Sonic forces began it's story with a cutscene of Dr. Eggman complainning about how he had enough of Sonic's interuptions and at the same time praissing his new experiment as this time he is certain that the blue blur will not be able to emerhe victorious. The player then is greeted with the tutorial level, of Sonic travelling through Green Hills which he barely recognises from all the destructions. Another cutscene is triggered at the end where tails and some other animals where cornered by Dr Eggman and his killer Robos, but Sonic makes it just in time to defeat the robots. Eggman not amazed by this calls upon all the previous villains, Shadow ,Zavock, Chaos, Metal and the new member Infinite who seems to be more that a challenge for the hero. Before everyone realises this new foe knocks sonic out cold. Few months after the incident, Eggman took over most of the world with a few areas stil putting on a resistance, this is where we meet some of the main cast members such as Knuckles,Silver,Aimy and others who are ready to regroup a new sprout, The hero (aka the Custom Hero). Meanwhile, Tails, Sonic's right hand 'man' lost his mind with the lost of his friend and still tries to find something that could ve helped his buddy, however Chaos was about to ambush him but out of the blue Classic Sonic came to his rescue. For those unaware, There are two Sonics:
Before proceeding with the actual Gameplay of the game, the first option given to the players is to customize the heroes. The first option available for the hero to choose the gender between Male and female. Once the gender is selected the next option give is is to choose the race of the hero. The player can be a rabbit, a wolf, a hedgehog, a bird, a wolf, a dog, a cat and a bear. Each of the race comes with it's own attach ability.
Once the species is selected the player can choose the shape of the head based from ones already designed. Most of the species have three different types, and once their selection is made the player will have to select skin color,for the ears and mouth.
Following facial skin colour, the player will get to choose the type and colour of Eyes. Theres a total of eyes types. Furthermore the player will have to choose skin colour for the overall body.Moreover the player will have to choose a Voice for the hero
and last but not least his Victory pose which will be appearing with the end of a level. The more the players play a level and the higher the rank they score, they get rewarded with various of cosmeticks. Cosmetics such as Hats, glasses, masks, helmets, T-shirts,
necklases,gloves, shorts and boots. All of them can be equiped in the level selection by choosing the wardrope.
Sonic games are either 3D, 2D or Both platforming games. Sonic Forces, keeps the formula to the standard fromula the series are now known for. The players move around within a level collecting rings and trying to reach the end by avoiding enemies and death traps.
The player dies by falling in a non playable area, running out of time, drunk in water, squash between items and getting hit when there are no rings. Rings act as a shield for the player. To elaborate whena player is hit they lose their coins. Unlike the older games
forces allows the player to choose normal difficulty. The difference between Hard and Normal is that in hard, similar to the old games the player lose all their rings but in normal they only lose some. When the rings leave the player they remain for a few seconds
before dissappearing. When the player has zero coins and receives a blow, then they will will die. Every level has multple of checkpoints for the player to collect by passing through them. Checkpoints re represented with apole with a blue sphere.
Not including the DLC, the game has thirty main stages, 6 secrets stages and 2 extras. However, both the secrets and extras levels are extremely small. The game it's not long as it caan be finished within 3-4 hours whilst in hard difficulty. Players might replay
some maps that have SOS signals. SOS Stages are the normal stages in the game that have an prison randomly located. The Players are required to jump on to it in order to release a friend. For the game's story,
SOS missions represent signals from members of the Resistance that are in need of help. They 're completely optional that serve the purpose of unlocking items and boosting the Players hero rank.
The game sperates it self in three different gameplays Classic Sonic, Modern Sonic and the hero.
The game has only two type of collectable and can be found in every level.The first type of collectable are the various cosmeticks the heroes get to unlocked. As mentioned earlied in the character development the players can unlock various of clothing pieces that they can equip in the Wardrope. These cosmeticks are unlocked by achieving a rank of either A or S. The ranking is based on how fast the player will cross the finish line, the amount of rings they eneded a level with, the amount of points earned by killing various of enemies and last but not least the points earned from quick time events if any. The second type of collectables are the famous red rings that are in every Sonic Game. As always there are five red rings seperated within a level and the more the players get the more extra levels they unlocked.
First things first the music of the game similar to every sonic game is really good. Plenty of memorable songs were created for the game such as Infinite's Theme song and Fist Bumb. Every level has unique songs that escort the levels, whether it's the famous green Hills or
a casino street, there is always a match. it should be mentioned that when playing modern Sonic and use Dash, there is a special effe used in the background music that indicates Sonic's speed of Light. The level themselves are large and some have various of mechanicks. Some levels
are straight forward, some have the player running from a death trap, some combine quick time events ,others have various of traps and so many different factors that can be found within the thirty levels. Unlike the past entries in the series, the main route of the level is very
straight forward, with the alternative paths not being as visually obvious as in the past.
Overall Sonic forces was a game that came with a mix impressions. As the game aged, the mass agreed that the game is not being as good as other titles and that it is not as replayable as past entries. The game was extremely easy which is not something that Sonic games were meant to be.
The story although very good does not match with the gameplay. To elaborate, both Sonic 2006 and Sonic forces had at some point the heroes breaking in the enemies base. In 2006, Sonic starts snowboarding down a mountain in order to reach the back of the base. Then he fights his way in
by defeating the guards. Once the guards are defeated, he breaks in searching for his goal. In forces, a dialogue is given to the player containing the mission, the player is then placed in a level. Whilst Sonic is moving from one point of the map to the other, dialogue is given by Knuckles
explainning how Sonic did this and that (breaking in, lowering shields etc.). At the end of the level, Knuckles yet again explains how the mission was a success and the mission is over. Through this example, it's obvious which game rewards the heroes actions through it's gameplay and not
it's dialogue. Some boss battles are not as exciting as others, as some concepts are being reused. The idea is that Sonic is running forward while the boss (Infinite,Metal) throws various of obstacles. Sonic will eventually reach the boss a hit mark will appear and the hero will hit the boss
similar to the boss encounters found as bonus levels in older games and the boss battles in the App game Sonic dash. Enemy Shadow and Chaos were seen in the cutscenes and the trailers but do not fight the player as they both defeated in cutscenes. As mentioned prior another factor againts the
game is it's length as it is short.
On the other hand the game did experiment and introduce a character creator which was never done before with the series. The voice acting and characters are extremely good. The main cast of Eggman, Sonic, Infinite, Knuckles and tails did a great job. Some of the dialogue interactions are really
good filled with humor and one liners. The animated cutscenes are very energetick filled with action and care. At the same time good animation can be seen in levels where cities break with giant monsters and others. The framerate of the ps4 doesnt drop and keep things clear. Further more the
music of the game is really good and some of the songs introduced within the series are some of the greatest songs of the series. The Gameplay of the series, it's good and polish, however it is very similar to the original entires of the series, where the players choose a level and run straight forward.
It's a fun game of the recent entries but not as deep mechanical wise as others.
This is a video showcasing and reviewing the Game