Sonic Forces

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  1. gietergeit
    May 15, 2023
    1
    This game is not fun it is just pres foreword the game with Sonic slapped on.
  2. 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
  3. diealegend
    Apr 5, 2023
    0
    Worst sonic game in history of all sonic games. The character customization idea wasn’t bad it was good it’s just how it was executed was poorly. More so how the game plays doesn’t play tribute to the good old sonic adventure or sonic heroes style. I’m tired of seeing that green target thing on my screen for sonic to hit something.
  4. mariokartwiifan
    Apr 5, 2023
    0
    I mean its all right I had a lot of fun with the first levels but toward the end it got really tedious
  5. Momer
    Mar 24, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fore me is the best game! Because it was the firat 3d sonic game that i ever playd! So this is way.… Expand
  6. AlexMakesToast
    Nov 23, 2022
    4
    Sonic forces = 4/10
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  7. Hamza_gh
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    the worst **** game in existance every sonic level is boost to win classic sonic plays like trash and the avatar is boring and slow to play as DO NOT RECCOMEND
  8. Sickotendo
    Nov 11, 2022
    0
    Worse then 06, idc what anyone says, this is the WORSE GAME in the entire SONIC FRANCHISE.
  9. JacobDelany225
    Nov 9, 2022
    4
    Sonic Forces Is a boring game that while not unreedemable It Is still In my opinion one of Sonics Worst outings. 1st with the positive. The graphics and character animations are pretty good. The music Is pretty good. Some levels like Egg Gate and The Custom Hero Capital City are quite good along with the tag team levels. Voice acting Is quite good and messing around In the Custom heroSonic Forces Is a boring game that while not unreedemable It Is still In my opinion one of Sonics Worst outings. 1st with the positive. The graphics and character animations are pretty good. The music Is pretty good. Some levels like Egg Gate and The Custom Hero Capital City are quite good along with the tag team levels. Voice acting Is quite good and messing around In the Custom hero Customisation Is fun. With that out of the way let's go Into why I don't like this game. The story and dialouge Is complete dumpster fire with a lot of miss potiental especially with the new villian Infinite who Is given such a pathetic back story In a pretty useless Dlc pack. There's so much stupid moments from claiming Sonic Is tortured for months but when you see him he Is completly fine. Classic Sonic being there all cause of marketing since 2011s Sonic Generations was a hit. Many things In the story just happen off screen and are only explained during text on a black screen. Finally Tails Is so stupid In this game. The moment where they say "He's gone insane" when he clearly Isin't and then got scared by Chaos 0 made me want to throw my controller at my screen. Infinite Is a weak villian which sucks since the marketing and his design made him look so cool but In the game he Is just so terrible. His motivation for being a villian was because Shadow called Him childish names. I am not jokeing It Is as sad as It sounds. Enough about the dreadful story let's talk about the gameplay. Theres 3 type of gameplay styles. 1st Mordern Sonic. What The Hell did they do to him? When he runs It's so off because unlike previous games like Colours Unleashed and Generations he doesen't slowly bulid up to the full speed but Instead after 2 seconds of moving he will blast off. This feels so unatural and especially doesen't help where your In a game with boringly designed levels. 2nd Custom Hero. Probably the best of the 3 but still not great. The wispon weapons are a cool Idea and sometimes can be fun in the levels but sadly ruined by again levels that are super boring. Could of been a great Idea If the levels were fun. And finally Classic Sonic. NOPE. That's all I need to say. Also his level music Is trash. That green hill level makes my ears bleed with that music. As I mentioned previous there are positives with this game but overall Sonic Forces was a complete disapointment from jank controls to a terrible story with boring levels and tons of miss potiential. I ocasionally go back to speed run the ocasional Mordern Sonic level but thats It. Do not recommend. 4/10… Expand
  10. TASF05
    Nov 4, 2022
    4
    Pros
    Decent Music
    And Some Alright Level Design
    Custom Character Is Kinda Fun
    Cons
    Sonic Is Too Slippery
    Classic Sonic Is the Worst and Is Pointless
    Terrible Boss fights
    Cheesy Cut Seens
  11. SonicFan20
    Sep 15, 2022
    3
    The Story Is Garbage,Terrible Writing All The Characters Control WAY To Stiff Its Press Y 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 Xbox Series Version Because It Has 4K 60FPS. 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 AndThe Story Is Garbage,Terrible Writing All The Characters Control WAY To Stiff Its Press Y 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 Xbox Series Version Because It Has 4K 60FPS. 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 Because Im Doing A Boost Game Marathon . i give it a 3 Because Its The Worst Version,The Switch Version.… Expand
  12. 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
  13. ROTSA2
    Sep 13, 2022
    2
    17%

    Sonic Forces fails to do everything that a Sonic game should do, due to a low budget from poor precious sales. This game is unforgivable.
  14. FireBroFilms
    Aug 15, 2022
    3
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  15. mistermuck
    Apr 14, 2022
    4
    Having loved the previous "boost formula" Sonic games (Unleashed, Colors, and Generations), I had high hopes. Sadly, this does not live up to any of the previous entries and strips away more control away from the player. Even Classic Sonic controls worse than ever. How did they break what was already working? I don't understand what happened here, but it is super disappointing as someoneHaving loved the previous "boost formula" Sonic games (Unleashed, Colors, and Generations), I had high hopes. Sadly, this does not live up to any of the previous entries and strips away more control away from the player. Even Classic Sonic controls worse than ever. How did they break what was already working? I don't understand what happened here, but it is super disappointing as someone who was pretty hyped for it. Giving it a 4 because it technically "works" and a small child might have fun, but anyone who's played other entries in the entire Sonic series will instantly feel the downgrade. I simply can't recommend this game to anyone.… Expand
  16. Jambro
    Apr 10, 2022
    4
    This game is so vapid it hurts. Everything is a shallow imitation of things that worked in prior entries to the series. The levels, shorter. The story, lacking. The gameplay, it's there, I suppose.

    The main villain of the game, Infinite, isn't even well-written. He is just a by-product of Sonic Team's desperate attempts to regain the 2000s Sonic fans and the complete failure of the    This game is so vapid it hurts. Everything is a shallow imitation of things that worked in prior entries to the series. The levels, shorter. The story, lacking. The gameplay, it's there, I suppose.

    The main villain of the game, Infinite, isn't even well-written.
    He is just a by-product of Sonic Team's desperate attempts to regain the 2000s Sonic fans and the complete failure of the 2010s staff to write a character in the vain of the older ones. The vain, by the way, is being a good character, which Infinite is most certainly not.

    All of the villains are underutilised, only placed in trailers as promotional material. And, that is all I get from the game. It is a failed attempt at being anything other than mediocre.

    If they were attempting to make the most boring, vapid, underwhelming experience possible, they couldn't even do that, since the music is actually quite good. But the music is the only thing keeping this game from a 3/10. So, a 4/10 it will get.    … Expand
  17. Cyan_Can
    Apr 7, 2022
    3
    Sonic Forces is bad. I'm not going to sugarcoat it. It's not bad in some "I can enjoy it" type of way like Sonic 06, it's bad in the "this is a snoozefest" type of way. The controls are clunky and restrictive, the physics are bad at best, and even the soundtrack, something the Sonic franchise hardly gets wrong, is annoying to listen to.

    What really boggles my mind with this game is how    Sonic Forces is bad. I'm not going to sugarcoat it. It's not bad in some "I can enjoy it" type of way like Sonic 06, it's bad in the "this is a snoozefest" type of way. The controls are clunky and restrictive, the physics are bad at best, and even the soundtrack, something the Sonic franchise hardly gets wrong, is annoying to listen to.

    What really boggles my mind with this game is how they made three other games using the boost oriented gameplay, and managed to screw this one up so bad. The level design is very linear, and the alternate paths you can take are usually clearly shoehorned. The custom character gimmick is awful and I doubt even a 12 year old would enjoy it once they got their hands on it. Classic sonic also doesn't play anywhere near how he would in classic games and is worse than even Sonic 4's gameplay imo.

    The few positives I can say about the game is that it can play itself if you're looking for a game that looks cool but in actuality you're hardly doing anything, it still has red rings which can be a bit of a challenge for the player to collect (not recommended), and the boss fights are decent.

    I wouldn't even call Sonic Forces an unfinished game, it's just a blatantly awful one made in poor taste.    … Expand
  18. PeteyPirahna
    Feb 18, 2022
    4
    4/10
    I used to like this game. Unironically. What was I smoking when I was 10?
  19. Knuckles06
    Dec 24, 2021
    1
    This product has Disappointed me

    Many flaws with the story
    A short easy game that can be beaten under 3-2 hours without deaths
    Classic sonic has no reason to be in the story and classic sonics controls are terrible
    Modern sonic feels slow same with classic
    Level design is short
    Story doesn’t make sense
  20. Boubert
    Jan 22, 2020
    4
    Le jeu a de plutôt bon graphismes pour de la Switch ( Enfin, dans la moyenne), mais les problèmes sont nombreux sur ce jeu: Les niveaux sont très et trop linéaires et on a pas l’impression de pouvoir se déplacer librement dans les niveaux et ils se ressemblent trop. À propos de ça, le level design est très moyen, les niveaux se font trop rapidement tous comme le jeu qui se fini en 3 heuresLe jeu a de plutôt bon graphismes pour de la Switch ( Enfin, dans la moyenne), mais les problèmes sont nombreux sur ce jeu: Les niveaux sont très et trop linéaires et on a pas l’impression de pouvoir se déplacer librement dans les niveaux et ils se ressemblent trop. À propos de ça, le level design est très moyen, les niveaux se font trop rapidement tous comme le jeu qui se fini en 3 heures environ. Le jeu est trop facile, tout le moveset de Sonic est inutile, car spammer le boost = gagner. Quand les niveaux sont plus difficiles, les niveaux sont encore plus ennuyeux car les contrôles sont même pas correctement bien fait et c’est pas cool à jouer quand tu meurt 20 fois au même checkpoint et juste parce que la physique n’est franchement pas bonne. Les 30fps de la version Switch chutent parfois à 15fps quand il y a trop d’éléments. Certaines musiques ne sont franchement pas travaillées ou sont insupportables (Comme Green hill niveau 10). Le Sonic classique n’est pas très cool à contrôler car la physique n’est pas du tout similaire aux jeux 2D originaux. Et franchement, le boss final n’est même pas un spoil, c’est juste (étonnamment) le robot Death egg et des patterns trop simple. Bref, un jeu qui aurait pu être mieux travaillé.… Expand
  21. 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
  22. Ihatesonicboom2
    Nov 1, 2021
    3
    Well, I wanted to review this game for a while, but never got the chance.

    This isn't an organized review, so I may talk about various things at the same time. First off, the positives. The game graphically looks great, and the dialogue isn't as bad as you'd think. However for me, that's where the positives ends. Now, let's get into the thick of it. Yes, the levels are ridiculously    Well, I wanted to review this game for a while, but never got the chance.

    This isn't an organized review, so I may talk about various things at the same time.

    First off, the positives. The game graphically looks great, and the dialogue isn't as bad as you'd think. However for me, that's where the positives ends.

    Now, let's get into the thick of it. Yes, the levels are ridiculously short as you may of heard, but The clones are basically filler and really don't exist. The same could be applied to Classic Sonic.

    Now. The Avatar. A good idea in concept, but ended up being completely **** in every way. This breaks canon in every way possible. A character that has the stereotypical "Suddenly Appearing Protagonist." Brilliant.

    The story tries to go for a dark tone, but fails. We expected Sonic and friends desperate, we got none of it.

    For the gameplay itself, It feels to easy, even on hard. The characters controls are wonky, especially Classic Sonic. The bosses are lackluster and some are even reused.

    Now, this all would have been forgivable in my eyes if the game hadn't been in development in 4 years. 4. **** YEARS. They built an engine instead of the damn game for 3 years, so that left only one year to develop it. Shame.

    Overall, the game sucks, and is the 4th worst Sonic game in the entire series. The next game will decide the fate of Sonic for sure, and I'm not talking about Sonic Colors: Ultimate, that released already and I'm already casting doubt into it. If the new game goes well, we'll celebrate. If not, the entire world has prepared a coffin for Sonic.    … Expand
  23. ShadowRose
    Sep 17, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is not the best as it gets boring at times as it is easy even on hard mode. The story mode is not the greatest either as Infinite at the end with no explanation and in one part of it classic Sonic came out of a random portal (I am guessing that the portal was the bad ending from Sonic mania when he got sucked thought a portal but if it isn't it is a bit random). This game does have a few good things going for it but sadly it gets outweighed by the bad ones.… Expand
  24. JPC96
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, Rouge, Omega, Vector, Espio and Charmy are not playable characters.
  25. Blue-Guy
    May 17, 2021
    4
    Very disappointing compared to past titles. Level design is almost non-existent, you're constantly running in a straight line doing absolutely nothing except holding down boost. Physics are also very wonky compared to Gens and Unleashed. The story is one of the worst stories I've seen in a Sonic game, a step up from '06, but that's it. Extremely cringe. Every level theme in this game hasVery disappointing compared to past titles. Level design is almost non-existent, you're constantly running in a straight line doing absolutely nothing except holding down boost. Physics are also very wonky compared to Gens and Unleashed. The story is one of the worst stories I've seen in a Sonic game, a step up from '06, but that's it. Extremely cringe. Every level theme in this game has already been used in past Sonic games or is very uninteresting. An obviously rushed game will get obviously low reviews. 4/10, would not recommend.… Expand
  26. Amitie10g
    May 14, 2021
    0
    Sonic Team makes Sonic games with no love and passion, unlike Christian Whitehead with Sonic Mania.
  27. Criti-Wise
    Mar 7, 2021
    3
    It's an obvious downgrade in many ways. The controls are dumbed down and unbearable, the level design almost feels like it goes back to the type of level design from Secret Rings, and the visuals are worse than in Sonic Generations (despite this game coming out on new hardware). What makes this worse is that the people who made the game had the intention of making the game insanely simpleIt's an obvious downgrade in many ways. The controls are dumbed down and unbearable, the level design almost feels like it goes back to the type of level design from Secret Rings, and the visuals are worse than in Sonic Generations (despite this game coming out on new hardware). What makes this worse is that the people who made the game had the intention of making the game insanely simple and easy.… Expand
  28. DistH
    Feb 26, 2021
    4
    not that good of a game the only good thing was classic Sonic but not as bad as sonic 06
  29. funkirbo
    Jan 18, 2021
    0
    A very disappointing game. It's not the worst game SEGA's made, but for the time spent on the game, there should've been more polish, because the game felt rushed. 30 levels, each 2 minutes long. The game can be beaten in 3 hours on a first playthrough, and that's only due to the insane difficulty spikes and Classic Sonic's whack controls. It's not amazing.
  30. IkOzael
    Jan 10, 2021
    4
    I had hopes for this game at first, but when I look back at it, it's just depressing.

    Infinite sounded like a cool villain, but he turned out to be pretty generic. He's just a guy who felt like causing chaos for the hell of it. And then there's the Jackal Squad who wasn't even talked about at all beyond being shown in a few panels in the prequel comic and getting "destroyed" by Shadow.    I had hopes for this game at first, but when I look back at it, it's just depressing.

    Infinite sounded like a cool villain, but he turned out to be pretty generic. He's just a guy who felt like causing chaos for the hell of it. And then there's the Jackal Squad who wasn't even talked about at all beyond being shown in a few panels in the prequel comic and getting "destroyed" by Shadow. Oh, and when they were beaten, he tries to avenge them, but gets put on his ass by Shadow's sudden teleporting without a Chaos Emerald. Shadow **** talks him before leaving, setting Infinite over the edge. Liam O' Brian voices him perfectly, but there's only so much a voice can do for bad writing. People are understandably confused about his ability since it's described inconsistently. Tails explained it pretty well with it essentially affecting the brain to cause all kinds of effects as if you were in a dream that can affect your real self. Still a li'l confused? Think of the power of suggestion--better yet, for you Jojo fans out there, think of Whitesnake's disks which can also give commands, including extreme ones like EXPLODING, to those they're inserted into. Now, this would be fine if it weren't for the fact that the Ruby's power was already established as reality warping which is ALSO shown when monster versions of Infinite are materialized in Metropolis. Then again, reality warping is pretty related to illusions, so I'll leave it at that.

    First of all, stop with the Classic Sonic! He has absolutely no reason to exist in this game (or any game that isn't Sonic Generations). He has the fewest stages of the three characters and to add insult to injury, he's now from another dimension instead of being younger Sonic. And at the end where Sonic says he'll be back is just the calm before the storm... along with Green Hill. Quick summarization of the gameplay: Sonic and the avatar are stiff, shallow, and automated while young Sonic is stiff and sloppy, not even able to go up an incline after runnin' down a massive downward slope.

    Anyway, the story ties into Sonic Mania. Young Sonic exists for no reason and the Phantom Ruby is a random plot device that conveniently lands on Egghead's front doorstep... again. Sonic confronts the man of eggs who has another plot of the day in the form of Infinite, a jackal (who I thought was a bat at first glance) with illusion powers via the Phantom Ruby. He shows up with Eggman to kick Sonic's ass with obvious clones of past villains while Tails watches. Months later, Sonic is presumed dead only to be confirmed alive seconds later and here's where your avatar comes in.

    The avatar is a Sonic FanFiction writer's dream come true. You can customize their look from somewhat of a variety of options. I've seen character customization done better in other games. Here, you have a few species to choose from, very few base species design options, and three color variants of most pieces of clothing. Then there's a Sanic ****post shirt as DLC. After you customize your look, you're off. Unlike Sonic, Burton (which is what I referred to my avatar as) uses a Wispon which is as busted as Sonic's boosting though some take a bit more effort to use.

    Back to the story. Burton saves Sonic who already kinda saved himself by beating the Zavok clone and they both go back to HQ... Young Sonic and Shadow one-shot two of the four clones... Sonic and Burton beat the last clone who was already a fake of something that wasn't real... Sonic fights Infinite and loses, but is left alive again for the hell of it... Burton fights Infinite and gets his ass kicked, but is saved by a Phantom Ruby prototype that Infinite should've clearly seen and later gets sent to Null Space with Sonic for ~20 seconds before they "gotta go fast" outta there somehow... The final battle begins and Infinite tries to drop a sun on The Resistance AND Eggman, but the prototype saves the day... Sonic and Burton fight Infinite one last time before he unwillingly disappears into the reactor due to the man egg's intervention and an underwhelming boss fight happens and boom, suddenly a "Let's change the world together!" speech for no reason.

    I didn't mention some stuff since it wasn't worth bringin' up. Notice the Chaos Emeralds are never mentioned beyond some bull**** $3.00 DLC that doesn't make the game any better. Super Sonic ain't worth it; you can already boost through everything as it is and there's no reason to play young Sonic like this since he still controls like ass. I don't know how they forgot the Chaos Emeralds. Maybe they saw that Mania already used 'em and thought the power of friendship can be a replacement for 'em in this game. One thing I could give praise for is the music (except young Sonic's stage music). My only problem is they use too much synth. I'd love to hear 'em without it.

    Overall, this is some ****ty FanFiction and my hopes aren't all that high for what's next.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Jan 7, 2018
    75
    It's not a bad game, but after four or so years, it just feels like it ought to be better. [Issue #31 – January/February 2018, p. 35E]
  2. GamingTrend
    Dec 7, 2017
    60
    Sonic Forces may be a misstep from this year’s Mania, but it’s still an enjoyable title. While it suffers from a host of problems with pacing and performance, it still is worth a weekend rental with its surprisingly entertaining plot and great music.
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  3. FNintendo
    Nov 17, 2017
    40
    Sonic Forces may have created some hype but unfortunately, it mostly falls flat on its face as it quickly becomes obvious that this game is an exercise in disappointment. While the action runs smoothly whether on a television screen or on handheld mode, the game's short and unimaginative levels, the absence of gameplay mechanics that had become a staple of 3D Sonic games, the unreliable controls and the mediocre soundtrack all add up to a very flawed game from which a lot more was expected.
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