Sonic Mania

I've been a Sonic fan for years, and Sonic Mania is exactly the game I've always wanted. The controls are incredibly tight, making every loop and dash feel perfect. They totally nailed the feeling of the old Genesis games but added cool new stuff that makes it even better. The level design is brilliant, and the soundtrack is absolutely killer. Honestly, if you love classic Sonic, this is a must-play.

The fact that this is somehow the best modern sonic game without even having modern sonic is pathetic

This game is for anyone who loves the classic games. This is the real Sonic 4.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☑ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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This is one of the best Sonic games to ever grace this planet, if not THE best. Highly replayable, stellar music and sprite work, amazing intro animation, and (should it strike your fancy) pretty moddable. Definitely made by fans, for fans.
If you like Sonic and haven't played it yet, pick it up. If you have never played a Sonic game but want to, pick it up. This was the breath of fresh air this series needed for oh-so-long.

Gotta go fast!
Probably the best Sonic-game out there and a love letter to the Genesis- and CD-era. Studiopolis is just perfection.
Christian Whitehead, please do a sequel with all new zones. A man can dream... :,)

If a game makes you want to 100% it, it's a great game. If a game then makes you want to come back to play it EVEN MORE, it really is a masterpiece.
This is true for lots of sonic games: they're really quick to speed through, but infinitely replayable. But I feel like the tremendous music, awesome visuals and artistic flare pumped into this game, and the (truly) fast and addictive gameplay at the core of all Sonic games, all really peaked with this one. I can't say much else, as this really is the quintessential Sonic game and... that's it. It doesn't really offer anything "new" necessarily to the experience, but damn is it good.
Maybe some other games can surpass it in terms of story, length, scope and whatnot, but Sonic Mania simply excels in the one thing that really matters: it's REALLY fun. I suggest you pick it up, and if you somehow don't like it you're completely in your right to refund it <3