Huge improvement over Sonic 1, more than I even realized when I first played through the Genesis Sonic games, but the bafflingly bad string of levels right at the end really make it hard for me to muster up that much enthusiasm for this. When you get owned by like the fifth crab in Metropolis Zone, or get caught off guard in Wing Fortress Zone and fall to your death yet again, those moments make remembering the good times a little harder. Ultimately didn't even make it to the final boss this time because I find the last stretch of this game so exhausting. Also, is there anyone who thinks the chaos emerald minigame here is better than Blue Spheres? If so, that's scary, I don't want to know that person.