My first Sonic game, so naturally there's some bias, but it is also genuinely just a fantastic game.
The soundtrack, the high-speed gameplay with plenty of acrobatic capability for speeding through levels, the short-but-sweet nature of it, it ticks so many boxes. The bonus stages DON'T suck, and the general style and feel of the game makes it guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
The bosses are a bit shite, and later stages have an irritating amount of 'gotcha' instead death pits - a DIMPS favourite, if their work on the Sonic Advance games is anything to go by - but these don't hold it back too much from being a good game.
The soundtrack, the high-speed gameplay with plenty of acrobatic capability for speeding through levels, the short-but-sweet nature of it, it ticks so many boxes. The bonus stages DON'T suck, and the general style and feel of the game makes it guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
The bosses are a bit shite, and later stages have an irritating amount of 'gotcha' instead death pits - a DIMPS favourite, if their work on the Sonic Advance games is anything to go by - but these don't hold it back too much from being a good game.