Freedom Planet

Great game. A Sonic game but more emphasis on combat but not losing any speed. Worth the cash.

-Nostalgic Pixel Artstyle: Check!
-Amazing Soundtrack: Check!
-Poor physics based controls: Check!
-Main character with iconic design: Check!
-Cute sidekick with wider moveset thats more fun to play as than the MC: Check!
-Story thats way too dramatic for whats needed for this type of game: Check!
-SPEEEEEEEEEEED: Check!
Ill give this the Knuckles stamp of approval.
It checks everything one could ask for in a great Sonic game.
Highly recommend!

As someone who, lo and behold, doesn't enjoy classic Sonic gameplay at all, this is my saving grace for a 2D platformer. Played it 3 times in a few days with the three characters, it's that good.

2D platformer HEAVILY based on sonic the hedgehog. characters have extra moves, and the scenery and music are unique and great to go through. highly recommend for any sonic fans. (steam version has controller issues. go to your controller settings ingame and map them to your gamepad before playing.)

The platforming, movement, and combat all feel really well-polished. It really took me back to the era of the old 2-D Sonic games. The story and characters might not be for everyone (I found it all pretty cute), but you owe it to yourself to at least try it for the gameplay.

I enjoyed it more than the 2D sonic games I have played back on the Genesis. 3 characters with different play styles was nice too, changed up each of the 3 playthroughs

For whatever reason, this game manages to do a 2d Sonic-like better than Sonic, outside of Sonic Mania and Generation, in my humble opinion.

The campy, weekend-morning cartoon voice acted story doesn't waste your time and manages to hold my no-attention-having-self's attention. The game controls very tightly and seldom accosts you with crappy, off-screen obstacles like other Sonic games/Sonic-like games.

Off-screen issues are still occasionally a problem and the arcade-style life system, while exceedingly generous, does still feel dated in a burgeoning landscape of platformers without hard resets for losing all of your lives.

All-in-all, this game rocks and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a visually appealing 2d platformer and can tolerate minor amounts of some potentially Newgrounds style cringe. To me, it came off much more endearing than cringy, but I can absolutely see some people not reactiing to it as well; watch a couple videos if you aren't sure before you buy.