Whew, beat the game! Gotta say Half of that game was freakin awsome! Day stages running full speed felt like old sonic, cutscenes, and awsome opening movie. Other half is slow, repetative night stages (hes got spike cleats yet he slips everywhere), boring unimportant and unnecessary 2-D people text in between, and back to back to back to back night stages. I am glad I got this game. Day stages are what everyone was waiting and asking for. Night stages were not Sonic like at all, to dark and dull and a room of unintelligent enemies every few steps. Maybe give Knuckles fighting missions and Tails somthing else. Graphics vs Night and Day are the same way. Day looks, sounds, and feels much better the Night stages. If you like sonic buy this, you will enjoy powering through the stages over and over to find all the paths and get the best time. If your not sure rent it for the weekend or something cause it doesnt take long to beat. I am very happy about the way he accelerates, handles, and most of all Im happy he doesnt constantly go forward and you can use GC contoller. The quick-step and Drift are welcome abilities. Questions? (Sorry didn't mean to make this so long I just wanted to reply I got it and I enjoyed it)