I was an avid Unleashed defender for a while. I'm in the minority here, I prefer the nighttime stages to daytime stages. I am mainly an RPG player and the combat was more engaging to me than highspeed platforming is. I'm not a fan of the boost because it creates this necessity for huge levels with large sections just blown past. Once I beat the game, I think I became more critical of it, but I think it was genuinely just a skill issue because I struggled a lot in the daytime levels and it killed my love of the game. And the medal requirement was annoying.

Eggmanland was insane though. I hate it but I also kind of love it.