I can't help but stereotype you as every other teenager at my school, who judge games based on their graphics.
Like said before by KyleJ, have you played a classic Sonic game? It's frikkin amazing dude.
I acquired a genesis emulator and sonic 3 and knuckles and was hooked on it for weeks. I beat it entirely, super emeralds and all.
The only good thing about Sonic Unleashed was the day levels.
And if you're prepared to call older Sonic music... well, what you called it (I don't curse, there I said it) then I'm prepared to strap you to a chair and blast Project Chaos music into your ears. Sonic 3 And Knuckles prob' had most awesome. I didn't play one or two, (well I did only the first two or three levels) but you know Sonic 3 music was done by Michael Jackson's music team... yeh so it's not bad like you say it is. And then when the scandal came around they replaced all of the tracks in the PC version.
GENESIS:
Angel Island= Dangerous
Marble Garden=Thriller
Hydrocity=Give in to me
Ice Cap Zone (or Flying Battery depending on your preference)= Smooth Criminal
etc. etc. etc.
PC:
Some... weird... songs...
etc. etc. etc.
Contrary to what other guys say, Sonic's not speed oriented. If it is, it's very little.
It's a platformer. Look at Sandapolis Zone for god's sake, you never keep running for more than 2 seconds!
The speed is not part of the gameplay. It's part of his character. Sega keeps making more of his character and trying to make him a knight and a werewolf when he's not supposed to be. I don't mind 3D gameplay. I just mind that they're trying to make Sonic games story-oriented adventure games. The adventure games were fine they weren't too in depth to story and levels were fun but then everything else focused too much on story.