Babylon Brawler

[Treetabix @Sasukebix]

This feels like Deku or something.

This animation as a whole has prime and idw levels of mischaracterising sonic bruh. Genuinely awful

[SonicChan @SonicChanni]

@JoaquinHollow @bigmike090704 i know the story is short, that’s fine but the mischaracterization is severely strong. they can still make the characters written like they used to be without being inconsistent, it’s just that bad

[Babylon Brawler @T_M_St0rm]

@Alex90283054431 @adampixelrush He did that in Heroes and didn't act like this.

[Treetabix @Sasukebix]

Man what is this. Ugly face aside sonic is so overly affectionate and sentimental bruh it’s so off. This isn’t sonic. 😭

[SkittyCat06 @BerryKitty06]

Yup

[AYTM1200 @AMensah1200]

@treadyway_ By stripping everything that made Sonic unique and making him a corporate mascot wasn't exactlythe revival we were looking for.

[Bryan blue blur hedgehog @BraSonic15]

@KingpinThawne I Rather to have both 2020s Gameplay and 2000s Storytelling

[qingdonnieyoshi.bsky.social @QingDonnieYoshi]

This post did a great job pointing out that again the fandom struggles with nuance because a good majority of ya against this post is ONLY focusing on gameplay where as Skitty could be talking about ANYTHING regarding that era. And what’s more I don’t think any of ya even thought

[Chad ☆🪐 @Avionicschad]

“Nobody loved me when I was nobody” these are the games we’re referring to! Unfortunately they didn’t grant sega that much financial success at the time but these games were truly THE gems also #BringBackSonicRiders

[GamecubePømèlō @SlimBankshot7]

“But the series is thriving” I can think of another influential gaming franchise that didn’t need to sell out their personality for clout. Hell, I’ll give you 2.

[Nah 🙈 @APairOfSandells]

I'd rather take bad games with heart behind them than the corporately calculated slop we've been getting since Movie 1

[TheSonicBlur @Blurry_101]

I loved Sonic when he was considered a laughing stock. This franchise has come a long way since then but part of what made it special was the characterization found in those earlier days. Now Sonic isn’t really the same anymore. Because to us Sonic fans: Sonic was something special. It made you feel a certain way you couldn’t get anywhere else.

[#Unite4Sally Uniting for Princess Sally Acorn! @Unite4Sally]

I'm glad people are finally realizing how bad things have gotten. We've been aware for years.
Frontiers gave hope, but that was shattered by everything after.
Instead of keeping that momentum they've not only stopped but are going backwards.
-Risso

[JOEL The Artista @jta_theideaman]

Of course gameplay matters, but why can’t we have BOTH. This is what’s being advocated for and what people complain about. They want better quality games with same hardcore energy the franchise had.

Sonic Frontiers has arguably “better gameplay,” but it’s story and identity are not as strong as even something like Secret Rings.

The whole atmosphere of the game is generic and bland. The soundtrack is “meh” for the majority of the game besides the boss fights, and the fact that it needed extra DLC to make the ending better gets conveniently ignored.

What’s the point of good gameplay if the soul is gone.

[Sonku-ZPrime @ConvoyTF2007]

@bigmike090704 This is probably a hot take, but I'd rather the franchise die if it can't keep it's artistic integrity

[BigDripMikey @bigmike090704]

Ppl who keep spamming “but the series is thriving” “we’re eating good” is the prime example of missing the point

Idc about shareholder shit I care about the artistic integrity and that’s been missing in this series for quite some time

[Solebinku @solebinku]

Sonic has lost so much of it's identity in recent years it can be depressing. Even if I'm not feeling it, it's vocal to a lot of people that they're making the same bad decisions they've been making since Izuka took over in the 2010s. -

[Broshii🥛 @Broshii_Milk]

Sonic is just not what I grew up enjoying anymore and that’s okay. The 2000’s were special for the series and most agree. I think the we currently have a great reputation but it feels more corporate and less Sonic I guess. More soulless.

The next game is make or break for me.

[JOEL The Artista @jta_theideaman]

It’s about the identity of Sonic as character and a brand and how he (and the brand) was represented in his games.

Today, the franchise is a flanderized, shallow, and sanitized husk of what it was before. Even with Frontiers and Shadow Gens.

But nooooo….you have to be happy with anything and everything Sega gives. Any ounce of criticism, and you’ll be thrown to the wolves by the very “fandom” itself.

It’s coming from passion of the franchise and frustration from Sega/Sonic Team over-correcting on previous feedback and currently pursuing a direction that will only make Sonic more “safe” and “sanitized.” Not to mention that the brand was grossly reduced to a caricature of what it actually represented in the late 2000s-2010s in part because of the VERY SAME FANDOM that now dismisses desire for Sonic to return to the vibe he had in the 2000s and almost believes everything is sunshine and rainbows currently.

The Sonic brand can be represented better. It SHOULD be represented better.