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Sonic stories (at least, the 3D Sonics) have always gotten by on their sheer outlandishness; these anthropomorphic characters battling against end of the world stakes with a sense of tryhard edgy coolness competing for airtime with cheesy Saturday morning cartoon voice acting and surface level character development. Occasionally, the series could even stumble accidentally into brief moments of genuine emotion or intriguing plot beats at least as far as Sonic storytelling goes. However, the series continued to learn all the wrong lessons from its many iterations, totally jumping the shark with Shadow the Hedgehog into pure depressing, misery as edginess became Sonic's total modus operandi; if Shadow jumped the shark, Sonic '06 stuck the landing straight in to the pits of hell. You have the literal devil as the antagonist of the game, and yet that's not even as misguided as the supporting character of Elise, an awkward romantic insertion that's as icky and gross as it just a total misfire emotionally, providing nothing for any player to latch on to in any meaningful way, if they even wanted to in the first place. Yes there is still cheesiness in the story, obviously, but the plot is so far outside Sonic's depth and scope that it can not service any element properly or hope to contain any cohesiveness one would or could conceivably want to follow. Sonic '06 is the perfect example of what people think video game stories are and represents a low point for the entire industry.

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I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
https://imgur.com/a/du8zgsT - https://imgur.com/a/VTNzDEW