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[Kriven]

I'm just saying there are undeniable similarities

You're just saying what everybody already knows, and there doesn't seem to be much point in saying it. I never denied the influence, of course it's there. I like the influence.

To be honest, I don't even know what your point is. It looks like Genesis Sonic, okay. You don't like Genesis Sonic, okay.

Categorizing it as "Genesis Sonic", though, does the game a disservice because of its original assetts, which are things you're completely ignoring seemingly because they also don't appeal to you.

You keep talking about how "ignoring the similarities" is some kind of madness, when nobody has done that. All I've said, all Iceman has said, all that's been said is: "Yes, but it is also this ___."

Edit: I was getting frustrated earlier, and still am frustrated, because your posts are coming off in a lot of negative ways:

1: It sounds as though you are deriding the game for its similarities to Sonic, which really is not a fair analysis. It feels a lot like you're trying to disregard it as a unique IP because of its inspirations, and that you're somehow above playing it.

2: You're attributing characteristics as unique to the Sonic franchise, characteristic which were inspired by and adapted from Mickey Mouse. You then refer to Freedom Planet as a Sonic knock-off, when it's just another anthro hero story, which we've had for nearly a century in popular culture.

3: You have taken a serious disinterest in discussing the nuances of the game mechanics and gone about discounting them as positive traits of Freedom Planet because, seemingly, those nuances don't appeal to you or because "general audiences" won't be able to recognize them. Gaming is entirely about nuances, and it is those that distinguish one game from the next. Overarching stereotype + nuances = game.

4: You took the phrase "rabid fan" too far from what I had intended (which was a lighthearted remark on my part because I've been a fan of Sonic games since my toddler years). You used it twice to disregard my points, which came off more ad-hom than actually analyzing the material.