A Sonic game that was able to expand some of its limitations, thanks to utilizing the Sega CD add-on. This granted more animation frames for Sonic, higher quality music, and much larger stages. The latter is the most detrimental aspect, in my opinion, and that's because they seemingly designed this game to be more about exploring the stages, rather than clearing the course as quickly as you can.

I personally did not enjoy this aspect of the level design, and it really ruins a lot of the fun I could potentially be having with what is otherwise a 2D Sonic game that feels good to play that also boasts great animation and music. The boss fights also feel lackluster, most especially the final boss. Racing Metal Sonic was the most exciting the game got for me.