City Escape is one of the best opening levels in video game history, the Sonic and Shadow missions are all great fun, and the soundtrack might be the best any Sega game has ever had. Literally every single other thing about Sonic Adventure 2 is awful. The boss fights are terrible, the Tails/Eggman stages are these mindnumbing shoot-em-ups in bland environments, and the Knuckles/Rogue emerald hunting missions are so tedious it’s a wonder anyone ever beat this game. The only reason this game gets 3 stars is because of the Sonic/Shadow stages and the music. Otherwise I’d probably give it a 2.