Everything is established here, though the gameplay feels like you're meant to struggle with it for hours until you get a really good speedrun going. The protagonist may be more appealing to kids, but the intended gameplay feels hardcore!

More of the same, yet slightly better than the original title. This one feels more full as it adds in Tails, the beloved sidekick.

My personal favorite 2D Sonic, featuring tons of secrets and a banger soundtrack! Shoutout to one of my best friends for getting me to play this on original hardware, it's one of the most beautiful retro games I've played.

The most complete-feeling retro Sonic game with much more story than the average and most of the iconic levels and songs you remember! Knuckles is such a great character.

A weird-ass platformer that uses rubber band physics to dictate your motion. Gimmicky... but pretty cool.

This game is weird as hell yet I'll always defend it, it's really fun and arcade-y that I have no other way to describe! The last boss is kinda nuts.

3/10 game. 10/10 soundtrack.

Hoo boy, they sure tried to make the 2D momentum platformers into a 3D game with an open world hub and an epic story- and you know what, everything works except the open hub, which sucks. Shoutout Red Hot Skull. Go listen to Red Hot Skull

I really do not like Dimps' Sonic games at all- the music and aesthetics are typically great, but the gameplay just feels like the Genesis games with more dead ends and bottomless pits, and a too zoomed-in camera.

Why does this mediocre 3D momentum platformer/action game have one of the most incredible stories ever written for games about conspiracy theories, distrusting the government, and being true to who you are?

Love to see Cream here! That's all I have to say that's positive about this game. Dimps stays losing.

The story is bleh, and the gameplay of some of the Teams is outright bad, but I love a lot of the levels here and I really did play every single Team's story. Frog Forest is an all-time fav of mine!

Easily the best of the Dimps games in terms of visuals- this is the best Sonic looks in 2D until Mania! The rest is pretty bleh. Fun level themes, but the levels themselves are labyrinthine and Sonic CD-esque. No good flow to them.

Criminally underrated Hot Topic-core game with one of the most complex branching path designs I've ever seen, and some cutscenes that dip between sincerity and hilarity like a seismograph during an earthquake. It's good actually

I tried it and did not like it. Hideki Naganuma's soundtrack lives rent-free in my mind though.

If I need a manual or a YouTube tutorial to know how the mechanics of a racing game work, then it's not a good racing game.

While there are the remnants of a Sonic Adventure 3 somewhere in here, I can't say this is anything even remotely resembling a "good" game, and I do not blame the devs for a second. This was corporate hubris and toxicity all the way down. Great OST tho!

I tried it, and..... eurgh. This is some grade-A bullshit. Missions instead of levels? Unclear where the story even is? WiiMote balancing controls??? God no.

Tried it on Wii and hurt my wrist during Werehog combat, so I think I need to try this on a non-motion-controlled console to get a better feel for whether I like it or not.

I avoided it due to my horrible negative reaction to Secret Rings, but now I'd be willing to give this one a chance.

The true start to the Boost era, in my opinion! I really love the setting of this, but I hate how much backtracking is encouraged by the way you unlock Wisps. The levels feel empty when you're not able to interact with half of the powerups until the end.

A solid game with an awkward cast! More of a novelty than a legitimate experience.

I'll take this any day over any of the other Boost games just because of how gosh darn pretty all the updated retro levels look! Shades of Sonic Frontiers' cyberspace levels...

A game that largely shits the bed in its 2D portions which feel clunky and time-wasting. I honestly enjoyed some of the more gimmicky 3D sections!

The story is an edgy piece of crap reminiscent of the worst era of Sonic's history, but the gameplay isn't as bad- it's just more Boost nonsense. I really like the visuals here, and the create-a-character leads to unintentional comedy all the time!

Just a really solid 2D Sonic game! I wish it could've been all-original, but Sega doesn't necessarily make the best decisions ever.

With friends, or just casually enjoying the story mode, this is a great time! Probably fell under the radar due to the weird fan reaction to Sega All-Stars Racing, and I think that's a shame. The story itself is terrible though. PNGs talking about nothing

A Sonic game with an interesting and engaging story, second only to SA2B! Love the open world, the music (and musical options), and the gameplay on most of the different islands! The mature, melancholy vibe feels in-line with how the series should grow.