I found this game to be kind of a slog to play through. Some levels are just not fun to play through (For example: Marble Zone and Labyrinth Zone). Sonic's movement is really fun, but the level design forces you to go slow for some reason.

For me this game just played as a below average platform game. I can however recognize that this game has good foundations in terms of the player movement which is improved later on in the classic games.