A visual delight, plagued by some very questionable level design and clunky controls (at least on a 360 controller.)

On it's own, The game is not bad. It has some pretty colorful visuals, and the soundtrack (while not my favorite Sonic soundtrack) is top notch. However, as a long time Sonic fan, I gotta say that there was little motivation for me to complete it's extremely short campaign. The story was meant for kids, I get that, but the jokes aren't funny, and the characters always feel the need to "chime in" during levels, meaning that if you get stuck on a certain part with a voice over, you'll hear the same line every single time you restart (And trust me, there are moments where you WILL get stuck repeating the section over and over.) The level design, while definitely unique, leads to severe frustration due to it's nature to add something new the farther you progress, such as Sonic rolling into a snowball, grind-only levels, and a floating level. I realize the developers wanted to keep the game engaging and "mix it up", but I feel they didn't have enough faith in it's main parkour-like system and subsequently developed these often frustrating side-levels to distract us. A shame, because given a little bit of fleshing out, the parkour system could have been so much more.

Are you a fan of inventive platformers and feeling down that Nintendo won't port Super Mario Galaxy to the PC? Then I don't feel you'd regret picking this up, as it's worth a buy just for it's visual fidelity and soundtrack alone. If you're a Sonic fan or looking to scratch that Sonic itch, I'd recommend picking up Sonic Generations or Sonic Adventure 2 before you go for this one. And even then, I'd wait for a sale, cause there just isn't enough content to warrant the 30 dollar price tag, unless you're a platforming completionist.

A visual delight, plagued by some very questionable level design and clunky controls (at least on a 360 controller.) On it's own, The game is not bad. It has some pretty colorful visuals, and the soundtrack (while not my favorite Sonic soundtrack) is top notch. However, as a long time Sonic fan, I gotta say that there was little motivation for me to complete it's extremely short campaign. The story was meant for kids, I get that, but the jokes aren't funny, and the characters always feel the need to "chime in" during levels, meaning that if you get stuck on a certain part with a voice over, you'll hear the same line every single time you restart (And trust me, there are moments where you WILL get stuck repeating the section over and over.) The level design, while definitely unique, leads to severe frustration due to it's nature to add something new the farther you progress, such as Sonic rolling into a snowball, grind-only levels, and a floating level. I realize the developers wanted to keep the game engaging and "mix it up", but I feel they didn't have enough faith in it's main parkour-like system and subsequently developed these often frustrating side-levels to distract us. A shame, because given a little bit of fleshing out, the parkour system could have been so much more. Are you a fan of inventive platformers and feeling down that Nintendo won't port Super Mario Galaxy to the PC? Then I don't feel you'd regret picking this up, as it's worth a buy just for it's visual fidelity and soundtrack alone. If you're a Sonic fan or looking to scratch that Sonic itch, I'd recommend picking up Sonic Generations or Sonic Adventure 2 before you go for this one. And even then, I'd wait for a sale, cause there just isn't enough content to warrant the 30 dollar price tag, unless you're a platforming completionist.