I got Reicast working on my Nvidia Shield, so I went on a bit of a handheld Sega Dreamcast kick lately. I’m about 8 stages into Sonic Adventure 1.
In the early 2000’s I played a stage or two on the Gamecube version, then lost interest. Today it seems way better than I remember it. I know it catches a lot of flack for the wonky camera and tedious walking and talking in between action stages. But I’m really in love with the bright, colorful set pieces, the rock and roll soundtrack, and the self-referential bits like when Sonic flies through the first stage of Nights into Dreams, or recycled tunes from Sonic 3D blast playing during Windy Valley or Twinkle Park.
Sonic Adventure’s weaknesses grow more obvious the farther you play into the game, but I think it’s way better than Sonic’s more recent titles. The whole thing kinda reminds me of when Freedom Planet was about to come out. I got so excited that my friends got tired of me talking about it. A part of me still wants really badly to be a fan of Sonic, but it's hard to do because he’s taken the same path as Mega Man or Castlevania.