The games that followed only got worse, with Sonic Heroes taking the overuse of poor supporting characters to the absolute extreme and the handheld games further diminishing the intricate level design and challenging platforming in favor of mindless speed with each subsequent installment. Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 fooled most people into thinking they were good when they first released, but as time went on more and more people began seeing them for how poor they really were. There was a time when Sonic was in fact on life support. For many years the narrative amongst the gaming community and general attitude of many games writers has been that Sonic is dead and has been for a long time, but it seems these people would rather perpetuate this notion than actually take a closer look at the series’ recent offerings. Much of the outcry revolved around the admittedly bizarre looking redesign of the characters, but the typical undercurrent of casual dismissiveness that generally accompanies Sonic related announcements was also present.
As is pretty much always the case with Sonic, there was a strong and vocal reaction to this new game.
This past week Sega released a trailer for their new Sonic game, titled Sonic Boom.
