This has the perfect recipe to be my favorite sonic game but I feel like it stumbled with just too many elements to be ignored.

Medal hunting is an absolute pace breaker, some werehog sections drag on and on, and the final chunk of the game from eggmanland onward was incredibly frustrating.

That said, I absolutely love so much about this game. Everything from its world design, soundtrack, vibe; it all works so well for me. Jason Griffith’s performance in this game is probably my favorite for Sonic in general.

Daytime stages are still some of the best bits of gameplay in the entire series, and Endless Possibility is my favorite vocal track in the series.

Lots of good, bit of bad, solid all around.