To be blunt,
Aerosol's snarky remark is accurate. So let me save you the trouble of using the term accurately and express why I think it's overrated in the one thing everyone has to praise this fucking game for: its gameplay.
The gameplay is completely overrated in the idea that even the Nomination Page for the full game reads as follows:
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The Blue Blur has suffered from more reboots than a clapped-out PC, but Generations finally nailed the essences of Sonics both old and new. A scorching, underrated slice of rocket-powered platforming.
It however isn't inaccurate to say that Retro Sonic does exude his unique personality however much it be a total caricature of himself.... until the endgame when he starts getting way too enthusiastic about the worst skill he'll ever have before Sonic Unleashed happened. Then the game decides to slap everyone who prefers Retro Sonic in the face with "subtle" remarks and mythology gags and criticizes the people who might have been looking forward to this more due to the fact that Retro Sonic was even in the game.
However, if you want to go towards essence as in game mechanics the game is incredibly overrated in that Sonic Team still cannot figure out how to code physics for their lives nor design interesting level design (if it doesn't involve grinding for pointless Red Rings that unlock Concept Art, but then this makes the level design a total chore to bother exploring when I would have preferred well designed challenge missions to take on) to engage the player and so depends on scripting certain set pieces to do certain functions mechanically instead of with the free flowing nature found in the classics. Modern Sonic is nailed in all of his cookie cutter speedy platform glory, on the other hand.
By this standard, I consider the game overrated.
Oh, one more thing! Aerosal, Sega's paying attention to it if their Facebook Sonic the Hedgehog page has anything to say about it.
This post has been edited by Greg the Cat: 10 September 2012 - 03:55 PM
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