I really miss all the different shields from 3 I've always hoped to see new power-ups/shields but I guess that's too much to ask for. although I did enjoy that Tails was a lot more useful
as far as Generations goes it was straight. Fun to play but saying it was a "Great" game may be a bit of an over statement imo. SEGA has still yet to strike a diamond of a Sonic game since they've left the 2-D sprite days of the Genesis.
@MaggotSai I agree where Sonic 2 improved upon the first one and added a few extra features/power-ups. Sonic3/S&K took what Sonic 2 had and improved upon it adding more features/power-ups.....Sonic 4 however took away some of the additions from Sonic 3 and added....3-dimenions?
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