The reviews for Sonic Unleashed are out, and they ain't pretty. It seems that the enthusiast press is showing a lot more skepticism about all of the recent hedgehog reboots, too; Sega's claim of "This time we did it, guys!" has been used so many times that I honestly can't see what angle they're going to approach the next Sonic game from. Really, the only way that they could save face would be to include a formal apology signed by every member of Sonic Team and a crisp, new one-hundred dollar bill inside every copy of Sonic 2: Unleashed Further.
But recently, a magical thing happened: something of moderate to good quality related to Sonic the Hedgehog has been released to the public. Obviously, this is big news. The item in question, Night of the Werehog, is an animated short which I assume was made to promote Unleashed. This CGI cartoon may star a character I've grown to hate and a new character I hated immediately, but it's also cute, clever, and, most importantly, tells an interesting story without a single line of dialogue. We can only hope Sonic Team can learn from this:
Of course, Sonic Team has a distinct habit of not learning from their mistakes in a way that pales in comparison to the efforts of toddlers and household pets. They're the only development team that keeps touching that hot stove just to remember what it feels like. Maybe they just need a social worker?
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