Minun's Flash, take my advice. Go out, rent or, failing that, buy Sonic Mega Collection (it only costs twenty bucks or less), and don't say another word on this thread until you try out the games on that. The one I'd most recommend is Sonic 3 & Knuckles, which requires a bit of unlocking (start and quit Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles 20 times each). But if you don't want to go through that trouble (trust me, though, it's worth it), I recommend Sonic 1-3 and Sonic & Knuckles, which are all available from the start.
Edward Elric said:
I wasted my money on FFVII, FFVIII, FFX and FFX-2. Those four games were horrible and weren't what made me like the FF series.
hmm.... I noticed Final Fantasy I-VI and IX weren't mentioned. If you liked those ones, let me personally complement you on your good taste. I find it real sad that Final Fantasy IX went back to the series' roots after all these years, and all the blinded VII and VIII fanboys had to go and senselessly bash it. In my opinion, that was my second favorite to FFVI. But because of simple-minded majorities, we just keep getting more and more of FFVII, VIII, X, and X-2's characters shoved down our throats. Square-Enix is even making a party game mixing Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest characters, and after looking on the Japanese website, it seemed they didn't have any character from FFVI and below. That really annoys the hell out of me. Come on, it's a cutesy game, don't you think they could stick in an Onion Knight or Relm or something? No, apparently, they think Cloud and Payne are more suited for a cutesy game role than they are. Come on Square-Enix, stop acting like those installments never existed already.
Let it be known, I don't completely hate any installment of Final Fantasy or Sonic, they are each enjoyable to play in one way or another, but I do of course prefer some over others, and I'm just as annoyed as everyone else that VII-XI (minus IX) are over-rated to death.