▁Game S py ▁called ▁Son ic ▁R ▁" a ▁concept ▁that ▁works ▁better ▁in ▁theory ▁than ▁in ▁practice " — des p ite ▁its ▁" f ant astic ▁( if ▁not ▁b izar re ) ▁sound track ". ▁Con vers ely , ▁Jeux video . com , ▁in ▁a ▁negative ▁review ▁of ▁Son ic ▁G ems ▁Collection , ▁pra ised ▁the ▁game , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁decent ▁game ▁in ▁the ▁compilation ▁alongside ▁Son ic ▁CD . ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁ret ros pective , ▁Game ▁Inform er ▁described ▁the ▁game ▁as ▁" de cent , ▁but ▁un mem or able ", ▁while ▁Games Rad ar ▁included ▁Son ic ▁R ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁list ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁ 5 0 ▁S ega ▁Sat urn ▁games , ▁calling ▁it ▁" a ▁technical ▁tour ▁de ▁force ". ▁Game Tra ilers ▁ranked ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁second ▁worst ▁Son ic ▁game , ▁behind ▁ 2 0 0 6 ' s ▁Son ic ▁the ▁H edge h og . ▁Game ▁designer ▁H iro kaz u ▁Y as uh ara , ▁who ▁helped ▁Tra v eller ' s ▁T ales ▁re work ▁the ▁game ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁concerns ▁over ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁a ▁preview ▁version , ▁has ▁maintained ▁that ▁" the ▁final ▁version ▁of ▁Son ic ▁R ▁is ▁actually ▁quite ▁good   ... ▁However , ▁I ▁do ▁admit ▁that ▁the ▁base ▁concept ▁of ▁Son ic ▁R , ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁player ▁' d riv es ' ▁running ▁characters ,