BlueGamer: Does Sonic Really Need To Be Fixed?

Adam Blue from BlueGamer.net discusses Sonic's fate in the current gaming market: "Sonic 2005 had terrible controls, graphic glitches, and a sloppy camera. It's those elements the made the game turn out poor, and just left a bad taste in every gamers mouth. Now, how that could have happened after the Adventure series is unknown. Did the team have limited funding? Were they rushed? In the end, it wasn't worth it and now we're stuck with dual personalities."

[saint_john_paul_ii]

uh yes. Sega killed Sonic when the Dreamcast died.

[qface64]

sega killed sonic the moment they gave him a voice

[Wizeguy21]

Dear god yes!!!! Fix Sonic!!!!

[knox]

yes, yes he does

[morkendo]

like DUUUUH!!!!

[San Frandisco]

maybe a sonic adventures remake for the HD consoles? ..

[ChickeyCantor]

Sonic isn't the problem

People, side characters( unimportant, NON-interesting side characters), Earth , lame story...and much much more are the problem.

Sonic can have a voice but keep it limited or whatever he says is about being awesome and not some lame chilly-dog BS.
And DR.Eggman(Robotnik) has an IQ of ...to much....and yet he is that stupid not being able to defeat sonic.

Sheesh sega.

[Myst]

I agree with you sidar, voices generally are not the problem sooner or later they will grow on people anyway. The main problem is the stories so far and I say this to include the NPC characters as you have stated which are generally unimportant, and even the play style sometimes.

Sonic Unleashed had some fun daytime levels, though the nighttime made no sense even though I got to the last before I just gave up (had to get a whole more medals and stuff).

I'd say made a blend of what Sonic 2 and 3 was with some of the stories from Unleashed (maybe?) with Sonic Adventure.

Edit - Also yes that is true about Eggman (Robotnik) his I.Q. is high enough to build a whole battalion in a day it seems, but he miscalculates quite a few times, which is quite interesting.

[rukia_chan]

SONIC DIED IN ERA OF 16 BITS.

[PirateThom]

Sonic could be fixed very simply and within one game, if they do it right.

Firstly, drop the disc games, because they've already admitted they're mostly filler because Sonic running would require a huge amount of "track" and they're not willing to invest in it.

Secondly, PSN, Marketplace, WiiWare. Three services providing an outlet for new games. Why not, for a few iterations, go the download route and make the games 2.5D and recapture what made Sonic fun to play?

Third, stop with multiple characters and gimmicks. Unless the other character is Knuckles, no one cares about playing as the Sonic friends.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Why don't they just make it like Shadow Complex 2D/3D/side scrolling?

[Marquis_de_Sade]

SEGA could easily rescue Sonic by taking the franchise back to its side scrolling roots. Releasing a HD remix (like Capcom with SF2 THDR) of the first 3 Sonic games would be a solid start, old school, classic Sonic gameplay with jazzed up graphics and effects.

[live2play]

they didnt need to fix or change or nothing. he should have stayed 2d ok i love sonic adventure 2 battle but that was an accidental succes i mostly liked it cuz of chao garden and shadow. THIS GAME OF TAG IS BORING NO FOOD OR MOVIES IM OUTTA HERE

[Shmotz]

But I loved all the old Sonic games and the DC Sonic games,Even Sonic Shuffle.

[gumgum99]

Sonic doesn't need fixing. just refinement.

[lewis]

the sonic team needs to get there heads straight and put some effort into it.

besides, its all there fault.

[Samus HD]

Sonic is a good game, the controlls are well (Wii) But the Graphic really need need need need to be Fixed. Did you play sonic and the black night the graphic terrible. Or do the sonic game in 2D it will be much fun if you cant in 3D