A decent entry point for new fans of the series who wish to get into the games, but that's about all it is really. Personally, I believe this collection should've consisted of SA1, SA2, and Heroes as they don't see nearly as many rereleases and ports that these classic games do.
Despite aiming to be the "definitive" way to play these games, there still lacks many basic features and customisation options that you'd expect, with the most glaring exclusion being save slots for each game (with the exception of Sonic 3 but only because it was a feature of the original game). Once you clear a game with a certain character your only options are to replay the last level or play again from the beginning, which is surprising as the iOS ports of these games bothered having save slots. You're given the option to play the games in "classic" mode which is the game's anniversary mode but in 4:3 and with lives, which is super restricting and plain odd. Should have just given us seperate options to play in whichever aspect ration we like and toggle lives.
The unlockables in the museum aren't all that interesting if you're a long time fan as most of, if not all, the entries are accessible elsewhere. I will commend the devs for including each episode of Sonic Mania Adventures in high quality for it to be preserved and not just exclusive to YouTube.
What should have been an easy task for SEGA instead is an undercooked collection of 4 beloved games that took way too many updates to fix bugs. Not to mention the unnecessary "Plus" revision a year after launch that included content that, in all honesty, should have been part of the game to begin with.
Despite aiming to be the "definitive" way to play these games, there still lacks many basic features and customisation options that you'd expect, with the most glaring exclusion being save slots for each game (with the exception of Sonic 3 but only because it was a feature of the original game). Once you clear a game with a certain character your only options are to replay the last level or play again from the beginning, which is surprising as the iOS ports of these games bothered having save slots. You're given the option to play the games in "classic" mode which is the game's anniversary mode but in 4:3 and with lives, which is super restricting and plain odd. Should have just given us seperate options to play in whichever aspect ration we like and toggle lives.
The unlockables in the museum aren't all that interesting if you're a long time fan as most of, if not all, the entries are accessible elsewhere. I will commend the devs for including each episode of Sonic Mania Adventures in high quality for it to be preserved and not just exclusive to YouTube.
What should have been an easy task for SEGA instead is an undercooked collection of 4 beloved games that took way too many updates to fix bugs. Not to mention the unnecessary "Plus" revision a year after launch that included content that, in all honesty, should have been part of the game to begin with.