you know i usualy reserve my spergy rant for retro indie game "inspired" by some old classic, but this is actualy pretty well done, the level are quite bigs, there are a lot of enemies, each level has it's own gimmick, there are giant big boss with well determined pattern and the graphics are really well done, it looks and feel like a proper retro genesis side-scroller rather than just trying to go "LOOK! LOOK! SONIC! YOU LIKE SONIC DON'T YOU?"
the level are structured like sonics, there are springs, loops-de-loops, things that propel you into other things, and it's possible to proceed through multiple path, some path leads to secret cards that you can collect, unlike sonic you do have an health bar which is quite bigs but it's not big enough that it makes the game a total cakewalk especialy in the later levels
you control 3 characters, lilac is a "dragon" i put it the air quote because even if the game declares she's a dragon, she looks like blaze the cat after some guys on deviantart decide to make the design more similiar to sonic, lilac can double jump and mostly important can propel herself in the air like you would do in rocket knight adventures, then comes carol who's a green cat, she can glide,stick to the wall and do a rapid kick a-la chunli, she can also picks tank of gas scattered through the level, when she picks one she summon a motorcycle that let you double jump and walk on walls or ceiling, it's pretty funny to look at and it feels great! lastly comes milla who's a blonde timid bunny that i can't help but think that she's there just to remind us that sonic fans also doubles as furries! milla can fly around and has the ability of attacking by making blocks out of thin air and throw them at enemies and can also digs hidden power-up but for some reason she can't access many of the stages
and mmm... i don't think i have anything else to say, the game has a LOT of cutscenes for a sidescroller platform, the story is very corny and it's about an evil alien overlord trying to steal some giant diamond so that he can become even more evil and overlordish, there are a lot of other animal characters too including a surprising number of panda's and another cat guy who like to sulks around BECAUSE HE HAS TO FIND HIS FATHER KILLER! once again with all of the animal characters, it kinda reminds me of rocket knight adventures... some of the cutscenes also tends to feel like they are trying too hard to pander to the PC crowd, i mean in one of them all of the girls have a girls night and when one of them ask about the single male character of the group, one of the other answer "maybe he was afraid to get the cooties" the cutscenes are all voiced, in fact there is a lot of voice acting, in one of the level you infiltrate the villain base and as you progress through the level you can hear him barking orders at his mook which is a really cool detail, i tought this was pretty funny considering the recent mighty no.9 debacle
