But is it correct to say that maintaining momentum is basically not an intended outcome when playing a new level? Like if you just want to get through the game once, no amount of skill will let you do this without fairly detailed prior knowledge of the level. That just seemed really shitty to me.
Yeah as a new player you get some tastes of continued momentum, and in some early levels you can stumble into a path where you run through almost the whole thing, but you're going to get stopped at various points throughout the game.
You couldn't save your progress in the original sonic games, so if you liked the game you ended up playing through it a lot. There are a lot of various paths through the levels.
I don't find it shitty or not really, just a different game mechanic.
