>>713126056Playing 3D Sonic games in order, just beat it and I disliked it way more than even Heroes, which I considered a step down in quality from the DC games already. Most exploratory mission objectives were fucking waterboard torture, the homing attack is more slippery and finnicky than ever, the guns range from pointless to fucking terrible when you engage on a turret/puzzle/handglider section and I really wasn't a fan of how in the end Gerald left a message handwaving his descent into madness and bitterness away so the resurrected Shadow gets to have a golden dad with good intentions instead of two villainous ones. Doesn't help the game is ugly as hell, I'm gonna say the opposite tha you did, that edgy intro cutscene fooled a lot of 13 year olds into thinking the game's good when in actuality it looks like barf, definitely the ugliest and most monotone 3D Sonic I've played so far. Also don't crucify me but 70% of the soundtrack bored me to tears, there's standouts like Sky Troops and Casino Park but other than that, it's a flatline of the same intense grunge guitars, it's snooze-inducing.
I will give you something though: if you play the main neutral story path, you get a fun breezy 1 hour experience. It barely has any bad levels and everything flows really well, even the Egg dealer was kind of a fun boss. Shame about the other 90% oif the game that you HAVE to play again and again though.