No, I was trying to rationalise your preference by figuring out if it's the more recent games you grew up with rather than the old ones. My first Sonic game was also the MS original. I wouldn't exactly call it fast (though there was a point in the first level where going down a hill in speed shoes ...

Sonic Adventure simply marks the point when console hardware could finally match the storytelling qualities of a cartoon. Shows like Beast Wars were already experimenting with CGI animation; games like Sonic Adventure just took things to the next logical step and offered cartoon quality stories in ...