The best 7/10 game I've played. There's a lot that works here, but also a lot that falls short, such as the cyberspace levels with their limited movement and serious lack of visual variety (which you can really say for the game in general) and a combat system that is, while fun and provides plenty of flashy moves, can ultimately be pretty mindless if you can figure out a certain combo sequence early on. Nonetheless, the story does do a great job of giving these characters their overdue redemption arcs (particularly for my boy Tails), though the conclusion felt somewhat rushed towards the end. And really just exploring the island and finding all the goodies through the short platforming sequences sprinkled throughout every island was a lot more satisfying than I anticipated.