The return of the return of Sonic the Hedgehog
By Scarabus 3 Comments
New Sonic game is in the works!! OMG!!!!11
Yeah, I know what you're thinking. Those last fifteen years worth of Sonic games were pretty bad but I'm telling you, I've got a really good feeling about this one!
We'll finally see a return to form for sure!
But we all know what will eventually happen. We know because it always happens. The game will come out and people will get a chance to play it for themselves and realize what they should've known from the very beginning: that Sonic games are not good. They're sometimes downright terrible. If any other franchise were to release such a horrendeous game it would spell disaster for that franchise, but not for Sonic. Somehow he's developed some form of immunity to failure.
I don't understand. Whenever a trailer is released the response is always the same: "It looks awesome! I can't wait!" or "Finally a true sequel to the original".
Sometimes I wonder if I saw the same trailer as them or some other, shittier, version sent to me by mistake. All I see is usually Sonic running and jumping. Sometimes bouncing all over the screen and the camera swoops around him for dramatic shots. The only thing that bores me more than running and jumping is watching something run and jump. The fun of that is simply lost to me I guess.
Where is all this enthusiasm coming from? Why are Sonic games always given the benefit of the doubt? Apparently it's okay to dismiss Killzone 2 for being "not quite good enough" but there seem to be this general consensus that Sonic Unleashed will set everything right. The Sonic fanbase is like the Jehovas Witnesses of gaming, faithfully waiting for the second coming ... of Sonic 2.
So if a reinterpretation of Sonic 2 is the "messiah" everyone is waiting for, why isn't Sonic Team making it? Why are they creating plots that would only appeal to furries, adding derogatory characters like Shadow and ripping off Twilight Princess? I don't know the answer to that question. Neither can I say for sure how the next game will turn out but I can make a reasonable estimation based on previous evidence. Chances are low.