I really don't get why this game is hated as much as it is.

The gameplay is good, I could see the argument that it's repetitive but I think the variety in enemies which necessitates changing strategy makes that a non issue. The difficulty is definitely low, but the only time that really bothered me was the end as even if it's easy, you still have to be engaged to win. The ending area in general is really a letdown with how pathetic the bosses are and the ending itself is bad too.

The story overall I thought was fine, the characters don't speak all too much which is a shame because I like the Sonic cast. I enjoyed having a range of dialogue options to use as Sonic even if some of them were wildly out of character. The actual narrative was pretty generic and mostly uninteresting, but it doesn't take up too much of your time here so didn't really bother me. I do think the idea of the Nocturnus Clan is cool but nothing is really done with it. Seeing Gizoids again was cool.

And even though this game's OST is deemed as godawful, I genuinely liked it. Sure, the instruments are very generic which gives it that "midi" feel but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, they work.

So I enjoyed it, it wasn't great or anything but it didn't have any glaring flaws while it had a few positives.