#please dont tear me apart im just a casual fan and player

[starrymothwings]

OKAY so time for an actual review of Sonic Forces because i actually started and finished the game in one sitting

The Good:

1. I actually like the custom character?? I’ll talk more about this but I thought it was a cute and fun way of spicing up the series a bit. Like everyone loves Sonic and Co. but I’m always a sucker for games that let you make custom characters bc it’s a more personal way of connecting with the series. Not to mention, but it intorduced a new way of playing and it did it pretty well, considering that I actually preferred the Avatar stages due to the movement. Very easy to control which has been a major gripe with recent Sonic games

2. The music. I’m picky when it comes to game OSTs but there are more than a few songs I’m thinking about buying. The music in the Classic levels in particular are very nice

3. Infinite is a fun villain! He’s edgy to the max but those kinds of characters never really bothered me to be honest? I actually wish he had been the main villain rather than Eggman because that would’ve been a good way to flesh out a new character in an already short game.

The Bad:

1. The game itself is really short. There are about 30 main levels and almost all of them can be completed in a few minutes each. I’m a slow gamer so I’ll say the whole thing took me about 5-6 hours to beat it. And in those 5-6 hours, it felt like the game was trying to be two or three different games at once. I do understand it came out after Sonic Generations, and the Sonic franchise has revolved around the classic platformer level style. But—

—I wish there was more to the game. Rather than playing level after level, I wish there was some kind of overworld to interact with, even if it was just the resistance base. I mean, we have almost the entire SA2 cast there, wouldn’t it be cool to go around and talk to everyone occasionally? Like actually see how their reactions change to the events of the game as it goes on?? Plus, I would’ve liked it to be longer. I did get it on sale but the original price is around $40 right? Unless you plan to 100% the game then there really isn’t much content per dollar.

2. Sonic Generations did really well from what I remember, and this game came out right afterwards if memory serves me right? But unfortunately, I really don’t think Classic Sonic had a place in the game. He’s just kinda...Shoehorned in there. Like there’s no meaningful plot point surrounding him beyond the fact that he...Gave Tails hope, I guess? His levels are alright, not really my favorite despite the fact that I do the best on them. Easily the best music in the game. Unfortunately, I just think his addition weakens the game overall. Again, it’s one of the reasons why Sonic Forces feels like it was trying to be more than one game. Also, his controls could be better.

3. Speaking of Sonic...I understand that he’s y’know...Sonic, and this is a Sonic game, so people are expecting Sonic to be in it. But, and this could just be a problem caused by the game’s short length and pacing, I don’t think we should have gotten Sonic back so soon. I mean, the conflict in the beginning (and the reason for your Avatar to be there) is the fact that Sonic was captured, but you get him back in the fifth level, which is anywhere after 10-25 minutes of gameplay. Not a major gripe, but it does seem a bit silly. What I DO have a major gripe with though is the fact that Sonic controls like garbage. I did not look forward to the Modern Sonic levels because I knew I was going to get screwed over by bad controls. Like the countless times I fell off the running sections because the game decided it didn’t want me to stay in bounds anymore.

4. I wish there was a bigger connection between the Avatar and Infinite. Like, aside from the one fight between the two of them midway through, there’s really no interaction between them. It’s just that you have a game where the main unique feature is that you can customize an avatar character to use throughout, and then you have the villain that debuts in said game.

We know that the Rookie was able to join the resistance because Infinite spared them, so it wouldn’t be farfetched to say that he’s the Avatar’s nemesis, right? Again, I like Infinite, and I wish he was in the game more. Since the game is split between the Sonic levels and the Avatar levels, and the conflict is (essentially) split between Infinite and Eggman, I wish the Avatar levels were spent dealing with Infinite the majority of the time and Sonic with Eggman—Rather than Sonic...Pretty much doing everything? Nemesis against nemesis.

5. Where was Chaos? :) Where was my boy? (: Because you have him in the trailer, you have him in the cutscenes where all the villains are lined up, but you don’t even fight him in the game? At least not in any of the main levels. DX was my first Sonic game so I am admittedly a little biased, but again: where was my BOY, SEGA? :) I just want to talk

Overall:

Okay so, despite the fact that there are more bad points than good in this post, I actually really enjoyed the game! I can see why people might criticize the game, but as always my main factor of whether or not I like a game is if I have fun with it—and I did. The music was good, (most) of the levels were fun, I always enjoy a custom character, the new villain was entertaining. I had a good time. I do wish I had a longer time, and maybe a slightly different time, but a good time nonetheless.

Now I’m off to play the Shadow episode and see if I have anything new to say afterwards, and then I’m gonna make fanart of my avatar because this game forced me to make a sonic oc in this year 2020, said self-insert rights, and also cringe is dead

Come talk to me about this game and Sonic in general if you want! Also send me your avatars/sonic ocs bc I want to see them