boy where do i start with this game. this is at least tied with generations, at best my favorite sonic game for me. definitely has issues but the pros heavily outweigh the cons. this game at its core is an apology from sonic team and a prayer for the future.

Pros:
-Amazing gameplay in the open zone
-Incredible ost (i mean its a sonic game what did you expect)
-Great story with several (mostly) unintrusive callbacks to the older games
-Combat that actually requires brain usage, a first for the series
-Momentum returns. You dont need to abuse it as much as the adventure games but it sure as hell is still there.

Cons:
-Jank. mostly the good kind of jank but its very intrusive at points ESPECIALLY on the 3rd island.
-lots of grinding needed to progress. especially bad in the last stretch of the game.

The elephant in the room cons:
-Denuvo
-The cyberspace stages are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awful im sorry its green hill for the millionth time its terrible level design in some and the physics do not compliment these at all

TL;DR good game and sonic has a bright future if this keeps up.

boy where do i start with this game. this is at least tied with generations, at best my favorite sonic game for me. definitely has issues but the pros heavily outweigh the cons. this game at its core is an apology from sonic team and a prayer for the future. Pros: -Amazing gameplay in the open zone -Incredible ost (i mean its a sonic game what did you expect) -Great story with several (mostly) unintrusive callbacks to the older games -Combat that actually requires brain usage, a first for the series -Momentum returns. You dont need to abuse it as much as the adventure games but it sure as hell is still there. Cons: -Jank. mostly the good kind of jank but its very intrusive at points ESPECIALLY on the 3rd island. -lots of grinding needed to progress. especially bad in the last stretch of the game. The elephant in the room cons: -Denuvo -The cyberspace stages are fucking awful im sorry its green hill for the millionth time its terrible level design in some and the physics do not compliment these at all TL;DR good game and sonic has a bright future if this keeps up.