i wouldn’t say i like this game any less, but i definitely didn’t realize on first playthrough just how much this game owes to the original, which is not at all a detriment to a remake but does make me a bit more critical of what it did and didn’t add or change. atomic destroyer act 2 in the original may be far more basic, but i would genuinely say i quite prefer it compared to the long, meandering pace of the act in this game, and the weird restrictions on characters just seem half-assed, and also mean playing the game as sonic or tails alone like the original is just impossible. still amazing, but definitely warrants a playthrough of the original first if possible.