Why Do Companies Bastardize Classic Games?

by Corbin M | Mar. 08, 2007

Shadow the Hedge is lameSometimes there are rehashed games from the old vault that make you cry, like Shadow the Hedgehog. How in the hell did this come from the great Sonic titles back in the Genesis days? And don’t say, “It’s Shadow, not Sonic.” It’s from the same company under the same franchise, it is the same. They were losing their creativity and thought that Sonic’s evil half would be pretty hip if he had a gat – yes, it’s officially a gat. This isn’t some nerf-looking laser gun that would be more appropriate to the actual series. It’s a cheap, street glock used to kill innocent bystanders at the wrong address in a drive-by. » read more