YES. As a Sonic game, Sonic CD is very clunky: the time travel gimmick doesn't really work in the tight enviroment, the stages are confusingly maze like and the fact that Wacky Workbench has a gimmick needed to clear the level thats way worse than the Barrel of Doom. (If you know you know)
However, if you instead view Sonic CD not as a Sonic game but as a "avantgarde puzzle exploration" game it becomes far more enjoyable, and i was then able to appreciate how non linear it is in its level design. And the music is stellar too. I get its mainly nostalgia, being the first sonic game ive ever played, but I had more fun with CD than Sonic 1 & 2.
However, if you instead view Sonic CD not as a Sonic game but as a "avantgarde puzzle exploration" game it becomes far more enjoyable, and i was then able to appreciate how non linear it is in its level design. And the music is stellar too. I get its mainly nostalgia, being the first sonic game ive ever played, but I had more fun with CD than Sonic 1 & 2.