It's not so much that it feels good to bash it, as that it would feel bad to go along with it. Ultimately, sure, it doesn't matter to SEGA specifically whether I make an angry post on the front page or not. But the kind of malfeasance that leads to my angry posts on the front page also leads to a general wave of angry (or plain dismissive) posts across the Internet, and it is that kind of general bad will that has led to SEGA's demise in other areas in the past and in the long run will lead to the demise of whatever it infects in their corporation. The 4kids voice acting, the shoddy ports, the generally unfinished games, and entirely misguided atmosphere all are aspects of a malaise that while not individually recognized by most still inexorably lead to the single impression that Sonic is simply not worth considering.
But to get back to the initial point - I created TSC as a hub to foster competition and generally encourage appreciation and longevity of the Sonic games. To direct the work I've spent on the site towards fostering interest in such a terrible, lackluster game seems to me a destructive act, and I refuse to engage in it, not because I want to hurt Sega but because I don't want to encourage people wasting their time on crap when there is stuff out there that realizes the "vision" (if you could call it that) of that game so much better.
Okay. Yeah, that's true, except about the overall low opinion of Sonic.
This has existed for a while, but SEGA doesn't seem to be getting hurt by it much.
Reviewers can complain, sites like TSC can avoid supporting it,
and the Sonic games can be generally considered garbage, but the games still sell.
But I understand what you mean about not supporting the extremely terrible games/ports/remakes.
As most of you might know already, I got Sonic Riders just over a week ago.
It was my choice, and I felt just a bit bad about doing my part to support it and increase the sales.
But like I said, I can't do anything. SEGA won't notice one sale. They wouldn't care if they
lost thousands of sales. I know that sounds dumb (if everyone did that, the sales wouldn't drop at all),
but it really seems like nothing can be done. So all I can do now is try to do my share of
complaining (like you said about the general opinion on the internet), or, though few people know,
refuse to listen to most of the bad acting and voices. Or I could get a job in Sonic Team. :P
(You'd
notice the difference if that happened, whether I became a tester, programmer,
designer, producer... pretty much any job that could affect the gameplay or glitches.)
