In all fairness, the Sonic games post "Secret Rings" have been pretty good.
But I do believe Sonic Team needs to take a break from making yearly Sonic games and concentrate on making ONE good effort. You know, like Nintendo does it.
As much as I enjoyed Unleashed they do need to focus on Sonic and JUST Sonic.
I agree Sonic Team should definitely take a break from the yearly Sonic releases and......wait a minute did u just say you enjoyed Sonic Unleashed!? Na you obviously meant Star Wars the Force Unleashed.......oh wait that was terrible too....ah I know it must've been Jaws Unleashed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDkqZ9px-Dc
Yes, I enjoyed "Sonic Unleashed".
In my honest opinion, "Unleashed" is not as bad as people make it out to be. Maybe its because I never expected "Unleashed" to be the one game that saved the entire franchise, but compared to the games that came after Sonic Adventure 2 its quite polished and shows that Sonic Team understands to a certain degree what it takes to get it right.
I do agree, however, that there are too many werehog levels and there's no real balance between the two gameplay levels. First, its as if the daytime stages actually play second fiddle to the werehog levels. It should have been the other way around. Second, the daytime levels seem to last shorter than the werehog levels. Again, no real balance. Finally, the story progression is quite slow.
But still, its a much polished effort that proves that Sonic Team can do a solid 3D Sonic. Its just that they still can't let go of some annoying tendencies, like gimmicks and extra characters.