DrNeroCF said:
True, but none of those games were wanted so badly that fans up and just started making them by themselves:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxXycBv3Rlk
The Sonic Cycle has merely been sidestepped, for now...
I remember that video.
The 2 main things that was wrong with the other 3D Sonic games were:
1) Gimmicks
2) SONIC IS ALL ABOUT SPEED!!!!1111
Just looking back, whoever thought it would be a good idea to add a whole cast of sidekicks needs to be shot. Several times. All they needed was to compare their new games with the new Mario games. They stuck to their roots of keeping story to a minimum and bringing gameplay to the forefront. Then there was the ideas like Sonic turning into a werehog etc. I'm not sure why they thought that was a good idea.
Part of the problem was also when you try to focus on speed, it's hard to allow user to control it completely and make the gameplay flow (without some great skill on the player's part). So in a lot of the 3D games they added a lot of segments which were essentially more like cutscenes with the amount of interaction that player's had.
That being said, I haven't played Sonic Generations properly myself. Might pick it up later (been busy with Skyrim)... after Skyward Sword first.



