It is a really good platforming game, just like the first game of the series. But again, the only major flaw in the Sonic games is that it's hard to balance speed and platforming, since you can't jump over an enemy/obstacle at high speed, because the human reaction is only about a fifth of a second, which makes it almost impossible to react to super fast stuff, and this makes you have to slow down a lot in a game that should be fast. Zoomed out camera improved gameplay quality a lot.