My first video game that I have ever played was Sonic the Hedgehog. I was a little over twelve or so months old; having held a Sega Genesis controller and never looking back. I've grown up alongside Sonic, and his series and I have had a long lasting friendship. However, my experiences with the latest Sonic games; Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces, left me with conflicting emotions. Sonic Mania is a classic 2D Sonic game; sprite based and physics oriented. Sonic Forces tied into Mania, yes, but that game uses a modern Boost formula. my grievances with Sonic Forces are long, but I have no doubt that its failure critically speaking cause Sega to rethink its Sonic plan. this got me thinking: what's the best Sonic game? to answer this question, we have to explain what a Sonic game was and is, and to do that we have to format the entire franchise into two types: Classic and Modern. Well, at least that's what Sega - more specifically, Takashi Iizuka, head of the Sonic franch