While admittedly pretty jank and unpolished in hindsight, on release I was still able to have a euphoric experience after a decade in the trenches as a Sonic fan. Exploring the open world was great and I've always wanted to fight with Sonic this way. the highlight of the experience is easily the Super Sonic titan battles, i popped off during every single one. shit was RAW AF. I also really appreciated the voice direction here, I've always been somewhat of a hater of Roger's Sonic but he did really well this game. Flynn did a good job with the story and the soundtrack was godlike per usual. Despite it's shortcomings (pop in, questionable design choices,etc), the core gameplay loop was very fun (tho it kind of started to drag around the last island); this game is 100% a step in the right direction for the franchise and I hope SEGA capitalizes on its success. (please man.)