I'm relatively new to the 2D sonic games, but of the ones I've played, I think I enjoyed this the least. I wanted to enjoy it more, but I kept finding myself getting frustrated over silly little one-hit crushing deaths, or time-outs from getting utterly lost in Sandopolis.

The music in this game did rule though, so I really appreciated that. I'm glad I played through this as both Sonic and Knuckles, but I think I'd rather stick to Sonic 1 or 2.