Sounds like the demo is giving the devteam a few hiccups. Maybe they might add more features as time goes on. I recall that Adventure had tons of things going on left and right. Even with classic 2D it is an active in-game world.
Sonic Boom is just a hateful bore of a game, that seems to exist only as a showcase for every mistake you could possibly make when creating a 3D action adventure.
Well yes, but that assumes that the cartoon is good. If it's not, and the game is bad then any merchandise isn't going to be wanted. Unless people really love the designs for some reason.
I've gotta say, Sonic Boom is the first Sonic game in, well, ever that I haven't looked forward to.
I had actually been looking forward to it until I saw the E3 footage, and holy damn the combat looks awful. The platforming looks pretty good. The character designs and voice acting are obnoxious, but tolerable. But the combat is going to get very boring very quickly.