Sonic Forces

Steps to enjoy:
1. Don't buy at full price. Buy on sale. I bought for $10
2. Don't play the base game unmodded, that's why the reviews for this game are mixed
3. Download Hedgemodmanager
4. Download Sonic Forces Reimagined and Classic Sonic Improvement mods from Gamebanana
5. Enjoy a much better version of the base game. Has roughly 30+ stages total
6. After you finish the base game, disable both of those previous mods and download Sonic Forces Overclocked
7. Enjoy a very nice epilogue for the game. Has 8 stages total

While this game is okay at best, with mods installed from GameBanana, It becomes a A-tier level game, here's a few of them if you want to buy it.

Sonic Forces Re-imagined by brandonj
Classic Sonic Improvement Mod by The Duck Dealer
Sonic Forces OverClocked by OverClocked Team

There are many more mods, these are the big three in my opinion, with that being said; enjoy the game!

Sonic Forces Overclocked. For real though, this game has a lot of missed potential. I beat it on Xbox on launch. It has some redeeming qualities but it's so mediocre. Thank God Frontiers was good.

I know that the levels are super short. I know that the cutscenes are unreasonably long, and the story is goofy and tryhard-ish. I know that the physics is kinda weird and sometimes feels wrong. I know that the game is super easy by the Sonic games mark.
But you know what? It's fun. It's actually fun. The story may be goofy, but still hooks you. Infinite is even believable. The levels feel like they were made for a handheld game, and fit the pattern of "I have spare 10 minutes, how do I kill them." Visual design is great.
Does it worth the full price? Definitely not. But get it with a discount, don't hold your expectations high, and don't think too hard about it - and you will have fun. And isn't it what Sonic games are about?

The base game is worthless but I'm recommending it literally just for the Overclocked mod

--THIS IS NOT A REVIEW FOR BASE SONIC FORCES--
Sonic Forces Overclocked is a FREE fan mod that adds in a new story that takes place shortly after the original game's conclusion. For a fan project trying to build off a deeply flawed game, it's really impressive, complete with full voice acting, new cutscenes, new music, new avatar pieces, and revamped level design that really should have been the standard of the base game. The levels are really impressive, featuring lots of alternate routes that can take you to completely different places each time you play, making trying to collect everything and get the best times a blast.
My only real complaints are that due to it being a mod, there are absolutely some bugs and some jank, and honestly even at its best it's still not really amazing due to it being a Forces mod. You can only really add so much to fix a fundamentally flawed game. And while I understand it's a free fan project, it did catch me off guard with how quickly it ended. One to three more stages would have helped sate my appetite better, but having your own fan mod be half the length of the game your modding is still impressive.
If you can catch Sonic Forces for cheap or already own and played through it (and would like to get closer to actually getting your money's worth), I'd say maybe look into it for the sake of playing through this mod. Base game is still absolute bland slop though.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☑ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☑ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☑ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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