This game when it was revealed and all the promotional material for it genuinely made me worried. But after playing it - yeah no its real fun. Unpolished, janky but fun. Once you unlock the spindash, you basically get the best version of Sonic they've ever made. Which is weird cuz they then released characters that all play like ASS.
Was also nice to see the story be more akin to the Adventure days where it's a good mix of light-hearted and serious tones. I never liked when the Sonic games go to either extremes.