God I love this game, but some parts of it are a slog, mostly the knuckles/rouge stages, I liked them in SA1 but in this game the radar is nerfed, it’s just blatant padding, mad space and security hall can go die for all I care. But I really like the speed stages and shooting, shooting is fun (if you don’t mind that awful noise the gun makes while aiming) and the level design is really good (aside from a certain level) and sonic and shadow are easily the highlight of the game, with such great level design, it’s more linear than SA1 (aside from final rush) but it’s still great, rewarding you for exploration and skill! Easily one of my favourites that I keep going back to. Even the battle mode is pretty fun too.