Sonic 3&K is (objectively) the only game in the collection with game-changing issues, and that's the only part of the collection that deserves to be criticized. Everything else is phenomenal and works as it should. I've been playing the game for at least 15 hours and haven't encountered a single issue in the other three games. This part of the fandom that's oh-so-ready to call a game "absolute sh*t" because of minor sprite inaccuracies and that's just as ready to sh*t on SEGA when they don't deserve it as when they do is the main reason why the general gaming community's opinions on the Sonic franchise and the developers that work on its games haven't changed yet. If we want to give Sonic the renaissance he deserves by the time Frontiers comes out, we need to start disowning these people and taking their opinions with at least a few more grains of salt. It's high time this fandom started being a bit more grateful.
Thank you so incredibly much for writing this <3
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but the hate campaign for this game is nothing short of disgusting. From accusing positive reviews of being written by bots to straight up harassing fans on discord and the subreddit, fans of a certain journalist on this site and a certain YouTuber have been doing irreparable damage to this game's reputation and its wonderful fanbase since day one.
In reality, this game is a modern marvel, a carefully constructed breath of fresh air in a world deeply saturated by safe, easily marketable games that are afraid to deviate from the status quo, and a genuinely good platformer. Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima are some of the most genius minds in the industry, and it's sad that their works get treated like this so often.
The game's problems are minuscule in the face of everything it did right, and it's sad that people will blindly jump on the bandwagon and listen to the malicious haters without even giving it a chance.
I've written about this game online a thousand times and convinced a few dozen friends and acquaintances to try it out, and every single one had the same reaction: absolute shock over how such an ambitious and well done game got so much bad press. I don't plan to stop on my quest of clearing this game's undeserved bad name, and I'm happy to see others doing the same. This is an enormous step in the right direction.
On behalf of everyone who has played and liked/loved this game, everyone who has ever defended it and recommended it to a friend, and on behalf of the entire fanbase, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
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Sonic 3&K is (objectively) the only game in the collection with game-changing issues, and that's the only part of the collection that deserves to be criticized. Everything else is phenomenal and works as it should. I've been playing the game for at least 15 hours and haven't encountered a single issue in the other three games. This part of the fandom that's oh-so-ready to call a game "absolute sh*t" because of minor sprite inaccuracies and that's just as ready to sh*t on SEGA when they don't deserve it as when they do is the main reason why the general gaming community's opinions on the Sonic franchise and the developers that work on its games haven't changed yet. If we want to give Sonic the renaissance he deserves by the time Frontiers comes out, we need to start disowning these people and taking their opinions with at least a few more grains of salt. It's high time this fandom started being a bit more grateful.
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Thank you so incredibly much for writing this <3
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but the hate campaign for this game is nothing short of disgusting. From accusing positive reviews of being written by bots to straight up harassing fans on discord and the subreddit, fans of a certain journalist on this site and a certain YouTuber have been doing irreparable damage to this game's reputation and its wonderful fanbase since day one.
In reality, this game is a modern marvel, a carefully constructed breath of fresh air in a world deeply saturated by safe, easily marketable games that are afraid to deviate from the status quo, and a genuinely good platformer. Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima are some of the most genius minds in the industry, and it's sad that their works get treated like this so often.
The game's problems are minuscule in the face of everything it did right, and it's sad that people will blindly jump on the bandwagon and listen to the malicious haters without even giving it a chance.
I've written about this game online a thousand times and convinced a few dozen friends and acquaintances to try it out, and every single one had the same reaction: absolute shock over how such an ambitious and well done game got so much bad press. I don't plan to stop on my quest of clearing this game's undeserved bad name, and I'm happy to see others doing the same. This is an enormous step in the right direction.
On behalf of everyone who has played and liked/loved this game, everyone who has ever defended it and recommended it to a friend, and on behalf of the entire fanbase, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.