Probably the game I replay the most often. Sonic adventure is objectively kinda shitty, as a large chunk of the game is fluff introduced to pad the game out with the extra characters. However, Sonics story features some of the most enjoyable and memorable levels in videogame history, and it stays faithful to the original sonic formula more than any other 3d sonic to this day. Call me crazy, but these have to be the most tight and satisfying controls of any 3d platformer I've played. It's soundtrack was ahead of its time with diversity and production quality which was unseen from games in 1998. I've never gotten old of starting this game up to quickly blast through sonics story, and I'm constantly finding new secrets and routes to the stages years since I first played it. This game does not get the credit it deserves anymore

ahead of its time in a lot of aspects. The story was mature and grounded when compared to its competitors, it had a well thought out alignment system which makes you feel the weight of your actions and it judges every alignment similarly so that there is no "true" choice for everything in the story. It contains lots of inspiration from occult and religious backgrounds and you can tell the development team spent lots of time on research. It's gameplay is archaic but oddly addicting for some reason. I'll start this game and five hours will randomly pass. It's menu system is pretty clunky and the encounter rate is fucking ridiculous. Seriously, you end up in fights almost every three steps and 90 percent of the time you will end up fighting more than one wave of enemy reinforcements. It's a product of its time however you can still enjoy it today and appreciate it for the aspects which remain impressive to this day

a lot of people (including me) dismiss the older SMT games at first due to their age and this weird stigma of them being unplayable or unfair. Shut tha fuck up. SMT 2, while slightly scathed by cryptic SNES bullshit and backtracking, is a very fun and engaging experience, retaining a lot of the features of the newer SMT games while also having one of the most impressive video game plots of its time which is still impressive to this day. The gameplay may be simple but I'm ashamed to say I enjoyed it more than nocturne, though its a bit on the easy side. Music is as good as always and the visuals are a large improvement over the first game. I urge anyone who's a fan of the series to give this a shot, as it may surprise you.