This game was pretty good. The speed stages were fast paced and could provide a good chalenge, and the shooting stages, despite not having the epic feel as the speed stages, were rather smooth, easy to get used to, and pretty unique. The treasure hunting stages aren't that fun in my opinion, but it's two player mode makes up for it since you're trying to find the pieces before your opponent, providing a sense of urgency, and you can have a good time screwing each other over. But singleplayer wise, the majority of the treasure hunting stages are poorly designed, boring, and repetitive, Pumpkin Hill being the only stage with anything of interest. But the lowest point in the gameplay is the bosses. Almost all of them suck. I enjoyed the final fight against Shadow/Sonic, the final Tails/Eggman, and Finalhazard, but besides those all the bosses are either easy to the point of being boring, or repetitive to the point that it gets stale.
The story was alright. The eclipse cannon scene was a little bit shocking, but I feel that the Shadow the hedgehog game did it better (ironic considering how overall, Shadow has a far worse plot), since half the moon being destroyed didn't change the plot of the game at all. Plus the whole biolizard thing didn't even feel necessary. It has no motives, no scheme, it was just... there. And when you get down to it, it didn't leave much of an impact. In the original Sonic Adventure Super Sonic is fighting a god going berserk. Here they're fighting a failed experiment that doesn't have much of a point besides delaying the protaganists. Doesn't help that he comes with virtually no foreshadowing whatsoever. Shadow's redemption also feltr really rushed considering it's basically a gentle request of Amy's that gets him to save the world. I still love this game. Just not as much as Sonic Heroes or Sonic Colors.
Good, but overrated
This game was pretty good. The speed stages were fast paced and could provide a good chalenge, and the shooting stages, despite not having the epic feel as the speed stages, were rather smooth, easy to get used to, and pretty unique. The treasure hunting stages aren't that fun in my opinion, but it's two player mode makes up for it since you're trying to find the pieces before your opponent, providing a sense of urgency, and you can have a good time screwing each other over. But singleplayer wise, the majority of the treasure hunting stages are poorly designed, boring, and repetitive, Pumpkin Hill being the only stage with anything of interest. But the lowest point in the gameplay is the bosses. Almost all of them suck. I enjoyed the final fight against Shadow/Sonic, the final Tails/Eggman, and Finalhazard, but besides those all the bosses are either easy to the point of being boring, or repetitive to the point that it gets stale.
The story was alright. The eclipse cannon scene was a little bit shocking, but I feel that the Shadow the hedgehog game did it better (ironic considering how overall, Shadow has a far worse plot), since half the moon being destroyed didn't change the plot of the game at all. Plus the whole biolizard thing didn't even feel necessary. It has no motives, no scheme, it was just... there. And when you get down to it, it didn't leave much of an impact. In the original Sonic Adventure Super Sonic is fighting a god going berserk. Here they're fighting a failed experiment that doesn't have much of a point besides delaying the protaganists. Doesn't help that he comes with virtually no foreshadowing whatsoever. Shadow's redemption also feltr really rushed considering it's basically a gentle request of Amy's that gets him to save the world. I still love this game. Just not as much as Sonic Heroes or Sonic Colors.