Why the Sonic community holds this game in such high regards is beyond me, it makes 06 look like a masterpiece.

Cons:
-Bland open world with random pointless assets sprinkled around
-Super inventive boss names like 'SHARK' and 'TOWER'
-Sonic's VA needs to go, Roger Craig Smith makes Sonic sound like an old man, it's not just the voice direction either, Roger has never been a good voice in general for Sonic since the start.
-Cyberspace levels are just recycled level designs from previous games with the same 3 or 4 coats of paint added to them instead (Green Hill, City Escape, Sky Sanctuary etc)
-Uninspired open world design has nothing memorable

The only pro's to this game were:
- Soundtrack is great
- The best story in any Sonic game to date
- Character development does wonders for the characters here

Hiring Ian Flynn was a good step here, for once the story wasn't full of quips created by a Marvel movie wannabe, gameplay however Takashi Iizuka absolutely needs to take a back seat or retire, how he's been the series producer for almost 20 years now makes no sense from the track record of poor games he's headed and put out, instead of new ideas he's constantly using member berries and gameplay designs from 'the good ole days', the formula is stale, Sonic Team needs someone new to lead them.

Why the Sonic community holds this game in such high regards is beyond me, it makes 06 look like a masterpiece. Cons: -Bland open world with random pointless assets sprinkled around -Super inventive boss names like 'SHARK' and 'TOWER' -Sonic's VA needs to go, Roger Craig Smith makes Sonic sound like an old man, it's not just the voice direction either, Roger has never been a good voice in general for Sonic since the start. -Cyberspace levels are just recycled level designs from previous games with the same 3 or 4 coats of paint added to them instead (Green Hill, City Escape, Sky Sanctuary etc) -Uninspired open world design has nothing memorable The only pro's to this game were: - Soundtrack is great - The best story in any Sonic game to date - Character development does wonders for the characters here Hiring Ian Flynn was a good step here, for once the story wasn't full of quips created by a Marvel movie wannabe, gameplay however Takashi Iizuka absolutely needs to take a back seat or retire, how he's been the series producer for almost 20 years now makes no sense from the track record of poor games he's headed and put out, instead of new ideas he's constantly using member berries and gameplay designs from 'the good ole days', the formula is stale, Sonic Team needs someone new to lead them.