It's honest question time.
What was so great about Sonic back in "the day" anyway?
Seriously, all he ever did was run and maybe jump to avoid spikes every now and then. No fireballs, no super leaf/cape, swimming, or cool acrobatics, no successive improvements to the formula through the series, just running.
I'm not gonna defend any of the recent Sonic games 'cause I haven't played a single one since Adventure 2 save for Unleashed, but none of you think that just running through levels(in shitty genesis graphics and music no less) would have gotten stale?
I can't help but think that a lot of you are just blinded by a sense of weird nostalgia.