A different type of Sonic game but is hardly any improvement over past games.
Story
After defeating Dr Eggman Sonic and the gang take a well earned vacation and Sonic gets told that Knuckles has been kidnapped in the game so its up to Sonic and the others to rescue him.
Gameplay
The game is controlled using the stylus like Phantom Hourglass but it just doesn't feel like a Sonic game to me it feels a bit slow and the battle system is one of the most annoying parts of the game. Sometimes you struggle early on against strong enemies and most of the battles can take up to 15 to 20 minutes whereas you think of the Mario ones that is only for a boss. Also there is a running away part if you feel like you want to bewcause you are losing but that part is annoying because of all the crates and having to keep an eye on all 4 characters. The dialogue is pointless I think it did seem pointless to add it and was really not worth it because you have to talk along time and you can give different remarks like Mass Effect but it doesn't change the point of the game at all. The party most of the characters are actually not that fun to use and pulling off some of there moves in battle mode can be very difficult and sometimes requires a bit of luck.
Sound and graphics
Nice tunes from the old Sonic games like Green Hill for example the graphics are actually pretty good for the game.
Overall opinion
I think this game had a good chance of actually being very good but the battle system is one of the biggest critcisms of the game for me both the main battle system and the running away battle system and some of the characters are annoying. I don't like most of the Sonic characters. Some attacks I found really difficult to do. I am not really a fan of RPGS anyway but I gave it a try considering it was a Sonic game. Overall quiet dissapointed because I thought this could match the Mario RPGS but it doesn't even come close. If you want a good RPG thats easy to play get Mario and Luigi Partners in Time this game is just very difficult to like.