I hated on this game for years, calling it the most overrated Sonic game and saying people just liked it because of a few brief levels. The barrier to entry the Werehog and medal collection put up was just too much for me as a kid. But now, revisting it all these years later, I'm blown away by just how good this game is. The daytime levels remain the best "boost-style" levels the series has seen, the nightime levels are surprisingly not that bad (getting into action games helped me learn to like them, I guess), and the hub worlds and story tie it up in a nice package. This is really the last time that it felt like Sonic Team were trying something truly ambitious, and they managed to deliver on it.