 <unk> Khan of Hardcore Gamer felt that it was a worthy successor to the 1994 game Sonic 3 & Knuckles — which he considered the series ' pinnacle — and that it was " perhaps the most Sonic game to have come out since 1994 , one that feels like a true evolution and more importantly a resounding step forward . " Jonatan Allin of the Danish version of Eurogamer , who had not enjoyed any Sonic games since the Genesis era , concurred with Khan . Polygon 's Griffin McElroy argued that Freedom Planet successfully performs " a difficult balancing act , borrowing and transforming elements from games like Sonic the Hedgehog and Rocket Knight Adventures without coming off as derivative " . McElroy and Pablo Taboada of the Spanish @-@ language website <unk> both compared the game to the work of developer Treasure . Taboada lamented the game 's obscurity and suggested that , had Treasure obtained the rights to Sonic and released Freedom Planet as an official sequel , it would have been more popular . 
