For a game about aesthetics, I think it really nails it. The worlds are all super interestingly designed, the colors power ups are fun, the music is great as always in a Sonic game, and I actually had fun with the boss battles too. This is the first Sonic game I have ever collected all the Chaos Emeralds in as well as the first one I got 100% completion in which was pretty rewarding considering how wide of a skill set you need to have when navigating certain platforms or power ups. The ratio of 3D to 2D gameplay is skewed a bit too much towards the latter for my tastes, the drifting mechanic, while scarcely used, is clunky and stiff, and the dialogue marked a turn towards really obnoxious 4th-wall winking in the camera nonsense that I am really not a fan of at all, but I think overall this game lands on its feet and is very fun to play and experience.