It's not really shitty.
That's statement is a bit exaggerated, and it makes impression, when people read it, that Sonic Origins is a REALLY REALLY BAD game...which really, it is not.
It has many flaws, yes, they should be addressed, and sega anounced patches, but nothing game breaking per se.
They should have released already fixed game, a finished product bith bugs ironed out and all but even with those, its not bad, but at least there are patches.
My issue is that its not on cartridge...i hope it will come on cartridge cause i like to have physical cartridge whenever i can.
I only had one glitch, in sonic 1, and it fixed it self, didnt loose a life and it really was a funny glitch, but i am enjoying the game so far and it does have essentially 5 games (sonic 1, 2, CD, 3, S&K) and they are all tied up as one experience in mission mode screen (idk why mission mode screen though but ok) with neat animations taht i really like.
Those 5 games (or 4 if you wish) are true origin of sonic games, hence the name "Sonic Origin" and not "Sonic Collection", because i see people complaining like "oh this is not a good collection like mega collection with many more games" and what not, and yes, i agree, itsn NOT a collection, its ORIGIN. It technically IS a collection of origin games, but since they are origin games, there ARE 5 games IN.THAT.COLLECTION. Thats just how history IS. If more than 5 existed in his origins there would be more...but it doesn't.
I mean the official manual even said it:
https://manuals.sega.com/origins/en/?pid=1
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So yeah, it's "just" 5 games.
As for little things, i have quite a few that i find annoying but not consider them flaw or game breaking, they are just unintuitive IMO, like in gallery,
-you can't scroll with right analog while looking picture in full screen. if you want to go to next picture you must exit full screen and than go to next picture in same album, or you cant use ZR or ZL to go to next album/set of pictures/picture you must exit full screen again.
-You cant zoom more.
-When i zoom a picture and move stick UP the picture goes down.. it feels like when i scroll mose wheel up webpage goes down...just weird and unintuitive, and theres no way to change that or controlls in general.
-No way to turn on or off drop-dahs or spin-dash. Sonic 1 and 2 have broken drop-dash kinda, it wont change direction once its in motion...
-Music cant play background when you exit player
-They COULD have put some other characters for fun, like shadow, amy, metal, chaos, eggman...
I mean i found ton of those, and i can go on and on but they are just nitpicking really. Game overall runs, feels and plays great!
As for money... it's expensive imo. I would give 30$ TOP! And that's top!
I mean obviously since i have it i gave 45$ for deluxe, the difference is 5$ betvean non deluxe and deluxe, it makes no sense to buy non deluxe, and it makes no sense for sega to split the game for 5$...and its not even something major, its 5$ for stupid things...but again, its 5$ its like buying a Cheeseburgers i mean.... to split content for 5$ is stupiud, just like buying non deluxe version when difference is 5$.
But all in all as i said earlier, your statement is a bit exaggerated.
Its not shitty a game/games, games are really fun especially in 16:9 and upscaled with animations, and its not a collection per se, as in, bunch of random games collected to celibrate sonic in general, it's ORIGIN collection and 5 games exist in origin.
In my conclusion: The Sonic Origins is great, and treat to sonic fans and people who want to experience origin of sonic games on modern consoles, but its a bit pricey. It give at most 30$ and even that feels expensive, but more fair than 45$.
