Well tbh I haven't played many of the later sonic games, it lost it for me with sonic heroes and haven't looked at others later in the series. However, all I know about this game so far is that its going to be 2D and that seems that this could be a step in the right direction to me which can't be said for others in the series - werehogs? shadow with a gun? sonic with a SWORD? no thanks. Basically, I can't see any reason to start bashing it until more details for the game comes out, so until then i'm going to keep an open mind.