Sonic Forces

OVERHATED. Yeah. I said it. Shoot me. I do have some bias, as this is my first Modern Sonic game, it still is very fun. No matter what anyone says, the soundtrack is GREAT. I will acknowledge this game has problems, the story isn't written well, and the game is EXTREMELY short, speedrunners beat this game glitchless in like 45 minutes or something, but you will get around 3 to 4 or maybe 5 hours on the first playthrough and there are so many problems with classic sonic gameplay that I don't feel like typing out. The avatar system is cool and very customizable. The modding potential for this game is also very good. Forces Re-Imagined and Overclocked are GREAT mods, I highly reccomend. While in the game there are some stinker levels, there are some levels that I really like. Mortar Canyon, Imperial Tower, and Metropolitan Highway are very good levels and my favorites in the game. Anyway, is this game not good? Yes. Do I still love it? Yes. Do people sh*t on it WAY to much? YES. People put this game on the same level as '06 or Rise of Lyric, which is villainous in my opinion.

you can beat it under 2 hours and get a refund its basically a free game

Yes, it's short, linear, and automated. Yes, it's pretty soulless. You've heard it all before. It's pretty polished though and has a bit of fun in it. Buy it when it's on sale so you can play the Re-imagined or Overclocked mods, those are much better.

This game is definitely over-hated for what it is. It's a solid game for the most part, but of course, it's not perfect.
While the premise itself is good, backed up with some rather good music and such, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the stage design and the difficulty curve.
The former starts off well enough, but starts to slip in the second half of the game, straight to unpolished/unfair territory towards the end, which leads to my secondary complaint about the game's difficulty curve.
It starts off slow enough, but by the time you get to around Stage 15-20 or so, it starts to speed up rather quickly, coincidentally enough, with the drop off in stage design quality.
Combine slipping stage design quality veering towards unfair territory, with difficulty getting out of hand and also veering towards unfair territory, and you get a painful end game, capped off by one of the harder bosses in general I've ever fought against, let alone one of the harder FINAL bosses.
Do I like this game even in spite of all that? Yes.
Does it deserve all of the hate it got? Not entirely.
Did the game need a lot more polishing? Definitely.

Worth getting on sale if you install the mod "Sonic Forces Overclocked". its great.
A tad tough if you're a beginner and a tiny bit of jank here and there but there's good character control, and fun + very replayable levels with neat visuals. barely any 2d in the levels too, which is rare for all of the boost Sonic games. there's so many routes and each wisp weapon unlocks more options and pathways. I've already gone through the game a couple times and will definitely do it many more times with different wisps, cosmetics, and other mods too!
9 levels in total, may take you a couple hours to play through.
the vanilla game without this mod is complete crap, don't bother.
but if you're willing to install the mod, I totally recommend it! Only 10 bux during sales.

The only reason I'm saying yes is because of Sonic Forces Overclocked. Just be cautious that it basically unlocks half of the game's achievements.

I recently finished playing this game. I enjoyed it. It was my first Sonic game and it honestly makes me want to play others. The graphics were beautiful. The levels were really well made and required me to try. The music was fun to listen to as I bashed robots and ran like lightning. The story was good and interesting. Cutscenes were short and explained everything I need to know. I loved the character creator and all the different clothes. Since this was my first Sonic game, it took me a bit to get use to the controls but I would say it is beginner friendly if this is your first Sonic game. The boss fights were also a lot of fun and got more difficult as you kept going. The only thing I did not like was how my character would either immediately run after landing on the ground or I could not jump for a second, but I would say that is more to the fact that this is my first Sonic Game. Over all I would give this a 7/10. It is memorable and I would encourage others to try it out.