Man Rokkan I would really love to reply to your post with more depth because you do bring up a lot of really good points but PS3's browser is really stupid and doesn't allow me to type as much as I'd like :V
But you're right, Sega/Sonic Team didn't really give you /excatly/ what you want, but they tried to. And it came out alright. Is a great Sonic game? No. I didn't find it at all "nostalgic" but it was enjoyable. They could've done a lot, lot better and yes, there are tons of Sonic fangames that are miles ahead of what Sonic 4 is capable of doing.
idk maybe I'm just being leniant with the game/sonic team. or maybe my bar is set really, really low for an offical Sonic game after years of shit and mediocre Sonic games. But I found Sonic 4 enjoyable.
But you're right, Sega/Sonic Team didn't really give you /excatly/ what you want, but they tried to. And it came out alright. Is a great Sonic game? No. I didn't find it at all "nostalgic" but it was enjoyable. They could've done a lot, lot better and yes, there are tons of Sonic fangames that are miles ahead of what Sonic 4 is capable of doing.
idk maybe I'm just being leniant with the game/sonic team. or maybe my bar is set really, really low for an offical Sonic game after years of shit and mediocre Sonic games. But I found Sonic 4 enjoyable.