This is mod is very impressive for a mod; it almost feels like an official DLC campaign. The level design, while being a massive step up from the vanilla game, is a blast to play through, even if there might be a stigma of the vanilla level design still lingering. This time around, you'll have to actually turn on your brain and play the game, combined with a challenging ranking system that does a great job at testing your skills. Sometimes, the levels can feel too busy on visuals that could make some things a bit harder from player-to-player. Episode Metal is a cool 1-stage prequel story that provides a bit of context for the events that happen throughout the story. The soundtrack throughout the mod is awesome and is great for pumping your adrenaline, although the vocals that play for the track in Stage 6 is... meh. The cutscenes are somewhat reminiscent of the Storybook games, with hand drawn visuals that feels like something out of the IDW comics. While it's cool to see that multiple artists worked on the cutscenes, the presentation can feel a bit inconsistent as a result. The voice acting can feel pretty hit or miss, but still solid overall. The weakest part of the whole mod to me is the writing. Ranging from issues such as the writing feeling too cliche, some stuff the world map dialogue going on a bit longer than it should at times, and some stuff feels out of character. e.g the way Sonic is written sometimes feels kind of like Spiderman where defeating Eggman is his job which feels weird for Sonic. Despite my issues, it's still worth checking out, as while it'll only take you about an hour, the overall package still makes up for it. But if you want to buy the game just to play this mod (ONLY ON PC), wait for a sale. Check out the official website here: https://duckdealer1.github.io/forces-overclocked/

Reviewed on Dec 26, 2023


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