Sonic Forces gets a 35/40 in Famitsu

[CurseoftheGods]

http://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-review-scores-103117/

Assassin’s Creed Origins (PS4/XBO) – 9/9/9/9
Sonic Forces (NSW/PS4/XBO) – 9/9/9/8
Gran Turismo Sport (PS4) – 8/9/8/8
Occultic;Nine (PS4/XBO/PSV) – 8/8/8/9
Our World is Ended (PSV) – 8/8/8/8
DJMAX Respect (PS4) – 8/8/7/7
Sudden Strike 4 (PS4) – 8/7/7/7
Overcooked: Special Edition (NSW) – 7/8/7/7
Sorcer Striker (PS4) – 7/7/7/8
Cake-ya San Monogatari: Ooishii Sweets o Tsukurou! (3DS) – 7/7/7/7
Astro Duel Deluxe (NSW) – 7/6/7/7
Tear: Owari to Hajimari no Shizuku (PS4) – 6/6/6/6

Discuss lol

[Let's Cyber]

Wow, that sure is a lot of numbers!

[Positive Touch]

Famitsu scores are influenced by "donations" iirc so they mean jack and shit

[Sho Nuff]

Wow so much advertising money this week

[Joe Molotov]

Sanic X: I Don't Know What's Left of This Franchise, But You Can Fuck it if You Want To

[The Legend of Sunblade]

I wouldnt get rid of them wholesale because at some point one generarion ago, they had the perfeft formula for new Sonic games that delivered pretty much the best back to back mainline game releases the 3D entries have ever gotten.

I'm not sure whether it was corporate or some other faction among SEGA that called for "this own good enough, we need to chase after Mario money" and steered them off to make a bad Galaxy clone. Forces SHOULD  have been a return to that but.... 

[remy]

I kinda hope this game bombs critically and commercially to the point where Sega has to get rid of Sonic Team. I mean "do we have to stop making Sonic games?" bad. Sick of all of Sonic Team's trash ass efforts.

Fammy 35 means it probably won't. as long as kids and fools keep buying a couple mil of each sonic title and ST can get away with their fucked up 3d sonic formula the status quo is going to maintain forever

[AdmiralViscen]

Release an HD remaster of Unleashed with the were hog parts deleted and call it Sonic Adventure 3. Then make a sequel.

[Himu]

Please bomb

[CurseoftheGods]

[Positive Touch]

why pay six people for crap when you just pay three

[team filler]

It'll be good on the switch and sell the most too.

[AdmiralViscen]

It's 30fps on switch

[paprikastaude]

I've spotted this game in stores like last wednesday - how is there still a review embargo? I need to get a feel of this trainwreck 

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

You don't need level design in a Sonic game, just make sure you have some new characters the fanbase wants to yiff to.

[TVC15]

So nice to see two terrible Sonic games in a year and watch the deluded fans convince themselves they’re acceptable.

[HardcoreRetro]

Seems the west agrees with Famitsu.

[Joe Molotov]

You don't need level design in a Sonic game, just make sure you have some new characters the fanbase wants to yiff to.

Well, in this game you get to create your own fursona who becomes Sonic's best friend, so yeah. It might as well just say on the back of the box "Insert your self-insert Chris-chan tier Sonic fanfic character into an all-new furry fuckfest!".

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

[Great Rumbler]

Only review that matters.

[Trent Dole]

Jesus, just let fans make Sonic games, actual Sega doesn't know wtf anymore.

[HardcoreRetro]

What I saw of the game pretty much made it look like Sonic Generations 2. If that game was somehow considered good, I don't know why this isn't.

[brob]

there have been like fifty sonic games and ppl who consider less than five of them good somehow still think of themselves as conditional sonic fans lmao

making an OC sonic game is the most sonic thing team sonic could possibly have done, if you dont want to yiff just get off sonic's radical yiff train already this hog isnt for you

[benjipwns]

GAMER HAT

[HardcoreRetro]

I'm guessing the second one. If you ask me it was a piece of crap.

[benjipwns]

I've seen a lot of people talk about Sonic Generations as if it were an amazing game. Is it legitimately good, or is it like, good for a 3D Sonic game?

Have not played it but I think people were suggesting the parts where you play as Classic Sonic are supposed to be decent? Like the whole hook is that it's Sonic CD only with Sonic's actual future as two-thirds of the game.

[Brehvolution]

Famitsu scores are influenced by "donations" iirc so they mean jack and shit

Whoa, if true. What happened to ethics in video game journalism?

[benjipwns]

Famitsu scores are influenced by "donations" iirc so they mean jack and shit

Whoa, if true. What happened to ethics in video game journalism?

Number of Famitsu 39/40 or 40/40 scores before it was sold to Enterbrain: 8

Number of Famitsu 39/40 or 40/40 scores since: 62

Follow the money.

[Positive Touch]

I've seen a lot of people talk about Sonic Generations as if it were an amazing game. Is it legitimately good, or is it like, good for a 3D Sonic game?

the latter. yeah it had 2d levels, but they were pretty boring. no memorable segments and nothing we hadn't seen in the genesis games. think the original new super mario bros, but ofc much worse. i'm sure the game just got praise because it was passable instead of a shitshow.

[Great Rumbler]

Generations was alright, moreso because it was the first 2D levels in a Sonic game in more than a decade. But in a post-Mania world, no need to bother.

[benjipwns]

I've started seeing people say Sonic Unleashed was great( ) and the Sonic 06 was only bad because of glitches() so I wouldn't trust what Real Sonic FansTM think of the franchise either.

You mean you read my spoilers in my thread on TEN WORST REVIEWS EVER?!?!?!?!?

Rods' Retroplays/Old Stopmotions
10 months ago
And I thought #1 would be IGN's Sonic Unleashed review, where the reviewer flat out says Sonic should remain dead as a franchise and giving it a 4.5, despite the awesome story it had (much better than the crap Pontac and Graff are spitting now), the all-new gorgeous Hedgehog Engine, the improved Boost mechanics from Sonic Rush, the overall great soundtrack, and it all gets overshadowed because the reviewers never tried to understand how the werehog sections of the game work. And this might be one of their lowest points, alongside El Shaddai and God Hand's reviews. Fuck you to hell IGN.

Adam Malkovich
10 months ago
The worst review I have ever seen is the IGN Sonic Unleashed review for Xbox360 and PS3. I understand that Sonic Unleashed may not be every Sonic fan's favorite Sonic game, but the reviewer from IGN who reviewed the game should have been fired for the lousy work he did. He complained about the Werehog to the point where he completely overexaggerated what was even wrong with the game and completely missed everything that actually made Sonic Unleashed, at least in my opinion, one of the best Sonic games of all time. Even if you don't agree with it being one of the best Sonic games, or even a Sonic game worth spending much time mentioning, the IGN reviewer reviewed only near 30% of the game in just a few minutes, and was biased basically the entire time.

[AdmiralViscen]

This game has way fewer levels than Generations, they are each shorter, and they reuse a ton of assets and even bosses. That's why it's worse.

I liked the boost gameplay in both Unleashed and Generations and I'm not touching this janky ass ripoff.

[The Legend of Sunblade]

Unleashed IS good tho.

...The actual Sonic part of it. Not so much the Nighthog stuff.

There is nothing good about Sonic 06. Fix all the bugs and you still have a really medicore game with a nonsense story and worse level design than the Shadow game.

[AdmiralViscen]

There were more boost levels than werewolf levels and most of the werewolf levels weren't that bad, just boring.

[demi]

I got this from Gamefly and I made a custom avatar

Also this game is dogshit ahhhh

I played Episode Shadow (free) and it just revealed that the big bad "Infinite" is some souped up leader of some team and he got emo as fuck because Shadow wooped his ass so hes like ugggghhh he called me weak fuk him

[bork]

the big bad "Infinite" is some souped up leader of some team and he got emo as fuck because Shadow wooped his ass so hes like ugggghhh he called me weak fuk him

This is so "Modern" Sonic that it hurts. 

[demi]

This is the cutscene

[Tasty]

The direction in that cutscene.

Good to see Sonic Team continue to suck Shadow's dick. Some things never change.

Shadow the Hedgehog 2 when?

PS- That Infinite guy sounds a lot like Mephiles.

[HardcoreRetro]

They should've made Infinite the culmination of all the player avatars, revealing the true enemy of Sonic the Hedgehog. The Sonic fanbase.

[demi]

Infinite's superpower is that he can do virtual reality, so the first thing he does is lock Shadow in some VR version of Green Hill (which Shadow breaks out of because he's Shadow) and then in the first cutcene where Sonic gets his ass beat Infinite creates VR versions of all the other characters (Zavok? Who the fuck is Zavok?)

[HardcoreRetro]

Sonic Lost Worlds boss.

[Himu]

Sonic

[Joe Molotov]

Sonic Lost Worlds boss.

lol, this is why Sonic Mania was popular and Sonic Forces bomba'd: Because Sonic Mania doesn't make me remember that Sonic Lost Worlds exists.

[benjipwns]

This is the cutscene

this is fucking awesome, but i'm going to assume i'm finding it so for very different reasons than the people who made it and the people who want it (and i assume the comments enjoying it)

not to mention Crazysonicfan110 who posted it

[benjipwns]

Melissa D
2 weeks ago
They go through all that trouble to hid his face and then just blatantly show it in a comic. It’s like they were actively trying to bait the community into thinking Mephiles was back.

I'mYoutube illiterate
2 weeks ago
I'm not Weak!!!
Gets power of phantom ruby and gets strong as fuck. Which is at least star level since a phantom ruby prototype destroyed a star.
Still loses to base form sonic and OC.

juju bro w.
2 weeks ago
I am not weak infinite said it so badass and shadow sounded awesome but how do infinite face look

Ellie Neale
2 weeks ago
Face reveal? We don't even get a clear look at his face; the camera shot is bad. DAMN YOU SEGA! GIVE THE FANS WHAT THEY WANT!!!

Grant Brown
2 weeks ago
So, anybody notice how a lot of death and destruction (as well as Eggman actually taking over the world) only happened because Shadow didn't think one lowly mercenary was worth killing?

Vulcan422
2 weeks ago
"Infinite is a mewling kitten in a world where darkness and terror knock daily on your door. He's just a cute ball of fluff. I am the one who knocks."
-Shadow the Hedgehog, 2017

Charles Jarvstedt
2 weeks ago
What if hes eye was cut like got a scar from shadow and thats why we couldnt see hes face

Ariel Smith
2 weeks ago
WHY SEGA, SHOW US HIS FACE!?

Brett Holland
2 weeks ago
So I have done shadows story and up to act 17 and still haven't seen this bastards face, love the game though

Jack Mendes
2 weeks ago
That's what I wanted at times. Shadow vs. Infinite. and Shadow winning, just as I imagined 😂😂 (Sorry for that. Don't get mad, I like Infinite too.)

George G
2 weeks ago
"Im the ultimate mercenary!" Say that to the Hedgehog that saved the world of a space station, appeared on the news various times, is widely known as dangerous and stoped an alien invasion, is called the ultimate life form...talking about dumb.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Mint
2 weeks ago
No one cared who I was until I put on the mask

spoiler (click to show/hide)

XahGee
1 week ago
If he took it off would he die?

Infrared Toa
1 week ago
It would be extremely painful.

Anotherrandomdemon28
1 week ago
He's a big guy.

Infrared Toa
1 week ago
For you.

[close]

[close]

[Great Rumbler]

Sonic fans 

[benjipwns]

SHOW US HIS FACE, BUT DON'T SPOIL IT BY PUTTING IT IN A COMIC

[bork]

Is it true that this game has about an hour of actual game play and like three hours of those "awesome" cut scenes?

[benjipwns]

How Long to Beat
Main Story: 3 Hours
Main Story and Extras: 5 Hours
Completionist: 7 Hours

Arceusrox   50%   Nintendo Switch
This game started pretty fun and was pure disappointment the rest of the way. It’s been a while since I’ve had to tell someone not to buy a game I played. Characters were in the story that had no reason to be there. Infinite was cool, but he could’ve been so much more interesting of a character. The game only took me about 2 hours to beat, with each level being about 2 - 5 minutes long. I had fun, but it didn’t last. It was just sad to see Sega really nail it with Sonic Mania, only to utterly fail with Sonic Forces.

-Every level is also very short, about 1-3 minutes long if you take your time.

[demi]

Yes every mission is very short. They have this Daily Mission thing (you know, challenges like "change into a different pair of gloves") and it gives you an XP bonus that bumps up your score at the end of levels, making it easier (not that it wasnt distinguished mentally-challenged easy already) to get S rank on levels

[benjipwns]

challenges like "change into a different pair of gloves"

video gaming

[demi]

I beat the game. There isnt even some epic fight at the end like most modern sonic games. Infinite gets pushed aside and you just fight a generic giant robot LUL

[AdmiralViscen]

I'm pretty sure the generic robot is literally reused assets from another shit game lol

[Joe Molotov]

I beat the game. There isnt even some epic fight at the end like most modern sonic games. Infinite gets pushed aside and you just fight a generic giant robot LUL

"I AM NOT WEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAK! URRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGH!"

*is weak*

[Great Rumbler]

*this is what Sonic fans actually want*

[HardcoreRetro]

People in the Sonic Forces modding community are apparently spending time making Sonic's eyes look like the ones from Unleashed. One of them made a "joke" about jerking off to Sonic Unleashed's eyes.

The best fanbase.

[demi]

Here's a clip of me beating a boss in sonic feces. Complete with comic-book THWOCK sounds and zany one-liner

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/demi/video/39775494

[demi]

I got a grand total of 400 achievement points. The rest of the achievements involve you collecting all those stupid red coins (seriously why do they keep doing this) and then AFTER you collect the coins, you have to go BACK to the level to unlock ANOTHER set of 5 coins, then after you do that ANOTHER set of 5 coins only this time it's timed and you have to do it quickly. what the everliving fuck

Then they want you to get all the stupid clothing items by doing challenges (such as "use this weapon")

RIP Sonic Team

[AdmiralViscen]

This seems arely better than Sonic 06. I don't see why sega wouldn't give this another year since they already have an acclaimed sonic release this year. This franchise is hanging on by a thread as it is.

[Boredfrom]

I enjoy it. The story being so shitty was hilarious and sonic stages no longer going for the 10 minute mark by the endgame is a bonus for me.

Then again, I bought it for cheap.

This seems arely better than Sonic 06. I don't see why sega wouldn't give this another year since they already have an acclaimed sonic release this year. This franchise is hanging on by a thread as it is.

That hyperbole, the game is mediocre as hell but is not Sonic06 levels, is better tha Lost World for that matter (is not saying much lol).