Why the hatred?

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The Sonic fandom continues to confuse me.

After years of pleading for a new TV show and a breakaway from the "Sonic only" gameplay, and when Sonic Boom finally provides both, the fandom suddenly changes tune and becomes determined to prove that the whole idea is awful and will never amount to anything worthwhile. 

Can I make a suggestion, guys? Wait for the games and show to release and actually judge them fairly before condemning them. Yes, they're taking it in a different direction, and not including things like Chaos Emeralds. Neither did SatAM. Yes, the E3 showing was poor, but I think that's more a fault of the player, in electing to over-use the energy grapple move (Or show a section which over-used it), and in choosing to showcase Amy's solo gameplay instead of Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles', when Amy's gameplay is just some very generic 3D platforming. Yes, none of the new characters, bar Lyric and Perci, are particularly good. Every incarnation of the franchise has pointless or even offensively bad characters. 

And dear gods, the amount of stupid, misplaced whining about Sonic apparently dying in the latest trailer. Considering how resiliant to death Sonic is in every other incarnation, the fact that the relatively minor injury, combined with the fact that he's snarking about it, maybe he might, just might be alive? Stop screaming "ERMAGHERD, THAY KILLD SANIC, RUINED FOREVAH!" The fact that you think this actually kills him is frankly ridiculous. There is absolutely nothing in the trailer to suggest that Sonic is dead, and not just injured. You're just making yourself look stupid. As for the people saying this makes it worse than 06... fuck off. Sonic 06's problems don't begin and end with Sonic's demise. Sonic's demise was one of the least-awful parts. I could list every reason that Sonic 06 is the worst game in the series, but we'd be here all day. Let's just put it this way: In the entirety of this twelve-hour game, only the scenes with Mephiles (In Shadow's story) and the music (Which is available as a CD, without buying the game, or on Youtube). Everything else is wrong. It's frankly impossible for Boom to be that bad.

The series doesn't look bad. It's better than the more recent shows. The game doesn't look that awful either. Not standard Sonic stuff, but certainly not as bad as Sonic 06, Shadow the Hedgehog, or Sonic Chronicles. How about waiting to see how it plays before whining about. Dear gods, you're making the Classic whiners and Flynn fanbrats look mature.
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TheUndecidedArtist's avatar
I actually brought and played Sonic Chronicles.I didnt think it was that bad,and kinda hoped that they would make a part two(seeing as how they left us at a cliff hanger at the end of the game >:-C).Anyone else agree?