Hellacia

I'm going to be really honest - this game aged very poorly. While Donkey Kong Jr moves around at the same speed as Mario did in Donkey Kong, the climbing mechanics are too sluggish, especially considering the speed enemies are thrown at you. The game also RARELY gives you opportunities to score points, only awarded when dropping fruit, jumping over enemies, or clearing levels. Skip this and play either DK1 or 3.

It's not Sonic 4: Ep 3, but not as good as say Mania, Sonic 2, or Sonic 3&k. The classic physics based gameplay and level design philosophy is almost perfectly replicated, which noticed right from the first trailer, but it doesn't really do anything to really advance the classic formula like the Rush series did. The emerald powers are useful, but aren't needed to beat the game. Spindash is kinda weak, and I felt the drop dash worked 10x better. The bad: Some of the music is BAAAD. Sounds like Sonic 4 music. Bosses also ****, too much waiting. Level design kinda goes out the window near the end as well. Also some sins related to the PC version: Has a Denuvo implementation, as well as a mandatory installation of the Epic Games Store, even if you buy it from Steam... WTF.

If you can, play on a Series X/S or Xenia. Uncapped framerates really do help out this game.