Graphics: 10/10
The graphics in this game are phenomenal! The textures are very well done, the character models (the character w/out textures) are very well done, and there's bloom! BLOOM! In most of the cutscenes, and a few of the levels, it looks like it's being played on the 360!

Sound: 9.5/10
The soundtrack to this game takes a minor turn from the usual Sonic music style of rock and instead goes to fully orchestrated. Almost all of the levels have really good music, but the Werehog levels have too much of that Rouge level in SA2 feeling, and hate that kind of music. Don't be disappointed, there's rock in here, but only in the credits.

Gameplay: 8/10
The Sonic levels are intense and really fast-paced in this game, which does take some getting used to. This was actually my first Sonic game where I was able to go insanely fast WITHOUT crashing into something! The reason for that is that it takes the speed from the original Sonic games where it was completely focused around speed and just shifted the camera angle to behind Sonic, so now I know what's coming. The only thing I don't really like that much in this game are the Werehog levels. They aren't bad, but once you reach a certain level of strength, the enemies are just mere flies. The bosses are fun, but otherwise, the levels are very tedious and repetitive. The battling of large enemies who are actually a match are fun, though there's not many of those guys around! It's basically like the game Afro Samurai; battling is a blast, but sometimes there's not enough enemies and the platforming sucks. At the end of the game, the gameplay changes to something never before used in a Sonic game, but you can find out about that awesomeness for yourself!

Story:8/10

This story is very original and Sonic-like. Eggman is once again trying to take over the world, but this time he's trying to harness the power of a beast that lives in the core of the earth named Dark Gaia. Sonic finds and makes friends with a little red flying guy whom he named Chip for his intense appetite for dessert food. Sonic had to name him himself because Chip had lost his memory. Later on, Chip turns out to be... well, you can find that out for yourself too.

Overall: 8.5-9.5/10
This game is awesome! Although being filled with awesome blueness, it just didn't reach its potential. There's not enough Sonic levels in the 360 version, and although the Wii/Wii disc could handle it, they took out some of these said levels! They also took out the free-roam style towns, in place for 2D characters that talk to you through text bubbles. If Sega had focused more on the too-much-speed-to-handle Sonic levels than the repetitive with some really cool (*cough*boss*cough*) fights in between, then this game would be able to completely match up the the expectations of a game like Mirror's Edge, which Ksxx SHOULD review. Overall, this game is great, no doubt about it, but it could've been so much greater if Sega had just kept its mind on speed almost the entire time.

Call me nerd one more time...