Sonic Adventure 2 is far from being the masterpiece it's often labeled to be because of how fucking awesome it gets and how hard it drops the ball almost immediately with some incredible 3d fast-paced action platforming and some incredibly cumbersome platform-shooter and poorly designed treasure hunting. Honestly, there's a charm in going from extremely exciting high-octane levels to spending at least half an hour finding the last emerald piece because they botched the radar, and add another 5 minutes in the mech levels because I swear those levels were designed like a little timmy level.

Still, I find a lot of fun going back to this game, which is how I accumulated so many hours into the game even though I don't think it's very good. I'd recommend it only if you're really into Sonic or want to try it out of curiosity, but if you're looking for a fun time, look elsewhere. The series has plenty of other games, for better or worse.