What& #39;s a Sonic game that you looked at for years and thought was really cool, and then you eventually played it and didn& #39;t like it?

For me it& #39;s CD. I had Mega Collection Plus as a kid and CD wasn& #39;t on there. Found out about it later online, fell in love with the animated intro and a lot of the cool animations that weren& #39;t in the other games. Played it years later in the 2010s and didn& #39;t like the level design.

There& #39;s also Secret Rings. I didn& #39;t own a Wii, but I downloaded gameplay clips and used to watch them over and over. Thought the levels looked so cool and cinematic. Didn& #39;t even know the game runs for you, or how bad the motion controls were until I played it in 2017.

Last one is Riders Zero Gravity. I grew up on the original and LOVED it. As far as I was concerned the whole "zero gravity" thing just made the sequel so much cooler in videos. Tried to emulate it, but back then PS2/Wii emulation was new and barely playable, like LITERALLY 2fps.

Even then playing it as a fucking powerpoint presentation felt cool, moreso because emulating a PS2 in the 2000s was still a crazy concept lol. Finally played it properly in the 2010s and I HATED how they dumbed down the mechanics from the original Riders, and I never went back.