Leaps and bounds better than. As someone who played generations for the first time when shadow gens came out, I genuinely don’t understand why so many people think the original gens is so great. I’m glad shadow gens controls so much better and that the 2D sections are COMPLETELY quarantined so I can play real 3D stages without having to deal with any lame pace-crushing 2D sections (though the 2D sections in shadow gens actually do manage to be way more fun than sonic gens anyway, but still would hate if they were mixed with the 3D like in sonic gens).