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I can play better fursona makers on Kongregate for free. A total waste of time

Sonic forces is the most bland and boring sonic game ever. The level design consists of holding down the boost button and running in a straight line for 3 minutes. The story while good in concept is executed very poorly. The game is very inconsistent as well, they say sonic was tortured for months but when we see him next he's still joking around. On top of this in the main game Infinite is heavily implied to be a robot, but in the shadow dlc we find out he was a normal dude who turned evil after shadow insulted him. Speaking of infinite, he has one of the coolest designs out of all the sonic villians in my opinion, which sucks because he is so bland otherwise. Another thing that's bland in this game is the writing, it is soooooo bad. I cringed at multiple points and overall it just left a bad taste in my mouth. The same can be said for classic sonic, the only reason he is in the game is for the filler levels and overall he just ruins the prestine nature of him in generations a little bit for me. Also there is another continuity error with classic sonic, in this game he is referred to by tails as 'the sonic from another dimension' when this simply isn't true because it is made very clear that in generations he is simply a version of sonic from the past. In conclusion, sonic forces is a bland boring mess of a game which makes me wish I could have the last 4 hours of my life back.

I bought this game for 10 bucks and sold it for 20, and I still feel it wasn't worth it.

it’s a video game


ps: keep classic sonic locked up I don’t want to ever see him in a modern game again

Bem fraquinho, o jogo não tem ideia do que quer ser


i remember playing this game so long ago and almost beating it in 2 hrs. i thought i was a beast
yea its pretty mid overall

Sonic Forces is easily one of the most overhated games in this series, as well as one of the most underwhelming. This game blends several great things about this franchise into one of the most average games the series has seen. It absolutely has its qualities, as well as some stupid design choices, this is quite an oddball of a game.

Forces’ story is nothing much despite the initially interesting premise. Dr Eggman, using the power of Sonic Mania’s phantom Ruby which appeared in front of him, enhances a member of a gang creating a being named “Infinite” who is able to create illusions so real they can kill. He uses infinite to finally beat up Sonic, capture him and take over 99% of the world. So a resistance led by Knuckles and joined by your own Avatar character front the fight to take back the planet. Classic Sonic from Mania is here as the phantom Ruby brought him to this timeline, and Modern Sonic is rescued quickly and then it’s just a case of defeating Infinite’s illusions of previous Sonic villains and defeating Eggman. There’s not much going on here, there’s a lot of dialouge but most of it is done through radio conversations as opposed to full on cutscenes. The cutscenes are okay, animation is good and the acting is on point, but the actual writing is pretty bad and doesn’t seem to know what tone it’s trying to present. Things wrap up quickly and there isn’t much else to say after that.

Forces’ gameplay is split into 3 styles, Modern Sonic, Classic Sonic and your own Avatar. It’s a cool idea to be able to join the fight alongside the Sonic’s, but not much is really done with that as we’ve discussed. There’s 30 stages including boss fights, and you simply select them from a world map. It sounds like a lot, it’s not, but bear with.

Modern Sonic has gone back to the boost formula, he can blaze through stages, homing attack, air boost, stomp and grind on rails. All the boxes are checked, but not only is the control even more stiff than Colours when on the ground, but the levels really don’t ask for much. To be fair this means the control isn’t really a problem, but these stages are almost always a straight line with the occasional deviation for a red ring collectible. They also end in no time leading to stages that have a lot of energy, but constantly leave you wanting more.

Classic Sonic didn’t get treated well here, he’s been slowed down significantly since generations, especially with his Spindash which has been nerfed. There’s no rolling physics either and whenever you make a jump, it feels so heavy. One positive I can say is that the drop dash appears here, and it works pretty well. But this is one of Classic Sonic’s worst appearances by far, even if he ends up having some of the longer levels.

The avatar is interesting, it’s basically modern Sonic without the boost, but they give you a grappling hook and a whole ton of weapons called Wispons. The grappling hook is almost always automatic so that’s very unfortunate, but the wispons.. they had a good idea here. Every wispon has a different attack, from a flamethrower, to a lightning whip to a black hole gun, they are (mostly) fun to use. They also all let you activate the wisp power associated with the gun, letting you take some different paths in stages. It’s a shame this is all under-utilised due to the games short levels and low difficulty. It doesn’t really matter what you end up using because every gun is fit for the job. But I do enjoy customising the Avatar, it’s one of the better things about this game.

Sometimes you’ll play a stage with both Sonic and the Avatar, and genuinely I think these are fun due to the different approach options you can take. You also get to “Double Boost” where in a quick time event, you blast off at a much higher speed. I like the energy of these parts… but you don’t even need to touch the controller during them.

Boss fights are pretty weak overall, some of them being exact copies of one another. They either go down pathetically easy, or drag out for ages and there’s not much In between.

Forces has a great pace, it just keeps moving, there’s no stupid gimmick levels, no confusing gameplay styles, it’s just faced paced action… for about 3-4 hours till it’s over. Don’t get me wrong Colours and Generations were just as short, but they gave you more to do outside of the basics. Forces extra content comes down to a few extra stages and collectible hunting for no actual reason besides an achievement.

The game looks great and I actually like the OST more than most, it gives a different vibe but i do like these tunes.

Forces could have been a lot of things, but it never feels like it wanted to be. It’s a very safe game, one that is not terrible or broken, it’s just underwhelming, and that’s a shame.

Would have been better if sonichu was in it

would give this a higher rating cuz i can't lie and say i didn't have fun, but the game itself was so half assed. infinite was terribly disappointing.

Tiene todo lo que los fans siempre quisimos tener y el resultado fue; un gameplay de velocidad.

Only time in any recent-ish memory I remember returning a game to GameStop

Sonic dash clears unfortunately

Completo lixo, nada se aproveita. História rasa, infantilizada com problemas que em tese seriam mais maduros que no final se resolvem da forma mais patética possível, poder da amizade 😍. Gameplay linear até mesmo para os jogos estilo boost, aperte quadrado e termine a fase em 20 segundos!!!
Trilha sonora é outro defeito nesse jogo, se tem duas músicas legais já é muito, dizem que as músicas de Sonic no geral são boas, mas aqui nem esse título se aplica, só não perde para as músicas do Sonic 4.
Platinei para ter local de fala para sempre e em qualquer oportunidade poder apedrejar esse jogo, Sonic 06 tem mais personalidade que isso.

Mierdón gordo de juego primo, hasta Sonic 06 es mas divertido

Put the controller down, it's not worth it...

By far one of my most hated games due to the anticipation built up beforehand and the damage it has done to sonic as a whole, the game doesnt understand its characters with everyone besides the main 3 feeling useless especially when characters like tails, knuckles, omega, etc have had huge adventures in their own right along with character development that this game chooses to ignore, the levels themselves arnt even any fun the designs are insanely boring in modern stages which wouldnt matter because the levels end before you realize it while the classic stages are so awful to control even when generations nailed classic before this, the story is awful like every story in this era but somehow worse its like they wanted to make a adventure era story but forgot to make a villian with an interesting motive (not that it matters since they recycle the same final boss from the previous 2 games for some god knows reason) along with actual pacing and charming dialogue. The only redeeming part of this game is the avatar however that mechanic as a whole feels extremely underwhelming with all species looking the exact same minus the head with customization barely existing outside of cosmetics. Look if you want to play forces just watch paint dry youd get the same experience.

In the same way that most 3D sonic games are, it's not horrible, but it's not very good. It tried to better merge the mainline sonics with generations, and gave you a pretty good character creator, but it ended up not amounting to much than another sub-par 3D sonic. Glad I didn't actually buy this one.

Terrível. Gosto de algumas ideias da narrativa, mas todas foram usadas e feitas da forma mais porca e preguiçosa possível.

A prime of example of great ideas, poor execution. It shocks me that 6 years after Generations released, we essentially got a game that's worse in nearly every aspect. Boost Sonic definitely doesn't control as well as Adventure Sonic, but I always found it manageable to do tight platforming most of the time. In Sonic Forces case, the jump arc is very shoddy, starting off slow and awkwardly speeding up immediately, causing you to often overshoot or undershoot what should be an easy jump. The turning also sucks, but it doesn't really matter in levels that feel insubstantial at best and feel short due to massive amounts of automation padding out sections of the level. Not to mention, this game pissed the hell off fans who wanted a deep, darker story with returning villains and what we got is nostalgia bait mixed in with a story that never really tries to do anything with the material it has. Definitely skip this one and just play Sonic Generations instead, unless you want to speed-run or download mods for this game.

i tried my hardest to find some sort of good in this game and its all so.... cut and dry. the levels suck the bosses the controls suck the story is abysmal. Really cemented how the sonic series had sunk so low. also anyone reading this never and I mean NEVER go for the 100% you will regret it so much

however I guess I can thank this game for getting me into the rest of this series? it made me want to beat mania and see how great this series could truly be.

This was a tough pill to swallow. My doctor's said I needed to take one pill of [SONIC-FORCES] every day to make it out of my back pain-iliosis. Took one pill. Asked my doctor for a different treatment.


Probably the most underwhelming finale to a Sonic game, but at least creating your own character is a neat idea.

Completing the game is actually Fun
The Rest, not so much