all games are not created equal

The original sonic sidescroller for the Genesis is infinitely better than its modern counterparts. One of the more recent installments of the sonic series is shadow the hedgehog. In the game the goal is ultimately to find out the origin of sonic's opposite, shadow the hedgehog. There is nothing wrong with creating a game with an in depth plot, but it is important for the sonic team to realize that the game needs to have some inkling of the the original sonic. Shadow the hedgehog is essentially a sonic themed third person shooter game. For some reason, giving sonic characters guns is a massive turn off for me. Sonic characters are supposed to roll up in balls and attack their enemies, not shoot them. Also, sonic seems to have had a recent explosion of characters, it seems you can't have a sonic game anymore without at least three new characters being introduced. As a game shadow the hedgehog isn't particularly fun either, I think its because its a shooting game based on a classic character, so the developers were hoping weapons and nostalgia would sell the game itself, so they really didn't focus on controls or combat systems too much. Even though the combat system of the original sonic consisted of rolling and jumping, the game made rolling and jumping a blast.