Sonic the Hedgehog is a bad game, and here's why

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SCENE SELECTION:
00:00 - 01. Introductory Message
00:37 - 02. Video Titlecard
00:47 - 03. White Acropolis: Stuck and can't move
01:08 - 04. White Acropolis: "You mean the switch I just activated?"
01:20 - 05. Wave Ocean: Teleporting is fun
01:33 - 06. Wave Ocean: Physics? What are those?
02:07 - 07. Wave Ocean: When scripted scenes go wrong
02:23 - 08. Wave Ocean: Falling short
02:35 - 09. Dusty Desert: Instantly drowning in hip-deep water
02:52 - 10. Aquatic Base: Sticky walls
03:14 - 11. Sonic vs. Silver: Between a Boss and a hard place
04:16 - 12. Wave Ocean: The most amazing collision detection
04:43 - 13. Wave Ocean: Grind out your frustrations
04:55 - 14. Flame Core: Three nice hot baths from the same glitch
05:45 - 15. New Soleanna: This makes perfect sense
06:40 - 16. New Soleanna: This also makes sense
07:05 - 17. Radical Train: It's just a fling
07:31 - 18. Radical Train: "Small rocks! My one weakness!"
07:47 - 19. White Acropolis: Seeing double
08:12 - 20. Wave Ocean: Teleport in to a script error
08:28 - 21. Wave Ocean: Going the distance
09:56 - 22. Closing Statement
10:05 - 23. One Final Clip: Where did Sonic's animation go?
10:44 - 24. BONUS: Unedited audio blooper

Make no bones about it, however, it's far more than just the glitches shown in this video. You also have to contend with some of the worst controls in gaming, poor animation, ugly graphics, an insipid plot, and countless other issues.

I had hoped to cover other things in this video, such as the vast differences between versions of the game shown at tradeshows and how the game manual references a fairly large number of things that aren't actually present or functional in the game. On top of that, this video was made with me barely even playing half the levels in the game - I went through Sonic's levels but almost completely ignored Shadow and Silver. Unfortunately, 11 minutes is all I have and there are no plans to make a sequel video (please, don't make me play this game any more ;_;).

If you want to see full, unedited footage of this game, be sure to check the video I made as a precursor to this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qyH04...

Pokecapn's Sonic 2006 LP (if you want to see the rest of this sad game):
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...

Songs in order of appearance:
1. [Event] Sonic Appears
2. Radical Train - ~The Chase~
3. Theme Of Sonic The Hedgehog ~2006 E3 Version~
4. [Boss] Solaris Phase 2

Honors:
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Development history of Sonic 2006:
http://www.giantbomb.com/sonic-the-he...

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