It has a lot of issues, but ultimately this game is a banger. It feels like it's picking up where SA2 left off all those years ago (more recently for me who played it this year for the first time lol) and the world is super fun to go around. The cyberspace levels are a mixed bag, the boost levels play like ass but the SA2 and original levels are (mostly) really fun. The controls do suck for cyberspace (the boost is completely unnecessary for them) but they're great in the main world, as long as you adjust most of the sliders to be max. The writing is also fantastic, Sage is a top 5 Sonic character imo. The characterization of everyone is top notch, the references to older games are done well (would be a bit excessive for any other series but it works for here), and the new voice direction took a bit of getting used to but they all sound great, Amy and Knuckles being highlights just from the insane level of improvement from their previous direction. Also, shout-outs to this being the first game since SA2 to develop Eggman as a character. I will say, the finale was definitely rushed, and the second half of the game has more issues than the first half gameplay wise. The combat also sucks unless the enemy itself is fun to fight (a good amount of the minibosses are fun to fight even with the bad combat because of this). Regardless, still a great game. I would recommend getting it on sale but if you're like me and just really want it then full price is def worth it.

Also denuvo sucks and the settings menu crashed multiple times with me needing to fix it manually, big oof

It has a lot of issues, but ultimately this game is a banger. It feels like it's picking up where SA2 left off all those years ago (more recently for me who played it this year for the first time lol) and the world is super fun to go around. The cyberspace levels are a mixed bag, the boost levels play like ass but the SA2 and original levels are (mostly) really fun. The controls do suck for cyberspace (the boost is completely unnecessary for them) but they're great in the main world, as long as you adjust most of the sliders to be max. The writing is also fantastic, Sage is a top 5 Sonic character imo. The characterization of everyone is top notch, the references to older games are done well (would be a bit excessive for any other series but it works for here), and the new voice direction took a bit of getting used to but they all sound great, Amy and Knuckles being highlights just from the insane level of improvement from their previous direction. Also, shout-outs to this being the first game since SA2 to develop Eggman as a character. I will say, the finale was definitely rushed, and the second half of the game has more issues than the first half gameplay wise. The combat also sucks unless the enemy itself is fun to fight (a good amount of the minibosses are fun to fight even with the bad combat because of this). Regardless, still a great game. I would recommend getting it on sale but if you're like me and just really want it then full price is def worth it. Also denuvo sucks and the settings menu crashed multiple times with me needing to fix it manually, big oof