User blog comment:Speeddasher/A challenge to fans of Sonic 2006/@comment-26831136-20120510183217/@comment-1669199-20120510222537

I would've probably that could've been true if you told me that during, say, the 90s and early 2000s, but when it comes to older franchises that have established fanbases... sometimes I wonder if it really isn't perfection that they seek in new titles? As it was pointed out earlier, 06 and Forever were examples of games that somehow managed to get so much hype that when the final products did come out, the packages that they were given tasted far more bitter than it normally should've been. Forever was more justified though, IMO, because considering all the development time there should've been at least decent plans on how to make the game to where, if it couldn't have been a blockbuster, it could at least be a very decent game, but it ended up becoming what could be essentially the new Sonic 06, but with a huge twist.