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  1. Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Trash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  2. Jun 4, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game sucks and i dont even know what to say, no challange its just boost and run, classic sonic is too slippery, tails became a baby and forgot how to fight, and why did wisps came back to the game...
    Really bad game
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  3. May 9, 2023
    0
    It's really very bad game, wtf with level design? It's too short and very bad with stupid stroy
  4. Apr 5, 2023
    1
    argh, sonic forces. I bought this at launch, and it remains my biggest regret.

    You can beat a lot of stages by holding down boost and jumping. No stick movement at all. That should tell you everything about this crap.
  5. Mar 29, 2023
    5
    One of the most boring games I have ever played.

    Sonic Forces is a game that generated a lot of hype through the trailers and clever marketing. The trailers also made the game look more promising than it ended up being. However, the game does not only have bad aspects, but I'll go into more detail now. Pros: - The soundtrack is a masterpiece, as always. - The graphics are good,
    One of the most boring games I have ever played.

    Sonic Forces is a game that generated a lot of hype through the trailers and clever marketing. The trailers also made the game look more promising than it ended up being. However, the game does not only have bad aspects, but I'll go into more detail now.

    Pros:

    - The soundtrack is a masterpiece, as always.
    - The graphics are good, but definitely need improvement, as compared to previous Sonic games like Generations or Unleashed, it unfortunately doesn't come close to those games.
    - Episode Shadow, those 3 levels from the DLC were really a lot more fun for me than any other from the main game.

    Unfortunately, that's it for the positives at this point, let's move on to the cons.

    Cons:

    - The game is VERY short, maximum 2 hours are needed for the complete game. But that's normal, when the stages only last 2 minutes.
    - The story of the game really leaves a lot to be desired. It is so uncreative, boring and sometimes really illogical. In addition, it seems very rushed due to the short game length.
    - The level design is the straightest I've ever seen, I mean it's even straighter than my f***ing ruler xD So straight that even the drift had to be removed.
    - The physics of the game is really trash, really ultra trash. Of all 3 characters.
    - Also a pity is that instead of giving one of the many other characters their role as a playable character again, another char was invented, which in the end was just a 2nd Modern Sonic, so in the end the game consists of 4 Sonics XD (the 4th one is Shadow since he plays 1:1 like Sonic)

    All in all the game has disappointed me very much, and I really hope for the Sonic Team that they make the next game better.
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  6. Mar 26, 2023
    0
    це довольнотаки недооценьонна игра, ті хто каже цо вона говно даже не грали
  7. Dec 29, 2022
    5
    A disappointing sequel to probably the best Sonic Game ever made, Sonic Generations. The levels have little substance with automation being present at an all time high. Sonic is the worst he's ever controlled in the boost games, classic sonic is back but worse in literally every single way, the avatar is like Sonic Colors if it had very imprecise platforming controls with insubstantial andA disappointing sequel to probably the best Sonic Game ever made, Sonic Generations. The levels have little substance with automation being present at an all time high. Sonic is the worst he's ever controlled in the boost games, classic sonic is back but worse in literally every single way, the avatar is like Sonic Colors if it had very imprecise platforming controls with insubstantial and unfun wisps to use. The music is still good, but that goes for 97% of Sonic games, however is backed up by a bad story made worse with borderline false advertising of it being serious, when in reality it just falls back on unfunny and cheap jokes and backpedals on any ideals it tries to present in it's story. Overall not good but a few levels are solid and the character customization is a great idea and should probably be expanded on in another Sonic game... Expand
  8. Dec 25, 2022
    2
    This is hands down the worst Sonic Game ever created. At least 06 tried to be something while this game is a absolute soulless cash-grab, The gameplay is so offensively simple and the level design is impressively inconsistent, Also 3 hours? Pathetic
  9. Dec 6, 2022
    10
    Best Sonic game ever!
    Thank you SEGA for creating this masterpiece! 10/10 MUST PLAY for everyone!
  10. Nov 30, 2022
    10
    Best Sonic game ever!
    Thank you SEGA for creating this masterpiece! 10/10 MUST PLAY for everyone!
  11. Nov 23, 2022
    10
    Best Sonic game ever!
    Thank you SEGA for creating this masterpiece! 10/10 MUST PLAY for everyone!
  12. Nov 19, 2022
    10
    Best Sonic game ever!
    Thank you SEGA for creating this masterpiece! 10/10 MUST PLAY for everyone!
  13. Nov 18, 2022
    10
    Best Sonic game ever!
    Thank you SEGA for creating this masterpiece! 10/10 MUST PLAY for everyone!
  14. Nov 18, 2022
    10
    Best Sonic game ever!
    Thank you SEGA for creating this masterpiece! 10/10 MUST PLAY for everyone!
  15. Nov 15, 2022
    6
    The game is polished, it doesn't have many bugs, the presentation is nice.

    Unfortunately that's all the positive aspects. The game is INCREDIBLY bland, lacks any substance, feels uninspired and unoriginal and boring. It's not bad... but it's not good either.

    This is truly one of the games of all time, and nothing more.
  16. Oct 16, 2022
    2
    This game is quite...whelming. The level design is uninspired, characters do not control well (classic sonic being the biggest offender), the story is not good, the soundtrack is not as good compared to previous titles, this is just a downgrade in all aspects to what Generations offered, and this game tries to be like it a large amount considering classic sonic did not need to be here. IThis game is quite...whelming. The level design is uninspired, characters do not control well (classic sonic being the biggest offender), the story is not good, the soundtrack is not as good compared to previous titles, this is just a downgrade in all aspects to what Generations offered, and this game tries to be like it a large amount considering classic sonic did not need to be here. I played this in 1 day, completed it, and promptly forgot about it. This isn't worth 40 dollars, or roughly one dollar you are paying per stage that lasts just barely under 2 minutes oftentimes. Expand
  17. Sep 23, 2022
    8
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    MIDIA PARE DE DIZER COISAS NADA A VER COM A REALIDADE ´POR FAVOR
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  18. Sep 15, 2022
    4
    The Story Is Garbage,Terrible Writing All The Characters Control WAY To Stiff Its Press X To Win. Don't Buy It Its Garbo I'm Not Even Gonna Go In Depth Its Boring And If Your Gonna Play It Get The Mods, Because They Attempt To Fix A Game That Cannot Be Fixed. Oh And The Graphics Are Not Better Than Sonic Unleashed IN 2008!. Its Very Slow And Bad The Only Good Is That It Made Sega LearnThe Story Is Garbage,Terrible Writing All The Characters Control WAY To Stiff Its Press X To Win. Don't Buy It Its Garbo I'm Not Even Gonna Go In Depth Its Boring And If Your Gonna Play It Get The Mods, Because They Attempt To Fix A Game That Cannot Be Fixed. Oh And The Graphics Are Not Better Than Sonic Unleashed IN 2008!. Its Very Slow And Bad The Only Good Is That It Made Sega Learn What To Not Do And Mabey Frontiers Is Good, and that The Pre Release GCI Was Alright. if i Ever Play It Again its For Achievements Or If I'm Playing All The Boost Games. i give it a 4 Because Of The Mods. Expand
  19. Sep 14, 2022
    4
    (Opinión rehecha abajo)
    Es un buen juego y sega hizo buen trabajo. No es una revolución, mas bien es un juego para mantener vivo al personaje por que da para mas. La jugabilidad esta bien hasta cierto punto, sonic moderno tuvo sus típicas fases frenéticas y de implemento bien la nueva jugabilidad del avatar que aparte tenia una personalización infinita y para todos los gustos, el único
    (Opinión rehecha abajo)
    Es un buen juego y sega hizo buen trabajo. No es una revolución, mas bien es un juego para mantener vivo al personaje por que da para mas. La jugabilidad esta bien hasta cierto punto, sonic moderno tuvo sus típicas fases frenéticas y de implemento bien la nueva jugabilidad del avatar que aparte tenia una personalización infinita y para todos los gustos, el único que fue en declive fue el de Classic sonic que “cojeaba” en aspectos como su velocidad que sentía a veces que se frenaba y en el spin dash que era lo que me gustaba del del generations, eso si implementaron el drop dash que podía mas o menos fácilmente eclipsar lo demás.
    En general me gusto la historia, no era un sonic adventure 2 obviamente pero mejor que los últimos juegos después de unleashed. Eso si tenia huecos argumentales y algún que otro fallo de lo que podía ser la historia como que : “por que silver aparece en la resistencia así de la nada” o, el poco o nulo protagonismo de Chaos. Lo otro bueno son la participación constante en la historia de los amigos de Sonic , excepto de tails y Classic sonic. Lo otro bueno son los niveles, que en general todos me gusto mucho el diseño con una calidad grafica bastante buena para ser una portátil donde también los 920 p no se notan, aparte opino que me impresiono como sega logro hacer que el control del personaje sea como de 60 fps a pesar de que el juego valla a 30fps .Lo ultimo malo seria que los jefes son fáciles y un poco igual los niveles que de ves en cuando te cuesta sacar una S.
    Nota 10/10

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    5 años han pasado, no solo he logrado un juicio critico completamente superior a esa época si no que, incluso en aquel tiempo sabia en mi interior que estaba siendo benévolo con sonic, por que honestamente en aquel tiempo también me sentí decepcionado, pero nunca me pareció justo el trato que estaba recibiendo sonic y por eso decidí defenderlo. Aun así y aunque siga defendiéndolo en muchos sentidos, creo que debo ser justo con este juego y exponer mi nueva perspectiva critica.

    Evidentemente era un juego con el propósito de mantener al sonic moderno "vivo" en el mercado, uno completamente mediocre y que es hasta un poco triste.
    El diseño de niveles de sonic moderno se vio limitado a pasillos con apenas una que otra ruta diferente que al final vuelve al mismo camino rápidamente, no se recompensa en casi ningún sentido el esfuerzo por querer encontrar mejores formas de pasar el nivel, sobre todo por que hagas lo que hagas o como quieras hacerlo podrás obtener una S super fácilmente. El personaje es super estático y el homing attack es mucho peor utilizado en el diseño del nivel, sin decir que se siente mas torpe, lo demás lo típico, todo muy automatizado, super corto y con físicas limitadas.

    Nuestro personaje tiene un customize bastante pobre, personalmente no exijo mucho en un customizador y aun así sentí que todo era super simple. El diseño de niveles del personaje esta OK, realmente no es que me haya impactado ningún nivel y en realidad no soy el mayor fan de los wisp ni de cerca, pero si admito es algo que diversifica mucho la manera en que puedas pasarte los niveles, y los con Sonic en general estaban bn.

    Classic sonic sigue siendo medianamente disfrutable, pero su control y físicas fue contundentemente empeorado con respeto a generations, a veces tiene un diseño agradable, a veces es completamente olvidable.

    La historia es de lo peor de todo sonic, Ken Pontac creo que ha sido el escritor desde Colors y es de lo mas reprochable que ha tenido Sonic desde que existe, colors si bien tiene un desarrollo super infantil y con un sonic simplificado a solo bromas, no se tomaba en serio y el contexto seguía siendo un poco interesante, en Generations la historia es una justificación básica sin relevancia, Lost World fue una cosa rara, pero en Sonic Forces la historia se pasa de pretenciosa, intentado tomarse en serio varias veces, con personajes que están absolutamente infantilizados. Un montón de fanservice , ya sea los villanos, los secundarios, sonic clasico o tails, todos tienen un impacto casi nulo en lo que pasa y solo son justificados por una "guerra" de la que ni sabemos de como se llego ahí, y creando incongruencias completas con algunos como silver o Knuckles (como casi siempre). Aparte, ¿y las esmeraldas? ¿No era un momento obvio para ocuparlas o buscarlas?. Y bueno infinite es un villano planísimo y "edgy".

    Lo demás, apartado grafico decente, visual bastante bueno, música que incluso siendo obviamente mainstream la considero bastante buena (No la mejor de un Sonic ni de cerca), y pues todo al final para un cierre fácil y con un mensaje que queda super intrascendente y tiempo de juego mínimo, que ni si quiera el precio reducido justifica.
    Para mi de los peores juegos de Sonic, prefiero 06. 4/10
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  20. Aug 1, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра хорошая, но со своими под водными камнями, например сюжет. Он тут неплохой, но довольно посредственный, но мне нравится, после того же сюжета Sonic Colors и Last world имеет какую никакую серьёзность. Геймплей мне тоже понравился, буст как по мне сбалансированный, и в игре платформинга не очень много, есть неплохие нововведения. Многие жалуются на физику, но у меня с ней проблем не было,в игре только один момент связанный с классик соником
    , и всё. А тот момент с неподвижными и не реагирующими роботами только один в игре, но все таки хотелось бы больше подвижности врагов. Но некоторой логики в игре нет, да и некоторые моменты смущают, да и боссы лёгкие в придачу с казуальностью в так что 7 баллов
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  21. Jun 7, 2022
    6
    I had my fun with it, but this game does not give enough of what I enjoyed from games like Generations or Colors, which is pretty bad considering this game is made by the same team that brought us those other two. What it does right is capturing the essence of Sonic's boost formula or Classic Sonic levels from Gens, but the heavy controls, and over-automated level designs don't seem toI had my fun with it, but this game does not give enough of what I enjoyed from games like Generations or Colors, which is pretty bad considering this game is made by the same team that brought us those other two. What it does right is capturing the essence of Sonic's boost formula or Classic Sonic levels from Gens, but the heavy controls, and over-automated level designs don't seem to compliment either of those styles of gameplay.

    The story takes itself too seriously in some areas, and in other areas, not serious enough. Overall, it's a pretty mediocre game even when considered outside of being a Sonic fan.

    It seems that in this new era of Sonic games, we're getting shorter levels filled to brim with crutches, quicker and stickier game controls, and mediocre packages that don't give us enough bang for our buck. They're looking to be more ambitious with this new title (Frontiers) coming out, but only time will tell.
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  22. Jun 7, 2022
    4
    Not a terrible game but a below average game at best or maybe average because this game was in development for a long time and even if most of it went into the engine it was no excuse on how the story, gameplay, and cutscenes feels half baked and i beated this game in 2 hours why? Well mainly because the stages felt short and lifeless compared to other sonic games where even short stagesNot a terrible game but a below average game at best or maybe average because this game was in development for a long time and even if most of it went into the engine it was no excuse on how the story, gameplay, and cutscenes feels half baked and i beated this game in 2 hours why? Well mainly because the stages felt short and lifeless compared to other sonic games where even short stages gave you a wild experience Forces lacks that unfortunately. Create a character is a cool concept but feels like wasted development time, speaking of which classic sonic is the prime example of that and the problem with the 2010's Sonic games Over reliance on nostalgia and half baked games. Expand
  23. Jun 5, 2022
    4
    As a Sonic fan, I must say this game is not good. Simplistic level design, stiff controls without any momentum or challenge. Story would be better if not for a lot of contrived moments and undermining other characters.
  24. Jun 4, 2022
    10
    absolutely love this game. game is action packed, fun, love the OC creator, and story. overall just fantastic game.
  25. May 14, 2022
    3
    Level design is non-existent, physics are actual garbage(because they built the game off Lost World for some reason), and the story is so laughably bad that it HURTS to have to go through.

    Classic Sonic is back for the sake of 'nostalgia,' and his physics are extremely clunky. It should've been a one time thing in Generations, but they brought him back for some god awful reason.
    Level design is non-existent, physics are actual garbage(because they built the game off Lost World for some reason), and the story is so laughably bad that it HURTS to have to go through.

    Classic Sonic is back for the sake of 'nostalgia,' and his physics are extremely clunky. It should've been a one time thing in Generations, but they brought him back for some god awful reason.

    Wispons for the avatar are broken and unbalanced; they give you the most OP one right off the bat and it just removes any challenge from the game there would have been. The avatar is a nice way to encourage replayability, but the levels are so garbage, uninspired(the levels in the game range from green hill, chemical plant, random burning city, casino night, etc, all levels from past games), so even with the avatar I didn't want to replay any.

    Extremely disappointing game that takes multiple steps backwards from what was previously established in Generations. If you want a good boost game, play Gens instead.
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  26. Apr 14, 2022
    0
    Sega, uma EA 2.0. Por causa de um filmezinho, acha-se a dona do mundo e aumenta o preço de jogos antigos, como se fosse um sinônimo de sucesso. Agora, só torrent.
  27. Dec 18, 2021
    0
    Sonic Forces has levels that are either shallow, gimmicky and boring or just broken, with just a few exceptions in the whole game. Sonic 3D controls are correct but incomplete, lacking Drift and Air Dash. Sonic 2D controls are decent. Avatar's controls are a mess, the character goes from walking to dashing in a second, even if you slightly press the stick and this results in cheap deathsSonic Forces has levels that are either shallow, gimmicky and boring or just broken, with just a few exceptions in the whole game. Sonic 3D controls are correct but incomplete, lacking Drift and Air Dash. Sonic 2D controls are decent. Avatar's controls are a mess, the character goes from walking to dashing in a second, even if you slightly press the stick and this results in cheap deaths because of the levels that don't fit in this control scheme because you have to walk longer than a second before jumping and just before jumping you accidentally dash and fall off.

    The first levels of Sonic Forces are disappointing and the last levels are infuriating. Two boss battles are fine and creative (Zavok and Mystic Jungle Infinite), two of the three battles against Infinite are confusing and the final battle is challenging in the wrong way. The music and presentation is the best that the game has to offer, since the story relies too heavily on negative feelings and death in a serious way instead of cartoony and comical like before. The first time you play the game you'll get tons of notices with useless cosmetics for your avatar. This is not the worst Sonic game ever but it's certainly the most disappointing. If Sonic Generations is 10/10, this is 1/10.
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  28. Dec 11, 2021
    9
    one of the best games in sonic, i think it's pretty cool it's fast it has several cool stages, there are many green hills but they are totally different, each one with its own difference, one of the only problems of the game is that it is too short and the classic physics is not very good
  29. Nov 3, 2021
    1
    This game is the worst what i seen before at STH franchise. This semi-game is just awful, the amount that the developers are asking is not fair, I'd rather buy some old games than spend that amount for SF
  30. Oct 19, 2021
    9
    Sonic Forces is quite a good game, finally it returns the serious tones after Sonic lost world and Sonic boom, quite good story, normal gameplay and i am surprised why this game has so much negative to this game..
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

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  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Mar 2, 2018
    60
    Only the nostalgic levels really work, but if you want another run across cult classic Green Hill Zone, you can always launch Sonic Mania that came out back in August. [Issue#226, p.59]
  2. CD-Action
    Feb 8, 2018
    50
    Sonic Forces’ few merits (like the soundtrack) are not enough to offset primitive gameplay, crude level design, poor pacing that completely obliterates the sense of speed, and the script that resembles a fanfic. [01/2018, p.42]
  3. Jan 18, 2018
    30
    I won’t pretend that Sonic Forces is a disappointment – it telegraphed its kitchen sink approach to content a long time ago. Desperately trying to please every kind of Sonic fan, it is every bit the mishmash of half realised ideas vying for your attention that it seemed like it would be. I guess I just never expected that their attempts to hold that attention would be so feeble.