I've never hated Sonic Spinball, but it was never my kind of thing, It's not a horrible game, but I just don't like pinball enough to see it to the end. I'm also just not good at pinball so story-based pinball titles are kind of not so fun for me. I see that there is appeal and people do like it, so it's not like I wouldn't recommend it. Try it and see what you think.