i had my doubts about it because i generally do not like open world games and i still much prefer Adventure 2 and Black Knight because those games also have a similar quality of writing and spectacle without having to eat my open world veggies (those have other veggies but i like those veggies more than these veggies) but i got so giddy when I was parrying rockets at a dragon flying across the whole stage i spent the last five hours in as a very incredibly talented vocalist was screaming NO MORE COMPROMISE//THIS IS DO OR DIE so suffice it to say this is the best sonic game since 2009