Not only was Sonic on the PS3/360 horrible, but also unfinished. At least they figured out how to ruin a once popular series. Now all they need to do is the exact opposite and with no new characters damnit!

Here, here. I agree with the above two statements we need to go back to the old school for the Sonic franchise, which is now quite frankly a joke. Cut out all this crappy characters and 3D gameplay.



We need a 2d style Sonic Megadrive game that keeps its roots but updates it with 3D graphics and HD quality, plus a few extra things, that make it feel next gen but having the solid gameplay like the old ones had. Im hoping this is what they aim to do with Unleashed... though lets not hold our breath.



Sega have forgotten its mascot, ending up with these cheap cash-ins. Nintendo have managed it with the fantastic Mario Galaxy.



Change isnt always a good thing.



Im off to play some old school Sonic, like it should be.

Since recent years after Sonic arrived to 3-D, Sega has been screwing up. I believed that the first two Sonic Adventure games were fun, but the rest since then have been lacking a good gameplay engine, introducing ridiculous characters, changing Dr. Robotnik's name (Eggman sounds really stupid), and the stories don't tend to be very good.



It's a bit sad. I still remember the times in my childhood when Sonic games were really fun. On my school's playground there was always a fight between those that liked Sonic and those who liked Mario lol.



One thing that both of this iconic plataformers was that they always had pretty much the same goal in every game. Mario was a simple plumber in a world ruled by mushrooms in which he had to save the princess from his nemesis Bowser. Sonic was a cool and fast hedgehog from a forest whose goal was to save the forest animals captured by Dr. Robotnik to use for giving power and intelligence to his machines. After the years passed Mario has stayed the same but Sonic has changed, and we can see the results. Franchises succeed because they find a formula that really works, and after each incarnation of the franchise comes it doesn't changed, just gets tweaked. Probably by constantly changing the formula for Sonic games by creating so many spin-offs it has really hurt the series, and now it's so far along that there is currently very little of its original roots in the new games (excluding the handheld Sonic games and Secret Rings).



I saw the video of Sonic Unleashed, and from what I see I think that, at least gameplay-wise, Sega might be trying to bring Sonic to it's sidescrollers roots while still having the 3-D elements. The story seems a bit weird, but if the gameplay is good then I'll give it a shot. I think that Sega should start going online and see what their fans are thinking, since it seems that it might be the best way to bring back the series. I think that a good way to bring back the series is by making a game similar to the very first one on the Genesis, bringing the fast elements to the game as well as a story that we could relate to the franchise (and start calling Dr. Robotnik by his real name, Eggman is REALLY stupid!!!).





Just a thought from a lifelong Sonic fan....

Finally! You speak of truth! They really need to, I mean Sonic is struggling on life support now!