Sonic Forces

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  1. SwitchGuy
    Aug 5, 2023
    9
    Pros:
    Graphics
    Music
    Story
    Writing
    Gameplay (Mostly)
    Cons:
    Bosses make no sense
    IDK???
  2. Fahdaad
    May 31, 2023
    5
    All around disappointing experience that feels incomplete and leaves a lot to be desired, and especially falls short when compared to earlier titles that did much better with less development time and resources.
  3. CBGaming
    May 22, 2023
    10
    Heavily underrated. Amazing artstyle, some of the best music in the franchise.
  4. gietergeit
    May 15, 2023
    1
    This game is not fun it is just pres foreword the game with Sonic slapped on.
  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. Sonicfam
    Apr 16, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sonic forces is a great but mediocre Sonic game Sonic has a mixed games with the past decade and for 2017 we got Sonic forces this game took a serious turn for the series as this game is 8 out of 10 this is Sonic forces for the Nintendo switch Some of the Sonic games have been worse some of them were gems in the series but what stands out the most is the game plays of the Sonic games so despite of how I love Sonic the hedgehog as a playable character it's I think he's one of the best characters in video game history I can say most of his games could be positive like Lost world or unleashed or generations but since then this plot is a serious as having been but really simple eggman took over the world tortured Sonic for six whole goddamn months and you get to create your avatar and you get these weapons called Wispons witch are weapons but each weapon has their own mechanic like fire hover drill void asteroid and many more and they all have capabilities you could do in the past games like lightspeed dash drill in the ground burst thin air and many more for your avatar because the customize them in clothes also skins from the DLC they do have DLC but I must get to them later before I talk about gameplay I had to go over to the missions these missions were upgrade your progress the challenges you need to complete during the levels like defeat five enemies in a row in a Stage something or maybe attack as many enemies as possible or maybe use a wispons that you never used these missions are sometimes actually really daily and there's are similar missions like the SOS missions if it's a blue SOS mission then you get to save animals from those capsules had to explore the level and find them and rescue the Avatar and the animals if you see red that means you had to complete a level with a different Avatar if you see green that means you get to switch between your own avatar and a different Avatar and once you fail at SOS mission by dying you can't do it ever again you have to do some other SOS mission or do something s*** there are 30 stages plus six secret stages and seven extra stages and three added stages and the shadow episode DLC you get to play as Shadow and these three stages then when you're done you get to play a shadow in modern Sonic's level no bosses really f****** stupid Sega I mean it kind of makes sense turns into the whole plot okay and plus that all four characters to play as modern Sonic Avatar and the classic Sonic and Shadow shadows the faster character so that you'll play as him and any other characters besides Sonic modern Sonic speak of the modern Sonic let's talk about his gameplay his gameplay is not bad but it's actually really great at the boost you don't have no drift you don't have lightspeed dash the homing attack like f****** smart genius I'm sorry gameplay I rather recommend more than the classic Sonic gameplay now let's talk about the avatar you can use different weapons into attack in certain ways like you've hit the cube Hammer the old enemies turn to cubes and you can get bonus from them just like Sonic colors Sonic colors is one of my favorite games of all time I suggest sonic forces being top 15 since it's the best I played I meant it's a great game that's why I give it an 8 out of 10 and and the Avatar is slow to the levels are longer then there is classic Sonic they took Sonic mania's moveset and made him janky as before i still think he could controls kind of smoothly but sometimes he has too much momentum sometimes he doesn't have it at all I can say Stages are pretty longer than the Modern Stage stages classic Sonic just in perform well as generations but is great to see him for no reason I like his gameplay a bit slightly bit better than the avatar listen listen I just don't like how slow the Avatar is the reason the levels are so short because he's God damn fast he is always having short levels but lost world has having longer stages than to recent counterpart I think what Lost world did the right is the longer and harder ranking systems because the ranking systems are f****** garbage in this game but okay though at least most of the stages I love such as egg gate Green Hill sunset heights capital city red gate bridge Network terminal metropolitan highway Null space and motor canyon there are skins for the Avatar we have to get the bonus edition of the game and last but not least are the boss fights that actually the best part of the game in my opinion my favorite is metal Sonic the three infinite fights I think are is the best rival that Sonic has ever witnessed besides metal Sonic and he's edgy as f*** and then the boss that people have a hard time for some reason is zavok.than the two eggman bosses one of them is the boss from sonic 1 in eggman's first fight than his 2nd phase he brings his egg dragoon then the final boss the death egg robot has 3 phases are great Sonic forces is a great game.… Expand
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. MNoob_Gamer5
    Jan 27, 2023
    6
    Just meh
    İ don't know what i exactly fee I have mixed feelings about this game
    İnfinite is butchered by the stupid story Short levels Forced inclusion of classic Sonic The music is pretty good especially the infinite theme that song is joy to my ears. The idea of the avatar is cool but yeah he doesn't even talk he plays like modern Sonic without the boost. Classic Sonic physics SUCK    Just meh
    İ don't know what i exactly fee I have mixed feelings about this game

    İnfinite is butchered by the stupid story
    Short levels
    Forced inclusion of classic Sonic
    The music is pretty good especially the infinite theme that song is joy to my ears.

    The idea of the avatar is cool but yeah he doesn't even talk he plays like modern Sonic without the boost.

    Classic Sonic physics SUCK generations physics were not exact as the classics but it was enjoyable.

    The boss fight are short and reused over and over like how Sonic Colors did.    … Expand
  11. Kdog152
    Jan 10, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To be honest, this game isn't bad. It's just very disappointing. In the months leading up to the release of this game, I was very excited. New villain, shadow and chaos were making a return and we could make our own avatar. unfortunately, when it released, In was very disappointed. First of all, you do not get to fight Shadow or Chaos. Chaos was only put into the game so that classic sonic could make a heroic return and save Tails. Infinite was a really cool villain, and he had a really good theme song, but he really could have been written better. He didn't create the sense of fear he was supposed to. Some of the boss fights are good and some of them are bad. The other Sonic characters just feel lifeless in this game as well. And Tails, Tails just lets Sonic get the crap beaten out of him by Eggmans minions in the second cutscene of the game. What happened to Tails?!! What did they do to the great hero from the adventure games?
    The levels in this game are very short, and end before they really get good, though there are a few good ones. The longest levels are classic Sonic's and his are the worst and he doesn't get that much screen time. While modern sonic and the avatar control and play fine, classic Sonic's physics in this game are awful, which doesn't make sense as they perfected it in generations. The wisps made a return, but they were either useless or they broke the game. The levels have so much automation that they practically play themselves and in modern Sonic's levels, when it wasn't automated, all you needed to do was press the boost button to plough through everything, jump and homing attack occasionally, and get to the goal with absolutely no skill needed whatsoever. So basically, this was the first "boost to win" Sonic game. "Boost to win" was how the boost games were described, and lied about by haters until Sega made it a reality with Forces. The levels were also just too easy.
    The story of this game is okay, but underwhelming. The idea of Dr Eggman finally fulfilling his dream and taking over the world is great, but they just didn't write it properly. Moreover, Sonic should have stayed "dead" for more than 30 seconds. The plot is that Sonic has been locked and tortured up in the death egg for six months, but then, just before the decent boss fight with Zavoc (the Death Queen), he's literally let go... just like that. To add insult to injury, Sonic doesn't look like he's been harmed at all. He doesn't show a single sign of being tortured and he seems happy as can be. And literally about 40 seconds after sonic "dies", We are told he is still alive. like, that's just stupid and very bad writing.
    The areas in this game, I will say, are ascetically pleasing apart from chemical plant , Space Port. At this point though, I am so sick of seeing Greenhill and chemical plant though (and so many sonic fans are) and Sega really need to stop making sonic team bring it back all the time.
    The level design is good sometimes and pretty bland at others. It's way too linier. And don't even get me started on how easy it is to get an S rank in this game. What happened to actual challenging level design? I know it's a kids game, but kids aren't stupid and they are fast learners, so it's not an excuse that this game is ridiculously easy.
    Also, you no longer have lives, so dying has no effect on the player and is just a small annoyance. It means that we just don't even care about dying, because we will never get a game over.
    I can understand why Sonic team went safe on forces after the abysmal failure of Sonic boom, but they still could have made this game more. Very disappointing game, but not awful. It can be fun for a casual, non-effort play. Unfortunately, It's not an absolute banger like Sonic Unleashed or generations. At least the majority of the soundtrack is good. I mean, The light of hope (the ending theme) is so heart warming, I love it. And Infinite's theme is a chef's kiss. Fist bump is alright, though it sounds like Douglas Rob was trying and failing to reach high notes. The Shadow also dlc is pretty good, however, it's only 3 levels long. This game was not the return to form and the return to Good sonic games like colours, generations and unleashed, that we were promised. 5.5/10. 55%    … Expand
  12. SAWWTHedgehog
    Dec 29, 2022
    5
    I don’t think it’s as bad as 06 or Rise of Lyric, but this game is highly mediocre.
  13. Ndijcyhf
    Dec 6, 2022
    10
    Best Sonic game ever!
    Thank you SEGA for creating this masterpiece! 10/10 MUST PLAY for everyone!
  14. Dlcyes
    Nov 30, 2022
    10
    Best Sonic game ever!
    Thank you SEGA for creating this masterpiece! 10/10 MUST PLAY for everyone!
  15. Memomono
    Nov 23, 2022
    10
    Best Sonic game ever!
    Thank you SEGA for creating this masterpiece! 10/10 MUST PLAY for everyone!
  16. AlexMakesToast
    Nov 23, 2022
    4
    Sonic forces = 4/10
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  17. 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
  18. Quentberry
    Nov 19, 2022
    10
    How can this game run on the switch ? Sonic forces is like my favourite Sonic boost formula! The replayability of this game is insane, the ost is 9/10
    The graphics 10/10
    The gameplay 10/10
    Shadow playable 1000/10
    The bosses are pretty good 8/10
    The story 8/10
    Enjoyable 2D platforming 10/10
    Run fast ( lmao ) 10/10
    Shadow playable 1000000/10
  19. Shoko34
    Nov 19, 2022
    10
    Best Sonic game ever!
    Thank you SEGA for creating this masterpiece! 10/10 MUST PLAY for everyone!
  20. NBAMaccabi
    Nov 18, 2022
    10
    Best Sonic game ever!
    Thank you SEGA for creating this masterpiece! 10/10 MUST PLAY for everyone!
  21. StarCraftFilms
    Nov 18, 2022
    10
    Best Sonic game ever!
    Thank you SEGA for creating this masterpiece! 10/10 MUST PLAY for everyone!
  22. kaosdroite
    Nov 11, 2022
    8
    J'aime bien surtout les musique celle d'infinite un banger totales,l'avatar mouais ça passe
  23. Sickotendo
    Nov 11, 2022
    0
    Worse then 06, idc what anyone says, this is the WORSE GAME in the entire SONIC FRANCHISE.
  24. iidfk
    Nov 11, 2022
    6
    Very plain and boring. Its not an awful game, but theres nothing special about it, there's a lot of missed potential.
    Like the returning villains, it could have been fun to refight all these old bosses, but half of them dont even get an actual bossfight.
    Or the avatar stages, the avatar creator is a very cool idea, and theres a lot of customization, but the stages themselves are    Very plain and boring. Its not an awful game, but theres nothing special about it, there's a lot of missed potential.
    Like the returning villains, it could have been fun to refight all these old bosses, but half of them dont even get an actual bossfight.
    Or the avatar stages, the avatar creator is a very cool idea, and theres a lot of customization, but the stages themselves are basically just tweaked modern sonic stages, they dont take advantage of the wispons.
    The controls are also very weird. When modern sonic goes in 2D for example, its almost like theres a limit to his speed, and he can only go as fast as modern with the boost. Hes also very slippery.
    Classic sonic is even worse. He feels very heavy, and his jump is too short.

    The level design isnt awful, but its very boring. Just straight lines with no branching paths.

    Overall the game isnt bad, its just very mediocre. I wouldnt recommend it to anyone.    … Expand
  25. Heege
    Nov 9, 2022
    6
    Really really wanted the game to be good but the level design was quite disappointing
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. TheWinterWarman
    Oct 23, 2022
    5
    This game is a bag of missed potential. The new villain is lame, the boost formula is watered down, the avatar is modern Sonic without the boost and with a gun, and classic sonic is just there with physics worse than the classics (including mania) and even generations. The story is bad and the music is sometimes good and sometimes painfully mediocre (Example: Green Hill Classic). Overall,This game is a bag of missed potential. The new villain is lame, the boost formula is watered down, the avatar is modern Sonic without the boost and with a gun, and classic sonic is just there with physics worse than the classics (including mania) and even generations. The story is bad and the music is sometimes good and sometimes painfully mediocre (Example: Green Hill Classic). Overall, this game could've been great, but the uninspired level design, terrible story and characters, underwhelming gameplay styles, and underwhelming villain has made this game down to be one of the worst mainline sonic games. At least the game looks pretty good at times. (Although Unleashed and Generations still look better).… Expand
  29. 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
  30. 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
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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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