every boss fight in sonic adventure except the one against knuckles: use the homing attack at certain times
the boss fight against knuckles: spam the homing attack

defeating enemies in sonic adventure: press A to jump and A to attack
defeating bosses: press A to jump and A to attack

combos: none
difficulty: none
timing required: none
reflexes: none
fun: none
creativity: none
fun: none
good gameplay: none

*sitting in an empty room* ahhhh my collection of good 3D sonic games is complete

*sitting in an empty room* ahh my collection of good sonic games is complete

ahhhhhhhhh love to play sonic the hedgehog for sega genesis, the game all about going as fast as possible all the time!! *hits a spring that was intentionally placed to slow you down* *hits a wall that was intentionally placed to slow you down* *encounters a puzzle that was intentionally placed to slow you down* *enters a water level that was intentionally placed to slow you down*

i bought sonic mania recently because i've heard so many good things about it and i played a bit
it's... better than the genesis games, slightly. but it's still a sonic game. they thankfully cut out the shitty puzzle sections and underwater bits (okay there was one underwater bit but it was short) that dragged down the genesis games so much, but for some reason they decided to implement the godawful special stages

i stopped playing at flying battery zone because that was clearly where they gave up on the "making a platformer game about going as fast as possible is a good idea" thing and just decided to make it a dull, mediocre platformer

the mean bean machine bit was good though. i liked that. and the aesthetics and music and presentation all kicked ass. but the gameplay itself... bleh