This was supposed to be the worst 3D Sonic. Some called it one of the worst games ever. Yet, the more I played it, the more I learned that Sonic will be constantly bashed because people can't form their own opnions. I say this as someone who used to call this game bad along with everyone else but, beforeI only played the demo. The full game doesn't seem to have these insanely long load times people complain about. The loading times are just a little too frequent is all. The physics have some issues but, honestly I've seen games with problems similar to Sonic 2006 that get away scott free. Really, this game is Sonic Adventure 3. Even the story isn't as bad as people say. The whole Sonic and Elise thing isn't a big deal either. People seem to forget a certain blonde female who was also Sonic's girlfriend is past forms of Sonic artwork. C'mon, didn't these bashers play Sonic Gems? The pics are in there. Also, Elise reminds me of the princess from the Sonic movie. This game isn't great by no means but, this game proved that people will willingly kick Sonic whenever he's down.