2/5 ★ – Marki3810's review of Sonic Forces.

This game sucks. I played it before on my switch and was left feeling that it was painfully mediocre. My playthrough on pc though was awful. But before we get into the bad, which there is a lot of, lets talk about the good. The game looks and runs extremely well, except during the cutscenes which we'll get to later. No graphical errors and the game rocked a framerate well above 100 fps at all times (except during cutscenes). The character creator is a bit limited, but overall it is fun to customize your "buddy" with the tons of cosmetics at your disposal that you get through unlocks and free DLC. The music is also pretty decent, some typical cheesy sonic stuff alongside a few genuinely good songs. The story is also really dumb, which I like. The tone is so jarring and I love it. Another highlight is when the game ended. Also, Classic Sonic has the drop dash from mania so I guess that's cool, shame that the game feels like ass to control. Onto the bad, Classic Sonic feels awful to control. He doesn't carry momentum very well and precision platforming feels clunky and unwieldy. This criticism also applies to Sonic and the "buddy" as well, although they are more enjoyable to play thanks to the homing attack and 3D gameplay segments. These clunky controls makes platforming extremely frustrating and building speed as Classic Sonic feels pointless as he is just gonna arbitrarily slow down in a few seconds. The "buddy" whom is the create a character just feels super similar to sonic but worse. Their homing attack feels clunky thanks to a delay caused by them using a grappling hook. They also have access to a selection of weapons that are comically overpowered and help remove what little challenge the game has. Sonic feels the best to control of the two, only really suffering from 2D segments and moving side to side while boosting. Next up, the levels range from boring to frustrating. Most levels are just beaten by holding forward while pressing a button every now and then. 2D levels are just abysmal thanks to lame gimmicks and bad controls. Lastly, the cutscenes look awful since most of them are pre-rendered in-engine footage that is horribly compressed. The only time that the cutscenes don't have this awful compression is when the "buddy" is on screen. Another thing worth noting is that the cutscenes, pre-rendered or not, were capped at 30 fps. This personally didn't bother me but others may find it annoying. tl;dr Sonic Forces is a dull frustrating experience with little redeeming qualities. Unfortunately, another addition into the hall of bad Sonic games.