Sonic Forces Thread

What's with this game's level design? That Shadow stage couldn't be more obvious that it was just slapped together.

 

Its a free add on

 

Ya I said that before I knew that in response to someone who said this would all cost like, $80.

 

One worrying thing here is that there's no targeting crosshair for homing attacks. Why would they disable that only for Shadow? Other than that I think this looks pretty fun! Not very smart, but still fun.

EDIT: I'm dumb, I just realised they disable the HUD for these gameplay clips.

 

We have avatars, Shadows, Speed, boosting, eggman winning, a new guy whom eggman may or may not have created, a fox with an annoying voice, silver, and some great music.

Now all I'm curious about is the length and number of stages

 

Why play as Shadow when you can play as OC in Shadow's skin?

 

That's just a costume, which is now justified due to shadow being playable. (Even though it looks silly as f***)

 

Dead Tails sounds like the dumbest creepypasta type thing I've ever heard, but is it wrong that I kind of love it? I mean, Forces is basically in for a penny in for a pound at this point.

 

Sonic Team doesn't have it in them anymore, man. That level was atrocious, it's literally the same crates and platforms acting as a level.

 

I detest Shadow. But I LOVE how we have another playable character. It looks like he Sacrifices Sonic's double jump for a beefed up Homing Attack.

The fact that he'll be playable in 10 of Sonic's levels is fantastic. Seriously Sega, if you do this for more characters, I will slurp the DLC soup up and burp in satisfaction.

Yeah his own stages look like Debug Mode tier shit though. Which is why I'm glad he has some of Sonic's stages... Even though Sonic's level design isn't wowing me. But I digress.

 

Shadow looks neat. I'm glad we're getting an older mainstay playable again. I hope this is well-recieved and leads to more playable characters in future 3D entries.

 

>dat level design though, fucking hell

I thought slapping crates together and calling it a level was over after Colours?

 

Wow.
Another main character playable in a 3D Sonic game ?
What a time to be alive.

 

This all at least looks like it'll be a good base for modding. Hopefully people figure out how to play around with this. Even if the levels are lacking they all seem to play ok.

 

Oh yeah, just to mention it more officially than my post above, Shadow will be playable in 10 of Sonic's levels. So thankfully we can put Shadow in some not-quite-as-horrible level design.

Assuming the main trio has even stages, I guess this confirms they'll all have 10+ stages, plus Bosses and Tag Team levels.

 

*Watches Shadow's Gameplay, then reads description*

What?

Why is this DLC and not a poart of the game if it goes back into the history. What did they mean by "Team Dark?" Are we talking SA2, Sonic Heroes, or something else? From Sonic X, we all know who Rouge works for. E-123 Omega, not so much. Why must stuff like this present more questions than answers? It's cool and all that this is available eventually on PC, but what are the specs? I want to know if my laptop can handle it and run Denuvo at the same time :v:

 

Ahhh, good point. Hopefully they'll have at least SOME exclusive stages. Classic probably will at least. :v:

But seriously, is it bad that I'm actually fairly excited for this story? Like, I'm actually interested to know what happens and what will happen, I haven't felt that way about a Sonic game since I was a lad. I don't think it'll be PERFECT, and Pontac being on deck is still concerning, but... for real. Between this and the 40 dollar asking price, I think Sega/Sonic Team is seriously trying to earn our good faith back. Whether or not it's working (Hi Denuvo) is another debate entirely, but it's an attempt at least.

...Level design is still awful too.