My opinion? My opinion is you do what Game Overthinker says because that guy is a fucking GENIUS.
What can save Sonic?
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I think that nothing can save Sonic, and nothing should. The series was a success in the beginning, but it has clearly run its course, as pretty much everything relevant that the Sonic games can be have been exhausted. Rather than try new ideas that make bad games for the Sonic franchise, I think it is time to let Sonic die off peacefully, without contaminating the memory of the Sonic games with crappy material. Gary Larson quit in the middle of his career because he was out of ideas and didn't want to ruin his image. So, his cartoons are remembered as funny. If he had continued, then he would be remembered as funny early on, but later not so much. Same for Sonic. While there have already been some crap releases, Sonic can still die off without being forced down by a market not willing to support the franchise.
Honnestly? Nothing. They should just let him go before they completely destroy everything they built up.
Drop the sidecast, stop thinking about the fanbase, have Sonic as the speeding fast, somewhat cocky but uktimately kind hero that he is, Drop all humans except for Robotnic. Maybe they should re-hire sonic team and get them to play games like, I dunno, tomb-raider, mirrors edge, assasins creed and a couple of racing games while doing cocaine. What follows would would probably be some of the most fast-paced, flowing and fun level design in history. Frankly I think they could make some more good sonic games, but that's the crux of the whole argument. Stop thinking of it as making a revival of Sonic, because in games, the ageing process can either be that of a fine wine (Getting better as the years go on while still retaining the original qualities) it can also be like the ageing effect for a glass of milk (The longer you leave it to stagnate, the more mould and maggots are gonna be swarming it). We all know that the sonic games haven't aged well, but they should go at it with an approach of being almost completely unconnected to the dark-ages of the franchise, that way they won't be trying so hard to please the retard fanbase of Sonic, that way it'll have no ties to the equally retarded and especially confusing and delapidated settings, stories and characters of the other, shittier sonic games.
Well they should rip out every character except Sonic, and just make it more like the original and focus on several finish strategies and keeping it fast paced.
Getting rid of the hub system in a game that's supposed to be fast-paced would be good for starters. That's what turned me off from Sonic Adventure, Unleashed, and, well, I need not mention Sonic 2006. Just get rid of the hub and put in a map or have no "in-between" bit at all. A game about speed doesn't need a hub in the mix to ruin the experience.
Yes, yes, Sonic Team. We get it. Mario did it with SM64. That doesn't mean everyone has to, because everyone already has.
A better control system would also be a major improvement. Sonic needs some kind of quick turn (triggers maybe) before you just make the character move at blazingly fast speeds at the twitch of an analog stick. Or maybe it should just be switched to third or first person shooter scheme similar to Mirror's Edge. That game did the running sections very well (though the gunning bits were bad (oh hey, second time mentioning that today)).
Yes, yes, Sonic Team. We get it. Mario did it with SM64. That doesn't mean everyone has to, because everyone already has.
A better control system would also be a major improvement. Sonic needs some kind of quick turn (triggers maybe) before you just make the character move at blazingly fast speeds at the twitch of an analog stick. Or maybe it should just be switched to third or first person shooter scheme similar to Mirror's Edge. That game did the running sections very well (though the gunning bits were bad (oh hey, second time mentioning that today)).
