They were not nearly as horrendous as people make them out to be, but yes it will be nice to have
bettersome momentum.
I didn't have any problems with the graphics engine though, I thought it was rather pretty. Oh well, as long as his legs still go in a circle dammit, Episode 1 still has that over Generations. (Though I admit Generations had a pretty decent compromise.)
EDIT: Question...but it's about Sonic fans so there's probably no answer. After Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations, you know, the best Sonic games to come out since...what 1999? And Sonic 4 as well, I suddenly see all this bitching about being "sick of playing as just Sonic, bring in other characters!" ...
Is that not what we've been begging Sega to STOP doing for 10 years? Now after 3 good games starring only sonic - which I don't see as a coincidence - you're asking for more bullshit characters again? What the hell Sonic fans, what the hell.
I'm not complaining about the Tails announcement, by the way, that's fine. As I've said before I don't mind any character that plays essentially the same as Sonic, but playing with other 'skins', basically, is never what I'd consider one of the pillars of Sonic.