"Man. What a terrible, terrible game. The controls are incredibly janky, the story is all over the place and weird, and while there are good elements here like the incredible music, the wide range of playable characters and the ambition shown by Sonic Team, it's clear this is a failure in the Sonic series.

I sure do hope that this singular bad game doesn't define the ENTIRE series in the eyes of many for the next 17 years, permanently ruining discussion about Sonic forever! That would be a shame."

The internet looking at the Sonic 06 on the table: