Sonic Superstars is a game that I wish I could see the utter blandness that many other folks are experiencing with it right now, but something about this game is clicking for me during my experience, and came around to enjoying at the end of it despite the bosses not being very fun (though I’m not too surprised since I never found bosses in this franchise to be engaging) and a soundtrack that half the time sounds wonderful, other half sounding like coming back to Sonic 4. I’m saying all of this as someone who thinks Mania isn’t the second coming of Christ.

However, this game costing full price is just not acceptable. Even if I overall enjoyed it, it doesn’t deserve its premium price tag that you can surely spend on better experiences. Wait for a sale with this one if you aren’t a Sonic maniac.