THIS GAME IS ACTUAL GENUINE PEAK WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Ok with that out the way here are some (not so spoiler-y) thoughts:

Story - Wow. Just wow. Honestly the writing here was really good. There wasn’t a single moment I can think of where I felt like it was too much or “cringey”, unlike with some of the “choices” on Sonic’s end (oh well they mentioned the time stones CD win 10/10 lmao). The lead up to the final boss was just absolutely tear-jerking as well it got to me *skull*.

Characters - Love them. Love them all! Shadow himself was absolutely amazing, like he actually felt like a character in this game compared to his previous adventure… Anyway yeah he was brilliant especially in his interactions with other characters in the campaign.

Gameplay - Each level was so much fun to traverse. Radical Highway to me did drag a bit but maybe that’s cause I sucked at that level. Other than that Shadow was an absolute treat to control and as new forms were unlocked he only got better and better, with the levels starting to add in sections to get used to the control of each form. The boss levels were a little frustrating but I liked them. Each one felt quite unique in execution, even incorporating the new “Doom” forms in some way.

Hub world - Pretty cool yeah. I wasn’t sure on it at first but it really grew on me. It felt really rewarding to explore the more hard to reach areas and find more collectibles. Gonna get a little controversial here and say I wasn’t fond of the way Frontiers handled the open world genre, but here it reminded me a bit of Mario Odyssey in that you were traversing a not so vast place if that makes sense? Like everything is confined to one area which is easier to populate with items and platforms rather than a big massive open space that looks nice but also empty? Idk ‘>’

My only complaint is that I wish it was at least a bit longer cause it was so good! Well that and the ever growing problem of “Editions” of the game that Sega’s been pushing a lot with Sonic games lately. Anyway, thanks for reading my tangent lol it may be a little cluttered but I really wanted to share my thoughts!

I’d love to discuss the game more if anyone wants to :)