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applecinnabun
@applecinnabun

i was not on the internet in 2017 so no one heard my hot take about this but i think sonic forces was good and people are mean to it because they're afraid of being cringe >:C

character customization makes it at least top 3 3d sonic games for me alone. character creation is so ubiquitous in the sonic fandom that there's a running joke about searching your first name + the hedgehog and getting assigned a sonic OC. it's good! character creation is good! everyone wants it, if they're being honest with themselves! i got to play as a cyborg bunny!!

also, its random level-replay events where you go help someone else's OC, or borrow their OC for a bit, were a good incentive to replay levels. people should be replaying sonic levels way more than they do. it's like, at least hundreds of hours of labor hours gone into each level you blazed through in 3 minutes, i guarantee you didn't appreciate it enough the first time through

also, this line is unironically more iconic than anything since SA2

like. sonic's always been goofy, and impossible to take 100% seriously, but i don't think you're supposed to! we're having fun here! open your heart!!

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Codarobo
@Codarobo

I thought the customization stuff was cool, but I just.. could not get into the gameplay at all. but tbh 2.5d sonic games have really not ever clicked well with me. I'm definitely a genesis/cd/gg/mania/SA1+2 person lol.

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Codarobo
@Codarobo

yeah... I think spending my childhood obsessed with sonic 3+K probably spoiled me a little bit for what was to come. It's still one of my favorite games of all time and probably one of the best things sega has ever produced, as like, a discrete product

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MoxieCat
@MoxieCat

I thought everyone agreed the character customization was the best part?? The main criticisms I heard were about the level design.
I've never played it though, so I don't really have an opinion besides "it's really cool that Sega made a Canon OC Creator."

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diddgery
@diddgery

i wish that infinite was centered more in the story and allowed to be the main antagonist over eggman. he has so much potential (almost infinite, heh) and they really squandered it. it sucks that idw isn't allowed to use him because i just know their team could do something special with him

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virtualmarmalade
@virtualmarmalade

I see the appeal. Imo the team up stages were inspired, and I love the build of playing as just Sonic, then just your Avatar, then both at once, it was really cool. I just wish Classic Sonic wasn't in the game bc all of his levels are bad and the game would be better with more of the other stage types (and longer acts would be nice). Also the boss fights feel a little undercooked. Not the worst Sonic game by any means.
Forces is so frustrating for me because I feel like it was so close to greatness but just barely missed!

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applecinnabun
@applecinnabun

that is fair! honestly i forgot how much classic sonic was actually even in the game before this discussion lmao. i'm one of those "mostly remember the peaks, barely consider the valleys" types of people and it's easy to forget that not everyone sees things the same way

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FlintFox
@FlintFox

It's a really good game! I kept off playing this for a while due to circumstances but when I finally got around to it, I remember having such a massive grin on my face as I kept playing it. The weak part of it are the Classic Sonic sections which feel as tacked on as they were - but the 3D parts (both the Sonic and the fan character sections) are full of fun level design, exciting and epic setpieces, and of course the music is phenomenal throughout the game. The Shadow DLC campaign is really good as well, lots of great nods to the past games too.

I really don't get why this is considered a bad game, beyond the fact that it's a 3D Sonic game.

My hot take is that out of the two Sonic games that came out in 2017, this is the better one.

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