From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   > I have to say up front that I haven't had a problem with any iteration of   
   > Sonic since Sonic Adventure. I like the 3D worlds, I like the non-   
   > interactive speed portions, I like the camera that's not always controlled   
   > by the player. I enjoyed blades and firearms in Shadow's hands, I love all   
   > the obscure side characters from Chaotix and Sonic CD, and hearing them   
   > all talk doesn't make me murderously angry. On the other hand, I'm a   
   > pretty unapologetic fanboy, which is weird since I completely understand   
   > why all the critics have been disappointed so far.   
      
   I really liked seeing Team Chaotix in Sonic Heroes, that was just really   
   hip. I don't think people give Knuckles Chaotix the respect it deserves,   
   it was really quite good once you got use to the bungie cord thing.   
      
   Any way, I agree with you, I haven't had much issue with the new 3D   
   Sonic games, and I too don't really mind the camera or the parts where   
   the game just kind of plays itself. It's good stuff.   
      
   > Going back to a side-scroller and putting Unleashed in a 2.5D graphical   
   > engine is probably the best way to give everybody what they're expecting   
   > to see. I hope. That everybody holds Sega up to a higher standard than   
   > their competitors is both a blessing and a curse.   
      
   I think people will be pleased. I mean, honestly, I just can't see any   
   real issue with the classic 2D gameplay that had most people loving   
   Sonic in the first place....and then you throw in some gorgeous 3D   
   visuals and there you go. Still, I wish Sega would redo the first Sonic   
   game in 3D, much like they redid the Green Hill Zone in the secret level   
   on SA2. That was just too cool for words. I often times pop in SA2 and   
   just play around on that level for hours. They did it so right...and it   
   was so nostalgic, and yet new...and fun to play. In fact, when I get   
   home I'm breaking that out again...;)   
      
   > I'm really surprised nobody's brought up the game here yet.   
      
   I think you, Scott and Ted are the only ones still posting here who have   
   one of the newer systems. If they happen to bring it to the PC, I'll   
   definitely pick it up(much like Bionic Commando Re-Armed).   
      
   > On the other   
   > hand, Dosman is busy getting 8-bit systems running, Ethan is shaking is   
   > fist somewhere and Scott's kicking my ass on the VF5 leaderboards, so it   
   > falls to Bel to hold up the conversation. :)   
      
   I do what I can...;)   
      
   > -KKC, learning Vanessa's move set. She's a slow tank of a gaijin, isn't   
   > she?   
      
   I've never seen anything of her, other than her renders. I've not ever   
   played VF4 or 5. :(  I really dig VF3 though, it's easily my favorite of   
   the series that I've played.   
      
   Bel   
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