Its approximation of the original Sonic games’ physics engine is uncanny, and as any Sonic fan will tell you, this is no small feat.
Sonic Mania plays like a game that would have been made by veteran game developers. Mania has been slobbered over by every outlet under the sun (including, thank heavens, Forbes, who called it a “ brilliant and focused return to form”).
Sonic Mania-the newest Sonic game, which is available on PC and every major game console-seems to have singlehandedly quashed that cynicism, but you don’t need the Mercury to tell you that.