this is one of the only open world sonic games and they did very good. I like the that sonic team tried something new back in the day. the game play is fun and the sound track is boppin, especially the sound track for the saturn version. the special stages are also fun and there are 14 of them! the bosses are also very fun and the first boss feels like a boss from sonic 3 that I don't remember where the boss is fought. overall, sonic 3d blast is an amazing game.