Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25212528-20150628160740/@comment-679780-20150806221905

Smith B. wrote: The issue I have with a 3rd Sonic Adventure game, is that once it's made...there's a good chance fans would immediately hate it merely for the fact it's NOT Adventure 1 and 2. Also, its been 14 years since the release of Adventure 2, doesn't seem like a good idea to return to a classic game series that old, especially when most fans have moved on.

The Adventure story arch has also basically been wrapped up in Sonic Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog, so there's no reason to continue it without starting a WHOLE new arch. The reason Sega stopped making Adventure games in the first place was because they wanted to allow Sonic to explore OTHER ideas (which have delivered mixed results). Going back to Adventure 3 would be somewhat of a step back really, rather make a brand new Sonic game under a new title. This way, you don't have AS MUCH pressure from fans when creating the game (like the pressure that Sega had placed on them when they announced Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1). I think that what if "Sonic Adventure 3" is nothing like Sonic Adventure 1 or 2 then Sega wouldn't title it with "Adventure". I think they nearly did with Sonic World Adventure but decided to just call it Sonic Unleashed in the west.

Also, Sonic Adventure series never really had a story arc, each game just had deep stories, stories more intricate than modern Sonic games have now that interstella amusement parks or eldrich horrors in the center of the earth.

Sonic Unleashed could of perhaps passed itself off as a Sonic Adventure game if it had more Dreamcast traditional controls. Thats perhaps why the Werehog to compensate for it, but Sega knew it still didn't cut it and named it something else. Sonic Unleashed could perhaps have at leats an honourable mention with the Adventure series.

But like I said, even if I too would like a new "Sonic Adventure" game, doesn't have to be called "Sonic Adventure", I just think it would be a really good Sonic game. Name doesn't matter to me.