8 hours in, been trying to get all challenges and levels on S rank and finding all red rings etc. I'm 4 levels in out of 9 and 2/6 bosses done.
Adorable graphics and aethetics. Really loving the classic/modern perspective you see of all levels.
Good platforming, I've always been a Sonic fan over the Mario series for this reason.
Routes for everyone! How Sonic should be played.
Classic levels are very good.
Modern levels are amazing, maybe better than the classic levels. Boost is amazing
Great camera work, it can be disorientating at times but it is always easy to follow once you get the hang of the level.
Music and sounds are part of the highest tier in videogames. Remixes are all welcome. Songs such as Emerald Green Zone, Sonic Boom, Endless Possibility can be unlocked and you can choose what you want to play during any level.
Bosses I've faced so far are too easy even on hard mode.
Sonic still doesn't lose all of his rings if he is hurt. Dilutes threat of enemies.
Controls can be clunky sometimes. With the 3d aspect I've witnessed a few times classic Sonic would spindash towards or away from the screen despite all his levels being '2D'.
It is not a flawless port:
Almost destined to crash if you retry a level after beating it. If you complete a level, go back to the level select and restart the level that way. Retrying after deaths etc is not a problem.
I have witnessed moments of freezes 4 times which pause the game for a few seconds, I have witnessed a crash from this.
Game crashes if you have a lot of friends on Steam and check the online leaderboard.
Console-esqe streaming/pop-ins cause trouble for slowdowns.
Some 'friends' challenges are tedious.
The game needs an SDK or level editor of some sort. There is a lot of potential as you can see with the challenge levels in recent Sonic games.