Sonic hot takes

06 was honestly a game that was overhated to me but its understandable
Kinda wish they had more time to make the game. Its pretty good to me

Alright I'm probably gonna get a lot of controversy but here is some of my hot takes

• Sonic Advance 2 definitely has to be my least favorite out of the Sonic Advance games, with the other 2 giving me mixed opinions.
• (Probably a normal take now but...) Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 was overhated, although it has a ton of flaws it is not one of the worst sonic games to play, and not the worst game by a lot.
• Sonic Spinball is definitely overrated, it's a buggy mess which has an absolutely ear-piercing soundtrack and the only reason why people like it is because of nostalgia, or because it was in the golden age of Classic Sonic Games.
• Sonic Forces was okay/good, Although it was a good as people expected, and of course, it wasn't worth the price for me (I spent $40 on the PS4 version when it released, and then I bought it again on Switch) but because of how much it goes on sale from it's already lowered price, I think the game is worth it now. It's three hours long excluding the free DLC but it was personally a fun time for me and although it was easier compared to a ton of other sonic games, it's still is very unique and compelling to me.
• Sonic Origins isn't that bad of a collection, I understand that it is few games and that it's pretty much limited, but when people say that you could easily replace it with fan projects, it kind of enrages me. This collection will always be unique for its mission mode, its library, and definitely for its mirror mode and library. I personally do agree that SEGA rushed this too hard and should have added more to make it more worthwhile, but it's a good experience for people which want to play Sonic in widescreen on console.
• The Sonic Movies are not a soulless cash grab, although it was supposed to pander towards audiences which are children or families, I personally have to say that this was an amazing collection of films which definitely didn't deserve to be critiqued online for being so "empty." I can definitely, and if you don't like the idea of a live action comedy film with a realistic cartoon character, (Gee thanks Garfield and Alvin and the Chipmunks!!!!) that's fine, are paramount easily could have canceled this film because of how much money they spent on it, especially when they hired a huge fan of the Sonic franchise (Tyson Hesse) to redesign the character and basically had to rebuild sonic from the ground up which caused the shutdown of a company. I would also like that, even though it doesn't show of your face every single second with the reference, I personally think that we've been looking in too far over this mainly because we'll probably have more information of Sonic compared to SEGA. These films are probably right for a normal sonic fan which partially knows some information about this stuff. Hell I need that even for hard-core fans that it's still a decent viewing experience, especially with Jim Carrey and Lee Majdoub as Dr. Robotnik and Agent Stone.
• Sonic and the Black Knight is it a game and it's only been dragged down because it's a storybook game on the Wii, it's pretty easy to pick up and play and is perfect for short playing segments, there's also a ton of replay value with a ton of it and I cannot forget to mention this, but I really love the missions of this game.
• Sonic Mania is in the middle, I although I do like this game, there is a ton consistencies and errors with the game itself with not really any replayability value compared to some of the other games in the franchise. This is a huge problem getting more apparent with more classic Sonic games, especially with it, focuses on this one aspect of "you only two endings per character." The thing is though is that they've been modded and hacked to unbelievable masterpieces, why mean he is the one becoming more visible with flaws though is because we've had 30 years to critique these games in the past, while Mania is only 5 years old. Also, I believe that it's because of the constant reuse of old stages in which makes this feel way more boring, even if it has a unique twist.
• Sonic Boom was one of the most overlooked things about the Sonic franchise, I obviously how this happened was because of rise of lyric, which failed tremendously, but I would personally say that the TV series and the leader gets on the 3DS such as fire and ice are refreshing and unique to the Sonic franchise.
• Sonic Blast and Sonic 3D Blast, although not the greatest Sonic game, are still enjoyable classics and are hated just because they play differently compared to the rest of the games. They're unique and fun refreshers!

There you go lol

-Frontiers starts off very strong but starts to fall flat after the second island.
-The slippery and unresponsive controls on the Heroes special stages ruins the rest of the game for me. Final boss shouldn't have been locked behind such jank.
-PS2 version of Unleashed is underrated and actually holds up pretty well, albeit the HD version is better.

This may be a shocker but I’m not a huge fan of even Toxic Caves or Lava Powerhouse, I generally just think that’s they’re generic songs from the Sonic series. Don’t get me wrong they can be good songs, but they’re just not for me.

As in “overrated”, usually I feel like people compare sonic spinball to a hidden gem of sonic gaming and although, it’s perfectly understandable, if you want to look at it that way, I personally just don’t think that it deserves that title if that makes sense? As a person which has played sonic spinball on an actual SEGA Genesis, it just felt really clunky and buggy to play.

Well according to Sonic Origins, it is in fact pronounced Hydro City.

Sonic '06 had good gameplay, the Super Peelout is the worst Sonic ability and the Rush games (Colours DS and Generations 3DS are included in this) are the best Boost formula games in the entire series (but it's a tough choice between them and the Gens Console version tho)