User blog comment:WaterKirby1994/Why Generations Shouldn't Have Been Praised/@comment-477304-20171114152221/@comment-2202259-20171114180315

I wasn't really expecting that much from Archie for Gens really. Although interestingly the American made stuff was referenced notably the Chilidogs, there weren't really any references to Sonic X despite its being promoted in Adventure's Gamecube adaptation quite clearly. As well the fact that certain game characters weren't included, in addition to the shortness of the game just didn't feel like they were really trying to go for Nostalgia.

Keep in mind there were a few games that were completely left out altogether, why leave them out entirely like that? The level design itself didn't really offer that much of a nostalgic taste for the Dreamcast Era as neither the Classic nor Modern versions could really come close to the experience those stages originally had. The story itself along with Time Eater were poorly done, & I just couldn't find Gens that fun without mods personally.

The real problem is Iizuka just can't create Sonic Games the way Yuji Naka could, you could probably agree with that statement. Forces is probably only getting underrated now in the hopes that doing so gets rid of Iizuka & makes Whitehead takeover, although that won't be enough. Forces is actually a step in the right direction it looks to SA2 & Shadow the Hedgehog for inspiration. People need to stop worshiping Gens & Tell Sega to get Yuji Naka back & try to better recreate the feel of the Dreamcast Games with the custom heroes & other well liked characters such as Shadow, Blaze, etc, even bringing back Chao World.