Classic Sonic NEEDS To Be Stopped

Classic Sonic love him or hate him he's been around for quite some time for the past few years now and perhaps a bit too long now that I think about it ever since his re-debut was Sonic Generations back in 2011. assault like 3D Sonic game for sure one filled with tremendous praise even 12 years later given its amazing level design and remaking fan favorites to fit both the Boost formula speed and the classic style platforming Classic Sonic as a whole was just a welcome addition to the modern era of Sonic as it allowed fans to witness the origin story of the Blue Blur speed and what made him so lovable in the first place hell back when this game released I was just super giddy to see Classic Sonic now in 3D or rather 2.5 D we are being technical here thriving the sixth console generation alongside his more teenage based counterpart and it was just cool for Sega to bring something new to the table that made fans remember their first time playing this franchise that and of course the Sonic Adventure Games gotta roll around through the speed of silences I do got places to go after all and since then it seemed that Sega was starting to follow the money so to speak as after the debut of classic Sonic in general Generations Sega began to reinvent the wheel for Sonic in terms of providing that classical feel that was once what thrived for Sonic back in the 90s sure some bizarre Sega collections were out there to experience the old classics but they mainly wanted to test out the waters in a more modern approach thus either Sonic Lost World a game that really did a good job at least giving a unique Sonic experience is by being a Wii U exclusive later ported to the PC a few years later as it brought some of the chart of that Classic Sonic at once provided in its environmental design and atmosphere still feels off seeing modern Sonic in these sections considering he has run through the streets of begonia but hey it still was something rather refreshing then we entered 2017 where after Lost World and later Sonic Boom Sega decided it was time to come back to the basics with the help of fan developers such as Christian Whitehead to then developed Sonic Mania game that was The Reawakening of classic Sonic where it was nothing but bringing back the 16-bit spray work and giving it a nice modern polish with rehashing and expanding old zones and reworking the mechanics of classic Sonic's movement Sonic Mania was the perfect game to bring Classic Sonic back in a time where Sonic was kind of at as low as lows again Sonic Boom rise of lyric exists and was met with very poor reception personally Sonic Mania is easily one of my favorites because it was the class exotic experience that brought a lot of Sonic fans together at the time with a cartoon tie-in series called Mania Adventures to the opening animation when booting the game up you can see that there was a flavor that we had with this brand new classic Sonic experience it looks pretty cool to look back to in 2017 and even now if you just grab it for 10 bucks sure at times it can't feel like it was pandering to the older audience who grew up with Classic Sonic but it was still a fun time to be had so much so that Sega decided about a few months almost a year later and give us a definitive version called Sonic Mania plus allowing new features and characters in return such as Rave the squirrel and mighty the armadillo also bringing their own cartoon tie and series to Booth Sonic Mania is and will always be a good gateway to try out that Classic Sonic experience and it is something that I highly recommend you get if you never tried a Sonic game before but around this time also decided to continue on with Sonic Mania but also to bring that Classic Sonic and not just another 2D Sonic game but also in another 3D one which yeah we all know it to be none other than well Sonic forces who boy see what you already know about Sonic forces this game indeed a bombed they bombed hard up on its initial release so much that it's well known nowadays as the game that sparked the whole long versus short quill debate for modern Sonic but with a reused environmental design of Green Hill Zone and chemical plan to the lack of a good writing and barely satisfying level design that ended too quickly Sonic forces also brought back Classic Sonic onto the 3D space which was both odd and at the same time concerning in terms of what the hell Sega was even thinking at the time Classic Sonic in this game just didn't really fit but in the eyes of Sega they believed that hey if Classic Sonic was back in Action then this would help promote sales especially seeing how well Sonic Mania was a few months back of course we know that the end result here Sonic forces ended up being extremely bad of a Sonic game but it did demonstrate the topic in question of if Classic Sonic is being used way too much nowadays and trust me I think he is like there's no doubt about that after forces there was like a five-year Hiatus for Sonic as Sega pulled on all the breaks and thought long and hard for themselves on what they wanted to work on for Sonic moving forward there was a live-action movie which did extremely well back in 2020 getting a sequel two years later and now a third movie slave for 2024 but nothing was really hurt on the gameplay front for the Blue Dude until 2021 where we would finally see Sonic Frontiers in action as well as Classic Sonic with Sonic Origins collection which we also know turned out to be an extreme disaster with emulation failure lack of proper porting and just feeling like another Classic Sonic cash grab the same holding true for Origins plus that released earlier this year but hey to give credit where credit is due on Origins plus they at least gave us classical Amy for the very first time but for an additional prize and at Sonic Frontiers became like the best-selling 3D Sonic game to this very day since its release Sega now decided to strap on their boots and ensure at least one more attempt at a 2d Sonic game which at this point you can't I guessed it was another Classic Sonic Adventure by the name of Sonic Superstars now being a fully modern and original experience that wasn't so much reusing all assets and graphical design but instead opting for that 2.5 data 3D approach and for what has presented so far since it hasn't really released yet it looks pretty great for a 2d Sonic game and definitely important for the sub genre especially but at this point is where I would like to admit that Sonic Superstars just doesn't really feel worth the time and now hear me out before you throw away a comment in the comment section below saying oh he doesn't like Sonic Superstars because as both as a concept and a game here oh I'm all for it baby I am just happy to see another 2D Sonic game that's for sure but but I just would say it would be a little bit more ambitious with this title as opposed to playing their bets safely here Superstars as a whole yeah it looks like a brand new 2D Classic Sonic experience but the more you look at the level design and the controls as well as the animation that the classic gang have it just feels like a regular Classic Sonic game yeah sonic can now grind rail do a shadow clone Jutsu attack and other fun gimmicks but there's nothing extra that makes this game feel appealing and dare I say worth the full price the reason I even say this in the first place is because with how much content Classic Sonic already has good or bad it seems that Classic Sonic is just over saturated to the point where I personally think that Superstars could have just been a 2d modern Sonic experience which is something that has been done before and done right such as the Sonic Rush games and Sonic Advance Trilogy these games basically brought the classic in modern elements of both 2D and 3D Sonic into the mix and bringing a unique platforming Adventure that still stands at the estimate of time look at Sonic Advance 2 and 3 on the GBA for example as despite what some have to say about these two games they are still great experience that we had given their 2d-like structure charm and overall gameplay Sonic Rush on the Nintendo DS back in 2005 is truly special in this case as it was the progener to the Boost formula and still managed to maintain those 2D roots with its level design being a true Balancing Act of both modern and classic elements while also being ambitious in its own identity with a boost formula a new playable character and especially the music and environmental design because those are still things that people enjoy to this very day with Classic Sonic back for Sonic Superstars what more can you really do to make him stand out at this point dude he platforming okay but what else from there like the traps and controls look about the same as before the level design looks about the same as before just with different themes and no Green Hill Zone this time around everything about superstars really looks about the same as Sonic Mania or the original games and that's a bit disappointing and exhausting as yeah Classic Sonic is back for another 2D Adventure but it's the same 2D Adventure done except made in 3D sure take my money Sega look no disrespect to Classic Sonic here but I just think Sega could just continue on with their efforts with modern Sonic for the time being especially without good or reception Sonic Frontiers has gotten so far like I think it doesn't hurt not to give it a go at a Sonic Advance 4 or a proper Sonic Rush 3 because I genuinely think that that's what most Sonic fans would want out of an actual 2D Sonic experience at the end of the day especially when you have to consider the fact that we rarely see modern Sonic in a 2d setting and we can play the adverse effect here as well where Classic Sonic could be in a 3D setting like what we've seen with for example Sonic Robo Blast 2 but hey comment down below your thoughts on whether or not you think Classic Sonic is being overused by saying on Sonic Team here because I like to think so but maybe you have a different opinion or maybe you like to agree so if we can find that like mutual agreement at the end of the day as to whether it wouldn't get but hey let me know your thoughts down below as to whether or not Classic Sonic is being overused by Sega and Sonic theme at the moment because I like to think so but maybe you don't and I like reading what you guys haven't comment section even if it's you know not as respectable as I would like it to be but it is what it is because right now I got other stuff in the works I was thinking maybe Mario for next time since it is only fair to talk about Mario after we've been talking about Classic Sonic and 2D Sonic games so we can do something like that with a Super Mario Bros Wonder but that's gonna be for next time because right now though yeah I'm gonna have to hide from the Sonic Community for like the next few days because I don't think you guys really 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Channel: Brianycus

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Keywords: sonic games, 3D sonic games, sonic generations, sonic forces, sonic team, SEGA, classic sonic, sonic superstars, sonic the hedgehog

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Length: 9min 38sec (578 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 07 2023