I believe someone who use to work for sega admitted one time that 3D sonic games don't work.Sonic alone couldn't save sega's ass. Fans noticed the degrade in quality.A new generation kid will never know what the originals were like, thus never noticing a drop in quality. So it's no surprise what type of fanbase sonic has.
sonic has always been a "flawed but enjoyable" series
What about sonic 2006
Shadow has guns, he's sooooo coool and relevant to the kids.
TBH, "Ow the Edge" memes aside, the gameplay is actually decent.but, damn, it got away.
sonic 06 hd
There's too much stuff. Way too much stuff. I forgot how many times you have to play the game to get the true ending but it was too many.