Sonic Forces

 PlayStation 4
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  1. Blonic
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Precisava de ser mais longo. A história despacha o vilão principal no final, e ficamos sem saber o que lhe aconteceu. E acaba aqui? Sem continuação? Sega, por favor.
  2. turbo_dweeb
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    this "gmae" is very definitely A LOT more bad than the other sonic video gmaemaes
  3. 113
    Jul 27, 2023
    2
    Good song, only reason why i gets a 2. What is this game even about? And what the H*** happened to MR Edgelord boss guy. he said he will be back and then kind of leaves presently. Please to better Sega.
  4. zlt
    Jul 18, 2023
    2
    Does It Really Deserve The Good Reviews? There's No Level Design Bad Story And No Super Sonic Boss Fight. And They Completely Ruined Tails's Character Too!. And Also Why Is Super Sonic DLC It Should Be In The Base Game! Yeah Because Sega "FORCED" Classic Sonic In Forces Witch Isn't The Worst Thing In The World But They Messed Up him too!. I Mean Who Made This Mistake...?
  5. Sonica
    May 9, 2023
    0
    It's really very bad game, wtf with level design? It's too short and very bad with stupid stroy
  6. Super_Oshawott
    Feb 8, 2023
    3
    The fact that people call this game better than Frontiers is revolting. Sonic Forces may be one of the most dissapointing gaming experiences i have ever had.

    I remember being so excited for this game in 2017. When i finished it my first time, i actually quite enjoyed it (I was 14). However, going back, forces strips the series to its bare basic traits, making all of the characters    The fact that people call this game better than Frontiers is revolting. Sonic Forces may be one of the most dissapointing gaming experiences i have ever had.

    I remember being so excited for this game in 2017. When i finished it my first time, i actually quite enjoyed it (I was 14). However, going back, forces strips the series to its bare basic traits, making all of the characters forget everything they learned in the past 15 games. Worst one being Tails.

    While the gameplay is nothing special for modern sonic and the avatar, Classic Sonic was absolutely terrible. And it sucks, because the team showed us how they can do it right a few years earlier with Generations. Basically, Please avoid buying this game at full price at all costs.    … Expand
  7. Soul-Silver
    Nov 27, 2022
    1
    this game is just horrible awful gameplay and for the first time in history sonic has a bad OST because of this game i dont recommend this to anyone
  8. Dwideshrude
    Nov 8, 2022
    0
    Up there with The worst GAMES of all time. Never mind Sonic games. It is literally one of the worst, jankiest, and most unplayable games I have ever witnessed.
  9. Shamp058
    Nov 19, 2022
    3
    This game sucks. Through and through. Awful level design, bad controls, terrible story, 2 hour run time. The only redeeming factors are that the speedruning is decently fun, the character creator is pretty great, the music is good (like always), and the visuals are okay. Overall though, terrible game
  10. Rocket04
    Nov 19, 2022
    3
    This game is the text book example of being lazy. I can understand this was Sonic Teams first game on 8th Generation Hardware, but I have to be fair in my review and this game just doesn't meet expectations. The levels are lifeless and bland due to the level design feeling inorganic, and blocky. The art design is very boring, leaving the visuals washed out. I can see what they we're goingThis game is the text book example of being lazy. I can understand this was Sonic Teams first game on 8th Generation Hardware, but I have to be fair in my review and this game just doesn't meet expectations. The levels are lifeless and bland due to the level design feeling inorganic, and blocky. The art design is very boring, leaving the visuals washed out. I can see what they we're going for with the games visual direction. Eggman taking over the world though isn't shown very well throughout the levels. The characters are all bad to play, and will complete levels in less then a minute. Classic Sonic was not needed for the game, and the Avatar, while cool you can make your own character, it's still too restrictive to be fun. The game's biggest fault is it's story. The story is poorly written and paced, all the characters are out of character, and don't take the events seriously. Lastly, the game is too short, only being 2/1 Hours long, which is too short for a Sonic game. I feel like Sonic Team could of done really good, if not held back by the low budget. Please do not buy this game.… Expand
  11. Chronos2603
    Nov 14, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game really fails at immersion. The story is an absolute mess. It barely makes sense. Infinite's backstory is terrible. The characters don't show enough emotion. The level design is poor and very short. The bosses are underwhelming. The only positive thing about the game is character customization.… Expand
  12. emiplaynintendo
    Nov 13, 2022
    4
    One of the most painfully generic Sonic games out there. It is easily my least favorite game in the franchise, not even the soundtrack can save it. Automation, lack of creative level design, awful story, and boring as heck, the 4 year wait wasn't worth it.
  13. ShiryuGrayson
    Nov 9, 2022
    4
    Plain, boring. You're finding nothing special with this game. barely something good to find on it, but it could also be much worse
  14. Juno_Gin
    Nov 8, 2022
    0
    Sonic Forces is probably one of the worst games of 2017. It only showed to us at the time that Sonic Team is still imcompetent at making a game.
  15. RoboKabutops
    Nov 7, 2022
    0
    this game brings back tramatic childhood memories of when my dad would run fast like sonic while chasing me with the belt
  16. Ixss-805
    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    … Expand
  17. Resetto
    Sep 6, 2022
    4
    This game is just really boring and forgettable with shockingly bad controls.
  18. LittleSticker
    Aug 26, 2022
    2
    the game had so much potential
    infinite had so much potential
    ost is still fire like every other sonic game
  19. DianeTheGamer
    Jun 29, 2022
    0
    Not only the worst sonic game I've ever played but the worst game I've ever played. I wouldn't give this game to my worst enemy. Unfinished levels, controls are horrible, the music isn't even good, level layouts bad, tried charging you extra money for super sonic. Just skip this, it's horrible. Horrible writing as well.
  20. HuevoAlce
    Jun 27, 2022
    4
    I don't understand why you people like Sonic. It sucks. It always has. Go away Sonic.
  21. mikufan84
    Jun 20, 2022
    4
    The only sonic game to make me feel extremely bored, tired and exhausted. By the time I almost finished the game in one sitting, I felt drained, sad and disappointed by the horrible localization, the extremely short levels (no thanks to the limitations of their engine, as clarified by Digitalfoundry), the lack of depth in its script and generally unmotivated mindset. What I think this gameThe only sonic game to make me feel extremely bored, tired and exhausted. By the time I almost finished the game in one sitting, I felt drained, sad and disappointed by the horrible localization, the extremely short levels (no thanks to the limitations of their engine, as clarified by Digitalfoundry), the lack of depth in its script and generally unmotivated mindset. What I think this game symbolizes, is a product of developers who knew not what they wanted to do, but what they COULD do to please their fanbase without any artistic inspiration or motivation. The result, a truly pathetic game that has some graphically impressive moments and some good music at times, but does not feel like a game. Its automated physics and controls make you feel like you're passing a vacuum on a dirty carpet. You go in single directions, trying to get through the madness and garbage with minimal effort that even a child could accomplish without any skills.… Expand
  22. jacktwelve
    May 29, 2022
    4
    Huge letdown. This could've and should've been way better than what it is. This game is 6th boost sonic game and in my personal opinion the worst one due to it lack luster level design and super easy ranking system. Classic sonic is worst than what he was in generations due to the inferior physics. the custom hero feels like sonic but with clunky controls. The biggest issue with this gameHuge letdown. This could've and should've been way better than what it is. This game is 6th boost sonic game and in my personal opinion the worst one due to it lack luster level design and super easy ranking system. Classic sonic is worst than what he was in generations due to the inferior physics. the custom hero feels like sonic but with clunky controls. The biggest issue with this game is the levels are super basic and short. just when a level starts to get kind of fun the level ends. The story is total cringe and feels like imitation of the early 2000's sonic game plot with out understanding why people liked those stories in the first place.… Expand
  23. KibaChiefMX
    Apr 13, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La trama está muy mal elaborada, Sonic se la pasa haciendo chistes malos a cada rato a Infinite cuando se supone que Infinite es el villano, Cosas buenas del juego es que su banda Sonora UFFFF, es excelente aunque todos los Sonic tienen muy buena banda Sonora así que por eso no hay queja, también Infinite me pareció un buen villano y que por fin eggman esta enojado en este juego, cosas que me gustaría que mejoren es la historia y que a Tails dejen de tratarlo como un inútil… Expand
  24. MrCell
    Feb 6, 2022
    2
    Can't give it a 0 out of 10 because the game does have some value, but this is without a doubt the most boring sonic game I have ever played. I beat the whole game within 2 1/2 hours and I could of beat it in half the time if I skipped the cutscenes. I played it all the way through on hard and only died twice. This whole game is on easy mode even on the hard difficulty, they recycled bossCan't give it a 0 out of 10 because the game does have some value, but this is without a doubt the most boring sonic game I have ever played. I beat the whole game within 2 1/2 hours and I could of beat it in half the time if I skipped the cutscenes. I played it all the way through on hard and only died twice. This whole game is on easy mode even on the hard difficulty, they recycled boss fights and the story is so rushed and stupid. There is some neat stuff with the custom character, but their gameplay is somehow even more boring and easy then sonics because you get gear that makes you op and that makes platforming way too easy. The only people that would probably enjoy this would be kids under the age of 12 Though one positive I'm able to find with this game Is that it has a really good soundtrack, somehow, sega games never fail at delivering that. To summarize, Sonic Forces is rushed, boring, way too easy, and lacks any form of uniqueness or character.… Expand
  25. multiplat_gamer
    Dec 18, 2021
    1
    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.    … Expand
  26. JimPickens
    Dec 17, 2021
    4
    Sonic Forces is a... "game", I say "game" because well... you don't really play it, the game plays itself, at most you'll pushing forward and every few minutes pressing the X button, if you're lucky.

    Sonic Forces isn't the worst Sonic game ever, but it's hardly even a game, it's cutscenes followed by cutscenes where you press a button sometimes. In this fun adventure, Eggman wins and    Sonic Forces is a... "game", I say "game" because well... you don't really play it, the game plays itself, at most you'll pushing forward and every few minutes pressing the X button, if you're lucky.

    Sonic Forces isn't the worst Sonic game ever, but it's hardly even a game, it's cutscenes followed by cutscenes where you press a button sometimes. In this fun adventure, Eggman wins and tortures Sonic for 6 months... No really. The game opens with Sonic getting pummeled by some of his past antagonists while Tails sits in the corner and watches his best friend get beaten up... NO REALLY. Cut to 6 months later, Sonic is believed to be dead, Tails has "lost it", Knuckles is a war general and Silver is there despite the fact he shouldn't know anybody in this timeline... no... really.

    Returning this game are some nostalgia bait, Classic Sonic is back and controls worse than ever, he has no momentum and will stop like he has bricks tied to his feet, his gameplay is the worst. Chaos from Adventure, who's in like 2 scenes, dies in one hit and doesn't even get a boss fight... TTTTTTTHANKS SEGA. Shadow who does nothing before the real Shadow shows up and Metal Sonic, who is Metal Sonic and does Metal Sonic things. Overall a bunch of nostalgia bait, and Shadow, that ultimately goes nowhere and just wastes your time, and as an Adventure fan p*sses me off. Why did Chaos come back? Why didn't he get a boss fight? WHY DID TAILS COWER FROM HIM WHEN HE DEFEATED CHAOS 4 IN ADVENTURE?! It's just aggravating.

    The story is frankly boring as sin, Sonic "dies" for 3 minutes before he shows back up, your OC is pointless but I guess kids will get a kick out of it, I know I would've as a kid, and he side characters do nothing, Knuckles is a war general... again yes really, but he doesn't actually... DO anything, he just tells you what to do and but some explanation for why HE'S the general would be nice, also isn't he meant to be guarding the Master Emerald? How does he have time for any of this? Then there's Silver who just... shouldn't know any of these people, and where is Blaze? I thought she was his guardian or something, where'd she go? And hey remember how he beat the p*ss out of Sonic in 06? Well he doesn't last 5 seconds against Infinite, which should make you think Infinite would be nigh on unkillable, but he has 3 whole boss fights and he goes down like a chump in each one, ONE IS AGAINST THE OC! ARE YOU TELLING ME MY OC IS STRONGER THAN SILVER!? WHY?! Then there's Shadow who... literally does nothing, he shows up to explain that Eggman makes clones of the 4 villains earli- wait why does he make clones of Metal? He's a robot just make more... and Shadow there are so many Shadow clones JUST MAKE MORE SHADOW CLONES. Finally is Tails, Tails finds Classic Sonic and they embark on adventures together, that's it, it feels really weird and disjointed. There's also Espio, Vector, Charmy, Rouge, Gamma and Amy but I don't care, do you care? Let's just move on. The actual PLOT is about Eggman taking over the world and rising up against him with our OC and Sonics... god I hate that there are two Sonics now. The game culminates in a big climactic showdown that is about as climactic as you'd expect from a game where Knuckles is a war general, which is to say, it's not. The game is littered with bosses that offer zero challenge and 3 of them are the main villain, he really isn't very threatening at all. The final boss against Eggman is pretty uneventful, you do a part as Classic Sonic with magical purple blocks that just kinda appear I guess, then a running section as Modern Sonic where you gotta dodge lasers and other hazards while boosting using Whisps to gain more boost... Didn't the Whisps leave in Colours? Why are they here? I could accept it in Generations because it was a celebration game but here? makes zero sense. Anyway the game ends with a big "my friends are my power" spiel, OC leaves, making you wonder why he was even here to begin with, they elude to Classonic coming back, I swear to god Sega if he's in Frontiers, and the world is back to normal, all in like 3 hours, at least it was short.

    You'll notice I only have 800 words to wrap up my thoughts on the gameplay, I've done that because there really isn't much to say, it's all automated, turning corners, jumping, speed boosts, most grapple points for the OC, it's all done for you, it's incredibly boring and I hardly remember any of the 30 stages because of it.

    To sum up, Sonic Forces is bad... REAL bad. It has an asinine story with characters who just AREN'T those characters, nostalgia bait that serves no real purpose, boring and automated gameplay, and a mostly forgettable soundtrack. There's no reason to ever play this game, just play Mania instead.    … Expand
  27. JPC96
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, Rouge, Omega, Vector, Espio and Charmy are not playable characters.
  28. spoofer
    Jul 13, 2021
    0
    ok yeah so basically its just sonic generations but **** because sega doesnt know how to make a good video game
  29. Llamanto
    Jul 10, 2021
    4
    I got this game after I sold my copy of Ocarina of Time 3D, and to my surprise, this game is horrid. It doesn't run poorly, but the level design and storyline are very poorly made. Sega can do so much more with Sonic, yet they keep pushing simplicity instead of complexity, which wouldn't even ruin the game.

    I believe that the next Sonic game will truly decide if the series dies, or if    I got this game after I sold my copy of Ocarina of Time 3D, and to my surprise, this game is horrid. It doesn't run poorly, but the level design and storyline are very poorly made. Sega can do so much more with Sonic, yet they keep pushing simplicity instead of complexity, which wouldn't even ruin the game.

    I believe that the next Sonic game will truly decide if the series dies, or if it lives on to continue it's legacy.

    I give it a 4/10.    … Expand
  30. Uradisur
    May 3, 2021
    3
    Некоторые композиции очень хороши, также есть уровни с оригинальным крутым дизайном. Порадовал финальный босс. Также очень хорошая идея с Quick Time Event, выглядело очень эффектно.
    Неплохая идея с аватаром, даже геймплей вышел неплохой.
    НО: Сюжет настроен серьёзно, но повествуется по-детски. Зачем вы добавили сюда классического Соника? Бесит. Геймплей за современного Соника стал очень    Некоторые композиции очень хороши, также есть уровни с оригинальным крутым дизайном. Порадовал финальный босс. Также очень хорошая идея с Quick Time Event, выглядело очень эффектно.
    Неплохая идея с аватаром, даже геймплей вышел неплохой.
    НО:
    Сюжет настроен серьёзно, но повествуется по-детски. Зачем вы добавили сюда классического Соника? Бесит. Геймплей за современного Соника стал очень кривой, но в то же время игра слишком лёгкая, для каких же лузеров была сделана игра? Даже графика стала хуже. Как можно было сделать Такой огрызок после замечательных Sonic Generations, Unleashed и Colors. Sonic forces— очень плохая игра. Позор моей любимой серии игр.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 37 out of 46
  3. Negative: 5 out of 46
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Feb 6, 2018
    60
    While it looks and sounds great on an S-rank run, regular play is messy and unsatisfying. Mania's Classic Sonic must wonder what nightmare dimension he got sucked into. [Jan 2017, p.90]
  2. Gamersky
    Jan 21, 2018
    77
    As the latest generation of the Sonic series, Sonic Forces retains the high-speed game experience. To comply with the trend of the times, Sonic Forces reduces the difficulty, hoping to use this strategy will attract new players who have never tried this kind of game. Unfortunately, the length is not sufficient enough to satisfy players, and too much repetitive content makes this game boring.
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  3. Games.cz
    Jan 21, 2018
    60
    The efforts for modern concept of the legend came out of the way. Sonic Forces has obvious problems with the transition between two perspectives as well with the movement and speed. Only customization possibilities and several new weapons saves it from the average.
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