Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29714229-20160102231441/@comment-477304-20160222221334

To give credit where it's due, there is one thing I think Sonic '06 did better than RoL; Sonic deat/fakeout death. In Sonic '06, it was unexpected and rather sudden, it was the catalyst for the endgame, there was a moment where all the main characters mourned his death, then we had his big moment where they all banded together to bring him back to life.

RoL, however, showed their moment at the start of the game, as if to build it up as this huge part of the game, but when we got to it, Sonic was just fine, he didn't even seem badly injured, additionally, it was caused by several robots firing at him, which could've been easily avoided (suspension of disbelief only goes so far). It was built up to zero payoff as the game would've been exactly the same if it never happened.