It pains me to see how far Sonic has fallen.
This game was bad in so many ways its hard for me to even acknowledge it as a part of the Sonic franchise. Its so bad I only bothered to finish two stages! The point where you first fight Silver is where I said "Screw it! I'm done!" it was just too frustrating!The main thing wrong was the controls. They were so stiff and uncooperative that most of the time you'd feel like you were stuck in mud, and when you got up to speed you couldn't turn to save you're self! The part where you're supposed to be going at high speeds is extremely frustrating, you can't help but run into something! And don't bother trying to be fancy with it or try and collect rings, it's almost impossible. Dx
The side missions in the town were annoying and the people you had to find to do them were even worse! I spent a half hour trying to find one stinking person, I swear I talked to everyone in the town twice over trying to find that one person. And since when did Sonic have to use the rings to buy crap!?!
The voice acting was crap and the two stages I did play were just as bad. That one boss in the desert stage was retarded to fight. there one spot where he must be hit to win, and with the crappy controls this becomes a chore. And finally the story, what the heck happened!?! I thought it would at least stay around the main story as it's predecessors. I only played for a little while and I can tell the story's already messed up (who ever thought of Sonic falling in love with the princess must have been high).
The only things I can say in defense of the game is the graphics. They along with the new characters which was good, are the only things that were promising for the game, but did nothing to save it.
All I can say at this point is that Sega needs to get their act together, I grew up on Sonic and I really want to see him live on. I want the next generation of gamers to enjoy the blue blur as I have back in the day.