"The First Level of Every Sonic Game"; Analysis From Super BunnyHop

[azoo]

To reiterate from my initial post, I'm not really nearly as angry as it may have read off, nor do I have anything against Super Bunnyhop. And yeah, my post was kinda knee-jerk. :v

But I do think that if you're not gonna put the time or care into research for a retrospective, then it probably shouldn't be done. Maybe it should've just been about the first levels and then grading them, or maybe they should've been compared to how the rest of each game fared.

No other video game series deconstruction or analysis can ever get away with as many broad statements, inaccuracies and one-sided arguments as a Sonic one does. And none of them ever will, because (thanks to Sega) no one takes an analysis on the series as seriously as they do for other series. Which is understandable at this point, but overall it's kind of unfair to the people that are trying to keep their sanity and be a Sonic fan at the same time.

And neither does it help the inner sects of the fanbase (nor the outsiders) find a unified ultimatum of sorts, where most of everyone is on the same page. It instead just reminds everyone why we're divided, and in a series that could use some unity in its design AND fan base, I think these kind of assessments are some of the last things we need.

I guess I'm just tired of this in general. Efforted attempts that dig down into Sonic's core without breaking out the broad and sometimes incorrect statements just doesn't seem to be what people want to hear. 

[FriendBot]

You know after hearing what alot of you guys said about this video, I thought it was gonna be a cringefest. But it's actually not that bad, granted it's not as good as ShayMay's Sonic Spitball or heck Sonic Dissected but for a analysis video from a non-Sonic fan that looks into the first stages, it's not the worst thing I've ever seen.

Granted, I was kinda confused on what is the purpose of the video but whatever. But I do disagree with some of his points like some have said, when he criticized a platformer for having platforming. Come on man really? Granted it could be helpful if the platforming is designed with speed in mind but still.

Like I don't know, I thought it was ok. A interesting idea for an analysis video but I see the same points being told several times before.

[Regulus]

I appreciate that SuperBunnyHop tried to criticise the Adventure titles without just throwing sweeping statements out. From my experience, most people are either apologists for Adventure that pretend the serious flaws of the game are overblown and others are overly-critical of Adventure and claim it's a completely broken mess.

I do think SuperBunnyHop went over the top though. Adventure is a very flawed but enjoyable game and it's aged much better than he claims.

I also don't like the entire concept of basing a game off its first level. Seems pretty bizarre to me.