Alright, I have now beaten shadow the hedgehog.
I had always heard it was bad, and its definitely a step down after SA1 and SA2. But I still had fun even though I had to beat the game 10 times.
Sky troops was the best level just because it was the one where eggman was the hero path. I always wanna side with eggman, except when I could side with amy. Especially since the one amy mission was about finding cream