At the end of this game, Sonic says, "We have to fix the world we live in" and not just "the illusions" the Phantom Ruby created. This implies that Sonic is not into electoralism, a tool that is fixated on the aesthetic differences of power, but in a more material progress, rooted in environmentalism.

I'm not a real Sonic fan. My nostalgia for the character is rooted in Sonic CD. But as an adult, I don't have the reflexes or patience to complete Sonic Mania. As such, Sonic Forces is built for someone like me, particularly in the first 5/6 of the game, where deaths are almost all just dumb mistakes. But I found the final few stages....pretty damn enjoyable, from an arcade perspective.

And I mean....they did pay tribute to almost every era of Sonic. Does it matter why Silver is there? I mean, that's sloppy, but they didn't turn their back on the Sonic '06 fans. You have to admire something so overstuffed with fanservice.

Justice for Big the Cat, though.

I've been pretty disappointed with how 3D Sonic has been handled since Colors and Generations, especially when it comes to the story. It feels like now all the series can do is poke fun at itself and recycle the same basic tropes. Sonic Forces felt like, for the first time in a while, the developers wanted to try and make a story with at least some level of ambition, but were desperately cut short. In general, this game feels unfinished in a way that doesn't make it terrible, just barebones. I can do without the classic Sonic stages, especially because the avatar stages are just classic Sonic but with actually decent controls. The modern Sonic levels are really fun, albeit painfully short.

I think, in a lot of ways, Forces may show promise for the future of the series in trying to right the wrongs of the 2010's. It's sad that this is the best we can get out of 3D Sonic in the meantime.

Uno de los peores juegos producidos de Sonic y sin exagerar. Es increible cómo antes me quejaba de lo brainlet que era el diseño de niveles de Generations, su mal sistema de puntaje y lo corto que era, pero pasa y resulta que este juego es lo mismo pero PEOR. Buffearon de una forma conmensurada el boost a tal punto que ni para saltar lo llegas a necesitar, ya que por alguna razón si haces ese comando en el aire (ya sea saltando o cayendo) dará un salto por automático, volviendo aún más soporiferos los niveles. Los niveles del Sonic clásico, por alguna razón, llegan a asistir DEMASIADO con los trampolines, pero a un punto donde incluso no te deja morir metiendo uno secreto en los pozos, ¡¿que carajo estaban pensando?! Para colmo, sus fisicas son aun peores que las de generations, ahora siendo super resbaladizo y su gravedad es muy aleatoria, a veces cayendo en velocidad normal y otras como si fuera un puto imán, y el hecho de que hayan agregado el drop dash sin hacer un diseño de niveles medianamente interesante con este como sí hicieron en Mania hace que el juego sea aún mas facil. El Avatar literalmente me enteré luego de acabar el juego que debia cambiar de arma para usar otros wisp, siempre usaba el wisp de fuego y con eso conseguí casi todos los Red Rings, por lo que el diseño ni siquiera te invita a usar otras herramientas.

Francamente no encuentro algo bueno de este juego, Sonic post Adventure 2 solía tener cinematicas medianamente bien dirigidas pero acá parece hecho por un amateur de universidad, y la historia a pesar de tener un contexto demasiado grave (nivel Sonic SatAM para que se hagan una idea) se siente todo sin ningún ápice de peligro o tensión. Y hablando de eso, ni me hagan mencionar a los jefes... tres se repiten con diferente skin, el jefe final es un plagio al del Sonic Colors de Wii pero super bajado de huevos, y los mas "originales" solo se basan en alejarte de ellos, ver que se atontan, acercarte y spamear el ataque y ya, super aburridos todos.

Al menos la música está bien, pero ya es un meme de que Sonic solo hace bien eso que francamente no lo haría tan meritorio. Ni vale la pena que se lo compren/descarguen, literalmente hubieron casos de gente que ni son profesionales en Sonic que pudieron terminar el juego antes de que se cumpla el tiempo de reembolso LMAO.

Por favor SEGA, tú sabes mas que bien que el boost system no está mal, Unleashed es mi Sonic 3D favorito y Colors es un juego sólido dentro de lo que cabe. Lo que está mal es que te enfocas en otras pendejadas que no valen la pena, traer a classic Sonic no está justificado bajo ningún motivo y solo a tus fans mas pendejos les molestó conseguirse todos los trajes del avatar y quedarse 60 horas personalizandolo. Ponganse las pilas ahora que Unleashed sí está siendo glorificado como se merece, vuelvan a hacer un diseño complejo como sus niveles diurnos que nadie les echará el mal ojo.

lost potential, this one just bums me out. i went into this hoping it would be the ian flynn archie-esque game i'd always wanted, but it feels like a half-baked attempt at a serious anarchist story written by two comedy men who can't write a plot (this is why generations and colors are their best games; they have naught but the bare bones of a story).
i think the problem with pontac and graff are that they didnt want to commit to writing a serious story, littering the would-be-serious scenes with too much banter. it's hard to picture there being stakes when things liek sonic being tortured for 6 months and knuckles unwittingly leading thousands to their deaths are treated more like jokes. this actually leads me to another issue; saying that P&G have flanderized every character and reduced them to one or two overused tropes would be the understatement of the century. i simply think knuckles has more to him than "im stupid" and i think amy should have more of a role than "the girl". Ian Flynn understands this! Evan Stanley understands this! It's too bad Sega doesn't, but theyre also the ones who get cranky if you introduce a "mechanic" character other than Tails and Eggman so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
I don't want to say this game was rushed because we dont have any proof of that, but....it definitely feels like it's 1/2 of a game.

I really like Sonic Forces. It's kind of like a modern Sonic game mixed with an Adventure Sonic game but wasn't fully realized.
The story definitely feels underdeveloped and I feel Infinite wasn't properly utilized, but what's there is still good and I really like Infinite and hope he returns in future games.
Forces looks amazing and the level design is solid. I love Capital City where Infinite manipulates you and the level as you play it.
The custom character was way more fun than I expected. I really enjoyed customizing them and trying out the different weapons. Their stages have amazing music too.
The free Shadow DLC is great too. It's good to play as him in a main game for the first time since Sonic '06.