Sonic Forces hands-on – Looks like the mania is over…
Poor Sonic Forces. This unfortunate release from SEGA has to be the Sonic game that comes out after Sonic Mania. We had our hearts stolen earlier this year by the most fantastic Sonic game in nearly two decades, but the dream will be dead come later this year. Snap, back to a reality where Sonic games come out to a choir of “boos: and ultimately prove to be letdowns.
Unfortunately for Sonic Forces, it’s also going to be the Sonic game that reminds us why we wanted Sonic Mania in the first place.
Some are gambling on the hope that SEGA will tap into the creative bug that led to Sonic Generations a few years back, but after two stages and a five-minute demo with this latest game, I don’t see it. Sonic Forces clearly falls into many of the traps that plague the worst of Sonic’s’ titles, and I walked away from my demo with the same sinking feeling that I always et after realizing that the Sonic hype wasn’t real.
You know how this all plays out. Sonic runs as you control him from behind. Well, you struggle to control him at any rate. He feels more awkward than ever before in this game, and we’re a long way off from Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 back when 3D Sonic felt somewhat decent.
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