Sonic was best when the games weren't self contained

I had this thought and I wanted to share it

I feel like sonic was the best when the games weren’t a self contained story SA1 to Sonic 06 was probably the best era for Sonic story and vibe was Because it wasn’t just sonic and the stories from those games clearly led into each other even when they weren’t exactly sequels You could tell that all of those games were apart of one big plot And universe Now it’s like “oh this plot in this game is completely random and makes no sense and further confuses the plot and story even though this game won’t effect the next” Sonic forces’s story probably could’ve been heat if they actually built up to it across a decade