Spiritually, a perfect video game for dredging up Sonic from irony poisoned nostalgia hell and giving him a sincere second chance. Super janky in some regards and not without its fair share of terrible design decisions (I LOVE CHAOS ISLAND LEVEL DESIGN :) :) :) ) but incredibly fun front to back. I'm nineteen now meaning that Generations came out when I was a young kid. That was the last mainline Sonic game I remember being honestly excited for and enjoying on release. I've spent over half of my life waiting for this series to be good again. That wait is finally over. If Sonic Team actually keeps this trajectory and sticks to this formula for the sequel, I think it has a chance at sticking and making big waves. For now though, this is a fantastic start. 10/10 (spiritually). Another fantastic entry to the NieR Automata for kids canon.