![]() Forces constantly provides you with a stream of new unlockables, with four to five clothing items or weapons being unlocked any time you complete an in-game “Mission.” By the time the credits rolled on Sonic Forces, I found myself with over 300 different clothing options for my OC, and a lot of them felt too perfect for what I wanted.Ĭustomizing my OC was absolutely the most fun I had in the game outside of seeing her in action with Sonic and friends. While I was initially disappointed by the lack of customization options (a few colors, a handful of clothes, and a single weapon), when I finally got a few missions into the game proper I found myself drowning in accessories. When I started the game, I decided to pull out an old friend: a Sonic OC from my tweenage years, Roxanne Maria, who is Shadow the Hedgehog’s girlfriend. I was actually kind of floored: the Sonic fandom has long been an infamous, near-infinite source of fanworks ranging from endearing to embarrassing, so to see that aspect of the game’s community brought into the game itself is really neat. Players can choose from a handful of races like Dog, Cat, Bird, or, of course, Hedgehog, and make their own original Sonic-themed animal. The main draw of both the narrative and the game itself is that ability to make an original character. Eggman has this buddy who’s super strong, Sonic has trouble fighting this new buddy, Sonic uses the power of friendship or raw strength, Sonic wins and saves the day. Though the game starts out strong, with standout moments like Knuckles the Echidna reading reports of Sonic being tortured, and Silver the Hedgehog musing poetically on the value of despair, the game quickly falls into the type of story you’d expect out of a Sonic game. ![]() On the surface, the narrative of Sonic Forces sounds fairly trite. Your new character joins the ranks of Sonic and company (though Big the Cat is conspicuously absent) as they fight against a world completely overtaken by Dr. Working off the boost style of gameplay pioneered by Sonic Rush and improved upon in Generations, Forces takes the game a step further by letting you create your own original character for the first time in series history. Sonic Forces is a game that feels aimed at people like myself, who enthusiastically prefer Sonic’s more modern iterations. For me, however, as someone who prefers my Sonic with one extra dimension, my heart was set on this next game from the Generations team. ![]() For many, Mania took the limelight: a brand new 2D Sonic game made by fan programmers who had already made a name for themselves with impressive modern ports of Sonic 2 and Sonic CD. Sonic Forces was announced alongside the recently released Sonic Mania at last year’s Sonic 25th Anniversary party. Sure, there are still clunkers like Sonic Boom (though not made by Sega proper) and the snorefest Sonic The Hedgehog 4, but Colors, Generations, and Lost World were all solid games with a decent amount of fun to be had. Sonic has luckily, in recent years, been cleaning himself up a bit. ![]() Sonic isn’t for everyone, and even for the people who love the series, all the good found in games such as Sonic Adventure 2 ends up counteracted by games like Sonic and The Black Knight and Sonic ‘06. ![]() The Sonic series is one fraught with pitfalls, misunderstandings, bugs, and jank but it’s equally full of fun, charm, adventure and humor. It used to be difficult to really explain why I love Sonic the Hedgehog. ![]()
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