User blog comment:Speeddasher/A challenge to fans of Sonic 2006/@comment-26831136-20120510183217/@comment-1669199-20120510220229

"Maybe it's because Sonic 2006 was the game celebrating Sonic's 15th Anniversary, and it was supposed to be really good. Plus, one of the trailers hinted being able to play as Super Sonic in the main game. With all that hype, people had the right to expect something mind-blowing (especially since it would be on the next-gen consoles.)"

This is exactly my point. The game was overhyped, and considering why it got so much hype would it have still been such a shocker if the game didn't meet people's ridiculously high expectations if it came out, even if it got all the development time that it needed to completely iron the game out? Its a self-fuffiling prophesy, for pete's sake.

"Superman 64 probably didn't have those expectations, and a lot of people complain about Duke Nukem Forever."

I'm pretty sure there was plenty of hype for Superman 64 at the time. And I know a lot of people hate Duke Nukem forever, but despite that I haven't been hearing as much hate as I thought I would hear from it, and yet I still hear people whine about Sonic and 06 just about everywhere else. The developers have technically made an even bigger mess with Forever than Sonic Team did with 06 despite having over a decade of development time, so it truly baffles me why I don't hear about it being a horrible game nowhere near as much as 06.