>>393I think Sonic CD was the last one I played. The first 2 Adventure games were promising but the entire Maria/Shadow drama killed it for me.
Heroes gameplay was annoying, Shadow's gunplay and story was really crap. Then of course Sonic 06 came in which sucked hard.
Unleashed was kind of promising but the Werehog was out of place style-wise, they could have put there Knuckles instead and make a proper Sonic & Knuckles 3D type of game and no one would complain. Also didn't really dig the Pixar-like look the humans had.
Sonic 4 was lackluster as fuck. Especially the first episode was terrible. Rehashed stages, nothing new even in Episode 2. The graphics also looked so plastic and fake. The ending of Episode 2 was bullshit.
My biggest issue with Sonic 4 is that it was supposed to continue on the excellent Sonic 3 and did NOTHING to show some sort of continuation, it felt like a huge cash grab.
Sonic Colors was good, the challenge was fair although it felt some of the stages were short. Also the 3D was not utilized as much and honestly the game could work just by being 3D. the only thing I didn't like in Colors was Planet Wisp industrial sections because they were kinda boring for me.
Generations was rather good. Although they could have used less city stages. Also it was a really missed opportunity for full DLC stages instead of that crap pinball table, but hey… mods. Planet Wisp was boring as fuck though. The boss fights were fun except for the last one. The ending was full trolling on the Sonic fans.
I'll give it a slack since it was an anniversary title that was actually nice overall.
Sonic Lost World was at first interesting but the parkour system was wonky as fuck. I like that they brought back the old badniks, the wisps were not fun though. The Deadly Six were Nights looking enemies and didn't bother me much but I'd like them to have more rich personalities than just being bimbos and emos. Also they never explained what the Deadly Six really want. Very lazy.
Also we had a lost opportunity to see a Metal Tails boss fight. Finally the last boss was a joke.
The 3DS version can just go fuck itself.
Sonic R, I kinda play it sometimes as a guilty pleasure since I waited for a 3D Sonic game on Saturn so bad back then.
Another game I kinda enjoyed too was Sonic the Fighters. Also a game that they extra characters like Bean and Bark do not bother me too much.
As for Sonic Boom, it's bullshit. Sonic is just a blue Crash Bandicoot, the aesthetics were thrown out of the window. WTF happened to Knuckles!? Also it is focused on all the things people complained about Unleashed. The combat felt like padding, the entire game seems padding. The swing look gimmicky as fuck. I know Crash fans might be happy, but Sonic fans didn't ask for this. The show might be good, but still it doesn't feel "Sonic" anymore.
I don't think SEGA knows what to do with Sonic anymore.