01-30-2013, 06:40 AM
Mario series: Consistently great and enjoyable games since the first game in the series. Very few games that aren't great. I also can't honestly say I've ever played a bad Mario game produced by Nintendo.
Sonic series: Became consistently awful and at best below average after SA2 almost without exception, and even then all of the post SA2 games leave things to be desired, some more than others. That's not to say the adventure games were flawless (Big the Cat, among other things) but they were good games, unlike pretty much everything Sega has released since. A big part of the problem is that Sega knows they don't have to produce good sonic games to make profits because they have plenty of gullible customers who will fork out money for their favorite hedgehog anyway. Now, I have not played Sonic Generations and I've not so much as seen a gameplay video of colours, but from what I've heard those games aren't as great as some fans seem to think; They're merely okay. As far as I'm concerned, that just isn't okay enough.
It's real shame, because I really do want to be able to like the series again. I like the concept of the series, I think the classic characters are great and I think a few of the post-classic series characters like Shadow and Blaze are fine, and I think Eggman is just awesome. But none of that matters if they games themselves are bad.
Sonic series: Became consistently awful and at best below average after SA2 almost without exception, and even then all of the post SA2 games leave things to be desired, some more than others. That's not to say the adventure games were flawless (Big the Cat, among other things) but they were good games, unlike pretty much everything Sega has released since. A big part of the problem is that Sega knows they don't have to produce good sonic games to make profits because they have plenty of gullible customers who will fork out money for their favorite hedgehog anyway. Now, I have not played Sonic Generations and I've not so much as seen a gameplay video of colours, but from what I've heard those games aren't as great as some fans seem to think; They're merely okay. As far as I'm concerned, that just isn't okay enough.
It's real shame, because I really do want to be able to like the series again. I like the concept of the series, I think the classic characters are great and I think a few of the post-classic series characters like Shadow and Blaze are fine, and I think Eggman is just awesome. But none of that matters if they games themselves are bad.
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