Episode Shadow is crazy short. I finished this in 20 minutes and when I finished the third level I was shocked that's all there was. Other than its short runtime I think this dlc is pretty decent, but I may be a little biased because shadow is my favourite sonic character. The story in this ties in fine enough to the main game and my biggest issue with it is probably infinites backstory. Shadow literally insulted him ONCE which made him become an evil supervillian who wants to destroy the world. I definitely think they could have made up a better origin story but other than that I would say this dlc is worth your 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.

Sonic generations was a big part of my childhood which is great because I finally finished it! This game is amazing, the music, level design, and all the other extra goodies make this pure fan service.

Every level was great and felt different enough between the two sonics to make it feel warranted to play them twice. One level I didn't like however was the sonic 06 one (shocking I know), I will say it was funny seeing classic sonic in a dark and gritty world though.

The last boss in my opinion was a tad lazy but it's not the biggest issue. In my opinion, the biggest issue with generations are the challenge levels you have to complete to get the boss keys. They are just sooooo boring, its like right after you play a level twice you then have to play it again with an annoying gimmick a third time to progress the story. Whilst this isnt game ruining by any means, its just annoying as it takes away from the great by adding tedious tasks to do.

In conclusion, Sonic generations is a great game and it's great to have finally revised this gem from my childhood.

Sea of thieves is the greatest pirate game of all time, and it's great to see it succeed were so many other live service games have failed. A great example is the late game content which is in the form of pirate legend, it takes many 10s of hours to become a pirate legend and once you become one you are given a wide variety of new quests to do, items to buy, and adventures to be had. One thing that may be a turn off for some people are battle passes and seasons in full priced games, and I'm no exception, except in the case of sea of theives. Each plunder pass is full of well designed cosmetics as well as enough ancient coins to buy the next plunder pass, and on top of that each season they introduce TONS of new content that will keep you busy for hours upon hours. Overall I'm very glad that I went back to play this game before the PS5 launch. I'm looking forward to playing it again on my ps5 next month.