I think me liking this more than Sonic 2 might be an unpopular opinion, but oh well. I genuinely really like this game! Probably my 3rd favorite of the classic sonic games, only behind 3&K and Mania. The level designs might be a bit wonky at first, but they fit this game's desired playstyle well and aren't as annoying as Sonic 1's levels... well, yeah, except for Wacky Workbench. God that zone sucks. Genuinely the only time I felt the dislike towards this game's level design was justified.
Also speaking of this game's desired playstyle, the main objective of this game is to go into the past of each stage and destroy their respective machines (and Metal Sonic holograms but they aren't as necessary). I found this to be rather fun with how the level designs were built with the exploration in mind. Er, well, I found them enjoyable for the most part (fuck you Wacky Workbench). If you're not interested in searching around in each stage, that's fine! There's another method of getting the good ending in the form of the traditional sonic fare of special stages, and THANKFULLY they got the special stages right this time unlike Sonic 1's and 2's which are complete headache inducers. You still have rather limited chances to clear them akin to Sonic 1 but at least the last zone lets you reach the special stage this time around unlike Sonic 1.
And MAN, this game's presentation is pure bliss. It's style and aesthetic is probably my favorite of any classic sonic game and one of my favorites in any game I've played. And said style is further enhanced by the music. The JP soundtrack is just fantastic. I'm not too keen on the US soundtrack but if you prefer it then cool for you. Also I wasn't expecting to enjoy Tidal Tempest zone as much as I did but CD's presentation and playstyle managed to make me enjoy the water level the most here somehow.
I don't know if it's weird how I liked this as much as I did. I've fully completed this game on both my phone and on PC and had fun doing so both times. My first time was on my phone which was surprisingly better than I thought it would be. I wasn't too keen on the controls for the Sonic 1 and 2 mobile ports but CD's felt better then them on phones. Maybe it's with the controller being a d-pad instead of an analog stick. Ah well, I guess I'll just be happy with my unpopular opinion here.
Also speaking of this game's desired playstyle, the main objective of this game is to go into the past of each stage and destroy their respective machines (and Metal Sonic holograms but they aren't as necessary). I found this to be rather fun with how the level designs were built with the exploration in mind. Er, well, I found them enjoyable for the most part (fuck you Wacky Workbench). If you're not interested in searching around in each stage, that's fine! There's another method of getting the good ending in the form of the traditional sonic fare of special stages, and THANKFULLY they got the special stages right this time unlike Sonic 1's and 2's which are complete headache inducers. You still have rather limited chances to clear them akin to Sonic 1 but at least the last zone lets you reach the special stage this time around unlike Sonic 1.
And MAN, this game's presentation is pure bliss. It's style and aesthetic is probably my favorite of any classic sonic game and one of my favorites in any game I've played. And said style is further enhanced by the music. The JP soundtrack is just fantastic. I'm not too keen on the US soundtrack but if you prefer it then cool for you. Also I wasn't expecting to enjoy Tidal Tempest zone as much as I did but CD's presentation and playstyle managed to make me enjoy the water level the most here somehow.
I don't know if it's weird how I liked this as much as I did. I've fully completed this game on both my phone and on PC and had fun doing so both times. My first time was on my phone which was surprisingly better than I thought it would be. I wasn't too keen on the controls for the Sonic 1 and 2 mobile ports but CD's felt better then them on phones. Maybe it's with the controller being a d-pad instead of an analog stick. Ah well, I guess I'll just be happy with my unpopular opinion here.