Big step back from it's predecessor. There are some great moments in here like a few of the Speed and Mech levels, and I dig the game's ambition and ost.

Unfortunately, every gameplay style that had an SA1 equivalent plays worse, be it weaker controls (Speed, Mech) or borked objectives and level design (Hunter)

I also cannot get invested in the story because it's poorly animated and the sound mixing is unbearably awful

I wish I liked this game more than I do because there's a lot of good shit here. Also, I do not het the hype for the Chao Garden.

Reviewed on Apr 10, 2024


2 Comments


19 days ago

thinking the hunting stages have worse level design than SA1 gotta be one of the most braindead takes I've seen for these games. how in the world can the unique levels specifically designed around their gameplay style/movement be considered a downgrade from knuckles being lazily inserted into parts of sonic's levels??

18 days ago

Personally, I think it's because said designed stages are gargantuan, making them take overly long to explore, especially for a first time player, and more importantly, they're much more vertically oriented, which is a problem for a camera system that doesn't move up and down all too well. I do like the earlier levels of each hunting campaign because they're much smaller and getting around them was a pain.

SA2 has a much more annoying radar and hint system aswell imo