Will Sonic Unleashed return the hedgehog to greatness?

Sonic Unleashed is out soon (sometime this month) and of course fans of the hedgehog that stuck with him through ups and downs are wandering if this one will break the streak of horrible games and this one actually being good. So far, it seems that way according to the crazy intro (Perhaps the best cutscene ever for a Sonic game with the hedgehog doing the business and then getting owned by Eggman) and gameplay footage below. Who knows if the Werehog stuff would be decent considering Sega's action games have been sucking (Golden Axe Beast Rider for example), but for the Sonic daytime stages, it looks like Sega finally got the speed aspect down. Another thing is Sonic's crappy friends being in the game in some way and I don't know why Sega keeps them around since the majority of them are dumb and pointless (besides Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow).