The final, ultimate blackpill is that very few of the 3D Sonic games are legitimately bad. They just have a very high skill ceiling that rewards memorisation and mastery of the physics and controls; this causes the average gamer to bounce off them because they cannot be brute forced, claiming they are "shit games" because they don't want to take the time to learn them. Of course this group includes journalists, hence the stigma.

Once you git gud at 3D Sonic, you unlock platforming godhood.

>t. has 100%'d every 3D Sonic from SA1 to Shadow Gens, yes 06 does suck but it isn't even the worst Sonic game, that's Secret Rings