So i played Sonic Superstars. My initial thoughts after playing through the first two zones:
- Core gameplay is honestly solid - had fun breezing through zones even if level design felt a bit wonky sometimes (most notably so in Speed Jungle)
- Honestly the bosses I played were pretty mid. Bridge Island's first boss barely qualifies as a boss,; The second one I was kinda fearing getting into because iI heard it took ages but I beat it in a reasonable amount of time. Speed Jungle's bosses were sadly kinda ass; The first one was okay if a bit boring but the second is tedious af
- Special stages feel kinda mindless. It's the first two emeralds so I'm not expecting anything too difficult but I felt like i was kinda mashing A and somehow getting away with it. the "fruit" stages were fun though
- As for emerald powers, they're cool on paper but there weren't any times I felt really compelled to use em
- Overall it's... okay. Definitely no Mania and struggles with things outside of core "gotta go fast" gameplay but i'd give it a solid 6/10 so far, maybe a 7