a noteworthy game period. Sonic 2, 3 and Sonic & Knuckles were decent games, but I don't think they're worth all the respect they get. Half the time you're not even playing a Sonic game, you're just watching him fly around hoops really fast or zip through pipes.

No, that's not true at all. I know it's a stereotype that Sonic games only involve holding one direction and watching the character run through the level as fast as possible, but there's a lot more to it than that. When I bought Sonic Jam not too long ago, I went through and played the original 4 games, and there's actually less running than you'd expect. There are a lot of timed jumps, puzzle-like traps, enemies with unique abilities, and other platforming elements that give the games much more depth than you're giving them credit for. Stereotypes like this (and the expectations that people have because of them) are probably part of what is causing the newer games to not be as fun as the classic ones.