It's impossible to satisfy Sanic fans

[Neo Typhoon Alpha]

Every game it always seems like Sanic fans just poop all over their newer games. Why? Are the Sanic games really that bad?

[Speedy]

Take the time to read for 5 minutes and you'll find out it's not necessarily about the game itself

[Doktor Mandrake]

Just means its popular

Anything to do with pop culture has toxic behaviour on the steam forums.. Mass appeal games always have a hoard of crazies lol

[Mavrickindigo]

Originally posted by Nick:

Every game it always seems like Sanic fans just poop all over their newer games. Why? Are the Sanic games really that bad?

you should read the reviews to see what people don't like. Usually it has to do with something corporate ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ things up.

[Scrimbles]

Originally posted by Nick:

Every game it always seems like Sanic fans just poop all over their newer games. Why? Are the Sanic games really that bad?

Sonic Mania.

[GrimAtrament]

It's just the usual anti denuvo brigade antics. Ignore them they do this every sega and capcom release

[GlaceonChireiden]

You know what they say, "No one hates sonic games more than sonic fans do"

[Grand Captain Speedy Dash]

On consoles I think it being overpriced will be the only major complaint, however on Steam Sega has done a lot wrong with it's launch.

[MechaDeka]

It's actually a glimmer of hope that Sonic fans have some basic level of standards.

[Miraglyth]

Originally posted by GrimAtrament:

Ignore them they do this every sega and capcom release

The reality:

[Rubbe]

Because they never do it right, unless fans is involved like mania. They don't know what a good sonic game is anymore. They are out of touch. only classic and adventure style is good.

[z99o]

I want to outline some of the different types of sonic fans and why they are never happy.

Genesis era fans:
Their favorite games are the original 1,2,3 + knuckles games. Those are all games that increased in quality with each main release and it was a good time. in the 00's they got the Rush and Advance games which were fine. Modern sonic era has given them Sonic 4 episode 1 and 2, which were awful, Generations, which was mediocre but a step in the right direction, Forces, which was awful for 2D sonic. And Mania, which is pretty much an approved fan game, and doesn't count because it's not made by Sonic Team. This is their newest games and it equates best to a "slightly improved Sonic 4". Basically - they
truly haven't eaten good since the 90s, not counting fan games. Come along Sonic Superstars, a game meant to appeal to the 2D sonic fans. It features mediocre to bad levels, inconsistent music, terrible boss fights, etc. In many ways it is worse than the OG games released 20 years ago. Why doesn't Sonic Team make a game better than a game they've already made? Are they stupid?

Adventure Era Fans:
Their favorite games probably SA1 or SA2. Once again, that series of games improved with a sequel, which is somehow unattainable nowadays. The sonic adventure games have never had a true successor, with Heros being acceptable but mediocre, Shadow being poor, and 06 being a disaster. After 06, Sonic Team invented an incredible mechanic called "boost" which is where you press the A button to go fast. Instead of gaining momentum with skillful gameplay and level knowledge, you can just skip entire sections of a level by boosting. This started with Unleashed which must either be lauded as a good sonic game, or damned as a horrible sonic game, depending on astrological conditions. After Unleashed, Sonic Team proceed to alternate between making mediocre boost games or bad boost games. Those of ill mental health (average sonic fan) and children claim that Frontiers is somehow like an adventure game, despite having boost which invalidates adventure style level design. Basically, Sonic Team made their best 3D games in y2k era and then abandoned the entire formula.

Modern Sonic Fans:
If you like modern sonic there's no hope for you. Your opinions are invalid and wrong because you are either a child or sick in the head. The best game in your repertoire is Unleashed and you're unsure if you even like it or not.

The running theme is that around the early 2000s, Sonic Team lost the ability to learn from their mistakes, every release since then is a crapshoot of whether they accidentally do something right or not, and even if they do, they can never live up to what they've made beforehand. Sonic fans are never happy because the newer games don't live up to older games.

[0wnz0r]

most of us seemed pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥ satisfied wit sonic mania

[Edward H.B]

actually read the reviews first, then write a post...

[schizokonoko]

We like the game itself well enough, it's Sega's insistence on anti-consumer practices that people are upset about. Actually read the reviews and try to find a negative one that doesn't mention Denuvo or EGS integration as its primary complaint.

[Miraglyth]

It is in fact pretty easy to satisfy fans.

1. Make a decent game. (i.e. not Forces)
2. Don't put anti-consumer crap like Denuvo on it.
3. Don't try to sneak in the installer for a service not all players will want, without giving them a chance to click a "No" button.
4. Don't lie to them that they need to create an account on a launcher other than the one they bought the game on, let alone one that is unpopular.

This... really isn't rocket science. Fans of most other series might not complain about this stuff all the time but that's because those series don't do this stuff.

It's not Sonic fans that are irrational. It's the Sonic games that are doing this to their fans.