Board 8 > Sonic Forces review zone

(+) Yeah! (+)

Wow so far it's lagging behind Lost World by quite a bit.
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Sounds like it might be one of the worst major releases of the year. The real question is, can it go below Bubsy?
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We have metacritic now
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/sonic-forces

Ouch
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I guess they should've added a note saying that if you hate Mania then you might like this game
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Mania was ok but I like the freedom in 3D Sonic
If it's just a linear path that could have been 2D but tranformed into 3D for the sake of being a 3D, no thanks
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxvQbKWVjyk

Psycho Mantis?
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This game is not good, but I still like it kinda. It's fine
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https://kotaku.com/sonic-forces-the-kotaku-review-1820261612

Oh hey a mostly positive review
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Played a bit more today. Kinda starting to get a feel for it.

Episode Shadow is surprisingly difficult.
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Been getting all the red rings, numbers rings and moon rings and whatever missions are available (S-Rank, Speed run, etc) before I move on to the next. I certainly won't be beating the game in 4 hours now

also hey uploaded a video of a stage I really enjoyed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSVQ3ccPvdo

Reminded of those space levels from Sonic Adventure 2 but without dying trying to get from rail to rail
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ninkendo posted...

Been getting all the red rings, numbers rings and moon rings and whatever missions are available (S-Rank, Speed run, etc) before I move on to the next. I certainly won't be beating the game in 4 hours now

also hey uploaded a video of a stage I really enjoyed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSVQ3ccPvdo

Reminded of those space levels from Sonic Adventure 2 but without dying trying to get from rail to rail

The theme for that level is my favorite so far.
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I have to say, so far I'm enjoying playing this game. The modern stages are especially fun to blast through
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It is quite fun. Avatar is surprisingly good.

Also watched a bit of Liam's stream and his pure joy at the first double boost was pretty much my reaction.
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Do I not unlock the ability to post on the leaderboards until I finish the story or something

totally got a top 5 or 6 time in Casino Forest
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Try to get <60 seconds on the first stage.
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this game almost had an hint of crush 40 in it
when Shadow first showed up it played an instrumental of All Hail Shadow
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Ok so now I'm getting into the swing of things. I kept working on getting a sub 2 minute run on Egg Gate for the challenge, and there's nothing more satisfying in a 3D Boost Sonic than watching as you slowly get better and better running a level.

From 2:15 to 2:08 to 2:00.something to finally 1:56.

I used to have one of the top runs on Chemical Plant Modern until people found all the exploits to get it down to like 1:20 or whatever.
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ninkendo posted...

Been getting all the red rings, numbers rings and moon rings and whatever missions are available (S-Rank, Speed run, etc) before I move on to the next. I certainly won't be beating the game in 4 hours now

also hey uploaded a video of a stage I really enjoyed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSVQ3ccPvdo

Reminded of those space levels from Sonic Adventure 2 but without dying trying to get from rail to rail

Was that level after he was tortured? Because he seems pretty blas about it.
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yes
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I have no idea what they're saying because I immediately shut it off.

Also this dude took a completely different path than me and kinda fumbled around a bit, meaning if I took that same path I bet I could get a sub 1:50 run.
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yes I was getting my moon rings on that run at the same time
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I got 1:51, and that's good enough for 51st in the world.

I should probably see if I can trim off a little more cause I slipped on one little section and move into the top 50.
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Why is no one posting their sonicmen?


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1:48.62 with one small fuck up.

I think I can do a little better.
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Top 25!
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1:47.14

Tied for 18th.

And I know I can shave enough off to get a top 10 but I should see if I'm using the optimal route.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BreSs_o0H34

feel like this was the hardest one I've done so far to figure out the good route for the time trial challenge. I messed up a jump and still got it 2 seconds under though so probably could have finished it 5-6 under if I didn't miss that.
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GANON1025 posted...

Why is no one posting their sonicmen?

I will most certainly when I get the game for black friday, it's like at LEAST 70% of the reason I'm getting the game

Also sweet OC
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the look of mine is constantly changing so I didn't know if it was a good time to post it. I tried to make the dumbest looking character possible which has now evolved into a Dragon Ball Super character


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Up to stage 24

feels like it'll be wrapping up soon

Currently at 26/46 trophies
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ninkendo posted...

the look of mine is constantly changing so I didn't know if it was a good time to post it. I tried to make the dumbest looking character possible which has now evolved into a Dragon Ball Super character

Those eyes....

Can I make a Tails Doll avatar? it was always a stuff of nightmares
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Stage 24 truly captures everything I love about 3D sonic
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Did not disappoint with the vocal songs. Metropolis stages were my favorites
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IGN gave it a 6.9. They're pretty fair to it though I would argue the score was a little lower than it should have been based on the reviewer's tone.
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Did people think this game was going to be good?

I thought it was a joke until I saw the Game Grumps playing it and I was like wait this is real
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TheRock1525 posted...

6.9

nice
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AquaArcane posted...

Did people think this game was going to be good?

I thought it was a joke until I saw the Game Grumps playing it and I was like wait this is real

Most people assumed it was gonna be Sonic Generations: OC Edition.

I'm actually thinking I'm gonna put it above Colors but below Generations in the end for 3D Sonic.
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I just unlocked Shadow's shoes last night, so I imagine my character will wear those forever
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0syoxZOg5g

are you an Otaku too?
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GANON1025 posted...

I just unlocked Shadow's shoes last night, so I imagine my character will wear those forever

I just unlocked them today. I wish I knew how to post Switch screens to b8, he's now an albino hedgehog (I was gonna originally try to make a Scourge the Hedgehog clone but it's taking too long to unlock what I need).
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hit the picture button on the controller

upload image to twitter or facebook

share link to twitter or host facebook image on imgur
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Finished the story in my 100% playthrough (probably way after all of you)

Hopefully will have the platinum by the end of the weekend. I work Saturday but not Sunday so I can really focus on it then.
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I'm almost done with most of the missions and collectibles. Then it'll just be that fun grind to 100,000 rings.

Woo.

Also, some of these missions are stupid. They clearly say to defeat enemies with a Spin Attack, when what they mean is a Spin Jump. That was a frustrating fifteen minutes.
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I rated it 2/5, its exactly in the middle of sonic games for me
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too bad I have to work I could totally platinum Sonic today and get back to NieR Automata

all I have left are a few of the avatar weapon missions and getting the medals with all the races of avatar which I can get while grinding to 100,000 rings trophy on stage 25
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Just played though it after avoiding most prerelease stuff and reviews; pretty bad overall.

Here's my quick thoughts. (Didn't read through the topic so I'm sure I'm going to repeat a lot of criticisms.)

Cons
-Why is 2D sonic even in this, wasn't the point of Mania so Sonic Team can focus on 3d? And holy shit does Sonic Team need some focus. Or to fire everyone except for the art team.
-Jesus these levels are all so short, especially after playing through Mania. I can't think of a single level that lasted more than 5 minutes, most clocking in at 1-2 and a half. Feels kind of like a mobile game in that way, especially with the 'daily mission' stuff thrown in.
-The shortness of levels is made worse by the fact that between every one you have to press A about 50 times to get through the dialog and the gabillion items you unlock after every level.
-Add on top of the shortness the garbage tier level design makes you wonder 'why am I playing this?'
-JESUS FUCKING CHRIST THIS GAME HAS THE WORST WALL JUMPING MECHANICS I HAVE EVER PLAYED. I feel like you have a 50/50 chance of a wall jump starting or you just falling to your death. And then they add a death laser following you? Nothing makes shitty unreliable mechanics more fun than time limits!
-Horrible boss fights. I don't think I really had fun with a single boss in this game. If you love mashing A when you see a green circle maybe you'll like them.
-The momentum in 2D and 3D feels like garbage. How do you fuck them both up?
-WHY THE FUCK ARE SO MANY ENEMIES GRAY/EGGSHELL COLORED? Here is an idea Sonic Team: make the things that can harm you stand out instead of blend in, you stupid motherfuckers.
-Runs like hot garbage on PC. Bad frame rates, had a few crashes, and have to run it through Steam Big Picture mode to not have the audio all choppy for the (totally amazing and 100% worth watching*) cutscenes.
-If a main gimmick of you game is to play dress up, allow people to save outfits for fucks sake.
-The fucking null zone. You get half a point for making a self aware joke about how useless that was.
-Sections where youhave to spindash or you won't go fast enough and something will kill you, but you have no way of knowing that you need to spindash so FU, back to the checkpoint.
-Overall it feels like they decided cheap deaths were A-OK because of the lack of a life system. No, still annoying.
-The switching grinding rails or lanes in the LB/RB segments feels so incredibly unresponsive
-Why do the birds have teeth?

Pros-ish
-It's pretty.
-The presentation/UI is decent.
-Character creation isn't horrible, but with no actual fun levels to play your characters on it's pretty much useless.
-A few songs were ok
-The writing got a few chuckles. Mostly not at the intended parts, but that's alright (Knuckles' "That's why they call it war" as serious as possible is probably the best Sonic line ever.)

Whew, I feel better now.

*no
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Ainoxi posted...

-If a main gimmick of you game is to play dress up, allow people to save outfits for fucks sake.

You can.
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Whaaaaaat? Where is that?
Shit guess I better give the game a 4.2 instead of a 4.1!
Edit: Found it. Yup, up to a 4.2! Making some progress, Sonic Team.

Also: Bird person:
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