What do you mean not as beloved as sonic 2? Absolutely every single millennial who grew up with it (including me) agrees S3&K is the best Sonic game ever made, we all also love 2 but no one thinks it's better. Must be some random shit zoomers say for no reason other than to be mildly contrarian to millennials and/or because the most popular way to play it these days replaces half the godlike original OST with trash.