User blog comment:Xano2323/Colour Power in Sonic Lost World/@comment-477304-20130602232329/@comment-1392727-20130606150442

Good point.

Well, I have an art hobby. When I finish a painting that could be done in the best way I could paint, I usually move on and try new things that could possibly be much different but much better.

Probably SEGA made the gameplay in Sonic Generations nearly the best they could offer. They thought making slight improvements wouldn't be enough to last throughout the next generation (as we know, new consoles and all) so they're coming up with something that could be better than the Unleashed style. What they perfected was the Unleashed style, not the whole game.

I'm not saying Lost World is bound to do that. I'm pretty iffy about the game. But I do think it's logical they discontinue the Unleashed-style since it's not the perfect gameplay experience even when the style was perfected.