Sonic Forces

 PlayStation 4
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  1. Luca64
    Dec 23, 2020
    0
    Gioco di merda, in realtà non lo so se lo é davvero ma Playbossthebest mi ha chiesto di scriverlo quindi ecco
  2. kylocosplay
    Dec 22, 2020
    7
    30 niveles de pura adrenalina que son unos 2 o 3 minutos por nivel, la banda sonora pues como todos los sonic con unas canciones muy chulas, la jugabilidad hace un mixto como con sonic generations haciendo uso del 3D y 2D, lo recomiendo.
  3. Junior_sithlord
    Nov 25, 2020
    10
    das spiel ist sehr gut viele sagen es seie schlecht ich nicht es ist einfach cool ich kann es nicht beschreiben
  4. Elite_Soldier
    Nov 21, 2020
    7
    This game is severely underrated, it has an amazing soundtrack, may even rival the soundtrack back on sonic unleashed, customisation of one's character was fun and endearing, levels were different and fun. The story itself was underwhelming and cutscenes between characters felt artificial.
  5. Ha1vy
    Nov 16, 2020
    4
    Купил я эту игру только потому что игра очень сильна напомнила мне Sonic heroes, который мне будучи пездюком ооочень понравился от графена и локаций до геимплея и саунда,но в этом обзоре я выведу лишь плюсы и минусы.Так же игра заманила меня старым обличием наклза и наличие старых персонажей
    Плюсы:
    +Графен: картинка яркая и приятная на глаз +Саундтрек: Видно что композитор постарался и    Купил я эту игру только потому что игра очень сильна напомнила мне Sonic heroes, который мне будучи пездюком ооочень понравился от графена и локаций до геимплея и саунда,но в этом обзоре я выведу лишь плюсы и минусы.Так же игра заманила меня старым обличием наклза и наличие старых персонажей
    Плюсы:
    +Графен: картинка яркая и приятная на глаз
    +Саундтрек: Видно что композитор постарался и сделал очень качественный саунд часть из них у меня в плеилисте
    +Боссы:Они прикольные,интересные
    Минусы:
    -Продолжительность: игра займёт у вас 4 часов прохождения на высоком уровне сложности+эпизод с шадоу. Press X to win - это девиз этой игры, потому что уровни проходятся за считанные минуты.
    -Отвратительный лвл дизайн: Игру можно было просто растянуть по поверхности чтоб она была просто прямой (так хотя бы её можно было лечге пройти через ускорение)
    -Бонус уровни:лучше бы их вообще не было.Они короче чем писосы разрабов вселенной sonic boom.Видно что если бы их и не было, то даже маленькие дауны что-нибудь заподозрили в продолжительности игры
    -Эпизод с шадоу: Тоже самое что и бонус уровни лучше бы вообще его не было.
    -Смысл предзаказа: Это мой самый первый и самый бесполезный предзаказ.Вообще все плюшки предзакза теперь бесплатны и даже цена не изменилась после релиза игры.
    -Сюжет: Кто-то будит кукорекать НУ ЭТА ЖЭ ДЕТЦКАЯ ИГРА КАК ТЫ МОГ ТУТ ДОЛЖЭН БЫТ ПРАСТОЙ СЮЖЭТ,а я вам скажу идите хуй. Вся та интрига которая была в трейлере была чистым завлекаловом для малолеток на которую повелись даже олдфаги
    -0.3фпс в катсценах: Я не знаю каким членом делали оптимизацию катсцен но это просто пиздец (интересный факт:при записи через OBS у меня не было никаких проблем с катсценами)
    -Главный антогонист: Этот персонаж абсолютно пустой.Проходить его босс файты ну просто изи даже для меня.История этого персонажа так же пуста как и его пафос.
    -И самое наконец самое главное.За этот сделаный на скорую руку кусок говна сега просит 1200 рублей . Игра своих денег не стоит.Красная цена ~700 рублей не больше.
    Итоговая оценка: 4 яйкина из 10    … Expand
  6. Hamanaia
    Nov 10, 2020
    5
    The gameplay is confused and sometimes don't work very well.
    The campaign is okay, but too short, i litterally finished in 3 hours.
    The graphics is nice, sonic don't need a graphic realistic or something like these.
    The audio is amazing, the best thing of the game, all the songs are awesome.

    There was a lot of bugs and errors when i was playing, but appart this, the game is fun.
  7. RockeyX
    Oct 27, 2020
    10
    That's a great game of Sonic. The Avatar stage works well and has a nice story. But is not so good like Unleashed, but still a great game.
  8. LordOsyrys
    Oct 25, 2020
    7
    Pretty good game, best 3D Sonic game since the Adventure days. Controls are still a little weird, but the new custom character thing is cool. I wish they'd stop forcing us to play 2D though. If I want to play 2D Sonic, I'll but a 2D game. I want to play 3D Sonic. Still, at least you don't have to do homing attacks on musical notes like in Generations.
  9. kefka2589
    Oct 23, 2020
    7
    All in all, it's not a bad game. It isn't an amazing game. This is the kind of game I like to get for a PS+ freebie. Something I'd never buy, but was plenty enjoyable enough to put some time into.
  10. MCgamesZ
    Oct 21, 2020
    10
    Sonic Forces is a incredible game with beautiful graphics and a incredible Story the Classic Sonic playability is not bad but the speed of Classic Sonic now its slow but good to finish Sonic Forces is a magnificent game both for fans of the Blue Hedgehog of SEGA and for those who are not
  11. CaptainVVVVVV
    Oct 18, 2020
    9
    Really good game it got oerhated due to not being what it should've been or followed what Generations did but it's still a very fun game and it does have it's issues but doesn't hide it's not bad.if you really want to improve the experience go play it with improvement mods.
  12. RetroGameDays36
    Sep 29, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sonic Forces is a fine game, but i had several problems with it, the story felt really basic, somethings are left unanswered, the controls are weird, there are no lives whatsoever, so you can die as many times as you want, the game works but is that fine to call it a "good game"?

    Sega even tried to lure people to buy the game using classic Sonic, he controls so weirdly and just annoying to play for me...

    Besides, what is the point of Classic Sonic if the game switches to 2D very often? Most of the time you'll be in a 3D section in like 20 seconds, and most of the stage in 2D.

    Sonic friends are here as well, such as Sliver? What the hell is Silver doing in this game? But none of them do anything, not even Tails!

    Bosses are super easy, except the final boss but still too easy.

    You can make your own character which is cool... i guess... but you can only use your OC in some stages, which is lame.

    The game has great graphics and such, but the huge downgrade is in the final area of the game, because there are a lot of copies of the same model, which looks like sprites, all over the place, and it lags a bit as well at that part...

    The music is ok in my opinion, but my god it's overused, Sonic Generations didn't have that problem with the music, neither the SA series.

    It's never explained what happened to Eggman at the end, neither Infinite (Sure, he gets teleported into a beacon but what happened? He isn't a robot!)

    The game is really short, shorter than Sonic Mania, which i don't get why...

    But this game is a very mediocre 3D Sonic game...

    5/10    … Expand
  13. SobbleAJ
    Sep 21, 2020
    6
    This game is really fun. But i wouldn’t call it good, it’s only decent. Most of the levels are uninteresting, only about a 3rd of the levels I would consider interesting. Classic Sonic was clunky as hell, the story was confusing and the game was way too short. However, I really like the idea of creating an OC, even with how cringe some of these outfits are.
  14. HorrornightLp
    Sep 2, 2020
    8
    Ich find das Spiel gut! Ich mag die Modern Sonic Level und der neue Avatar ist auch richtig cool! Das designen macht mir richtig viel spaß und die Level mit ihm sind auch cool. Die Classic Sonic Level mag ich auch aber weniger als die anderen. Sonst ist die Story leider zu kurz geraten. Man hätt da noch viel mehr draus machen können. Aber dennoch find ich das Spiel nice!!
  15. Chell_R
    Aug 29, 2020
    9
    It may be "disappointing..." it may not be what YOU have wanted it to be... but all the same: it is a FANTASTIC game.

    and the only one of it's kind, since Colors, and Generations. It's fantastic fun the first few playthroughs... but... like ALL Sonic games - they wear thin after awhile. Never the less a fantastic game: very few of it's kind... -well worth a buy, and a couple of    It may be "disappointing..." it may not be what YOU have wanted it to be... but all the same: it is a FANTASTIC game.

    and the only one of it's kind, since Colors, and Generations.

    It's fantastic fun the first few playthroughs... but... like ALL Sonic games - they wear thin after awhile.

    Never the less a fantastic game: very few of it's kind... -well worth a buy, and a couple of playthroughs or 6.    … Expand
  16. TntSonic555
    Dec 29, 2017
    6
    I created a metacritic account to give this game a fair review. I found Sonic Forces very fun and one the better games in the series. It is not as good as Sonic Mania it's still a great game. I would easily put this on my top ten favorite Sonic games. Even though this game isn't as good as the other games in boost quadrilogy like Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations I would still say it isI created a metacritic account to give this game a fair review. I found Sonic Forces very fun and one the better games in the series. It is not as good as Sonic Mania it's still a great game. I would easily put this on my top ten favorite Sonic games. Even though this game isn't as good as the other games in boost quadrilogy like Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations I would still say it is as good or even better than Sonic Unleashed. This game does have some faults with short levels and some level design but I'd still play it. I think this game is really good. I'll list the pros and cons right over here.

    Pros:
    1:Boost,Avatar,and Tag Team gameplay styles.
    2:Great soundtrack.
    3:Avatar creator.
    4:Beautiful graphics.
    5:Episode Shadow DLC.

    Cons:
    1:Classic Sonic gameplay style.
    2:Weird story.
    3:Level design.
    4:Short game.
    5:Payed Super Sonic DLC.

    Edit: This is me from 2020 and after playing this game more a while back I realized realised this game is pretty mediocre. Only buy it if u want something easy, wanna make an oc, complete a collection, or have a child under under 8.    … Expand
  17. Vasiluk
    Aug 21, 2020
    2
    Эта игра крайне плохо сделана с чисто-технической точки зрения. Графика недотягивает даже до уровня консолей прошлого поколения. Сюжет невероятно скучен и предсказуем. Персонажи непрописаны, а главные злодеи просто посмешище. Геймплей оставляет желать лучшего. Персонажи просто неуправляемы. Но даже учитывая это, уровни неимоверно легки. Единственное, что может оправдать эту игру, этоЭта игра крайне плохо сделана с чисто-технической точки зрения. Графика недотягивает даже до уровня консолей прошлого поколения. Сюжет невероятно скучен и предсказуем. Персонажи непрописаны, а главные злодеи просто посмешище. Геймплей оставляет желать лучшего. Персонажи просто неуправляемы. Но даже учитывая это, уровни неимоверно легки. Единственное, что может оправдать эту игру, это музыка. Она очень неплохая. Но вот всё остальное оставляет желать лучшего.… Expand
  18. Zislbog
    Aug 7, 2020
    6
    Sonic Forces is not a bad a game for the style of game it is - it's light, adventurous, fun, and tries something a little different. It's an alright game...it's just I grew up playing Sonic as an amazing 2D platformer. Still to this day, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is my favourite games of all time even against the brilliance of modern games. For me know matter how good a 3D Sonic game maybe ISonic Forces is not a bad a game for the style of game it is - it's light, adventurous, fun, and tries something a little different. It's an alright game...it's just I grew up playing Sonic as an amazing 2D platformer. Still to this day, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is my favourite games of all time even against the brilliance of modern games. For me know matter how good a 3D Sonic game maybe I still can't transition, 2D will always be my preferred way to play Sonic. That is no disrespect to Somic Forces at all and doesn't mean you can't have fun and enjoy, just how much I love the ones that started it all.… Expand
  19. SuperSonicFan
    Jul 25, 2020
    9
    It could be better for an reason. The gameplay that i heard of sounds not that well for all consoles but the sonic fans love it. I think ive found the right answer. The game only took 1 year to make and that makes sense cuz i think the sonic fans wanted a long and more lower action sonic game instead of an dramatic game that you can finish in 3 hours. Im an big sonic fan and i never playedIt could be better for an reason. The gameplay that i heard of sounds not that well for all consoles but the sonic fans love it. I think ive found the right answer. The game only took 1 year to make and that makes sense cuz i think the sonic fans wanted a long and more lower action sonic game instead of an dramatic game that you can finish in 3 hours. Im an big sonic fan and i never played it that much but i know a lot about it. I dont care! If the game sucks i only care if it is an sonic game and it is made by sega. This is my review of the game hope you like (Auctally my first one)… Expand
  20. Evo2404
    Jul 25, 2020
    5
    To short a game no interning levels classic sonic is dull and boring yes it is a functional game but that’s not good enough it need to be more exiting and have interesting levels would recommend if u can pick it up for £15/$20 but sonic needs a better game than this the custom avatar is fun but that’s about it there are only a hand full of good levels and apart from that it’s not worth it
  21. Bungious
    Jul 24, 2020
    10
    I loved playing this game with my son .. I used to play the original games as a kid on my master system and mega drive .. and this felt like an evolution of the same game .. I couldn’t be happier !
  22. JamesDrawsThngs
    Jul 22, 2020
    5
    It was a good thing that Sonic Mania came out in 2017, because I'd rather we didn't settle with something as painfully mediocre and forgettable as Sonic Forces. Oh, sure, I can easily say, "At least it isn't like '06 or Boom, right?", but I don't want to. Sure, Forces is perfectly functional. It's a finished product, but I'm tired of just settling for mediocrity when it comes to Sonic.It was a good thing that Sonic Mania came out in 2017, because I'd rather we didn't settle with something as painfully mediocre and forgettable as Sonic Forces. Oh, sure, I can easily say, "At least it isn't like '06 or Boom, right?", but I don't want to. Sure, Forces is perfectly functional. It's a finished product, but I'm tired of just settling for mediocrity when it comes to Sonic. What few good ideas this game has gets buried under a sea of wasted potential.

    The story, by far, is the biggest waste of potential that I've seen since Sonic Generations. Eggman takes over the world, and Sonic, along with Classic Sonic and your original character, are off to stop him like any other game. There's some other classic villains like Chaos, Metal Sonic and...Zavok, for some reason, but they are so horribly under utilized. Zavok and Metal Sonic get sub par boss fights while Chaos just gets crushed in a single hit during a cutscene and is never seen again. Classic Sonic is only in this game because of how it loosely ties with Sonic Mania. Otherwise, CS has absolutely nothing to do in this game. Even your original character has little interaction with the rest of the cast. And the new villain, Infinite? One of the most inconsequential villains in the entire franchise. He pisses off as quickly as he came, leaving no lasting impact outside of admittingly dope edgelord theme song. Speaking of which, not even the music can salvage much of the experience. It's normally the one big saving grace for even the worst Sonic game, but here it's filled with largely forgettable EDM anthems.

    So how about that gameplay? Well, it's divided up into three gameplay styles. Modern Sonic works similarly to that of Unleashed/Colors/Generations where you boost at high speeds in both 3-D and 2-D fashion. Unfortunately, it is nowhere near the level of enjoyment of either of those games. Sonic feels so much more loose and floaty compared to Generations. While the control for the previous boost entries was never perfect, Generations was a solid step in the right direction. This game supposedly comes from the same people who made Colors and Generations, so why does this gameplay not reflect that? Not to mention just how flat and short most of these stages are. There are quite a handful of stages in the game, but most barely last for over a minute and a half, and much of Modern Sonic's gameplay boils down to just boosting forward. You'll get occasional fun romps like escaping from the Death Egg, but there's not enough of that.

    Classic Sonic is even worse. It's bad enough that he has nothing to do with the story, but he controls worse than he did in Generations (and it's certainly not comparable to Mania). General movement with him feels much more stiff and sluggish than what it should be. I'd say, at the very least, his levels were a bit more interesting to go through than Modern Sonic's, but that's not saying much.

    New to this game, of course, is being able to create your own Original the Character. This is by far the best part of the game. You have several animal types to choose from, each with their own unique attributes. You get to customize them to your hearts content using the various gear that you collect throughout the game. Your avatar's main method of attack is using Wispons (Wisps from Sonic Colors used as weapons), each with their own strengths and weaknesses that your character can utilize in the stages, whether it be gaining access to certain areas that require a certain Wispon or just simply there to make plowing through enemies easier. Some Wispons are clearly better than others, but they are the most interesting gameplay mechanics in Forces and do offer a bit of replay value. Plus, there's just something so charming about being able to create your own OC that you can either take seriously, or just be as dumb as possible. On the occasion you'll play as both your avatar and Modern Sonic, and while it doesn't fix all the problems with their design, it's at least more interesting than MS on his own.

    Even though this game is *technically* finished, this still feels undercooked. It's the equivalent of turning in a C- book report. You did exactly the bare minimum you needed to do to pass, but you sure as hell aren't impressing anybody. Unless you really are the most die hard of Sonic fans, this is a hard pass. Just go play Sonic Generations.    … Expand
  23. greninjaX
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    the boost formula sucks and so does this game. you should play sonic mania instead
  24. LauRojo
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Entretenido de completar al 100%
    Mucha personalización del avatar.
    Y bastante regugabilidad.
  25. TheDarkBullet05
    Jul 1, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well, i think that the game is pretty nice, but it's a little bit uncomplete, because, we haven't got the battles that we likes to have, like chaos battle. Or a good ending fight with infinite, because is the same one as metal sonic fight. So its really recycled. The story is nice, but too short, there are stages of only 30 secs or 1 mimute, qnd that's really short, the bosses are very easy to beat and the controls feel strange sometimes… Expand
  26. DANIELMERKY
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    the game is good it has phases with very good graphics sensational shadows good gameplay I liked the modern sonic phases very good I liked the avatar to personalize and everything and I also liked the classic sonic the soundtrack of excellence as always and the game I recommend for you have fun and for those who like to personalize characters and villains are really cool characters thatthe game is good it has phases with very good graphics sensational shadows good gameplay I liked the modern sonic phases very good I liked the avatar to personalize and everything and I also liked the classic sonic the soundtrack of excellence as always and the game I recommend for you have fun and for those who like to personalize characters and villains are really cool characters that appear are very cool and I recommend everything… Expand
  27. p_ulisses
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    What can I say? This game is a joke to anyone who likes Sonic. A JOKE. Everything was done so bad and lazy that is hard to think of something good out of it. Not even the soundtrack, which is generally a strength in Sonic games, can be redeemed. The graphics use a powerful engine, but even the Hedgehog Engine 2 isn't well used. The Modern Sonic and Original the Character gameplay are soWhat can I say? This game is a joke to anyone who likes Sonic. A JOKE. Everything was done so bad and lazy that is hard to think of something good out of it. Not even the soundtrack, which is generally a strength in Sonic games, can be redeemed. The graphics use a powerful engine, but even the Hedgehog Engine 2 isn't well used. The Modern Sonic and Original the Character gameplay are so ridiculously easy, linear, boring and zero challenging. Some Classic Sonic stages have a good level design, but it's no use since the game has joke physics. The story is so embarrassing, with some crap uninspired "power of friendship". A disaster of a game, that deserves to be reminded as how not to make a Sonic game.… Expand
  28. ReeceH
    Jun 28, 2020
    6
    This game was alright but the concept of making your own Sonic character was just really weird for me. Just watching your creation with Sonic and the others made me cringe a lot. The story however was decent but the start of it went so fast (no pun intended)
  29. Holasoyluffy
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Es un gran juego pero con idea que tienen potencial que si lo hubieran aprovechado maximo esas ideas pudo haberse convertido entre los mejores juegos de Sonic.
  30. BulletTimeTails
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    Forces is a bit of a mess when it comes to the design, while i had my moments of fun here and there, i felt empty in the end of it and never went back to it, not that i necesarilly hate Forces (Because to be frank this game doesn´t piss me off that much) It´s just the problem that what´s the point of playing this when there are better Sonic games out there? For now it´s still not worth theForces is a bit of a mess when it comes to the design, while i had my moments of fun here and there, i felt empty in the end of it and never went back to it, not that i necesarilly hate Forces (Because to be frank this game doesn´t piss me off that much) It´s just the problem that what´s the point of playing this when there are better Sonic games out there? For now it´s still not worth the absurd price tag.… 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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