Umm... am I the only one that DON'T speed through levels, and instead go around and try to collect all the rings and secret stuff so I get a fair amount of continues and a crapload of extra lives?  I seriously hope they let me do just that in Sonic 4 too...

I think one of the problems about the recent Sonic games is that the game seems to play itself. There doesnt seem to be a lot of control on the player's part. To me a good Sonic game needs to find that good balance between speed and platforming and most of the recent games have either swayed too much on platforming resulting in a complete lack of speed or swayed too much on speed resulting in you doing nothing but moving forward and letting the game play itself. I mean I have no idea how to fix Sonic. I do know that they shouldn't go back to 2D sonic; that shit is over.

@BlazeHedgehog
I agree that it's not that bad. What I played of it, I didn't hate. Although, I didn't like it enough to make me ever want to buy it.

" As much as I'd like to see Criterion do something crazy and unique for their next game, this does not seem like the sort of thing that they should be doing. "

As much as I'd like to see Criterion do something crazy and unique for their next game, this does not seem like the sort of thing that they should be doing.

" Sonic games are racing games in more ways than they are platformers

" So I was watching the xboxalypse and while I was watching Ryan playing Burnout 3 I had a thought: I think one way to really revitalize the Sonic series would be to give it to Criterion. Sonic games are racing games in more ways than they are platformers (this was particularly evident when i was playing the 2 player racing modes in Sonic 2). Criterion is a company that knows how to make good racing games. Watching Burnout 3 last night and playing it I remembered that there was a great sense of speed and also a loss of control as you raced. I think this could really be implemented for the Sonic games really well. What are your thoughts? "

So I was watching the xboxalypse and while I was watching Ryan playing Burnout 3 I had a thought: I think one way to really revitalize the Sonic series would be to give it to Criterion. Sonic games are racing games in more ways than they are platformers (this was particularly evident when i was playing the 2 player racing modes in Sonic 2). Criterion is a company that knows how to make good racing games. Watching Burnout 3 last night and playing it I remembered that there was a great sense of speed and also a loss of control as you raced. I think this could really be implemented for the Sonic games really well. What are your thoughts?