A really solid improvement over the original. I do prefer the Dark Story over the Hero one, and I do think that it hasn't aged very well in a few places, and, I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion, but I really did not like the Knuckles stages gameplay wise. I think this game could benefit from a modern remake to just touch up some of the dated stuff but otherwise, the story is good, every other type of level is fun, the bosses are cool, and the music is amazing!

Really like this one.