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The Good and the Bad

Since most everyone has already said what I would say, I'll just add what I like and dislike about the game, as a longtime Sonic gamer.

Good:

• It's basically Sonic Unleashed, without the stupid werehog levels! That's a step in the right direction.
• Side-scrolling is back, and it mixes well with the third-person too, it never seems too jarring.
• The wisp gimmick is actually well-executed and doesn't take over the whole game...like a certain werehog did for instance.
• The script for the cutscenes is funny and entertaining.
• The graphics are nice.
• Thus far (I'm about half-way through), the difficulty doesn't seem too easy nor too bone-crushingly difficult (Sonic Heroes comes to mind).
• All of the extra stuff (getting an S rank, collecting the red coins) isn't required. This really pissed me off about Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Heroes and other Sonic games.

Bad:

• Sega is still grading us on how well we do on the levels. That's bugged me ever since Sonic Adventure.
• A lot of the time during the side-scrolling portions, Sonic is microscopic on the screen. Maybe I just have a small TV and bad eyesight, but there's been a few times where not being able to see what I'm doing because Sonic is so tiny has led to death. Seeing the whole level isn't as important as seeing Sonic.
• No 1-ups for getting 100 rings. What's the point of getting a lot of rings then? Which by the way is really hard now due to...
• No force fields. What, are force fields for wimps now?
• No spin-dash. A mainstay since Sonic 2.

Anyway, the pros do out-weigh the cons, and this is still the best Sonic game to come out in years. And it's all us Wii-playing Sonic fans are going to get sadly, since both Sonic Generations and Sonic 4: Episode 2 aren't for Wii. I'm still angry about that.