List of Sonic the Hedgehog video games - Wikipedia
Above is a list of all Sonic games released by Sega. The recent release and subsequent cycle of underwhelming feelings about the latest release raises one of the greatest questions in gaming...
Is Sonic... A Bit ****?
Much has been said about many weaker or flawed titles released but often there is a fair amount of forgiveness involved on a case by case basis. Maybe the mixture of characters and audio strikes a chord to overlook a bad camera, maybe the glitchy paths and inability to see far enough ahead is shone out by the high speed rushes when they work, maybe bad boss design is passed over in favour of that untangible something that gives you a soft spot for a title that deep down you know isn't really objectively that great.
List Three Sonic games from across the entire back catalogue that you would stand by as being great games
The Catch - These aren't necessarily your favourite entries. Try to consider your answers with as much objectivity as you can. How far back to do need to go to select three Sonic branded games that you would happily stand by as actually being solid, great releases.
Then, where does that leave you?
Do you feel that they represent the peaks of a great, decades long successful run from a beloved franchise or does your list clear the air and reveal that a very small number of successes aside - the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise of games is actually just god awful for the most part?
Above is a list of all Sonic games released by Sega. The recent release and subsequent cycle of underwhelming feelings about the latest release raises one of the greatest questions in gaming...
Is Sonic... A Bit ****?
Much has been said about many weaker or flawed titles released but often there is a fair amount of forgiveness involved on a case by case basis. Maybe the mixture of characters and audio strikes a chord to overlook a bad camera, maybe the glitchy paths and inability to see far enough ahead is shone out by the high speed rushes when they work, maybe bad boss design is passed over in favour of that untangible something that gives you a soft spot for a title that deep down you know isn't really objectively that great.
List Three Sonic games from across the entire back catalogue that you would stand by as being great games
The Catch - These aren't necessarily your favourite entries. Try to consider your answers with as much objectivity as you can. How far back to do need to go to select three Sonic branded games that you would happily stand by as actually being solid, great releases.
Then, where does that leave you?
Do you feel that they represent the peaks of a great, decades long successful run from a beloved franchise or does your list clear the air and reveal that a very small number of successes aside - the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise of games is actually just god awful for the most part?
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