I remember when this came out. I was really excited. "Oh boy," I thought to myself at like 12 years old. "A new 2D Sonic game but Sonic looks like from the games I like!" And then everyone said it sucked ass and so I never played it. Well, I played it today. It's really short, which is probably why the $/hour crowd was so pissed. It's got some fun ideas but unfortunately only half of the game is good. When the game is like two hours long as most, half of that time being annoying isn't a good sign. What is good here is really good. The first world is like any Sonic game, which is always solid. The last world is fun and fast paced, which is good. The middle two worlds are slogs, although they do have some really neat ideas. Unfortunately, those neat ideas don't save the otherwise obnoxious or boring level design. The bosses are mostly pretty fun, and Sonic having the new-age homing attack makes up a little bit for Sonic feeling like shit otherwise. Decent game, but don't bother playing it when there are ostensibly better 2D Sonics out there. Also, the game looks like complete garbage on PC. Not sure if that was a resolution thing or what, but holy cow.