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It's one of the few games that makes me want to break a controller in half haha- but I don't blame anyone who likes it. Sonic Heroes pisses me off because the game is very, very sloppy and I die in a lot of really cheap ways. Sonic is easy to rip on and I get why it's tiring for people who still enjoy those games. I love Sonic Adventure 1 even though I find it indefensible in some regards. I have a sick nostalgia for Heroes even though I think it's a mess of a game. I love 3D Sonic and I even weirdly like the 3D Sonic games that aren't very good. But using those videos to try and boost shitty internet arguments? Yeah I don't blame you for being irritated by that. The videos are meant for laughs, I was out of breath when Arin was playing Big the Cat's fishing mini games. IMO it's probably why their Sonic Adventure 2 playthrough didn't finish, they were enjoying the game and Danny took to reading Sonic fanfic to keep the funny going (didn't get as many views/likes as their other Sonic videos). From memory, this was why they played the GameCube Sonic Adventure DX instead of the Dreamcast international copy that addresses like thousands of glitches and why their editor tricked Arin by telling him the Wii version of Unleashed was better because he wanted to see him get annoyed with the motion controls.
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Arin flat out admits that it probably wouldn't be as entertaining to see them enjoying a more polished Sonic game. Recently Danny told Arin he's been doing research on Sonic games and observed that Sonic Generations and Colors are generally well-received, says he doesn't understand why they aren't playing those instead. On Sonic, Arin always confesses that he "secretly" loves Sonic and that his editor sends them the sloppier 3D Sonic games because it makes for entertaining content if the game breaks and Arin gets mad. I just kind of shut it all out and have been enjoying him and Danny's interplay, I laugh at Arin's rage and I enjoy Danny's stand-up talent but I also would totally understand why someone would see some of their videos and go "nah, don't like it". The other end are the hordes of angry fans who hate Arin "for betraying his roots" and "ruining careers" because he apologized for jokes he used to make, said his old NewGrounds cartoons aren't funny/are offensive, because he "became an SJW" and because he cut off JonTron years ago. Their first couple of years were really rough and tough to revisit as their humor ranges from dick/fart jokes to JonTron screaming the n-word at Sonic 06 to them giggling at the racial stereotypes in Punch-out. On GameGrumps, liking them comes with a lot of baggage. Like it's fine if people don't like it, and people can list the reasons why they dislike it (as I did with Game Grumps), but there are countless people who jump into any thread or mention of Sonic to get their witty "heh well sonic is bad and always has been, people are just nostalgia blinded, try playing them again and you'll see" garbage and it's really obnoxious to me. This may be a little obvious and heavy handed, but yes, that's how a lot of people feel about 3D Sonic. I get that the things that bother me don't bother you in the same way and you clearly are enjoying things about it that don't speak to me in the same way. His Zelda video was terrible.Īll that being said, I totally respect that you like them. Outside of Game Grumps, I also think Arin makes some really poor arguments about why games are good or bad. I'd say they're also super racist but apparently they've apologized for that so that's something at least, I guess.
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I also find their humor to be really childish and lowest common denominator stuff. Their over the top reactions and fake acting voices is the type of LP/Streamer stuff I stay far away from. But I legitimately find them insufferable. I would check them out from time to time in their first few years because I had friends who loved them and would put them on all the time when we were hanging out, and after that I would often see them come up in the context of like "check out this clip of them playing poorly and blaming the game". I should clarify in case it came across otherwise, but I don't watch Game Grumps.