It’s not an actively terrible game or anything. But the gameplay is shallow, the story is an absolute mess, and the whole game just reeks of desperation.
They threw in a million things that they thought the fanbase would like, like Classic Sonic and the Wisps and a “darker” story with little knowledge or care as to why the audience liked those elements, so they were all implemented poorly.
And the only reason they were so desperate to get back some good will is because they somehow managed to **** up the franchise again after Lost World and 3 years of Sonic Boom, even though Sonic was in a very good position after Generations and all they had to do was keep doing that.
Sonic Team confounds me