What went wrong?
>>737487567Sonic if he unreal
>>737487567Serious answer, Sonic had too many trip ups over hurdles, some even causing some long-term damage while Mario kept the ball rolling for decades. Sure, who you like more is subjective but no one can deny that Mario has been in a way better spot, especially given the fact that Sega had often had thoughts of putting the blue rat down a few times
>>737487567We were all too sad.
Is this some fresh discord meme i never heard about?
>>737488014No, SEGA has always been a joke
>>737487567The based universe where Sonic doesn't exist.
>>737487567he's moving too fast, you can't see him
>make a borderline good game, and start winning back fan trust>immediately turn around and make a shitty game>some nobodies waltz in and make one of the best games in the series as a passion project>don't rehire themThat's Sega for about the past 25 years.
>>737488116To be fair said nobodies also got burnt by Sega because they did a lot of stupid shit either behind their back (Denuvo suddenly appearing) or right in front of them (The absolute state of Sonic Origins).
it's wild how the idea of Sega ever making something as good as Sonic 2 or 3, but in 3D is such an unattainable pipe-dream.It was one thing when Sonic Adventure wasn't quite there. That was their first try. After 25 years, they really ought to have figured it out.Some guys playing around in the Doom engine literally figured it out before they did.>semi open stages that reward experimentation and exploration, and ultimately want you to figure out the ideal route to get through the stage fast>a bunch of different characters to play as with unique play gimmicks, to add to the replay value>a unique boss at the end of every zone>chaos emerald collecting>hypnotic visuals and awesome musicThis should not be that hard, guys. C'mon.
>>737488738They did it several times already with Generations, Colors, day levels in Unleashed, Shadow Generations
>>737489089Literally none of what I specified is in those games.You can't even select Tails, and play the same basic level, but with the added ability of flight, which is a pretty basic tenant of the early Sonic games.
>>737489232Yeah none of them match all those exact things you listed, but that doesn't make them worse than Sonic 2 or 3. Collecting the emeralds was always the worst part of every sonic game that had it. Some of the games I listed do have multiple routes in their levels though they're not semi open like Robo Blast is I guess. Sonic Generations has two types of character even though they're technically the same guy, but I don't really care about that either way. For things like controls, level design and sense of speed they do it well enough I don't really care about those other parts
>>737487567Sonic was never good.
>>737490464Generations is fine, as it stands, but it still only has like three boss fights, and they're all pretty mediocre. Plus, you can't play as Tails, you can't play as Knuckles...I also hard disagree on emerald hunting. it was an extra challenge that always made you feel like a boss when you finally got all seven of themI think giving characters their own stages is also entirely beside the design mentality of the earlier games. It's meant to be more like a fighting game. You pick the character that fits your play style, or you pick something strange to challenge yourself or have a different experience. The stages are supposed to stay the same, with the added bonus of maybe being able to reach a different path if you use someone's special ability.
>>737487567The divorce
