After finishing SA2:B over months of time I remember to finishing this first game in about a week or so, because I was never as frustrated and actually enjoyed my time. This game is flawed in many ways but something about it makes me remember it fondly. There's a nice sense of progression and world building. Somehow I didn't hate the Big the Cat fishing levels and sorta missed Froggy in the second game.

Maybe this is a newfound opinion people are coming around to, since I always heard it the other way around, but yeah this is the better Sonic Adventure game. The cutscenes weren't as egregious somehow, maybe cause it was the first attempt or I just don't recall them being as jarring. Ending sequence was cooler too.