User blog comment:Pinkolol16/Why... do... people... haate... Sonic... the... Hedgehog.../@comment-115265-20110801231203/@comment-1669199-20110801233902

Exactly. There is no such thing as the "perfect game", otherwise no one would hate whatever that game may be (and we all know for a fact that there's no game in existence that does not have a single hater). That's why I try to enjoy games for the sake of enjoying games, for what they are (and with minimal effort, mind you, since its really not that hard for me to do), because lets face it: Everything is suspect to change over time, and vido games/video game series are no exception, and they won't always go in the direction we want them to, so getting bitter and jaded about it will not help anyone in the long run. You're entitled to your opinions, but if you truly despise what a game series is doing with itself (which it is perfectly allowed to do, since fans aren't the ones who really control it) then here's a simple solution: Go to a different game series. There are thousands of video games in existence, so you're bound to find something that you may like, and there's older games that you can go back to play too. Just as long as you respect other peoples' opinions and not go around preaching about your views as though the world is going to end tommorow, then we won't have too many problems regardless of how much I may disagree with your opinions on something.

Many Sonic fans, unfortunately, are incapable of realizing any of this and as a result many of them are unapproachable, unfairly biased, and downright obsessed about minor things. That's why the Sonic fanbase is hated so much, because too many fans b**** about everything and are stuck in the past. And personally, I see no hope of recovery for this fanbase at all, because... I mean, look at it: We got several different continuities of Sonic, we got fans who either like/worship old or new stuff, and they've let themselves become too obsessed over the flaws of simple experiments, like the Storybook series, Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic Unleashed. I'd go on, but I think you get the point.