High-key star struck by this game !!! It does its best as an open world foray for the series and succeeds in many respects, although it definitely fails in others. Despite it's give or take nature I had a ton of fun with the game and hope the Sonic Team keeps the momentum up going forward because they've got a solid foundation they could build on here

The portals superseded all other aspects for me all in all tbh which is too be expected and may require an imminent Generations replay to fully comprehend why I loved them so much I just wanted MORE of those...