Surprised I have not seen this interview posted around yet. I enjoyed how straightforward and honest it was.
So for the past two weeks or so I've finally stopped being a lazy ass and worked for multiple hours on end sessions on this Sonic Adventure video I talked about writing on here almost a year ago lol. Happy to receive feedback:
Good video! A lot of passion went into this! I loved the part where you mentioned that the dialog between characters is changed depending on the one you are currently playing, I felt that was an especially underrated aspect of the game's storytelling. I also think you have a very clear speaking voice and had a lot of great writing in your script to boot. You certainly did a better job than I would do on those fronts, hah.
I was expecting you to go more in depth with the development and mention stuff like how it was originally designed for the Saturn or how pre-release footage was at a much slower speed (which would explain why the final game is so 'twitchy'). Although I share pretty much your exact feelings on the game I think it would have helped your video to focus on the odd things Sonic Team focused on in development rather than mostly just DX shitting up it's legacy (even though that is the biggest reason people feel the way that they do). Stuff like the characters having moving eyes and heads that track points of interest were insane for the time, but animating the teeth and tongues (something still not really done in today's games) on top of it was a clearly poor choice that only made the game look weirder. It is also pretty clear to me personally that tons of content was scrapped very late in development too, like how it seems like Amy's zones were designed around stealth but they just gave up.
And this is not a nitpick of your video, but I just find the hate Big's levels get to be kinda outrageous. Yeah, his gameplay sucks and does not suit any Sonic game, but unless you are going for all of the emblems all but one of his levels start with Froggy literally right in front of you. If his story was just an optional extra and not part of what you need to unlock the Super Sonic story I wonder if many people would even complain about him honestly.