What are some mandates by Sega you don't agree with?

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On 4/11/2022 at 2:17 AM, Kazhnuz said:

The issue with the downer ending is more the format than anything else. Sonic tell mostly self-contained stories (even when there is continuity), so a downer ending would nearly lock the next game, and if it doesn't happens. I mean, both downer ending where we still have stuff to do in Sonic won't ever get resolved (S4E2, Sonic Chronicles). IMO it would works in comic/cartoon but for the game it put too much of a constraint for how works currently the Sonic Team. Especially now that we have nearly 5 years between games xD

Now, bittersweet ending like Shadow in SA2 or Gamma in SA work better for the format of Sonic, IMO. Finish the self-contained story with a sad moment, I'm all for it.

 

On 4/10/2022 at 6:30 PM, Rabbitearsblog said:

I agree with this.  I mean, I've seen a lot of lighthearted stories that have downer endings, so I don't see a problem with any of the Sonic stories having downer endings from time to time.

 

On 4/10/2022 at 1:43 PM, CrownSlayer’s Shadow said:

I don’t see how being lighthearted has anything to do with having a downer ending.

Like are we really going to do this “Sonic is lighthearted, not dark” stick for the millionth time again?

You guys are probably right about that.